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Today's sightings
The Tack Piece Common Crane 4 (GCP) Swallow 1 The South Lake Common Crane 3 ( 7 GCP Cranes on site) Black-tailed Godwit 30 Snipe 1 The South Finger Treecreeper 2 Reed Bunting 3 Cetti's Warbler 1 Water Rail 1 The Willow Hide Water Rail 1 Reed Bunting 4 Th
5 April 2013
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower At least 500 Meadow Pipits migrating north in small groups Chiffchaff 2 Peregrine 1 The Tack Piece Common Crane 7 (GCP) Little-ringed Plover 2 Snipe 2 Teal 20 Little Egret 1 Pond Zone Chiffchaff 1 The Rushy Black-tailed Godwit 101 The Sou
4 April 2013
Today's sightings-Crane update
Common Crane sat on the nest today, Copyright JSLees Cranes Common Crane (8 Great Crane Project birds on site today) The Cranes were around the nest again today and had to drive away a pair of Mute Swans that had taken over the nest. The male Mute Swan w
3 April 2013
Common Cranes nest building!
Common Cranes nest building (© JSLees/WWT) Seen at WWT Slimbridge today, something that hasn’t happened in the South West of England for 400 years, Common Cranes nest building! These birds, from the Great Crane Project are collecting reeds and buildin
2 April 2013
Today's sightings
Holden Tower/Tack Piece Saltmarsh and mudflats Dunlin 80 Ringed Plover 7 Curlew 2 Shelduck 60 The Dumbles Lapwing c20 territorial birds, mostly inactive Red Kite on the ground and drifted N Peregrine 1 Tack Piece We are dropping water levels to prepare fo
1 April 2013
Today's sightings
Holden Tower/Tack Piece Little ringed Plover 3 Dunlin 60 Lapwing 20 territorial birds Song Thrush 2 Skylark 1 Bittern flew across field heading N Garganey present mid morning Barn Owl hunting this morning Long Ground Pool Great Crested Grebe 2 Little Greb
31 March 2013
Today's sightings
The Rushy GARGANEY1 male Bewick's Swan 2 The Tack Piece Tundra Bean Goose 1 White-fronted Goose 12 Wigeon 50 Little Egret 2 The Holden Tower White Wagtail 1 (First of the spring) Pied Wagtail 2 Little-ringed Plover 2 Dunlin 80 Grey Plover 1 Peregrine 2 Bu
30 March 2013
Today's sightings
Chiffchaff struggling to find food in the grounds this morning, Copyright JSLees Common Crane on the Tack Piece, Copyright JSLees The Holden Tower Littl-ringed Plover 4 Dunlin 80 Wigeon 50 The Tack Piece Tundra Bean Goose 1 White-fronted Goose 12 Common
29 March 2013
More migrants
Water Rail still showing very well from the Willow Hide Copyright JSLees The Holden Tower Wheatear 1 male (First of the year) Chiffchaff 1 Meadow Pipit 40 Ringed Plover 15 Dunlin 150 Bar-tailed Godwit 2 (First of the spring) Curlew 180 Peregrine 3 Buzzar
28 March 2013
Today's sightings-Goshawks displaying
Highlights GOSHAWK (2) Male and female seen displaying over the reserve this afternoon for the first time ever. MARSH HARRIER 1 Female Hunting the foreshore and reserve The Holden Tower Ringed Plover 6 (First of the spring) Little-ringed Plover 2 Dunlin 8
27 March 2013
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Little-ringed Plover 2 The Zeiss Hide Avocet 2 Black-tailed Godwit 57 The Tack Piece Common Crane 4 Tundra Bean Goose 1 White-fronted Goose 24 The Rushy Pintail 119 Bewick's Swan 7
26 March 2013
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Little ringed Plover 4 around pool on the Dumbles/Tack Piece mud and floods Tundra Bean Goose 1 E. White-fronted Goose 24 Wigeon 60 Dunlin 70 Crane 4 GCP birds flew from Knott Pool to Martin Smith Hide Tack Piece Wigeon 70 Zeiss Hide Spoonbil
25 March 2013
Today's sightings
Tack Piece Spoonbill 1 feeding in scrape or roosting adjacent. Wigeon 70 Goshawk flew over flushing all of the birds late morning. Black-tailed Godwit 57 (mobile flock) Holden Tower Tundra Bean Goose 1 E White-fronted Goose 24 Common Scoter pair on the eb
24 March 2013
Today's sightings-Garganey still
The drake Garganey still present today on the Tack Piece The Tack Piece GARGANEY 1 male Teal 18 Shelduck 30 Black-tailed Godwit 57 Redshank 9 Little Egret 3 The Holden Tower Little-ringed Plover 2 Dunlin 110 Golden Plover 30 Tundra Bean Goose 1 White-fro
23 March 2013
Today's sightings-Garganey
The Rushy GARGANEY 1 Drake (First of the spring) Today's sightings Little-ringed Plover 4 Tundra Bean Goose 1 White-fronted Goose 24 The South Lake Ruff 3 ( 2 in summer plumage) Black-tailed Godwit 77 The South Finger Chiffchaff 1
22 March 2013