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WWT Slimbridge     From Zeiss Hide this morning a Turnstone with 56 Black-tailed Godwits, a Little Ringed Plover, 12 Redshanks and 50 Avocets. On the Rushy the female Ruddy Shelduck, a Greenshank and five Green Sandpipers. Members of the public … Continue reading →

Gloucester     A Red Kite overhead in Longlevens at 8:14 this morning, a garden tick. (Dave Stone). WWT Slimbridge     The female Ruddy Shelduck back on the Tack Piece this morning. Also a female Marsh Harrier distant over the Top … Continue reading →

Frampton pools     This morning 100+ Swifts, eight Common Terns, a drake Pochard, a drake Gadwall, 144 Mute Swans and a Yellow-legged Gull. (Nick Goatman). On the canal a pair of Shelducks with a brood of seven ducklings, presumably hatched … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     On the Tack Piece this morning a female Ruddy Shelduck still.  On South Lake 51 adult Avocets and many chicks of various ages, an Oystercatcher with two chicks and a Little Ringed Plover from Hogarth hide. From … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A SPOONBILL circling the Trust viewed from Hock Ditch this evening. (Martin McGill). Avening     No Quail heard in the Star Farm area this evening but pair of Little Owls nearby. (Peter Chappell). Arlingham     A Red … Continue reading →

Forest of Dean    At Nagshead today, 3-5 Spotted Flycatchers and a pair of Redstarts. (Chris Snook). In the Yew Tree Brake and Crabtree Hill area Willow Warbler, Tree Pipit, c15 Crossbills and a Red Kite. (Les Ditchburn). Pics by … Continue reading →

Purton     Five KITTIWAKES flew upriver at 8:27am. (per RBA). WWT Slimbridge     On the Rushy this morning a female Ruddy Shelduck, 33 Shelducks and two broods, a pair of Teal, a female Wigeon paired to a hybrid male, 50 … Continue reading →

Upton St Leonard’s     A Red Kite over at 7:50am. (Vanda Owen). Coombe Hill Meadows    c10 Avocets, Lapwings, a Curlew, a Buzzard, a Skylark, Grey Heron, a Whitethroat, a Sedge Warbler and a Chiffchaff. (Richard Badley). Pics by Richard. Frampton … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     This afternoon six Oystercatchers, a Curlew and 300+ Shelducks. In the shelter of Dunstall’s Wood many butterflies and dragonflies including Large Skipper, Meadow Browns and Small Tortoiseshells and Emperor dragonflies, Black-tailed Skimmers and Common Blue damselflies. (MK). … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A PALE-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE briefly on South Lake today. On the Rushy a drake GARGANEY, a Green Sandpiper, two pairs of Avocets nesting and a pair with a chick, a pair of Little Ringed Plovers, a pair … Continue reading →