Rye Harbour Sightings
20th December 2009, SundayHighlights today at Castle Water included a male Smew at the northern end of the pit, two Jack Snipe and seven Ruff on Castle Farm, three Bearded Tit in the Barn Field and a Marsh Harrier from the hide. In addition, freezing of the Bittern Excavation pushed large numbers of wildlfowl on to the main pit, with 400+ each of Wigeon and Teal, 200 Gadwall and 160 Shoveler present here, as well as Snipe, Redshank and Lapwing.
Redshank