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Coombe Hill Meadows     A female Gadwall with six tiny chicks, probably a first breeding record for the site, nine Teal, three adult Little Ringed Plovers, 110+ Lapwings, a Redshank with three full-grown chicks and a Green Sandpiper. (Mike Smart). … Continue reading →

Dymock     Two Common Cranes dropped in at Brooms Green near Dymock at 5:30am but were disturbed by a cow and left southwards. (Charles Martell). WWT Slimbridge     A SPOONBILL flew around the reserve mid-morning and landed on the estuary. … Continue reading →

Berkeley shore     Eight COMMON SCOTERS off OF Severn House Farm at 12:45PM though distant. Also two juvenile Yellow Wagtails. (Paul Taylor).

WWT Slimbridge     An OSPREY flew N upriver at 10am. A juvenile Cuckoo still being fed by a pair of Reed Warblers near Willow hide in the canopy above the path. (Slimbridge Sightings). Upper Swell     A male Grey Wagtail carrying … Continue reading →

Highnam Woods     No sign of the Grasshopper Warbler between 5:30am and noon, but two Spotted Flycatchers and two Marsh Tits. (Martin Greenish/Les Ditchburn/MK). Pic by Mike. Prestbury     A Ring-necked Parakeet flew over at 7:19am. It has been present a … Continue reading →

Highnam Woods     Early morning a GRASSHOPPER WARBLER reeling and showing well. Also two Spotted Flycatchers, a Marsh Tit, a Blackcap, a Song Thrush and a Chiffchaff. (Chris Downward). WWT Slimbridge     Two Little Ringed Plovers on South Lake at … Continue reading →

Frampton     Around the pools early morning a Hobby, four Yellow Wagtails, 10+ Swifts, 20+ Swallows, a Lesser Whitethroat,16 Whitethroats, 19 Blackcaps, 15 Chiffchaffs, six Common Terns and three Oystercatchers. In the evening on Court Lake two GREAT WHITE EGRETS, two Little … Continue reading →

Coombe Hill Meadows     Three Greenshanks, three Green Sandpipers, three Little Ringed Plovers, a Common Gull and a Black-headed Gull today. Also a Small Red-eyed Damselfly. (Andy Pierce/Graham Riley). Newnham-on-Severn     A Red Kite over at 10:45am today. A Hummingbird Hawkmoth … Continue reading →

Symonds Yat     In the Yat Rock area the Peregrine pair, Buzzards, Ravens, a male Sparrowhawk, Swifts, Swallows, House Martins, a Grey Heron, a Blackcap, a Mistle Thrush and five Mandarins. Also a White-legged Damselfly, a Rose Chafer and Meadow Brown, … Continue reading →

Forest of Dean     The GOLDEN ORIOLE showed briefly at Spruce Ride today at SO628114 at 12:45pm but remained silent from 12:30 to 1:45pm. (Richard Mundy). Between 4– 8pm no Oriole but a Goshawk, a Spotted Flycatcher and three Hawfinches. … Continue reading →