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Today's sightings
Please note that South Finger will be shut for a period this morning for safety reasons, hedge cutting is in operation, this will be followed by some reedbed management work with the excavator. Extra pipes are being installed to make the filter system w
21 September 2015
Today's sightings
No sightings of the Purple Heron again today. Zeiss Hide Marsh Harrier- the rather scruffy female is still about and a new in immature male has arrived, both seen from here and on the landrover safari this afternoon. Over the high tide period (which is no
20 September 2015
Black Tern
South Lake Black Tern 1 very (active) Black Tailed Godwit 100 Lapwing 300 Shoveler 80 Cormorant 6 Pochard 2 Purple Heron Lots of searching but not aware of any sightings. Recent activity has been centered around the Bottom New Piece with viewing from the
19 September 2015
Purple and Black still!
The Kingfisher Hide PURPLE HERON 1 Juvenile seen again in the Bottom New Piece Kingfisher 2 Tree Pipit 1 Yellowhammer 1 The South Lake BLACK TERN 1 juvenile still present and showing well Lapwing 250 Black-tailed Godwit 77 Greylag Goose 500 Great-crested
18 September 2015
Thursdays bird news
The Kingfisher Hide PURPLE HERON 1 Juvenile showing on and off in the Bottom New Piece. The South lake Black Tern 1 Black-tailed Godwit 60 Redshank 15 Lapwing 200 Teal 250 Shoveler 45 Great-crested Grebe 2 The Zeiss Hide Ruff 10 Redshank 27 Greenshank 1 T
17 September 2015
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide Greenshank 3 Spotted Redshank 1 Redshank 40 Ruff 10 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Lapwing 200 Teal 357 The South Lake BLACK TERN 1 Great-crested Grebe 2 Shoveler 60 Teal 200 Black-tailed Godwit 74 Ruff 10 Redshank 3 Lapwing 200 Avocet 4 The R
16 September 2015
Today's sightings
The rainy weather has dropped a number of chats around the reserve, 16 Whinchat and 35 Wheatear were noted on the reserve today. The higher tides are beginning to drop off but birds are still coming to roost on the scrapes. South Lake Black Tern juvenile
15 September 2015
Pectoral Sandpiper and Temmincks Stint
A Great Bird watch morning this morning. Waders showed very well on the Dumbles, high light of which was a juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper. Also 210 Dunlin, 40 Ringed Plover, 1 Golden plover, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Little Stint, 7 Sanderling and a Turnstone. A
13 September 2015
Saturdays sightings
Zeiss Hide 1 Spotted Redshank, 9 Greenshank 47 Redshank 14 Ringed Plover 2 Snipe 21 Ruff 278 Lapwing 13 Pintail 800 Teal 2 Grey Heron Holden Tower 3 Curlew Sandpiper 2 Little Stint 5 Knot 5 Sanderling 46 Ringed Plover 1 Greenshank 2 Redshank 374 Dunlin 15
12 September 2015
Bird sightings for 11th September 2015
Purple Heron photographed yesterday from the Hogarth Hide by a visitor Roger Bing. This is a very rare bird to be seen in Gloucestershire, sadly we only found out today and are unable to locate it. If you do see anything unusual whilst visiting p
11 September 2015
Thursdays bird news
Car Park Great-white Egret 2 flew north at 8am Middle Point Whinchat 2 The Rushy Greenshank 2 Ruff 2 Black-tailed Godwit 30 The Zeiss Hide Ruff 12 Redshank 35 Lapwing 150 Black-tailed Godwit 50 Greenshank 2 Green Sandpiper 3 Teal 700 Matrix Kingfisher 1 T
10 September 2015
This morning's sightings-a foggy start.
We have scaffolding coming down and being re-erected at the Robbie Garnett/Stephen Kirk Hides today and this week. Some tractor mowing of the flower meadows in the Rushy will also be on the cards. Holden Tower Lesser Whitethroat in the bushes and Reed War
8 September 2015
Today's sightings from a quick hide round
The sunny, settled weather makes is easier to watch the smaller birds, there are still a few Siskins touring the car park and grounds and plenty of warblers on site, at least nine species are waiting to be discovered in the cover of the trees and shru
7 September 2015
Saturday sightings
The Zeiss Hide Wheatear 1 Yellow Wagtail 2 Wigeon 45 Teal 300 Lapwing 250 Ruff 6 Redshank 1 Spotted Redshank 1 The Holden Tower Common Crane 5 Barnacle Goose 110 Hybrid Goose 5 Buzzard 3 Merlin 1 Greenshank 4 The Tack Piece Common Crane 3 Teal 70 Wigeon 2
5 September 2015
Friday's bird news
The Rushy Black-tailed Godwit 17 Green Sandpiper 2 Teal 70 The Tack Piece Common Crane 3 The South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 110 Redshank 35 Lapwing 250 Greylag Goose 500 Grey Heron 1 Sand Martin 30 The Zeiss Hide Common Crane 2 Grey Heron 1 Lapwing 200 Ru
4 September 2015