WWT Slimbridge 15 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE on the Tack Piece close to Stephen Kirk hide this morning. A Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming in the Decoy. (MK). Two PINK-FOOTED GEESE on the Dumbles viewed from Estuary Tower, one long-stayer of unknown origin and the other apparently wild that arrived with White-fronts. (Chris Moore). The BITTERN showed well again from Van de Bovenkamp hide. (Jon Mercer/Ian Sherriffs/Martin Price). A Firecrest along the Estuary Tower walkway near the tunnel. (Mike Davis). From Zeiss hide a Peregrine and a Marsh Harrier fighting over a female Shoveler. A Firecrest and a Sparrowhawk from the Decoy boardwalk. A Water Rail from Knott hide and another from Kingfisher hide, also a Siskin heard. A Kingfisher and a Chiffchaff in the collection. (Harrison Rowsell).

Bittern by Ian Sherriffs

Pink-footed Geese by Mike King

Tundra Bean Geese by Mike King
Slimbridge Four Cattle Egrets in the fields on the right hand bend by the substation at 11am. (MK).
Tewkesbury A female-type BLACK REDSTART flycatching from sunny guttering on the rear SW corner of Tewkesbury Abbey at midday. (Les Ditchburn).
Cotswold Water Park West The drake RING-NECKED DUCK in the SW corner of Pit 31 with the Pochard flock. (Ian Sherriffs). The juvenile GREAT NORTHERN DIVER still on Pit 16 from 9:45am. (Mark Hobson). The Diver still present late afternoon and the YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER again. (Richard Baatsen/Ian Sherriffs).

Ring-necked Duck by Ian Sherriffs
Stonehouse 25 Redwings, three Bullfinches, two Jays, three Song Thrushes, three Great Spotted Woodpeckers, two Blackcaps, five Great Tits, three Blue Tits, a Buzzard and a Wren, all at Doverow Hill. (Matt Neale).
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