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WWT Slimbridge    From Zeiss Hide a juvenile TEMMINCK’S STINT, a WOOD SANDPIPER (another on the Tack Piece), seven Avocets, two Little Stints, five Sanderlings and 6+ Curlew Sandpipers with the 88 Dunlins and 162 Ringed Plovers flock in the … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     An ORTOLAN BUNTING in the Middle Point area at 8:30am. Seen in flight and heard calling. No further sign after the early sightings despite a good search. Also two Hobbies here. A juvenile TEMMINCK’S STINT from Zeiss … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     Six SPOONBILLS today, five from Zeiss hide and one on the Dumbles with a Great White Egret. Four Spotted Redshanks from Robbie Garnett hide. Two Wood Sandpipers around the grounds and an adult winter Mediterranean Gull on … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     Two Wood Sandpipers today, one at Zeiss hide and a mobile bird seen on the Tack Piece and the Rushy. Also from Zeiss hide four SPOONBILLS, a BITTERN, two Great White Egrets, two Cattle Egrets and a … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     At 6:30am for high tide a Greenshank, 12 Avocets, a Black-tailed Godwit, 23 Ringed Plovers, two Common Sandpipers, 72 Curlews, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, three Grey Herons, 60 Shelducks, 114 Canada Geese, two Little … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge   Three SPOONBILLS and two Turnstones from Middle Point. Seven Cattle Egrets on South Lake this afternoon. (Duncan & Becky Dine). Cattle Egret by Duncan Dine Spoonbill by Duncan Dine Saul Warth     At high tide 6:30-8:30am a summer … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     An OSPREY flew S past Middle Point at 2pm. This morning three SPOONBILLS on the Top New Piece. From Middle Point three Pintails, a Great White Egret, 18 Knot, 14 Sanderlings, 12 Dunlins, seven Redshanks, 163 Ringed … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge    14 Knot on the river and two SPOONBILLS and three Spotted Redshanks on the Rushy. (Terry Grant/Nigel Young). Spoonbill by Terry Grant Spotted Redshank by Nigel Young Saul Warth     Early morning four distant Turnstones, three Common … Continue reading →

Epney    The Pink-footed Goose, of unknown origin, again on the sands S of the Anchor Inn again until 9:45am at least with 170+ Canada Geese. (Geoff Moyser/Steve Pullen/MK). Pink-footed Goose by Steve Pullen Saul Warth     Earlymorning two Little … Continue reading →

Bourton-on-the-Water     An OSPREY over Birdland this evening. (Keith Jennings). Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning a Marsh Harrier, a Green Sandpiper, a Great White Egret, three Little Egrets, two Little Grebes, nine Lapwings, two Shovelers, four Gadwalls and three … Continue reading →