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 Friday 6 June.
Holden Tower
Redshank and Oystercatcher pair nesting and 2 pairs of Lapwing with 2 and 1 chicks
Middle Point
Peregrine-dark bird sat on sands
Tack Piece/Robbie Garnett Hide
Wigeon male
Shoveler pair
South Lake
Mediterranean Gull 4
Great Crested Grebe pair and juvenile
Gadwall-50+ in two broods
Common Tern pair on new rafts
Black-headed Gull- 40 pairs and lots of chicks
Black-tailed Godwit 18
Avocet 3
Green Sandpiper 2
Teal 2 pairs
Bee Orchid- viewable from the Discovery Hide. Left hand windows. Image- M.J.McGill
Rushy
Avocet 3 pairs nesting
Green Sandpiper 2
Shoveler pair
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece
Teal 10 (one female)
Shoveler pair plus 4 males
Avocet 3 pairs nesting and juveniles x 5
Little Egret 2
Redshank pair nesting?
Garganey male seen distantly in Bottom New Piece from Zeiss Hide
Also seen today around the site were Emperor and Black tailed Skimmer dragonflies, a Broad bodied Chaser in the wader aviary, Banded Demoiselle damselfly. Also Large Skipper, Common Blue and Meadow Brown butterflies.
Large Skipper- image M.J.McGill
House Martin collecting mud
about 30 pairs are breeding on our buildings- Image M.J.McGill
Grasshopper Warbler- Image by M.J.McGill. Listen from Middle Point Hide on a calm day or join Landrover safaris (weather/ground conditions permitting). It appears we may have a breeding pair along the foreshore reedbeds.
