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North Cerney     A QUAIL calling at the top of Chapel Lane at 9:30pm. (Dave Soons). Chaceley & Deerhurst     QUAIL calling at Chaceley and Deerhurst this evening. (Robin Lewis). WWT Slimbridge     A WOOD SANDPIPER on the Tack Piece … Continue reading →

Frampton pools     Four Common Terns, a Spotted Flycatcher family, two Hobbies, three Whimbrels over, a Swift, 20+ Sand Martins, four Swallows, six House Martins, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, a Kingfisher, 87 Barnacle Geese, 40 Greylags, the Ross’s Goose, 87 … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge    At Middle Point a brief view of the male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT, a Hobby, a Sparrowhawk and 40+ Curlews. 10+ Green Sandpipers, two Common Sandpipers, 5+ Ruff, a Spotted Redshank, 200+ Black-tailed Godwits, a Little Grebe and a … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A GLOSSY IBIS flew over the Tack Piece into South Lake for c15 minutes before flying to the Top New Piece with no further reports. (Tim McGrath/Gordon Youdale). Walmore Common     A BITTERN today and a female … Continue reading →

Coombe Hill Meadows     This afternoon a juvenile WOOD SANDPIPER, two Ruff, two Greenshanks, two Little Ringed Plovers, one a juvenile, a juvenile Redshank, a female Marsh Harrier and two Great White Egrets. (Ian Hull). WWT Slimbridge    From the … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still at Middle Point showed well between 8:30-9:15am and again this afternoon until 3:20pm at least. (MK/Andy Jayne). On South Lake three Dunlins, a Green Sandpiper, 120+Black-tailed Godwits, 20+ Redshanks, a Spotted Redshank, … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     This afternoon two Black-tailed Godwits, two Lapwings, 80+ Curlews, two Oystercatchers, 50+ Shelducks, a Little Egret, two Swifts, three Sand Martins and two male Emperors. (MK). Frampton pools    This morning 200+Sand Martins, 20+ Swifts, a Hobby, … Continue reading →

Frampton     At Splatt Bridge this morning, two Common Sandpipers on the canal, five Bar-tailed Godwits flew N, a Black-tailed Godwit flew high S, 13 Curlews, 30+ Avocets over the estuary, a male Yellow Wagtail, four young Black-headed Gulls and … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still at Middle Point today showing almost continuously 11am-1pm. Also a Red kite. (Tim Jukes/Oliver Paisey). A Common Sandpiper on the Rushy and six Green Sandpipers on the Tack Piece. (Dot Jones). On … Continue reading →

Saul Warth      At 7:30am at high tide 140+ Avocets, a Black-tailed Godwit, 75+ Curlews, two Lapwings, 15 Oystercatchers, 130+ Shelducks including ten ducklings, two Little Egrets, two adult Common Gulls, a Yellow Wagtail, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Sedge … Continue reading →