Monthly Archives: June 2022

Huntley     A Spotted Flycatcher in the churchyard at 4pm today. (Derek Summers). WWT Slimbridge    At least seven Mediterranean Gulls on the South Lake causeway, a pair of Common Cranes with two chicks still and a Common Tern. (Dot … Continue reading →

Bourton-on-the-Water     An OSPREY over the South pits at 7:30am for at least half an hour. Also a Cetti’s Warbler singing on private land near there. (Andy Lewis). Sherborne Water Meadows     A Red Kite, a male Kestrel, two Buzzards, … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     At Middle Point three juvenile SPOONBILLS, a Grey Plover, 5+ Curlews, two Whimbrels, 35 Ringed Plovers, 16 Dunlins, 23 Sanderlings and a Marsh Tit, a great and unusual record here. (John Budd/Martin Price/Mike Davis). Frampton pools    … Continue reading →

Broadoak     An OSPREY sat on the sands from 12:05pm until 7:10pm at least. (MK). Osprey by Roberta Goodall Priding-Broadoak     Along the Severn Way, a Peregrine, two Kestrels, three Buzzards, an Oystercatcher, 8+ Lapwings, a Cuckoo calling, two Cetti’s … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     An OSPREY flew over South Lake at 12:25pm heading N. (Ian Hull). Also today from Middle Point three Grey Plovers, three Whimbrels and three immature SPOONBILLS. (Paul Masters). Broadoak     An OSPREY. presumed the same, reported taking … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     From Middle Point waders included a breeding plumage Curlew Sandpiper, 48 Sanderlings, 97 Ringed Plovers, three Whimbrels, 64 Dunlins, three Grey Plovers and three immature SPOONBILLS. A Barn Owl hunting the Top New Piece and the Dumbles … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     Three SPOONBILLS flew in from the S on the high tide. One dropped in to the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide, two carried on N. (Helen Bojaniwska).  Coombe Hill Meadows    This morning five adult Mute … Continue reading →

Stonehouse     This morning a Dipper near Ryeford bridge. At Stanley Downton a pair of Willow Warblers feeding young, a distant Cuckoo heard, six Barnacle Geese over and a Buzzard. (Paul Sutton). Willow Warbler by Paul Sutton Forest of Dean  … Continue reading →

Forest of Dean    Six Nightjars, six Woodcocks, a Garden Warbler, a male Stonechat, a Raven, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and a male Siskin. (Paul Masters/MK). Nightjar by Mike King Frampton      Around the pools today four Sparrowhawks circling … Continue reading →

Cotswold Water Park East     Two Turnstones, a summer-plumaged Sanderling, three pairs of Shelducks, one pair with six ducklings and a breeding plumage Great White Egret on Pit 132 today. (Jon Mercer). Frampton     A Great White Egret on treetops … Continue reading →