Tack Piece- juvenile Wood Sandpiper favouring the East shore NE end of scrape, 5 Ruff, Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 12 Wigeon c70 Teal, 200 Linnet on the field.
Martin Smith Hide- Kingfisher using the new perches close to the hide + Snipe #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds

Rushy. Upper pond, just after midday. Am told this is a juv Wood Sandpiper. Also seen a lovely Grey Wagtail at the overflow #Glosbirds @wwtsightings.bsky.social

*Note* Seasonal habitat work party in the Rushy from tomorrow Tue 6 to Thu 8 October, another session Mon 19 to Fri 23 October to coincide with low tides and maximum staff/volunteers. Other scrapes will offer good feeding and roosting locations for the birds. #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds

Top New Piece- 16 Ruff, 2 Spotted Redshank, 32 Lapwing, 90 Teal, 7 Wigeon.
South Lake- Knot, 90 Black-tailed Godwit, 130 Teal #GlosBirds #WWTSlimbridgeSightings

Middle Point- 560 Dunlin, 4 Ringed Plover, 14 Grey Plover, 5 Golden Plover, 1 Knot, 1 Ruff, 2 Siskins over SW, 5 Reed Buntings, flocks of Curlew Shelducks, Avocets plus Grey Herons and Little Egrets #GlosBirds #WWTSlimbridgeSightings

Dumbles- 13 Cranes but moved to the Severn, flock of Greylag with two paler/robust individuals, Barnacle and Canada Geese, Skylarks and meadow Pipits, Curlew and Peregrine #GlosBirds #WWTSlimbridgeSightings

Tack Piece- juvenile Wood Sandpiper, 7 Ruff at the NE end of the scrape, 22 Wigeon, 70 Teal, 130 Linnet.

Martin Smith Hide- Snipe, Kingfisher, 8 Teal #GlosBirds #WWTSlimbridgeSightings

Rushy Hide/Peng Observatory- 8 Spotted Redshank, 3 Redshank, Greenshank, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Snipe, 6 Lapwing, Little Grebe, Great Egret, Teal, Gadwall, Shoveler and Mallard #GlosBirds #WWTSlimbridgeSightings

A #Greenshank one of three seen on the Rushy @wwtsightings.bsky.social this afternoon #Glosbirds

A #Grey_Wagtail glowing in the late afternoon sun today @wwtsightings.bsky.social #Glosbirds

Bar tailed Godwit from Middle Point this morning. Also, 1 Whimbrel and 20/30 Curlew. Lots of small waders.

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Third time's the charm, thrilled to see my lifer Pectoral Sandpiper from the Zeiss Hide around midday today #WWTSlimbridgeSightings @wwtsightings.bsky.social #GlosBirds

Middle Point- c30 Curlew, 240+ Avocet, 28 Golden Plover, 100+ small waders in the distance #GlosBirds #WWTSlimbridgeSightings

Tack Piece- juvenile Wood Sandpiper at far NE end with 3 Snipe, 9 Ruff, 2 Green Sandpiper, c70 Teal and 14 Wigeon, flock of c60 Linnet visiting to drink #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds

Stroud. River & canal this morn. A few Dippers incl this one at Brimscombe Port, Grey Wags and two Herons. Little Grebe, L Egret, Kingfisher and a few Mandarins at Fromehall Millpond #Glosbirds + 10 acr & 3 pbr + 20+ pir

South Lake, WWT Slimbridge this morning - a Cormorant trying to swallow a large Eel and 2 Knot. One of several Pintail on site, Snipe are still around in good numbers, this was one of 10+ on the Rushy. Also on the Rushy were 3 Greenshank & 9 Spotted Redshank. @wwtsightings.bsky.social #GlosBirds

Robbie Garnett hide - Wood Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 4 juvenile Ruff, 2 Snipe and 45 Wigeon. @wwtsightings.bsky.social
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South Lake Discovery hide: 9 Ruff, 151 Black-tailed Godwits, 43 Lapwing, 9 Ruff, 170 Teal, 81 Shoveller, 4 Pochard, 2 Gadwall, 5 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 42 Black-headed Gulls, 1 Common Gull. @wwtsightings.bsky.social #glosbirds #ukbirding

Hogarth hide - 84+ Black-tailed Godwit at Hogarth end of wader scrape (more from Discovery), 8 Ruff, 1 Wood Sandpiper along back edge, 6 Snipe and 1 Great-spotted Woodpecker. @wwtsightings.bsky.social
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Zeiss hide - difficult conditions in mist/drizzle but at least 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 12+ Ruff and 1 Cettis Warbler calling. @wwtsightings.bsky.social
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