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Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece No sighting of the Red-necked Phalarope at 0845-0900 Gadwall 5 Lapwing 27 Avocet 4 pairs Teal 31 Shoveler 6 Shelduck 35 Little Egret 1 South Lake Gadwall 73 Garganey male Green Sandpiper 2 Black-tailed Godwit 23 Teal 1 Lapwing 15
10 June 2014
Today's sightings- Phalarope returns
Zeiss Hide Red-necked Phalarope-female feeding on flood at back of field (W boundary), it is very mobile and can be hidden being rushes for periods. Gets pushed around by Avocets. Garganey-drake Gadwall 114 (high count) Teal 30 (influx) Shoveler 9 Avocet
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
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
Today's Sightings
Holden Tower Shelduck-12 Oystercatcher- 2 Barnacle Goose- 36 Rushy Shelduck- 16 Tufted Duck- 12 Oystercatcher- 1 Avocet- 2 pairs Zeiss Hide Shelduck- 56 Avocet- 7 Tufted Duck- 3 Shoveler- 1 South Lake Gadwall- 38 Adults & 2 Adults with 2 young Shelduc
6 June 2014
Today's sightings
Avocet update We have 28 Avocets on site today. A third pair are building a nest on the Rushy, a pair are on South Lake and five pairs have ten young plus an incubating bird on the Bottom/ Top New Piece. Rushy Garganey- drake all day Tufted Duck- with 2
5 June 2014
Today's sightings
Martin Smith hide/Tack Piece Crane pair and chick Teal pair Swift 20+ feeding over Top Hut area manure mound Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Teal pair Wigeon 3 male/1 female Avocet 6 adults- young Lapwing-5 pairs with young South Lake Black-headed Gull 40 pairs-
4 June 2014
Today' sightings
Martin Smith Hide/Tack Piece Crane pair plus chick Holden Tower Green Sandpiper 1 Lapwing 6 Oystercatcher 2 Cuckoo 1 singing Zeiss Hide/ Top New Piece Avocet 4 adults and 5 chicks, some now flying Oystercatcher 2 Teal pair Shoveler 6 South Lake Black tail
3 June 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Green Sandpiper 1 returning bird Avocet pair Lapwing 20- the three chicks from the scrape now flying Zeiss Hide Avocet 3 pairs but one pair on nest Teal 3 Wigeon 8 Reed Warbler- regularly showing Canoe Trail Cuckoo- male singing and female 'b
1 June 2014
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide No sign of the red-necked phalarope so far. Avocet 8 adults with 8 juveniles. The Martin Smith Hide Common Crane 2 with 1 juvenile The Rushy Avocet 6 The South Lake Oystercatchers with young Great Crested Grebe with young Gadwall 58
30 May 2014
Today's sightings-Phalarope
The Zeiss Hide RED-NECKED PHALAROPE 1 adult in full breeding plumage Avocet 6 with a few juveniles Redshank 4 The Holden Tower Little Stint 1 Adult in summer plumage Sanderling 53 Ringed Plover 60 Dunlin 82 Peregrine 1 Cuckoo 1 Common Crane (At least 9
29 May 2014
Todays Sightings
Rushy Avocet- 6 Oystercatcher- 2 Shelduck- 2 broods Mediteranean Gull- 1 (1st Summer) Martin Smith Crane- 2 adults, 1 chick Robbie Garnett Redshank- 1 Lapwing- 4 Shoveler- 1 Wigeon- 1 Teal- 1 Holden Tower Sanderling- 6 Curlew- 1 Great Black Backed Gull- 3
28 May 2014
Today's sightings
Rushy Avocet 9 including two incubating birds and a pair nest scrapeing. Shellduck two big broods. Redshank 2 Common Tern 2 Mediteranean Gull 1 1st summer Martin Smith Hide Common Crane 2 ad and 2 chicks showing well. Lapwing 2 ad with 3 chicks. Buzza
26 May 2014
Todays Sightings
Rushy Avocets 2 pairs incubating and a spare adult, nice to see them feeding on the newly created pools on the upper pond. Oystercatcher 4 Waiting for the first sign of hatching chicks here. Martin Smith Hide Crane 2 ad + 2 chicks. Some good activity earl
25 May 2014
Today's sightings
Common Crane news The two chicks are still present today but spending much more time further out in the field best viewed from the Martin Smith Hide or our live CraneCam They have taken several 500m + walks and lots of swims today. The Martin Smith Hide
24 May 2014