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June update: chicks galore!
Greetings flamingo followers. I have just returned from my last week of data collection at Zoo Berlin where I have been comparing the behaviour of lesser and Andean flamingos to those in UK collections. I have come back to Slimbridge to find lots of yo
9 June 2014
Today's sightings
Sad news concerning the Crane family, view here for details http://www.wwt.org.uk/news/all-news/2014/06/wwt-slimbridge-news/sadness-as-first-wild-crane-in-the-west-for-400-years-disappears/ Late news- Red-necked Phalarope again briefly from Zeiss Hide on
8 June 2014
Today's Sightings
Weather: Sunny and warm Time: AM / Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Lapwing - 8 + 3 chicks Oystercatcher - 4 + 3 chicks Avocet - 8 + 6 chicks Common Tern - 52 Shoveler - 6 Gadwall - 4 Shelduck - 10 + 24 ducklings Tufted Duck - 16 Grey Wagtail - 1 Mute Sw
8 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 8th June 2014
2 Teal - main lake 1 Shoveler - main lake 1 Kestrel - perched in tree on sheltered lagoon 2 Green Sandpiper - marsh/scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - scrape An orchid survey was conducted on site on Thursday giving a total of: > 2,000 Southern Ma
8 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 7th June 2014
2 Green Sandpiper - grazing marsh 1 Little Ringed Plover - scrape 1 Kestrel - male hunting 1 Hobby - hunting on reserve 1 Gadwall brood - main lake 2 Swallow - grazing marsh 3 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon, wildside May bird highlights: Red
7 June 2014
Today's Sightings
Weather: Overcast but warm Time: AM / Tide Level: Mid. Wader Lake Avocet - 7 + 6 chicks Oystercatcher - 4 + 3 chicks Lapwing - 8 Common Tern - 48 Shelduck - 10 + 26 ducklings Shoveler - 4 Teal - 4 Gadwall - 2 Grey Heron - 25 Coot - 3 Tufted Duck -
7 June 2014
Today's Sightings
Holden Tower Shelduck- 5 Oystercatcher- 1 pair Lapwing- 1 Barnacle Goose- 2 Rushy Tufted Duck- 17 Avocet- 2 pairs Shelduck- 7 Zeiss Hide Avocet- 6 Adults Lapwing- 2 Shelduck- 1 Tufted Duck- 1 Canada Goose- 1 Gadwall- 20 South Lake Great Crested Grebe- 2 A
7 June 2014
Latest Sightings - Otter in the open
Whooper Pond OTTER 1 at 8:40am Oystercatcher 2 - with 1 chick Mallards Mallard ducklings 9 House Martins Swallows Folly Pond OTTER 1 at 8:00am and last night Mallards Mallard ducklings Shelduck 2 Oystercatcher 3 Swallows House Martins Avenue Tower Mute Sw
7 June 2014
Grasshopper Warbler
Excellent news with the first confirmed breeding record of Grasshopper Warbler for the reserve. This species is regular on territory but not easy to find the nest with young. New in today 2 male breeding plumage Ruff. This is early for these birds to retu
6 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 6th June 2014
4 Teal - wader scrape 3 Shoveler - grazing marsh, wader scrape 1 Kingfisher - wildside 2 Peregrine - perched on hospital 1 Kestrel - 1 Whitethroat - singing from beside wader scrape hide May bird highlights: Red Kite, Goshawk, Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Little
6 June 2014
Sadness as first wild crane in the west for 400 years disappears
The last remaining wild crane chick, which would have become the first to survive in Western England in 400 years has disappeared from sight on the Slimbridge Wetland Centre reserve in Gloucestershire last night. There are many risks to a chick this youn
6 June 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Avocet 6 & 6 chicks Lapwing - 12 Oystercatcher - 2 & 1 chick Redshank - 1 Grey Heron - 38 Common Tern - 67 Mute Swan - 1 Shelduck - 23 & 36 duckling Shoveler - 4 Gadwall - 8 Reed Bunting - 3 S
6 June 2014
Out on the reserve today
Common tern The avocet pair from Lady Fen have relocated to the main lagoon. An early morning hike for the chicks including crossing the car park, the road, climbing the bank, swimming the Hundred Foot Drain, walkin
6 June 2014
Sand martin nest bank reopens
We have opened our sand martin nest bank again, now that the birds have reared their first broods. We kept it closed for a few weeks this year to see if the reduction in noise increased the number of pairs nesting, but it doesn't seem to h
6 June 2014
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Oystercatcher 2 - with 1 chick Mallard 38 Mallard ducklings 9 House Martins Swallows Folly Pond Mallards Mallard ducklings Oystercatcher 3 Swallow 20 House Martin 20 Avenue Tower Mute Swan 2 - with 8 cygnets Gadwall 3 Tufted Duck 3 Oysterca
6 June 2014