WWT Slimbridge 12 Sanderlings, 56 Ringed Plovers, 79 Dunlins & 1 and a Curlew on the Dumbles high tide roost this morning. The GREAT WHITE EGRET still on site and probably best viewed from Splatt Bridge, Frampton looking S, views are fairly distant and best with a scope.(@slimbridge_wild).
Frampton At the pools 250+ Swifts, 400+ mixed hirundines flock of House Martins and Swallows, six Common Terns, two Yellow Wagtails and a Lesser Whitethroat. (Nick Goatman).
Tirley Sandpits Five Chiffchaffs, six Blackcaps, eight Skylarks, six Whitethroats, six House Martins, 30+ Swifts, nine Swallows, nine Stock Doves, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Green Woodpecker this morning. (Mark Grieve).
Coombe Hill Meadows Birds today included a pair of Mute Swans, two pairs of Greylags and two goslings, a pair of Shelducks, a pair of Wigeon, three Gadwalls, a female Mallard with seven ducklings, a Little Egret, two Grey Herons, a Hobby, c 8 Lapwings, two Oystercatchers, two Whimbrels, a Curlew, a Black-tailed Godwit, a Cuckoo, a Cetti’s Warbler and small numbers of singing Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).
Leigh Meadows Two Little Egrets and two Redstarts singing. (Mike Smart).
Ashleworth Ham Two Mute Swans, two Shelducks with a single remaining duckling, a male Wigeon, three male Teals, a pair of Gadwalls, two Lapwings and a Curlew. (Les Brown).
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