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Severn Wader Festival day 1
Its the first day of the first ever Severn Wader Festival, and we've got a great selection of species who are here to celebrate with us. By lunchtime our Guides in the Hides had wracked up 13 species including: Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, Lapw
9 September 2017
The tide is high
The second half of this week is dominated by tides reaching 9m or more, pushing birds off the river and onto the pools and scrapes around the reserve, particularly the Top New Piece scrape viewed from the Zeiss Hide. The S
7 September 2017
Waders on the up
Numbers and variety of waders are on the up this week, just in time of our first Severn Wader Festival. Details about the weekend here. Ruff South Lake Hides The birds were well spread across the wader scrape this m
6 September 2017
Today's sightings
Rushy Hide Juvenile Little-ringed Plover (pic by MJM below), Little Grebe and two Green Sandpiper. The reserve team work party were cutting vegetation here today. Robbie Garnett Hide Two Green Sandpiper, 50+ Teal, 12 Gadwall and 6+ Blackcap in the hedg
5 September 2017
A dusky redshank
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece The Teal flock numbered over 300 but they move back and forth from the Bottom New Piece and here, 60+ Shoveler and the Garganey is still with them. Some vegetation cutting work was undertaken here today in preparation for the Seve
4 September 2017
September migrants
It was very busy with Chiffchaffs today, 120+ seen and heard around the site with Willow Warblers and Goldcrests also in evidence, this is likely to be a large undercount, who knows how many are out there? A few new waders were seen today, September is th
3 September 2017
Hobby
Rushy Kingfisher 1 Coot 36 Teal 14 Green Sandpiper 1 Snipe 6 Black Tailed Godwit 1 Little Grebe 1 Holden Tower and Hides Teal 56 Gadwall 14 Shoveler 3 Green Sandpiper 1 Sparrowhawk 1 Barn Owl 1 flushed from Holden Tower first thing. Wheatear 1 on Dumbles
2 September 2017
Snake suprise
Another gloriously sunny day but temperatures were rather chilly this morning reducing the warbler activity in front of the Holden Tower. Two whitethroats were seen and a number of chiffchaff and willow warbler are calling around the grounds. An unexp
1 September 2017
Super Sylvias
Yesterday's showers seemed to ground many of our migrating warblers, with the bulk of the number being chiffchaff and willow warbler. Birds were calling everywhere and there were even flocks of these great little warblers in the hedgerows - one flock of
31 August 2017
Snipe show
Rushy Hide Brilliant views of Snipe again today. Up to four Green Sandpiper, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 16 Lapwing and Little Grebe. Robbie Garnett Hide Green Sandpiper up to nine (13 on site today), 2 juvenile Ruff, 14 Gadwall and 16 Teal. Knott Hide/Hol
28 August 2017
Today's highlights
A busy scene from the Knott Hide this morning, 41 Gadwall, 14 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Teal and a Kingfisher as well as the usual warblers and Moorhens. The Gadwall are feeding upon the aquatic weeds. An influx of Teal resulted in 400+ being counted on the
27 August 2017
Snipe on show
Another lovely start to the day with sunshine and very little wind. The copse in front of the Holden Tower once again produced a nice selection of warblers including Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler along with
26 August 2017
Watch for warblers
The sun is shinning this morning and with very little wind, the tops of the trees in front of the Holden Tower and the hedgerow along the Summer Walkway are alive with warblers on the move. Young Whitethroat cr. Russ Myner
25 August 2017
More high tide waders
This morning's high tide pushed waders back on to the Top New Piece as viewed from the Zeiss Hide, including 400+ Dunlin, 80+ Ringed Plover and a summer plumaged Little Stint. Flock of Dunlin with Black-headed Gulls on the
24 August 2017
We didn't expect that
Today's unquestionable highlight was an Osprey on the river. Although a regular passage species for the reserve and estuary, we didn't expect this bird to be sat on a log and floating up river on the incoming tide this morning. It was flushed off by a
23 August 2017