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Today's sightings
Rushy Bewick's Swan 11 Pochard, Tufted Duck, Teal, Mallard, Gadwall Holden Tower Avocet 2 Grey Plover 5 Great blacked Gull 16 Zeiss Hide Chiffchaff 1 flew toward S Finger [...]
10 November 2011
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Brent Goose 13 Short-eared Owl 2 Peregrine 2 Kestrel 1 Buzzard 2 Grey Plover 15 Golden Plover 700 Lapwing 240 Dunlin 180 Ruff 2 Rock Pipit 1 Shelduck 99 [...]
9 November 2011
Today's sightings
A rather misty start to the day so visibility not so good when we checked out the hides early this morning. It has cleared. Holden Tower Peregrine 1 White-fronted Goose 40 Tack Piece [...]
8 November 2011
Today's sightings
An overcast start to the day after the sunshine filled previous day. A cold NE wind blowing but these conditions are forcing thrushes to fly a bit lower as they migrate. Flocks of Redwing and Fieldfar [...]
7 November 2011
Todays Sightings
Rushy Still the 3 Bewicks Swans here. Pochard are up to nearly 100 and Pintail at 70. Martin Smith Hide The Snipe were showing well again with 4 there this morning, they were joined briefl [...]
5 November 2011
Todays sightings
Holden Tower Whitefronted Goose 33 Peregrine 1 Lapwing 350 Golden Plover 70 Heron 3 Rushy Bewicks Swan 3 Pochard 90 Tufted duck 170 Martin Smith Hide Snipe 3 (showing w [...]
4 November 2011
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide Avocet 1 Teal 1000 Gadwall 20 Shoveler 30 Holden Tower E White-fronted Goose 33 Peregrine 2 Greylag 4 (estuary favouring and likely to be wild birds) Ruff 6 Lapwin [...]
3 November 2011
Today's sightings-PEREGRINE'S
Peregrine Photographs The Peregrine Falcon has become an iconic bird of Slimbridge of the recent years. We tend to see at least two Peregrine’s every day of the year. They spend most of thei [...]
2 November 2011
Today's sightings
The Tack Piece Merlin 1 female Linnet 186 Lapwing 220 Wigeon 65 The Holden Tower Peregrine 1 White-fronted Goose 31 Grey Plover 14 Golden Plover 800 Dunlin 110 The Martin [...]
31 October 2011
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide Curlew Sandpiper 1 Avocet 1 Dunlin 360 Redshank 37 Ruff 3 Black-tailed Godwit 22 Curlew 2 Teal 1000 Lapwing 250 Cetti's Warbler 1 The Holden Tower Grey [...]
30 October 2011
High Tide - Great Birding
Holden Tower A good high tide at 9.7 M has pushed lots of birds onto the Dumbles edge this morning. Whitefronted Goose 32 Grey Plover 16 Golden Plover 300 Lapwing 250 Curlew 120 Dunlin [...]
29 October 2011
New Sighting Title
Rushy Bewicks Swan 3 Pochard 70 Pintail 45 Zeiss Hide Best birding here: Teal 480 Wigeon 70 Shoveler 58 Avocet 1 Golden Plover 25 Black Tailed Godwit 75 Redshank 5 Gree [...]
28 October 2011
Today's sightings
Starling news! Around 500 Starlings roosted in the grounds last night. This number is increasing daily, we hope it will reach 750,000 like it did a few years ago. As it gets colder in Eastern Euro [...]
27 October 2011
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide SPOONBILL 1 juvenile AVOCET 1 Curlew Sandpiper 1 juvenile Redshank 47 Greenshank 1 Lapwing 110 Wigeon 70 Teal 436 Grey Heron 2 The Rushy Bewick [...]
26 October 2011
The story from Slimbridge so far...
Migration has so far been a bit slow with the warm temperatures and winds, meaning winter duck species such as pochard and pintail have been held up, and the first white fronted geese arrived on 14 October. Although, there have been lots of waders to see
19 October 2011