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Chiffchaff overwintering in Wildside

Chiffchaff overwintering in Wildside

1 Bittern - main lake 4 Pintail - main lake, reservoir lagoon 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Shelduck - main lake 4 Snipe - wader scrape 1 Chiffchaff - Wildside   January bird highlights: Shelduck, Goldeneye, Bittern, Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit,

16 January 2019
Siskin along the South route

Siskin along the South route

2 Bittern - main lake (North shore & close to Headley hide) 6 Pintail - main lake 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 3 Siskin - South route 1 Peregrine - hunting over the main lake 1 Kestrel - South route January bird highlights: Shelduck, Goldeneye, Bitt

15 January 2019
2 Bitterns at rest in the main lake reeds

2 Bitterns at rest in the main lake reeds

  1 Iceland Gull 3rd cyr - main lake 2 Bittern - main lake (N+SE shores) 1 Shelduck - main lake 4 Mistle Thrush - O.C.P 1 Water Pipit - marsh (southern bund) 5 Meadow Pipit - flew NW 1 Chiffchaff - wildside 1 Little Owl - flew from the entrance area

14 January 2019
Black-tailed Godwit on the wader scrape

Black-tailed Godwit on the wader scrape

  1 Black-tailed Godwit - wader scrape 1 Jack Snipe - wader scrape p.m. 1 Yellow-legged Gull - main lake 1 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 2 Pintail - reservoir lagoon 1 Shelduck - main lake 6 Fieldfare - South route 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh

13 January 2019
Pintail & Bittern on our main lake

Pintail & Bittern on our main lake

Kestrel hunting off the Nature Trail (Tom McKibbin) 1 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 3 Snipe - wader scrape 6 Pintail - main lake, grazing marsh 1 Yellow Legged Gull - main lake 11 Fieldfare - entrance area 1 Water

12 January 2019
Duck Duck Pipit??

Duck Duck Pipit??

5 Pintail - main lake 1 Goldeneye - sheltered lagoon 1 Shelduck - main lake 1 Water Pipit - wader scrape 2 Siskin - sheltered lagoon 2 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge 1 Iceland Gull - main lake December/January bird highlights: Shelduck, Goldeneye,

11 January 2019
Water Pipit feeding close to the Wildside Hide

Water Pipit feeding close to the Wildside Hide

Water Pipit by Naomi Landy 1 Caspian Gull 2nd winter - reservoir lagoon 1 Jack Snipe - scrape 1 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 1 Water Pipit - marsh 1 Shelduck - main lake 1 Kestrel (female) - sheltered lagoon &nbs

10 January 2019
Peregrine, Pipit and Pintail

Peregrine, Pipit and Pintail

Photo by Rob Werran   2 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 6 Pintail - main lake, reservoir lagoon, sheltered lagoon 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Shelduck - main lake 2 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge 1

9 January 2019
A flash of blue

A flash of blue

5 Jack Snipe - main lake(2), wader scrape(3) - highest count of the winter and nationally significant 1 Bittern - main lake 5 Pintail - main lake, reservoir lagoon 5 Snipe - wader scrape 2 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Kingfisher - wildside 3 Redwing -

8 January 2019
Jack Snipe and Common Snipe on the wader scrape

Jack Snipe and Common Snipe on the wader scrape

(Snipe) 2 Bittern - main lake (North shore). Headley and Dulverton Hides 6 Pintail - main lake, reservoir lagoon 6 Snipe - scrape(4), main lake(2) 2 Jack Snipe - scrape   December/January bird highlights: Shelduc

7 January 2019
Kingfisher in Wildside

Kingfisher in Wildside

Kingfisher by Alec Pelling   1 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 3 Pintail - main lake 5 Snipe - wader scrape 2 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 2 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Kingfisher - Wildside 1 Kestrel - shel

6 January 2019
Pintail showing well today

Pintail showing well today

Northern Pintail at Slimbridge by James Lees 2 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 7 Pintail - main lake 1 Shelduck - main lake 71 Lapwing - main lake 4 Snipe - wader scrape 17 Redwing - flew over heading SW 1 Water Pip

5 January 2019
Calling Water Rail

Calling Water Rail

1 Goldeneye - sheltered lagoon 4 Pintail - main lake 7 Mandarin - main lake, wildside 3 Water Rail - reservoir lagoon, reedbed, sheltered lagoon (all calling) 1 Siskin - South route 1 Coal Tit - South route feeders 1 Little Owl - World wetlands 1 Peregri

4 January 2019
Bitterns in the reed fringes of the main lake

Bitterns in the reed fringes of the main lake

  2 Bittern - main lake N shore (Headley and Dulverton Hides) 1 Jack Snipe - scrape 1 Water Pipit - marsh, scrape 1 Redpoll - south route Birches p.m. 10 Redwing - entrance area 6 Fieldfare - entrance area 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 4 Pintail -

3 January 2019
7 Pintail displaying on the main lake

7 Pintail displaying on the main lake

2 Bittern - main lake N shore 1 Water Pipit - marsh 13 Redwing - entrance area 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 7 Pintail - main lake 8 Snipe - scrape(5), main lake(2), marsh(1). The group on the scrape flew in high from the NW a.m.   December bird hi

2 January 2019