WWT Slimbridge A FIRECREST, two Chiffchaffs and a Goldcrest by Robbie Garnett hide. Three Little Stints on the Dumbles scrape. 35+ White-fronted Geese, a Marsh Harrier and five Ruff on the Tack Piece. A Water Rail from Martin Smith hide. 300+ Dunlins on the Rushy. A Great White Egret from Zeiss hide. Near Kingfisher Hide three OTTERS at 11:55am, also a Little Grebe, a Cetti’s Warbler and a Sparrowhawk took a Blue Tit. A Spotted Redshank on South Lake. (Slimbridge Sightings/Paul Clark/Andy Chapman/Paul Masters).
Saul Warth Early morning, no tide, 254 Wigeon migrating S in 2 flocks, 108 Shelducks, 30 Avocets, 106 Curlews, 60 Dunlins, two Kestrels, eight Fieldfares, a Meadow Pipit and a Rock Pipit. 20 Cattle Egrets opposite Dunstalls Farm at 9:30am. (MK).
Tewkesbury At the Mill Avon a Kingfisher flying back and forth between Healings & Abbey Mills today. (Les Ditchburn).
Coombe Hill Meadows A pair of Mute Swans, 100+ Greylags, 200+ Canada Geese, five Egyptian Geese, two Shelducks, 1700 Wigeon, five Gadwalls, 1000 Teal, 50+ Mallards, 240+ Pintails, 30+ Shovelers, four Pochards, 45 Tufted Ducks, a Grey Heron, ten Coots, 10+ Lapwings, 300 Black-headed Gulls, ten Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 20 Herring Gulls, five Skylarks, 20 Meadow Pipits, eight Pied Wagtails, five Fieldfares, a Mistle Thrush, a Song Thrush and 50 Starlings today. (Mike Smart).
Gloucester Along the Severn Way at Sudmeadow and the Landfill Site two Cormorants, a male Sparrowhawk, a Buzzard, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10+ Pied Wagtails feeding on the old tip dislope, male and female Stonechat, a Raven, 13 Goldfinches, 12 Linnets and three Roe Deer. (Gord Avery).
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