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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
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- Little-ringed Plover, c50 Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Ruff, 9 Lapwing, Little Grebe, flocks of Gadwall, Shoveler and Teal #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
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
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
WWT Slimbridge 2nd year Monty’s Harrier hunting Dumbles from Estuary Tower @wwtsightings.bsky.social #glosbirds
Montagu's Harrier caught a rodent on the Dumbles, now on ground feeding #GlosBirds #WWTSlimbridgeSightings @wwtsightings.bsky.social
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
Rushy Hide- 5 Redshank, 3 Spotted Redshank, 2 juvenile Greenshank, 25 Black-tailed Godwit, Little Grebe, flocks of Gadwall and Teal #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
South Lake- Little-ringed Plover, 3 Green Sandpiper, 65 Black-tailed Godwit, 11 Ruff, 3 Redshank, 9 Lapwing, 70 Gadwall, 20 Teal, 20 Black-headed Gull #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
Top New Piece- 3 Little-ringed Plover, 2 Sanderling among the 112 Dunlin but former headed to the Severn, juvenile Wood Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Avocet, 19 Lapwing, Little Egret, 63 Teal, 1 Snipe, Reed Warblers #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
Tack Piece- juvenile Wood Sandpiper, 7 Green Sandpiper, juvenile Greenshank, Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, juvenile Little-ringed Plover, 3 Lapwing, 2 juvenile Avocet #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
Middle Point- Black Tern resting on the mud+ 400 Black-headed Gulls but has moved, 3 Little-ringed Plover and 3 Dunlin to S, 24 Ringed Plover and 7 Dunlin, Great Egret, 2 Little Egrets to N #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
Plus 14 Sanderlings, a 2nd Turnstone and 3 Common Terns #wwtslimbridgesightings
@chrismoore4.bsky.social · 5d agoMid 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
