A Male #Sparrowhawk @wwtsightings.bsky.social flying fast and low across the tack Piece today #GlosBirds

A more environmental shot of yesterday's Montagu's Harrier, with a fairly unique supporting cast of curlews and a pair of unringed cranes. #GlosBirds #WWTSlimbridgeSightings

A couple of colour-ringed Black-headed Gulls at Slimbridge yesterday, the regular Polish-ringed bird B-T0RX, but also a new bird to me, Y-S1663 which was ringed in Croatia in 2023. Always so amazed to learn these birds' life histories #GlosBirds #WWTSlimbridgeSightings @wwtsightings.bsky.social

South Lake- 16 Ruff, juvenile Wood Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 95 Black-tailed Godwit, 18 Shoveler, 32 Tufted Duck, 5 Pochard, 8 Lapwing. Kingfisher Hide area- Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap, Reed Bunting, 4 Gadwall, Kestrel #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds

Estuary Tower- Dumbles- Peregrine, 2 Kestrel, 23 Curlew, c30 Yellow Wagtail with the cattle, 8+ Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, flocks of Linnet and Goldfinch. #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds

Middle Point- on the Severn- adult Red Knot, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Oystercatcher, Sanderling with 53 Ringed Plover and 96 Dunlin, 3 Little Egret, Great Egret, 700+ Black-headed Gull, c20 Curlew. #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds

Rushy Hide- Little Grebe, 40 Gadwall, c30 Teal, 4 Shoveler, 2 Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 3 adult Spotted Redshank, 5 Redshank, juvenile Greenshank #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds

Tack Piece- 2 Garganey, c24 Teal, juvenile Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, 2 Avocet, 3 Redshank, 3 Little-ringed Plover, 9 Green Sandpiper, Little Egret and Grey Heron on the scrape 10 Yellow Wagtail and 12 Pied Wagtails in the grass and scrape edge + 2 Roe Deer #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds

GREEN & WOOD SANDPIPER WWT Slimbridge @wwtsightings.bsky.social @wwtworldwide.bsky.social #glosbirds

AM Safari - Gt Egret, Buzzard, Kestrel, both Crane families, Jersey Tiger moth, Painted Lady B’fly @wwtsightings.bsky.social #GlosBirds #UKbirding

Definitely in the record shot category but the Montague's Harrier spotted by @coombehillbirding.bsky.social (🏆) @wwtsightings.bsky.social Slimbridge is a UK lifer for me so am pleased to have captured any shot. Caught up with it from the canal towpath at Splatt Flashes. #GlosBirds #BirdsSeenIn2026

Greenshank from Robbie Garnett Hide at WWT Slimbridge this morning #GlosBirds #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 @wwtsightings.bsky.social

En route from Brighton to Worcester on Sunday, I stopped off at Eastleach Martin for the Long Tailed Shrike, which showed beautifully! My first UK Shrike, probably unusual to start with Long Tailed 😂 Hare & a group of 12 Grey Partridge in the adjacent field was nice to see too! #glosbirds

Estuary tower- adult Yellow-legged Gull on the Severn and both Lesser Whitethroat and Willow Warbler in the bushes below the tower. A few Yellow Wagtails following the cattle #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds

A 2cy male Montagu's Harrier has been touring the reserve through the morning, ranging from Purton to Frampton on Severn. The Middle Point area is a good place to search for it, latest reports came from the Frampton on Severn area #GlosBirds #WWTSlimbridgeSightings

Tack Piece- juvenile Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, 5 Redshank, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, a few Lapwing and Teal. Rushy Hide- Greenshank, 3 Spotted Redshank, Ruff and 8 Lapwing on the shore + 2 Common Terns #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds

Top New Piece- juvenile Wood Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Curlew, 4 Snipe, c80 Dunlin, 2 Avocet, 8 Shoveler, 9 Cranes, 30 Teal. #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds

South Lake- Little-ringed Plover, c50 Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Ruff, 9 Lapwing, Little Grebe, flocks of Gadwall, Shoveler and Teal #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds

Middle Point- a flock of 14 Common or Arctic Terns, c95 Dunlin, 24 Ringed Plover, c30 Curlew including a couple of colour-ringed/flag birds, 3 Kestrels and c20 Yellow Wagtails on the Dumbles this morning #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds

South Lake- 2 Ruff, 2 Little-ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 157 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Lapwing, 22 Teal. Top New Piece- first juvenile Black-tailed Godwit of the year #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds

Top New Piece- recently fledged Cattle Egret, 127 Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher, Avocet, 92 Teal, 20 Gadwall,35 Lapwing #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds

Tack Piece- juvenile Wood Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, 18 Teal, Ruff. Estuary Tower- Yellow Wagtails and a Peregrine #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds

Rushy Hide- 2 Common Tern, 8 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 2 Spotted Redshank, 5 Redshank, 15 Lapwing, Greenshank, 50 Gadwall, Little Grebe and Pochard all just stirred up by a Peregrine #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds

AM Safari - 3 Roe Deer, 2 Buzzard, Cranes Wendy & Albert + 2 Young, ER & Phelps + 1 Young, 2 Kestrel, Linnets & Curlew heard, 1 Peregrine @wwtsightings.bsky.social #GlosBirds #UKbirding

WWT Slimbridge , South Lake 11 Ruff, 50 BlkWit, single LRP and 2 lovely Common Gull amongst the BHGs Deep lake mostly moulting Gadwall and Shoveller @wwtsightings.bsky.social #wwtslimbridgesightings #glosbirds

WWT Zeiss Hide 57 Dunlin, 42 Lapwing, singles of Avocet and Green Sand 2 Yellow wag on mud with 15 Pied Wag and a bit 🤏 f Reed Warbler song! @wwtsightings.bsky.social #glosbirds #wwtslimbridgesightings

WOOD SANDPIPER Robbie Garnett, WWT Slimbridge @wwtsightings.bsky.social @wwtworldwide.bsky.social #glosbirds

Robbie Garnett Hide: 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Redshank, 2 Lapwing, 2 Avocet, 8 Teal, 2 Collared Dove, singles of Wiod Sandpiper, Greenshank, Grey Heron and Pied Wagtail @wwtsightings.bsky.social #GlosBirds

Mid Point: 2 Greenshank, 42 Curlew, 17 Dunlin, 15 Ringed Plover, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, singles of Great Egret, Turnstone; 3 Stonechat on cross fence @wwtsightings.bsky.social #GlosBirds

Rushy hide at WWT Slimbridge - 1 Snipe, 1 L Grebe, 18 Lapwing, 3 Spotted Redshank, 8 Ruff, 2 Redshank, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Little Egret. @wwtsightings.bsky.social #GlosBirds