Monthly Archives: June 2026

North Cerney     A QUAIL calling before 7:15am at the junction of Chapel Lane and the farm track, also three Corn Buntings, a Bullfinch, several Yellowhammers, a Red Kite, a Buzzard and a Great Spotted Woodpecker. (Steve Brown). Later today … Continue reading →

North Cerney     2-3 QUAIL calling from the field next to the farm track on Chapel Lane this evening. (Dave Soons). Hasfield Ham     Two QUAIL calling this afternoon. (Mike Smart). Bourton Downs    At least two QUAIL calling in … Continue reading →

North Cerney     A QUAIL calling next to the farm track gateway on Chapel Lane this morning again. (Dave Soons). WWT Slimbridge    A CORN BUNTING distantly on a hedge two fields north from Estuary Tower this morning and a Grasshopper … Continue reading →

North Cerney     A QUAIL calling from the field at the top of Chapel Lane, also three male Corn Buntings singing along the farm track to Conigree Woods. (Dave Soons). WWT Slimbridge     The female BITTERN seen flying in and … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     7-10am two Little Egrets, 20 Avocets, 11 Curlews, seven Oystercatchers, six Barnacle Geese flew S, 184 Shelducks including ten ducklings, a male Marsh Harrier, 14 Swallows and five Sand Martins. (MK). Frampton     A Grasshopper Warbler reeling … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     Two juvenile BITTERNS showing in the Knott hide reed bed viewed from the Estuary Tower. (Oliver Paisey). Saul Warth     Early morning to high tide, fairly quiet, two Little Egrets, four Grey Herons, 30 Avocets, ten Curlews, … Continue reading →

Coombe Hill Meadows     Late news of a male PIED FLYCATCHER, the first for the reserve on the 13th, but no further sign that day or since. (Nick Hughes). Pied Flycatcher by Nick Hughes WWT Slimbridge     A QUAIL calling … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     Early morning at high tide three Little Egrets, five Grey Herons, 20 Avocets, 29 Curlews, five Oystercatchers, 158 Shelducks +9 ducklings, a female Mandarin on the river with Mallards, a flock of nine Cormorants flew S, two … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     At 8:15am a STORM PETREL over the river between Hock Ditch and Awre. Early morning at high tide a SPOONBILL, four Little Egrets, four Grey Herons, 22 Avocets, 22 Curlews, four Oystercatchers, 55 Shelducks and nine ducklings, … Continue reading →

Sharpness     A STORM PETREL at 7pm on the river halfway between the picnic site and the pill. (Oliver Paisey). WWT Slimbridge     From Estuary Tower two BITTERNS in the pillbox reedbed to the left of the hide at 9am. … Continue reading →