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Today's sightings-Migrants!
Migrants The numbers below would probably be a lot higher if we had been constanty sat on the rivers edge today. Looked like a strong passage of birds heading low north all day. Yellow Wagtail 2 (N) White Wagtail 1 (N) Tree Pipit 1 (N) Meadow Pipit 2,20
10 April 2013
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Peregrine 1 Wigeon 15 Dunlin 57 Chiffchaff 3 The Zeiss Hide Avocet 3 Sand Martin 6 Chiffchaff 2 Cetti's Warbler 1 The Tack Piece Green Sandpiper 2 in breeding plumage Little Egret 4 Common Crane 4 Chiffchaff 2 The South Finger Chiffchaff
9 April 2013
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Bar-tailed Godwit 1 at high tide Dunlin 40 Peregrine 1 Wigeon 30 Pied Wagtail 3 Bullfinch 2 Tack Piece Crane (the crane project) 9 present early afternoon Teal 12 Little Egret 2 Bewick's Swan 2 Swallow 1 over oaks Sand Martin 2 over oaks Sout
7 April 2013
Today's sightings-Meds
Two Mediterranean Gulls displaying on the Rushy, Copyright JSLees The Rushy Mediterranean Gull (5) Adults in breeding plumage. Three are ringed and one has a Polish darvic on. Black-tailed Godwit 60 Robbie Garnett Avocet 1 Showing well ( Was later seen t
6 April 2013
Today's sightings
The Tack Piece Common Crane 4 (GCP) Swallow 1 The South Lake Common Crane 3 ( 7 GCP Cranes on site) Black-tailed Godwit 30 Snipe 1 The South Finger Treecreeper 2 Reed Bunting 3 Cetti's Warbler 1 Water Rail 1 The Willow Hide Water Rail 1 Reed Bunting 4 Th
5 April 2013
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower At least 500 Meadow Pipits migrating north in small groups Chiffchaff 2 Peregrine 1 The Tack Piece Common Crane 7 (GCP) Little-ringed Plover 2 Snipe 2 Teal 20 Little Egret 1 Pond Zone Chiffchaff 1 The Rushy Black-tailed Godwit 101 The Sou
4 April 2013
Today's sightings-Crane update
Common Crane sat on the nest today, Copyright JSLees Cranes Common Crane (8 Great Crane Project birds on site today) The Cranes were around the nest again today and had to drive away a pair of Mute Swans that had taken over the nest. The male Mute Swan w
3 April 2013
Common Cranes nest building!
Common Cranes nest building (© JSLees/WWT) Seen at WWT Slimbridge today, something that hasn’t happened in the South West of England for 400 years, Common Cranes nest building! These birds, from the Great Crane Project are collecting reeds and buildin
2 April 2013
Today's sightings
Holden Tower/Tack Piece Saltmarsh and mudflats Dunlin 80 Ringed Plover 7 Curlew 2 Shelduck 60 The Dumbles Lapwing c20 territorial birds, mostly inactive Red Kite on the ground and drifted N Peregrine 1 Tack Piece We are dropping water levels to prepare fo
1 April 2013
Today's sightings
Holden Tower/Tack Piece Little ringed Plover 3 Dunlin 60 Lapwing 20 territorial birds Song Thrush 2 Skylark 1 Bittern flew across field heading N Garganey present mid morning Barn Owl hunting this morning Long Ground Pool Great Crested Grebe 2 Little Greb
31 March 2013
Today's sightings
The Rushy GARGANEY1 male Bewick's Swan 2 The Tack Piece Tundra Bean Goose 1 White-fronted Goose 12 Wigeon 50 Little Egret 2 The Holden Tower White Wagtail 1 (First of the spring) Pied Wagtail 2 Little-ringed Plover 2 Dunlin 80 Grey Plover 1 Peregrine 2 Bu
30 March 2013
Today's sightings
Chiffchaff struggling to find food in the grounds this morning, Copyright JSLees Common Crane on the Tack Piece, Copyright JSLees The Holden Tower Littl-ringed Plover 4 Dunlin 80 Wigeon 50 The Tack Piece Tundra Bean Goose 1 White-fronted Goose 12 Common
29 March 2013
More migrants
Water Rail still showing very well from the Willow Hide Copyright JSLees The Holden Tower Wheatear 1 male (First of the year) Chiffchaff 1 Meadow Pipit 40 Ringed Plover 15 Dunlin 150 Bar-tailed Godwit 2 (First of the spring) Curlew 180 Peregrine 3 Buzzar
28 March 2013
Today's sightings-Goshawks displaying
Highlights GOSHAWK (2) Male and female seen displaying over the reserve this afternoon for the first time ever. MARSH HARRIER 1 Female Hunting the foreshore and reserve The Holden Tower Ringed Plover 6 (First of the spring) Little-ringed Plover 2 Dunlin 8
27 March 2013
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Little-ringed Plover 2 The Zeiss Hide Avocet 2 Black-tailed Godwit 57 The Tack Piece Common Crane 4 Tundra Bean Goose 1 White-fronted Goose 24 The Rushy Pintail 119 Bewick's Swan 7
26 March 2013