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Holden Tower COAL TIT 1 very fresh juvenile calling and popped up before flying to Decoy. Scarce here. South Lake Wigeon 3 (2 males) Avocet pair nesting and another single Bla [...]
26 June 2012
Today's sightings
Tufted Ducks are hatching in numbers, you can see them from most hides often close to cover. Pic by MJMcGill South Lake Mediterranean Gull 1st summer at 0800, five yesterday, afternoo [...]
25 June 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Cranes 2 On the estuary Dunlin 8 Black-tailed Godwit 5 adults in full breeding plumage, newly arrived Curlew 50 Mediterranean Gull 2nd summer South Lake Avocet 3 p [...]
24 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Holden Tower Raven 1 Peregrine 1 Crane 4 Yellow Legged Gull 1 ad Dunlin 3 South Lake Mediteranen Gull 1 ad 1 2nd summer 5 1st summer. Avocet 6 Black Tailed Godwi [...]
23 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Rushy Common Turn 1 Mediteranean Gull 1 2nd summer Holden Tower Barnacle 28 Zeiss Hide Gadwall 18 Teal 4 Grey Heron 1 Reed Warbler 3 Sedge Wabler 2 South La [...]
22 June 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Crane 4 Zeiss Hide Avocet 6 Teal 3 Shoveler 4 Gadwall 48 Tufted Duck 5 broods South Lake Mediterranean Gull 1st summer Great Crested Grebe [...]
21 June 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Cranes 4 Goldcrest 1 Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Avocet two pairs and three young (7 in total) Shoveler 3 Gadwall brood of ducklings Tufted Duck now 4 broods of ducklings [...]
20 June 2012
Today's sightings
Kingfisher Hide Avocet 5 Cuckoo 1 The Holden Tower Common Crane 4 Grey Plover 1 Breeding Plumage Curlew 47 Dunlin 6 Ringed Plover 1 Shelduck 70 Barnacle Goose 110 The Rob [...]
19 June 2012
Today's sightings-Autumn passage starts!
Here is our Avocet family that have succesfully fledged three young JSLees WWT South Lake Green Sandpiper 1 The first Autumn passage wader arrived today, should see at least 50 here in the com [...]
18 June 2012
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Common Crane 4 (GCP) Dunlin 12 Ringed Plover 3 Curlew 27 Barnacle Goose 28 Peregrine 1 The Zeiss Hide Avocet 9 The South Finger Cuckoo 1 The Rushy [...]
17 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Holden Tower Curlew 17 G B B Gull 19 Oystercatcher 2 Lapwing 1 ad (with chicks) Crane 1 + 3 flying. Canoe Trail Gadwall brood. Tufted Duck 23 + 3 broods Great Crested Grebe 2 [...]
16 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Holden Tower Crane 3 Barnacle Geese 28 Curlew 12 Buzzard 1 Martin Smith Hide Reed Bunting 1 Sedge warbler 1 Reed warbler 1 Zeiss Hide Black Tailed Godwit 19 Avocet 4 ad [...]
15 June 2012
They have done it!
Avocet News! We are very pleased to announce that our very first breeding pair of Avocets have fledged three young. This is the first time this species has bred in Gloucestershire. They laid four [...]
14 June 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Cranes 2 from the Great Crane Project Hare on the saltmarsh shelf Zeiss Hide Avocet pair Teal 3 Redshank 4 Shoveler pair Little Egret 1 South Lake M [...]
13 June 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower The Cranes (at least three, often four) are feeding on the Dumbles close to the scrape. They have a routine and can usually be found here. There is some commuting about the reserve bu [...]
12 June 2012