Latest sightings
Sightings and news to week ending 4 January 2026
No sign of any Tundra Bean Geese by 1330hrs. The Russian White-fronted Geese have been feeding in the fields between South Lake and the canal, a few family parties and pairs in other fields, 90-100 on site. Pond Zone (adjacent to the Decoy) Four
29 December 2025
Sightings and news to week ending 28 December 2025
Wildlife sightings from around the reserve
21 December 2025
Sightings and news to week ending 21 December 2025
Wildlife sightings from around the reserve
14 December 2025
Sightings and news to week ending 14 December 2025
Sunday 14 December Estuary Tower Eleven Cranes, five Roe Deer, Golden Plover, Lapwing and Dunlin flocks on the floods and saltpans, 100s of Greylag, Barnacle and Canada Geese with Snow x Bar-headed, two Barnacle x Canada, two Canada x farmyard and the R
8 December 2025
Sightings and news to week ending 7 December 2025
Sunday 7 December Estuary Walkway A Firecrest seen in the Withy bed alongside the path throughout the day, a second was also seen near Welly Boot land. Also spotted were 3 Blackcap, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Goldcrest, Song thrush and a Redwing floc
1 December 2025
Sightings and news to week ending 30 November 2025
*Internal Drainage board work continues across the reserve this week as well as pollarding coppicing and removing of ditch blocking trees. Sunday 30 NovemberRushy Hide/Peng ObservatoryTwenty seven Bewick's Swans. Tack PieceUnusual to see
24 November 2025
Sightings and news to week ending 23 November 2025
*The Internal Drainage Board will be on site over the next few weeks performing essential ditch maintenance. Apologies for any localized disturbance. South Lake all day today (19 November) and probably South Finger Reedbed (20/21 November). Saturday 22
17 November 2025
Sightings and news to week ending 16 November
*The Internal Drainage Board will be on site over the next few weeks performing essential ditch maintenance. Apologies for any disturbance. *Following on from yesterday (12 November), please note that we will be tractor topping on Top New Piece t
9 November 2025
Sightings and news to week ending 9 November 2025
Image- taken from Rushy Hide- Temminck's Stint with other species on one of the islands on the Lower Pond. Will it remain with us and overwinter? *Please note* We have began to feed birds here from Monday 3 November, it'll take a couple of weeks to se
2 November 2025
Sightings and news to week ending 2 November 2025
Image- Teal and Snipe from Rushy Hide Sunday 2 November Rushy Hide/Peng Observatory Temminck's Stint, at least during in the morning but also visiting Tack Piece scrape. Also Little Egret, 14 Redshank, 1 Ruff, 6 Snipe, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 85 Lapwi
31 October 2025
Sightings and news to week ending 26 October 2025
Image- Robin at the Rushy gate *Please note that we will undertake additional work in the area of the Rushy this week. Much of it will be out of general view so shouldn't cause too much disturbance but we are likely to be around both ponds on at least
19 October 2025
Sightings and news to week ending 19 October 2025
*Please note that you may encounter noisy machinery performing essential seasonal work, as well as various infrastructure and habitat projects that are ongoing. This work began later than usual in late September and will continue through to November,
12 October 2025
Sightings and news to week ending 12 October 2025
Rising tides this week will peak at over 10 metres at Sharpness, we hope to offer the waders additional roosting and feeding options around the scrapes, an attempt to attract them in from the Severn to coincide with the Wild Wader Celebration on Tue
5 October 2025
Sightings and news to week ending 5 October
A newly arrived Whooper Swan on the South Lake wader scrape (MJM). *Please note that seasonal work, infrastructure and habitat projects are ongoing about the reserve from the end of September through to November, we may have machinery such as exc
29 September 2025
Sightings and news to week ending 28 September
Sightings from around the Slimbridge Reserve
24 September 2025