Hoopoe!!
A HOOPOE was seen this morning flying up the seawall from the Zeiss Hide, then cut in land past the Holden Tower just after 8.30. It was last seen heading for the Rushy and hopefully will be re-found somewhere. This is a very rare visitor to us here at Slimbridge (4th record) and a scarce visitor to the UK normally overshooting their breeding areas in the Mediterranean. There has been a big influx of them into the country in the last few week, see more details in this excellent write up by Rare Bird Alert
The Holden Tower
Yellow Wagtail 1
White Wagtail 3
Little-ringed Plover 4
Ringed Plover 16
Dunlin 44
Little Stint 2
Avocet 8
Lapwing 20
Sand Martin 100
Red Kite 1
The South Lake
Avocet 9
Black-tailed Godwit 30
Mediterranean Gull 2
The Zeiss Hide
Redshank 12
Avocet 6
Black-tailed Godwit 110
Teal 20
The Tack Piece
Wheatear 1
Pink-footed Goose 1
Crane 2
Pintail 2
The Rushy
Common Sandpiper 1
Migrants
Willow Warblers
Chiffchaffs
Blackcaps
Reed Warblers
Sedge Warblers
Swallows
House Martins
Sand Martins
White Wagtails
Yellow Wagtail
Hoopoe
Little-ringed Plovers
