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Coombe Hill Meadows     A drake GARGANEY and c160 Black-tailed Godwits this morning. (Duncan Dine). WWT Slimbridge     A Little Ringed Plover on the Rushy this morning and a Merlin on the cross fence at Middle Point. (Slimbridge Sightings). Purton  … Continue reading →

Slimbridge     Six Cattle Egrets sat in tree behind the Severn Trent site on the left hand bend just past the village. (Roy Kinchin). At Shepherds Patch the GLOSSY IBIS again by the Dutch barn next to the canal at … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A female Merlin with prey on the fence line at the N end of the Dumbles. (Ian Hull). Slimbridge     At Shepherds Patch the GLOSSY IBIS again by the Dutch barn next to the canal at SO … Continue reading →

Frampton    A first-summer LITTLE GULL on Court Lake at noon today. (Gordon Kirk). 16 Sand Martins at the Sailing Lake late afternoon. (Jeremy Squire). Also today two Pochards, 17 Gadwalls, 15 Teal, three Shovelers, two Oystercatchers, 17 Chiffchaffs, 33 … Continue reading →

Frampton    At least two Sand Martins still on the Sailing Lake at 7:15am. Also seven Pochards (5m, 2f). Two more Sand Martins on Court Lake, also Egyptian Goose, a pair of Oystercatchers, nine Pied Wagtails, a Mistle Thrush and … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge    Four SAND MARTINS heading N over the Rushy at 10:30am. (Jonathan Bull). 109 Avocets this morning included three ringed in Cleveland, Netherlands and Cambridgeshire. (Tim Jukes). Slimbridge     At Shepherds Patch the GLOSSY IBIS again opposite the Dutch barn … Continue reading →

Frampton    41 Bewick’s Swans and a Black Swan flew N over Splatt Bridge at 6:45am. The Black Swan eventually turned back and took four Bewick’s Swans back with it, 13 more Bewick’s came back S 15 minutes later. (Gordon … Continue reading →

Frampton     On Court Field this morning, two male WHITE WAGTAILS with a group of 20 Pied Wagtails (18m, 2f). (Gordon Kirk). A drake Red Crested Pochard on the Sailing Lake this afternoon. (MK). White Wagtail (record shot) by Gordon … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge    A BITTERN flew to the reedbed near Kingfisher hide. A Cattle Egret and a female Goldeneye on South Lake. Three Snow Geese on the Tack and the Ross’s Goose on the Dumbles. From Martin Smith hide three … Continue reading →

Over     A Barn Owl over the A40 dual carriageway halfway between Over farm market and the Newent turning at 10:20pm. (Derek Summers). WWT Slimbridge    From the Estuary Tower a Estuary Tower a calling LITTLE RINGED PLOVER flew over … Continue reading →