Monthly Archives: April 2025

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge at 8pm a GLOSSY IBIS flew over high heading towards WWT. (Paul Sutton). Glossy Ibis by Paul Sutton Hidcote     A Grasshopper Warbler this afternoon in the sheep field at Hidcote Manor NT. (Mark Hobson). … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     At high tide at midday 68 Shelducks, 60+ Bar-tailed Godwits, 13 Whimbrels, two Curlews, five Grey Plovers, ten Oystercatchers, a Redshank, a Common Sandpiper, 25 Dunlins, 11 Ringed Plovers, a Yellow Wagtail flew E, two Swallows, a … Continue reading →

Highnam Woods     Two Nightingales singing and showing well, two Hawfinches and an adult male Goshawk today. (Mike Prior). Nightingale by Mike Prior Frampton     A SPOONBILL and two Little Egrets at Splatt Bridge at 5pm. The SPOONBILL flew off … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A Grasshopper Warbler reeling in the hedge/scrub below Estuary Tower this morning. A SPOONBILL and a White Wagtail on the Tack Piece. (Roberta Goodall). A Cuckoo calling near the Estuary Tower walkway at 10:55am. (Tim McGrath). Later … Continue reading →

Leckhampton Hill     At least four RING OUZELS on the scarp this evening. (Tom & Greg Mabbett). Frampton     The drake RING-NECKED DUCK still on Court Lake today. (Mark & Emily Hobson). Guscar Rocks    Two Little Ringed Plovers this … Continue reading →

Forest of Dean     A Cuckoo heard from Crabtree Hill but distantly to the N at 7:49am today. (Frank Williams). A Tree Pipit on Crabtree Hill this morning. (Geoff Fawcett). Highnam Wood     A Nightingale singing and showing well early morning. … Continue reading →

Cleeve Hill     A female RING OUZEL N of the heather enclosure at 4:15pm. (Steve Rickard). Dymock    A male Pied Flycatcher in Betty Dawes Wood, Four Oaks, near Dymock this morning. (Steve Watts). WWT Slimbridge     A Greenshank and … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A GLOSSY IBIS over the Tack Piece at 1:40pm, then on South Lake and then mobile around the grounds. (Julian Gould). On South Lake the Spotted Redshank and a SPOONBILL, later on the Tack Piece, also 98 Avocets, … Continue reading →

Cotswold Water Park East     The drake LESSER SCAUP still on Pit 111 at Whelford today and a Whimbrel over. (Nigel Pleass). Cleeve Hill     Late morning/early afternoon a Whinchat near the car park at the masts. Heading E five … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A drake GARGANEY from Martin Smith hide and later Stephen Kirk and Robbie Garnett hides. (Paul Clack). An  adult MEDITERRANEAN GULL on the Rushy causeway this morning. (Tim McGrath). From Robbie Garnett hide a SPOONBILL and two … Continue reading →