WWT Slimbridge A BITTERN showed very well from Zeiss hide also an adult and a juvenile SPOONBILLS today. At least six Little Stints, two Curlew Sandpipers, three Sanderlings, three Ruff, two Greenshanks, two Spotted Redshanks and eight Snipe. (Jeremy Holland/Neil Smart). A Whinchat on the fence N of the Shepherd’s Hut and two Wheatears at Middle Point. (Roberta Goodall). A Greenshank and a Spotted Redshank on the Rushy and a Sparrowhawk near Martin Smith hide. (Dave Tait).
Spotted Redshank by Dave Tait
Greenshank by Dave Tait
Sparrowhawk by Dave Tait
Frampton At Splatt Bridge this morning 13 Little Egrets and two Greenshanks, two juvenile Cattle Egrets, a Marsh Harrier, a Hobby, ten Mandarins, nine Grey Wagtails, two Yellow Wagtails, a Whinchat, 14 Blackcaps, 11 Chiffchaffs, four Whitethroats, three Reed Warblers, a Sedge Warbler and a Willow Warbler. (Gordon Hodgson). At the Sailing Lake this afternoon a Whinchat, the adult Yellow-legged Gull, 150+ Goldfinches, five Swallows, 14 House Martins and two Muntjacs. (MK).