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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 →

Cleeve Hill     Early afternoon a DARTFORD WARBLER c800 metres N of the masts in gorse at SO9922425412. (Duncan Dine). Dartford Warbler by Duncan Dine Wotton-Under-Edge     A BLACK REDSTART on top of the Wotton Baptist Church in the Chipping … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL from Zeiss hide at midday. (Paul Rich). Green-winged Teal by Paul Rich Also today seven White-fronted Geese, 21 Cattle Egrets and the immature SPOONBILL on the Tack Piece. A Little Stint from Estuary … Continue reading →

Stinchcombe Hill     This morning 1000+ Woodpigeons over, 24 Bramblings, 30 Redwings, seven Siskins, three Redpolls, a Reed Bunting, a Grey Heron, 40 Chaffinches, two Greenfinches, a Chiffchaff and plenty of Goldcrests. (James Robinson). WWT Slimbridge     The immature SPOONBILL … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge    21+ Cattle Egrets with the Longhorns, 4+ Stonechats along the Summer Walkway fence. A Great Crested Grebe, a Green Sandpiper and the juvenile SPOONBILL on South Lake. On the Rushy 35+ Snipe and two Spotted Redshanks. (Paul … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge    On the Rushy 43 Snipe, two Spotted Redshanks and two Cattle Egrets this morning. (Dot Jones). From Robbie Garnett hide six White-fronted Geese and 22 Cattle Egrets. (Tim Jukes). South Lake this morning the juvenile SPOONBILL, a … Continue reading →