Monthly Archives: March 2025

WWT Slimbridge     Two SPOONBILLS on the Tack Piece at 2:50pm. (Slimbridge Sightings). Forest of Dean    3+ Hawfinches at Parkend and a Dipper behind the Fountain Inn this morning. Three Goosanders (2m, 1f), a Dipper, a Grey Wagtail, 14 Wigeon, … Continue reading →

Forest of Dean     A Water Rail out in the open at Soudley Ponds this afternoon. (Angela Carswell). Witcombe Reservoirs     This morning two Mute Swans, 12 Canada Geese, 236 Mallards, two Teal, 25 Tufted Ducks, two Little Grebes, four Great Crested Grebes, 14 Cormorants including … Continue reading →

Cotswold Water Park East    At Kempsford Sewage Works c10 Chiffchaffs and on the flooded field by Pit 114 three Oystercatchers and a Green Sandpiper. (Duncan Dine). Gloucester A male BLACK REDSTART again in private gardens in the Linden area … Continue reading →

Forest of Dean     At Cannop Ponds four Goosanders, 29 Mandarins, 37 Mallards, ten Coots, six Little Grebes, 21 Wigeon, six Tufted Ducks. At Parkend seven Hawfinches and 24 Chaffinches. (Paul Masters). Sherborne     Two Common Cranes flew N following … Continue reading →

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning five Mute Swans, 129+ Greylags, 198+ Wigeon, c500 Teal, 40 Mallards, 107 Pintails, 58+ Shovelers, two Tufted Ducks, two Little Egrets, a Great White Egret, an immature Marsh Harrier, two Coots, 46 Lapwing, a Song … Continue reading →