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Shepherds Patch, Slimbridge     A drake COMMON SCOTER on the canal near patch bridge late afternoon. (Paul Hirst). Cleeve Hill     At dusk, two SHORT-EARED OWLS, N of the lone tree at SO987258. (Giles Alder). WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-RUMPED … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER on the Dumbles this morning but always distant. Also 25 White-fronted Geese, a Little Stint and 400+ Dunlins today. The immature SPOONBILL on the Tack Piece. Two Bewick’s Swans on the Rushy. (Roberta Goodall/Paul … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     This morning a Grey Plover heard over the grounds, a Little Stint on the Dumbles, a Turnstone with Lapwings on the Tack Piece and a SPOONBILL on the edge of the Dumbles over high tide. (Andy Jayne). … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     The very late first-winter Wheatear for it’s 4th day. 70+ Shelducks, a Redshank, 30+ Curlews, a Common Sandpiper, a Great White Egret again in the private field behind Fretherne church, three Little Egrets, three Redwings, two Stonechats, … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER on South Lake this morning briefly amongst the Dunlins. (Tan Grigg). The immature SPOONBILL on the estuary edge from Estuary Tower hide this morning. (Warren Gill). A Goshawk flew over the Tack Piece at … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     The first two BEWICK’S SWANS flew into the Tack Piece at 10:50am. Two DARK-BELLIED BRENT GEESE on the Dumbles and later five more flew upriver. From Zeiss hide four Spotted Redshanks and a Great White Egret. (Jeremy … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     1+ BEARDED TIT heard going over from Estuary Tower. Also a Brambling and a Hawfinch over this morning. A probable juvenile WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER on The Dumbles but not relocated. A Firecrest with a tit flock in willows … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN showing well from Zeiss hide this afternoon. (Heather England/Mark Hobson). The immature SPOONBILL on South Lake again. (Ian Hull). Eight White-fronted Geese on the Tack Piece. (Dot Jones). Bittern by Heather England Saul Warth    … Continue reading →

Wotton-Under-Edge     A BLACK REDSTART on rooftops, seen from the Chipping car park this afternoon. (Geoff Fawcett). Stinchcombe Hill     A Hawfinch, a Yellowhammer, a Reed Bunting, two Lesser Redpolls, 190 Woodpigeons, 25 Meadow Pipits, 17 Redwings and 11 Stock … Continue reading →

Painswick Beacon     This morning’s migration watch included 13 Hawfinches, 54 Chaffinches, seven Bramblings, 31 Goldfinches, 151 Redwings, eight Fieldfares, 68 Starlings and 3680 Woodpigeons. (John Fleming). Saul Warth     Late morning seven Stonechats, two Mistle Thrushes, six Meadow Pipits, … Continue reading →