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Today's sightings
Common Redshank at Slimbridge by Graham Maples Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Plenty of waders came in from the estuary over high tide, these included 90 Red Knot, 100+ Black-tailed Godwit, 50 Dunlin, 7 Ruff, 2 Spotted Reds
28 September 2015
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide Pectoral Sandpiper seen at 0730 and 1115 (also on Tack Piece at 0930) Spotted Redshank adult winter and juvenile Redshank c20 Greenshank 3 Golden Plover 13 Lapwing 60 Teal 450 Stonechat 1 Crane GCP Holden Tower Waders mostly seen in flight over
27 September 2015
Sunny Saturday sightings
The South Lake Red Knot 44 all afternoon! Black-tailed Godwit 186 Redshank 1 Lapwing 50 Teal 300 Shoveler 20 Great-crested Grebe 2 The Holden Tower Ruddy Shelduck 1 Little Stint 3 Ringed Plover 29 Golden Plover 4 Dunlin 100 Curlew 150 Shelduck 200 Barnac
26 September 2015
Sunny Friday sightings
Grounds Siskin 100+ Chiffchaff 20 The Holden Tower Nuthatch 1 Wheatear 3 Buzzard 2 Marsh Harrier 3 Barnacle Goose 120 The Rushy Black-tailed Godwit 15 Green Sandpiper 1 Teal 250 The Tack Piece Teal 700 Common Crane 2 Martin Smith Hide Kingfisher 1 The Zei
25 September 2015
Bird sightings for 24th September 2015
Holden Tower 8 Wigeon 2 Marsh Harrier 1 Avocet 3 Common Snipe 21 Ringed Plover 15 Dunlin 5 Ruff 10 Curlew 4 Common Crane 3 Little Egret 1 Peregrine 1 Wheatear 198 Barnacle Goose South Lake 184 Lapwing 89 Black-tailed Godwit 16 Redshank 32 Shoveler 157 T
24 September 2015
Today's sightings
The South Lake Ruff 7 Redshank 28 Black-tailed Godwit 70 Lapwing 280 Snipe 1 Teal 200 Pintail 4 Shoveler 63 The Zeiss Hide Teal 700 The Rushy Black-tailed Godwit 15 Common Crane 2 The Holden Tower Barnacle Goose 200 The Kingfisher Hide Shoveler 12 Gadwall
23 September 2015
Today's sightings
South Lake Black Tern juvenile is still present and showing very well. Teal number around 170 with 40+ Shoveler and 45 Tufted Duck on the main lake. A quick scan through did not reveal the Garganey but it may well still be there. A flock of 89 Black-tail
22 September 2015
Today's sightings
Please note that South Finger will be shut for a period this morning for safety reasons, hedge cutting is in operation, this will be followed by some reedbed management work with the excavator. Extra pipes are being installed to make the filter system w
21 September 2015
Today's sightings
No sightings of the Purple Heron again today. Zeiss Hide Marsh Harrier- the rather scruffy female is still about and a new in immature male has arrived, both seen from here and on the landrover safari this afternoon. Over the high tide period (which is no
20 September 2015
Black Tern
South Lake Black Tern 1 very (active) Black Tailed Godwit 100 Lapwing 300 Shoveler 80 Cormorant 6 Pochard 2 Purple Heron Lots of searching but not aware of any sightings. Recent activity has been centered around the Bottom New Piece with viewing from the
19 September 2015
Purple and Black still!
The Kingfisher Hide PURPLE HERON 1 Juvenile seen again in the Bottom New Piece Kingfisher 2 Tree Pipit 1 Yellowhammer 1 The South Lake BLACK TERN 1 juvenile still present and showing well Lapwing 250 Black-tailed Godwit 77 Greylag Goose 500 Great-crested
18 September 2015
Thursdays bird news
The Kingfisher Hide PURPLE HERON 1 Juvenile showing on and off in the Bottom New Piece. The South lake Black Tern 1 Black-tailed Godwit 60 Redshank 15 Lapwing 200 Teal 250 Shoveler 45 Great-crested Grebe 2 The Zeiss Hide Ruff 10 Redshank 27 Greenshank 1 T
17 September 2015
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide Greenshank 3 Spotted Redshank 1 Redshank 40 Ruff 10 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Lapwing 200 Teal 357 The South Lake BLACK TERN 1 Great-crested Grebe 2 Shoveler 60 Teal 200 Black-tailed Godwit 74 Ruff 10 Redshank 3 Lapwing 200 Avocet 4 The R
16 September 2015
Today's sightings
The rainy weather has dropped a number of chats around the reserve, 16 Whinchat and 35 Wheatear were noted on the reserve today. The higher tides are beginning to drop off but birds are still coming to roost on the scrapes. South Lake Black Tern juvenile
15 September 2015
Pectoral Sandpiper and Temmincks Stint
A Great Bird watch morning this morning. Waders showed very well on the Dumbles, high light of which was a juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper. Also 210 Dunlin, 40 Ringed Plover, 1 Golden plover, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Little Stint, 7 Sanderling and a Turnstone. A
13 September 2015