Author Archives: The Gloster Birder

WWT Slimbridge    A WOOD SANDPIPER, eight Green Sandpipers, a Little Ringed Plover, two Great White Egrets and a Yellow Wagtail on the Tack Piece. A Knot and two Spotted Redshanks on South Lake. Two SPOONBILLS from Zeiss hide. A … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge    Two Garganeys on the Rushy. The WOOD SANDPIPER, a Little Ringed Plover and another Garganey from Robbie Garnett hide. On South Lake a Knot, a Spotted Redshank and 190 Black-tailed Godwits. (Warren Gill/Dot Jones/Les Ditchburn/Peter Bryant/Keith Davies). … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     On the Tack Piece a WOOD SANDPIPER, 13 Green Sandpipers and two Little Ringed Plovers. On South Lake a Spotted Redshank and 174 Black-tailed Godwits. A Spotted Redshank on the Rushy. Two Sanderlings from Middle Point. (Slimbridge … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     On the Rushy four Garganeys, two Spotted Redshanks, the WOOD SANDPIPER, a Snipe and the leucistic Lapwing. On the Tack Piece a red Knot and nine Green Sandpipers. A SPOONBILL from Zeiss hide. In the Decoy eight … Continue reading →

Sharpness     A juvenile SHAG at SARA pool at 12:20pm today. No further sign when searched for this afternoon and evening. (Craig Brookes). WWT Slimbridge     From Robbie Garnett hide four Garganeys, a WOOD SANDPIPER, eight Green Sandpipers, a Spotted … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge    On the Rushy a SPOONBILL, and another from Zeiss hide, also a Spotted Redshank. From Robbie Garnett hide a Kingfisher, a WOOD SANDPIPER, four Garganeys, ten Green Sandpipers, a Common Sandpiper and four Little Ringed Plovers. On … Continue reading →

Frampton pools     This evening a juvenile PIED FLYCATCHER in the Gravel Wash, also two families of Spotted Flycatchers, five Lesser Whitethroats, two Whitethroats, a Marsh Harrier, the adult Yellow-legged Gull, a Common Tern and ten Great Crested Grebes. (Nick … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge      From Robbie Garnett the WOOD SANDPIPER still, 11 Green Sandpiper, a Common Sandpiper, five Little Ringed Plovers, a Garganey and several Yellow Wagtails. At Middle Point three Knot and 91 Dunlins. On South Lake a Spotted Redshank … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     Early morning no tide 16 ARCTIC TERNS resting up on the mud, a summer plumaged Golden Plover, 123 Curlews, 84 Avocets, 54 Dunlins, 73 Shelducks, four Little Egrets, six Grey Herons, a Kestrel, two Mistle Thrushes, six … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A drake COMMON SCOTER floating up on the tide at 10:05am. A HARBOUR PORPOISE off Middle Point at 10:55am. Both went back down with the falling tide. Also a Turnstone and a SPOONBILL from  Middle Point. Another … Continue reading →