Sightings - Slimbridge
Today's sightings
Rushy Pen Avocet 8 pairs nesting Lapwing pair nesting Oystercatcher pair Black-tailed Godwit 8 Tufted Duck 41 Shelduck 36 Gadwall 4 Wigeon 2 Tack Piece Crane 3 GCP Barnacle Goose 36 Avocet 6 Greylag 30 Teal 2 Holden Tower Avocet 7 pairs, two broods of x4
26 May 2015
Today's sightings
Shelduck-lings on the Rushy Pen Rushy Pen Avocet 6 pairs nesting Lapwing 2 Oystercatcher 2 Hobby at 0800 hunting Swallow and Martins Wigeon pair Tack Piece Crane 2 GCP Barnacle Goose 31 Marsh Harrier over S at 0915 Avocet 2 Holden Tower Lapwing 12 Avocet
24 May 2015
Unringed Crane
Land Rover Safari`s Common Tern 2 Hobby 3 Red Kite 1 Marsh Harrier 2 Little Egret 5 Garganey 1 Crane 4 Roe Deer 1 Hairy Dragonfly 2 Four Spotted Chasers 4 Lots of Damsel flies Holden Tower Avocet 6 incubating birds and a newly hatched brood of 2 Lapwing 6
23 May 2015
Today's sightings
I am pleased to say that it is difficult to find anywhere on site where you will be unable to hear Reed Warbler singing. With a number of Sedge Warbler, Common and Lesser Whitethroat territories now established we have quite a daytime chorus. A few Cetti'
21 May 2015
Wednesday sightings
The Rushy Garganey 2 Avocet 22 The Holden Tower Avocet 16 Lesser Whitethroat 1 The South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 38 Oystercatcher 4 Common Tern 2 Common Whitethroat 1 The Tack Piece Avocet 4
20 May 2015
Today's sightings
As well as a wide range of common bird species we have noted the following highlights... Rushy Pen Avocet- 22 present at 0800. Includes a number of nesting birds and a colour ringed individual. Lapwing pair Oystercatcher pair Shoveler 1 Wigeon 1 Tack Pie
19 May 2015
Today's sightings
Rushy Pen Avocet 18 Lapwing 2 Oystercatcher 2 Martin Smith hide Crane 4 GCP Tack Piece Avocet 5 Teal 2 Holden Tower Little ringed Plover 2 Ringed Plover 3 Dunlin 4 Avocet 10 Peregrine 1 Zeiss Hide Ringed Plover 2 Dunlin 14 Redshank 3 Teal 6 South Lake Bla
18 May 2015
Sunday sightings
The Holden Tower Avocet 12 Little-ringed Plover 1 Peregrine 1 The Rushy Avocet 19 The Land Rover Safari tour Garganey 3 males Hobby 5 Great-crested Grebe 2 with young Whimbrel 2 The South Lake Kingfisher 1 Black-tailed Godwit 35 Avocet 2 The Tack Piece Av
17 May 2015
Sunny saturday
The Rushy Garganey 1 male Avocet 10 The Tack Piece Garganey 2 males Teal 4 Avocet 8 Crane 3 The Holden Tower Avocet 12 Peregrine 1 The Zeiss Hide Avocet 10 Little Egret 1 The South Finger Cuckoo 1 The South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 38 Common Tern 1
16 May 2015
Spoonbill again
Today's Highlights Spoonbill 1 adult early morning on the South Lake Garganey 5 on site including 4 males The Holden Tower Grey Plover 2 Whimbrel 1 Curlew 1 Dunlin 40 Ringed Plover 15 Avocet 10 The Zeiss Hide Avocet 19 The Kingfisher Hide Cuckoo 1 The Sou
15 May 2015
Wet Thursday sightings
The Holden Tower Little-ringed Plover 2 Avocet 21 The South Lake Common Tern 1 Med Gull 1 Black-tailed Godwit 38 The Tack Piece Little Gull 1 Common Crane 1 Pink-footed Goose 1 Avocet 4 The Zeiss Hide Avocet 8 Sand Martin 50
14 May 2015
Wednesday birds news
The Rushy Little Gull 1 Avocet 9 Common Sandpiper 3 The South Lake Little Egret 1 Juvenile Black-tailed Godwit 57 Oystercatcher 4 The Holden Tower Avocet 17 Oystercatcher 2 Lapwing 20 Skylark 8 Peregrine 1 The Tack Piece Avocet 8 Teal 2 &nb
13 May 2015
Spoonbill
The Zeiss Hide SPOONBILL 1 summer plumage adult present but mobile Avocet 12 Garganey 1 male Teal 4 The Holden Tower Cuckoo 1 Avocet 18 The South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 57 Oystercatcher 4 Common Tern 1 The Tack Piece Crane 5 Avocet 6
12 May 2015
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Avocet- 8 pairs nesting and a brood with 2 chicks present this morning. Oystercatcher pair Pied Wagtail 1 male Peregrine- on the mudflats Lapwing 20 Tack Piece Crane 2 GCP Teal 6 Avocet 5 Martin Smith Hide Crane 2 GCP Grey Heron 1 Sedge Warbl
11 May 2015
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Avocet-seven nests occupied with two broods on the scrape. White Wagtail 1 Oystercatcher 9 on foreshore Whimbrel 2 Curlew 1 Dunlin 160 Ringed Plover 62 Sanderling 6 Raven 2 Lapwing 14 Tack Piece Pink-footed Goose 1 Crane 2 GCP Teal 6 Avocet 3
10 May 2015