WWT Slimbridge Two BITTERNS today, one from the Zeiss hide and one from Van de Bovenkamp hide. From Kingfisher Hide on the Bottom New Piece 13 Bewick’s Swans, 37 White-fronted Geese and two juvenile Greenland White-fronted Geese. (Martin McGill).
Shab Hill Between 12:15-1pm 522 Golden Plovers on plough. One of which was an almost a complete albino with a near all white head, breast and belly, pink base to the bill and all the flight feathers appeared chequered with white. Also 100 Common Gulls, eight Red-legged Partridges, four Skylarks and male and female Kestrel. (Gord Avery).
Frampton On the Sailing Lake at dawn a Goldeneye, two Pochards, a Yellow-legged Gull and a Great White Egret. (Nick Goatman).
Bishops Cleeve A Raven over Woodmancote at 3:30pm today. (Dave Jeynes).
Witcombe Reservoirs Late morning birds included 17 Greylags, 31 Mallards, four Teal, six Tufted Ducks, four Little Grebes, four Great Crested Grebes, 33 Coots, six Moorhens, five Cormorants and a Buzzard. (Gord Avery).
Churchdown Two Little Owls calling this evening around 4:45pm near Chosen Hill. (Margaret G).