
19 Knot currently on the Rushy #wwtslimbridgesightings
Top New Piece- 4 Great Egret all dispersed to Severn, Spoonbill, 2 Ruff but a Marsh Harrier flushed everything.
Estuary Tower- 18 Crane on the mudflats, 2 Stonechat Middle Point, Yellow Wagtail among the cattle #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
Rushy Hide/Peng Observatory- 4 Garganey, Green Sandpiper, 7 Ruff, 6 Redshank, 10 Spotted Redshank (4 juveniles, two of which have flown to Tack Piece), 60 Teal, 5 Pintail, 12 Gadwall, 13 Shoveler, 40 Lapwing, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
Osprey, Wheatear, Dunlin, Sanderling and a grass snake today #WWTSlimbridgeSightings
Top New Piece from Zeiss Hide- over high tide- 14 Curlew Sandpiper (all juveniles), 4 Little Stint (adult and three juveniles), 19 Sanderling, 307 Ringed Plover, 530 Dunlin.
South Lake- 20 Knot among the Black-tailed Godwits #GlosBirds #WWTSlimbridgeSightings
Shepherds Hut Hide-Five Stonechat and Whinchat in the Goose House Ground weeds and wild headland.
Tack Piece- Golden Plover arrived calling, another calling in the field #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
Osprey over the visitor centre toward South Lake and Tin Shed Ground, look up! #GlosBirds #WWTSlimbridgeSightings
Estuary Tower- Marsh Harrier on Dumbles foreshore, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 12+ Meadow Pipit, 25 Curlew on the Dumbles.
Tack Piece- 170+ Teal, Green Sandpiper, 3 Snipe, 1-4 Ruff, 2 Spotted Redshank, 5 Black-tailed Godwit.
Martin Smith Hide- 2 Wigeon with Gadwall #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
South Lake- 3 Green Sandpiper, 25 Tufted Duck, 6 Pochard, GBB Gull, 21 Ruff, 3 Snipe, c100 Black-tailed Godwit, (one new-in colour ringed with Red over yellow/black line L, yellow over red over yellow R) #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
Rushy Hide/Peng Observatory- 7 Spotted Redshank (one juvenile), 5 Redshank, 8 Snipe, Greenshank, Garganey, 7 Ruff, 3 Little Grebe #GlosBirds #WWTSlimbridgeSightings
Estuary Tower- three Wheatear on the Dumbles cross fence although distant, 20+ Meadow Pipit and 15+ Skylark and 2-3 Yellow Wagtail visiting the dry scrape and grassland nearby, three Marsh Harrier and two Peregrine hunting during the morning #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
Middle Point- Fulmar and Manx Shearwater on the Severn over high tide with a few Curlew Sandpipers, 19 Sanderlings and juvenile Little Stint among the Dunlin/Ringed Plover flock feeding on the mud on the ebb also 6 Bar-tailed Godwit with 287 Curlew #GlosBirds #WWTSlimbridgeSightings
Rushy Hide/Peng Observatory- 10 Spotted Redshank, 3 Greenshank, 3 Garganey, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 5 Snipe, 8 Redshank, 10 Ruff, 24 Coot, 10 Moorhen, 42 Mallard, 5 Shoveler, 48 Lapwing #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
South Finger- Spotted Flycatcher feeding above the path.
South Lake- 19 Knot, 203 Black-tailed Godwit, 19 Ruff, 4 Green Sandpiper, 115 Black-headed and single Common and LBB Gull, 13 Cormorant, 71 Shoveler #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
Top New Piece- over high tide- 13 juvenile Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Little Stint (one adult, three juveniles), juvenile Turnstone, 301 Ringed Plover, 458 Dunlin, 27 Sanderling, 2 Avocet, Marsh Harrier, Buzzard and Peregrine, 2 Little Grebe, 165 Teal #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds