Monthly Archives: September 2023

WWT Slimbridge     A GREY PHALAROPE from Zeiss hide at 10:50am. (Andy Jayne). Also a WOOD SANDPIPER, three Spotted Redshanks, four Little Stints, two Curlew Sandpipers, 86 Ringed Plovers, 32 Dunlins, four Ruff and a Great White Egret.  (Slimbridge Sightings). … Continue reading →

The combined Gloucestershire Bird Report for 2017, 2018 and 2019 is now available. It is free to GNS members. You can request a posted copy from Andrew Bluett from email: gnsmembership@btinternet.com £15 + P&P (non-members). It will also be on … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     Between 12-2pm in poor conditions, most birds swept away by the wind. Only the second Wheatear of the autumn, 63 Shelducks, a Teal, seven Curlews, 20+ Dunlins, two Sanderlings, three Ringed Plovers, two Meadow Pipitsand a Swallow. … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge    On the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide over high tide this morning four Little Stints (1 ad, 3 juvs), a juvenile Ruff, c125 Ringed Plovers, 30+ Dunlins, two Spotted Redshanks, a Great White Egret, a Marsh … Continue reading →

Charlton Kings     An OSPREY over following the edge of Leckhampton Hill and up Charlton Hill at midday. Also a Peregrine over. (Greg & Tom Mabbett). WWT Slimbridge    27 ARCTIC TERNS flew past Middle Point at 3:12pm, dropping in … Continue reading →

Framilode/Epney     A first-summer CASPIAN GULL opposite Framilode Church at 9:45am, but pushed upstream by the tide to Epney where it showed well over the river S of The Anchor Inn. (Martin McGill). Also at Framilode five Ringed Plovers and … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge    From Zeiss hide eight SPOONBILLS, a Greenshank, eight Ruff, 443 Teal, 42 Shovelers, two Great White Egrets and a Cattle Egret. (Ian Hull/Tim Jukes). Saul Warth     From 6:30am four Little Egrets, a Cattle Egret, 36 Shelducks, … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     Eight SPOONBILLS on site today, three from Zeiss hide and five on the Severn. Also 14 Little Egrets and the Pink-footed Goose of unknown origin from Zeiss hide. Three Cattle Egrets on the Rushy. (Slimbridge Sightings/Mark Coller/Mike … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     At 6:35am for high tide five Grey Herons, two Little Egrets, 178 Curlews, a Greenshank, three Knot, four Ringed Plovers, two Common Sandpipers, 37 Shelducks, am immature LITTLE GULL feeding with Black-headed Gulls at 8:10am, a Reed … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN from Zeiss hide on the island to the left at 10:25am. (Phil Pope). Also a WOOD SANDPIPER HERE. (Magnus Carter). On the estuary over the tide five Curlew Sandpipers, five Little Stints, 20 Sanderlings, two … Continue reading →