Author Archives: The Gloster Birder

WWT Slimbridge     Two SPOONBILLS, a Great White Egret and a Pink-footed Goose of unknown origin from Zeiss hide. From Robbie Garnett hide ten Green Sandpipers and two Little Ringed Plovers. Two Mandarins in the Decoy. At Middle Point two … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     The WOOD SANDPIPER still on the Tack Piece with 12 Green Sandpipers, a Common Sandpiper, a Little Ringed Plover and a Garganey. The Knot still on South Lake with two Spotted Redshanks and the Tundra Bean Goose. … Continue reading →

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 →