Author Archives: The Gloster Birder

Shepherds Patch, Slimbridge      The drake COMMON SCOTER (3rd day) on the canal between patch bridge and Purton all day again attracting a steady stream of admirers. Nearer to Purton for most of the day. (Ken Hurcombe et al). … Continue reading →

Shepherds Patch, Slimbridge      A drake COMMON SCOTER on the canal between patch bridge and Purton all day until dusk attracted a steady stream of admirers. Locations varied but at the end of the day it was at SO … Continue reading →

Shepherds Patch, Slimbridge     A drake COMMON SCOTER on the canal near patch bridge late afternoon. (Paul Hirst). Cleeve Hill     At dusk, two SHORT-EARED OWLS, N of the lone tree at SO987258. (Giles Alder). WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-RUMPED … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER on the Dumbles this morning but always distant. Also 25 White-fronted Geese, a Little Stint and 400+ Dunlins today. The immature SPOONBILL on the Tack Piece. Two Bewick’s Swans on the Rushy. (Roberta Goodall/Paul … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     This morning a Grey Plover heard over the grounds, a Little Stint on the Dumbles, a Turnstone with Lapwings on the Tack Piece and a SPOONBILL on the edge of the Dumbles over high tide. (Andy Jayne). … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     The very late first-winter Wheatear for it’s 4th day. 70+ Shelducks, a Redshank, 30+ Curlews, a Common Sandpiper, a Great White Egret again in the private field behind Fretherne church, three Little Egrets, three Redwings, two Stonechats, … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER on South Lake this morning briefly amongst the Dunlins. (Tan Grigg). The immature SPOONBILL on the estuary edge from Estuary Tower hide this morning. (Warren Gill). A Goshawk flew over the Tack Piece at … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     The first two BEWICK’S SWANS flew into the Tack Piece at 10:50am. Two DARK-BELLIED BRENT GEESE on the Dumbles and later five more flew upriver. From Zeiss hide four Spotted Redshanks and a Great White Egret. (Jeremy … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     1+ BEARDED TIT heard going over from Estuary Tower. Also a Brambling and a Hawfinch over this morning. A probable juvenile WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER on The Dumbles but not relocated. A Firecrest with a tit flock in willows … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN showing well from Zeiss hide this afternoon. (Heather England/Mark Hobson). The immature SPOONBILL on South Lake again. (Ian Hull). Eight White-fronted Geese on the Tack Piece. (Dot Jones). Bittern by Heather England Saul Warth    … Continue reading →