Still a flock of 25+ Knot at WWT Slimbridge, on The Rushy this afternoon #GlosBirds #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 @wwtsightings.bsky.social

Brief sighting of a Water Rail from Martin Smith Hide at Slimbridge about 10:50 this morning #GlosBirds #wwtslimbridgesightings

South Lake- Spoonbill, 132 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, Water Rail on wader scrape.
Top New Piece- 18 Ruff viewed from Estuary Tower #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds

Tack Piece- 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Spotted Redshank (moved here from Rushy), c40 Teal.
Estuary Tower-two distant (probably) Arctic Terns downriver, Peregrine hunting over area, 12 Cranes on estuary and Dumbles #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds

Rushy Hide/Peng Observatory- 3 Garganey, 8 Spotted Redshank, 3 Greenshank, 5 Redshank, 3, Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Ruff, 7 Snipe, 20 Lapwing, Little Grebe + Teal, Gadwall and Shoveler #GlosBirds #WWTSlimbridgeSightings

Colour-ringed Black tailed Godwit on South Lake wader scrape, WWT Slimbridge,19/09/2026, pm. devon birds and wader study group notified. @wwtsightings.bsky.social #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds

Dipper this evening on my newly built bridge. Aylburton Common. #GlosBirds #SevernsideBirds

Damp morning at WWT but as always I’m so glad I got out to the hides 😊 @wwtsightings.bsky.social #GlosBirds

South Lake Discovery hide with @sabirder.bsky.social: 119 Black-tailed Godwits, 20 Ruff, 5 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Snipe, 2 Grey Heron, 8 Cormorant, 106 Teal, 2 Gadwall, 13 Tufted, 97 Shoveller, 1 Pochard, 146 Greylags. House Martins & Swallows feeding. @wwtsightings.bsky.social #GlosBirds

Robbie Garnett hide - 1 Cettis Warbler calling, 175 Teal and 1 Spotted Redshank.
Martin Smith hide - 1 Pintail and 4 Gadwall. @wwtsightings.bsky.social
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Rushy hide - 4 Snipe, 27 Gadwall, 15 Lapwing, 1 L Grebe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Redshank, 6 Spotted Redshank (3 juv), 2 Ruff, 2 Greenshank, 3 Garganey and 6 Shoveler. @wwtsightings.bsky.social
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Greenshank on the Rushy , up close. WWT Slimbridge, 18/09/26, pm. @wwtsightings.bsky.social #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds

Unusual to see Spotted Redshank searching for food in deeper water with heads completely submerged. Rushy hide, WWT Slimbridge, 18/09/26, pm. @wwtsightings.bsky.social #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds

Rushy - 6 knot flown in, showing well on lower pool #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #glosbirds

Guillemot floating out/down on the ebb tide, should pass Middle Point on far channel, was fending off juvenile GBB and Herring Gulls #GlosBirds #WWTSlimbridgeSightings

Male Kingfisher on the Duck Decoy pond, WWT Slimbridge, 17/09/26, 5pm. @wwtsightings.bsky.social #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds

@wwtsightings.bsky.social Slimbridge yesterday - 2 Wheatear on the Mid-point cross fence, a female Marsh Harrier on Top New Piece from Zeiss hide. A juvenile Little Grebe with 5 Greenshank, 7 Spotted Redshank and 3+ Snipe on the Rushy. #GlosBirds

WWT Slimbridge South Lake
26 Knott, 209 BlkWit, 17 Ruff, Greensand.11 roosting Cattle Egret (since flown out) ,Spoonbill ,25 Tufted Duck, 4 Pochard and 61 Shoveller. Currently being harried by a juv Marsh Harrier!
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WWT Hogarth Hide
Many Chiffchaff on the approach to the hide feeding in Sycamore Trees.
2 Green Sand and a Little Grebe.
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WWT Zeiss Hide..
26 Teal, 2 Ruff, Greensand, and adult fem Marsh Harrier
As the tide rises mid morning it is expected that wader numbers will increase(hopefully)
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