Author Archives: The Gloster Birder

WWT Slimbridge    Three Curlew Sandpipers on the Rushy ⁦this morning until 9:12am, also 43 Black-tailed Godwits, six Redshanks, two Spotted Redshanks, ten Ruff, an Avocet, two Snipe and a Grey Wagtail. At low tide mid-morning from Middle Point ⁦two Little … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     107+ Curlews, 48 Grey Plovers, 12 Dunlins, a Common Sandpiper, seven Shelducks, two Great White Egrets, two Little Egrets, a Cattle Egret at Splatt Bridge with the cattle, a Marsh Harrier over the 100-Acre, a Chiffchaff, two … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge    At Middle Point before high tide, 542 Dunlins, a Turnstone, four Little Stints, two Curlew Sandpipers, two Sanderlings, 27 Grey Plovers, a Golden Plover, five Bar-tailed Godwits, 6+ Ringed Plovers, two Stonechats and a Wheatear. (Paul Masters/Nicola … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     This morning at Middle Point 550 Dunlins, 50+ Grey Plovers, 20 Ringed Plovers, 200-300 Dunlins, at least two Curlew Sandpipers, a Bar-tailed Godwit, five Knot and a Little Stint and a few House and Sand Martins. (Ian … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge    From Zeiss hide 391 Teal, 95 Shovelers, two Garganeys, two Pintails, a Green Sandpiper, five Snipe, five Ruff, a Spotted Redshank, three Little Stints, six Curlew Sandpipers, a Little Ringed Plover, 11 Ringed Plovers, two Sanderlings, 824 … Continue reading →

Eastington     A male BRAMBLING feeding on Sunflowers with a mixed finch flock at Claypits today. (Stefan Hawley). Brambling by Stefan Hawley Frampton    On Court Lake a Spotted Redshank, the first since 2011. Also a Redshank, a Green Sandpiper, … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     At high tide four Pink-footed Geese flew N distantly, a Hobby, a Sparrowhawk, 36 Curlews, a Common Sandpiper, four Little Egrets, a Cattle Egret, 20+ Meadow Pipits, 12 Swallows, six Linnets, a Blackcap, a Chiffchaff, a pair … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge    11 Pink-footed Geese on the Dumbles at 9:40am. (Roy Kinchin). On the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide the wader flock included 14 Curlew Sandpipers, seven Little Stints and a Spotted Redshank. On the Dumbles over high … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge    18 Curlew Sandpipers, six Little Stints and four Spotted Redshanks from Zeiss hide. Two Little Ringed Plovers on South Lake. A Peregrine hunting near the Zeiss hide.  (Slimbridge Sightings/Paul Sutton). Little Ringed Plover by Paul Sutton Slimbridge  … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     At high tide early morning was hampered by fog, just 35 Grey Plovers, an Avocet, a Common Sandpiper, 200+ Dunlins, two Ringed Plovers, 100+ Curlews, eight Little Egrets, 14 Shelducks, 27 Swallows, a House Martin, a Stonechat, … Continue reading →