Sightings - Slimbridge
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide Lapwing 27 Avocet 8 Teal 30 Shoveler 6 Shelduck 35 South Lake Gadwall 73 Black-tailed Godwit 27 Teal 1 Lapwing 15 Redshank 6 The Rushy Avocet 4 The Holden Tower Green Sandpiper 1 Curlew 13
11 June 2014
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