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Today's sightings
Holden Tower The Dumbles Brent Goose 3 juveniles Barnacle Goose 120 Canada Goose 90 Estuary Grey Plover 2 Zeiss Hide Teal 450+ Black-tailed Godwit 100 Golden Plover 40 Du [...]
15 November 2011
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Common Scoter female on estuary over high tide Great Crested Grebe 1 Grey Plover 20+ Knot 1 Plus 50 E.White-fronted Goose on the Dumbles and 2 immature Peregrine South L [...]
14 November 2011
Today's sightings-More swans
Two of the new Bewick's Swans fighting on the Rushy copyright JSLees WWT The Rushy-And Bewick's Swan update Bewick's Swan (67) At last we have had several good nights of easter [...]
13 November 2011
Todays Sightings
Rushy Bewicks Swan 17 Pochard 70 Pintail 50 Martin Smith Hide Snipe 5 Cettis Warbler 1 Holden Tower and Robbie Garnett Hide. Whitefronted Goose 46 Wigeon 400 Teal 120 L [...]
12 November 2011
More Swan and a Bittern is back
Rushy Great to see 21 Bewick Swans on the Rushy this morning including a favorite pair with a family of 5 big youngsters. (See Julias swan update for details). Tufted Duck and Pochard have inc [...]
11 November 2011
Today's sightings
Rushy Bewick's Swan 11 Pochard, Tufted Duck, Teal, Mallard, Gadwall Holden Tower Avocet 2 Grey Plover 5 Great blacked Gull 16 Zeiss Hide Chiffchaff 1 flew toward S Finger [...]
10 November 2011
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Brent Goose 13 Short-eared Owl 2 Peregrine 2 Kestrel 1 Buzzard 2 Grey Plover 15 Golden Plover 700 Lapwing 240 Dunlin 180 Ruff 2 Rock Pipit 1 Shelduck 99 [...]
9 November 2011
Today's sightings
A rather misty start to the day so visibility not so good when we checked out the hides early this morning. It has cleared. Holden Tower Peregrine 1 White-fronted Goose 40 Tack Piece [...]
8 November 2011
Today's sightings
An overcast start to the day after the sunshine filled previous day. A cold NE wind blowing but these conditions are forcing thrushes to fly a bit lower as they migrate. Flocks of Redwing and Fieldfar [...]
7 November 2011
Todays Sightings
Rushy Still the 3 Bewicks Swans here. Pochard are up to nearly 100 and Pintail at 70. Martin Smith Hide The Snipe were showing well again with 4 there this morning, they were joined briefl [...]
5 November 2011
Todays sightings
Holden Tower Whitefronted Goose 33 Peregrine 1 Lapwing 350 Golden Plover 70 Heron 3 Rushy Bewicks Swan 3 Pochard 90 Tufted duck 170 Martin Smith Hide Snipe 3 (showing w [...]
4 November 2011
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide Avocet 1 Teal 1000 Gadwall 20 Shoveler 30 Holden Tower E White-fronted Goose 33 Peregrine 2 Greylag 4 (estuary favouring and likely to be wild birds) Ruff 6 Lapwin [...]
3 November 2011
Today's sightings-PEREGRINE'S
Peregrine Photographs The Peregrine Falcon has become an iconic bird of Slimbridge of the recent years. We tend to see at least two Peregrine’s every day of the year. They spend most of thei [...]
2 November 2011
Today's sightings
The Tack Piece Merlin 1 female Linnet 186 Lapwing 220 Wigeon 65 The Holden Tower Peregrine 1 White-fronted Goose 31 Grey Plover 14 Golden Plover 800 Dunlin 110 The Martin [...]
31 October 2011
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide Curlew Sandpiper 1 Avocet 1 Dunlin 360 Redshank 37 Ruff 3 Black-tailed Godwit 22 Curlew 2 Teal 1000 Lapwing 250 Cetti's Warbler 1 The Holden Tower Grey [...]
30 October 2011