Slimbridge WWT 2/1/14 sightings

Awful weather on the 1st so my year list was only about 10!

I went to Slimbridge and was very pleased to have seen a few Rarities.

Rushy

• Pintail
• Black headed gulls
• 4 AVOCETS- only arrived this morning and after being found once from the Zeiss, then disappearing it was great to see them together on the Rushy.

Tack Piece

• 1000+ lapwing
• 1000+ golden plover
• 1000+ dunlin
• 100+ Canada geese
• 100+ feral banacle geese
• Lots of teal
• Lots of wigeon
• Shovelers
• Greylag geese
• Pintail
• 50+ Bewick swans
• 1 GREEN WINGED TEAL- Adult male. I first sighted this bird, with other birdwatchers, at Newpassage down in South Gloucestershire and it was very distant. That was my first ever sighting. Now a few days ago the bird had gone from New Passage and had arrived at Slimbridge WWT and was still pretty distant with the other ducks.
• 40+ white fronted geese
• 20+ curlew
• 1 ruff reported but didn't see it.

Willow hide

• Normal "Garden" birds like great tit, blue tit, chaffinch, dunnock, wren and Moorhens.

Duck Decoy area

• My earliest ever CHIFFCHAFF