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Wednesday 14th November 2018
Cotswold Water Park East The adult GREAT NORTHERN DIVER moulting into winter plumage still on Pit 125 today. (Bob Webb). Cotswold Water Park West At Pit 41 a Great White Egret, a Kingfisher, 13 Goldeneye and ten Goosanders. … Continue reading
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Tuesday 13th November 2018
Cotswold Water Park East The adult GREAT NORTHERN DIVER moulting into winter plumage still on Pit 125 today. (Duncan Dine/Jon Mercer/Tony Perry). Pic by Duncan. Saul A CATTLE EGRET in the fields past Cadbury Bridge along the road … Continue reading
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Monday 12th November 2018
Cotswold Water Park East The adult GREAT NORTHERN DIVER moulting into winter plumage still on Pit 125 today. Also a Red Kite over. (Nigel Pleass). Pic by Nigel. WWT Slimbridge Early afternoon from the Zeiss hide a BITTERN … Continue reading
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Sunday 11th November 2018
Cotswold Water Park East The adult GREAT NORTHERN DIVER moulting into winter plumage still on Pit 125 at 1:30pm today. (Roy Shilham). Tresham In the Tresham area early morning a juvenile Peregrine flushed a SHORT-EARED OWL which was … Continue reading
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Saturday 10th November 2018
Cotswold Water Park East An adult GREAT NORTHERN DIVER moulting into winter plumage on Pit 125 today. Also five Goldeneyes, a Cetti’s Warbler, two Chiffchaffs, a Water Rail, Snipe and plenty of Fieldfares, Redwings and Song Thrushes. (Ian Ralphs). … Continue reading
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Friday 9th November 2018
WWT Slimbridge The BITTERN showing well today from Zeiss hide. (Les Ditchburn). Also a Great White Egret on South Lake at 2:30pm today. (nigecob). Saul Warth A MERLIN hunting at Hock Ditch this morning. (Roy Widgery). Frampton … Continue reading
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Thursday 8th November 2018
WWT Slimbridge The BITTERN showing well occasionally today from Kingfisher, Van de Bovenkamp and Zeiss hide. (James Robinson/Slimbridge Sightings). Also a Great White Egret reported today. (Arron Roberts). Ashleworth Ham This afternoon birds included 56 Teal, 84 Mallards, a Snipe, three Grey … Continue reading
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Wed 7th November 2018
WWT Slimbridge From Zeiss hide today a BITTERN, a Chiffchaff, three Cetti’s Warblers, 18 Common Cranes including the two unringed birds, 20+ Snipe, 500+ Lapwings, 500+ Wigeon, 300+ Teal, 10+ Pintails, 50+ Dunlins, two White-fronted Geese, 700+ Golden Plovers, 7+ Ruffs, 10+ Redshanks, 10+ Black-tailed Godwits, two Peregrines and two Reed Buntings. (Jonathan Angliss/Mark … Continue reading
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Tuesday 6th November 2018
Dowdeswell Reservoir The RED-BREASTED MERGANSER still present today. Also a Red Kite today. (John Sanders/Steve Brown/Richard Tyler). 1st pic John, 2nd & 3rd Richard. WWT Slimbridge The BITTERN showed in front of Zeiss hide at 10:45am. (Martin Greenish). … Continue reading
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Monday 5th November 2018
Frampton pools The WOODLARK still with c50 Skylarks on stubble viewed from Marsh Lane in the first field on the right, S of the Sailing Lake, at SO7474306502 until flushed by the farmer flailing hedges into the first kale … Continue reading
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