Tack Piece- 2 Little-ringed Plover, Greenshank and Spoonbill with Teal, Shoveler, Gadwall and Shelducks.
Estuary Tower- male Stonechat on the Top New Piece/Dumbles hedge.
Top New Piece- Greenshank, Redshank, 3 Lapwing #GlosBirds #WWTSlimbridgeSightings
Estuary Tower- groups of 11 (included a 2cy) and adult 13 Little Gull through North up the Severn, 12 Dunlin, 3 Swift, 3 single Yellow Wagtail, Redpoll, 2 Goldfinch, House Martin, a few Swallows all through N/NE in 20 minutes, Dark-bellied Brent with Canada #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
South Lake- 2cy Mediterranean Gull again among c300 Black-headed Gulls to the south of the north causeway #WWTSlimbridgeSightings
Top New Piece - 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Greenshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Redshank on bottom new piece.
Sedge & Reed Warblers singing
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South Lake - 51 Black Tailed Godwit, 5 Oystercatchers, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Lesser Black back Gull, 1 Redshank #glosbirds #wwtslimbridgesightings
Dumbles - 34 Canada Geese, 8 Greylag Geese, 1 Bean Goose, 1 Dark Bellied Brent Goose, 11 Shelduck, 1 Gadwall, 120 Rook, 8 Jackdaw, 1 Peregrine Falcon #WWTSlimbridgesightings
Estuary Tower- female Wheatear on the foreshore and 10 Lapwing on territory across the Dumbles/Lower Dumbles, 2cy Peregrine on tidal driftwood.
Duck Decoy/Decoy Wood- Cuckoo calling.
Willow Hide- Willow Warbler singing on withy bed side.
Tack Piece- Spoonbill plus a good selection of duck species, mostly Shoveler but Teal, Wigeon, Gadwall and Shelduck also present #GlosBirds #WWTSlimbridgeSightings
South Lake- 34 Black-tailed Godwit, 30 Avocet, Common Sandpiper, 2cy Mediterranean Gull among 370 Black-headed Gulls, 18 Teal, 3 pairs of Tufted Duck, 40 Sand Martin feeding over #WWTSlimbridgeSightings
Top New Piece- Marsh Harrier, Lapwing, pair of Redshank, 2 Greenshank but may have moved as I heard some calling over grounds, 34 Shelduck, 3 Teal, singing Reed and Sedge Warbler.
South Finger Reed bed viewing screen- Willow Warbler singing along the rhine pollards #WWTSlimbridgeSightings
Estuary Tower- Dark-bellied Brent Goose still associating with Canada Geese plus 12 Greylag and 8 Barnacle Geese on the Dumbles, pair of Avocet on the scrape, a few Swallows moving through #WWTSlimbridgeSightings
Tack Piece- 2 breeding plumage male Bar-tailed Godwit on central flood, Spoonbill, 60 Shoveler, 10 Teal, 2 pairs of Pintail, 8 Gadwall, 3 Pied Wagtail and a few Tufted Duck #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
Rushy Hide- Spotted Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, 120 Black-headed Gull, drake Pochard, 15 Tufted Duck, 6 Teal and pair of Shoveler #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
Rushy Hide- Spotted Redshank asleep on the island at the back of the lower pond, m Pochard, 2 pairs of Tufted Duck, pair of Avocets #WWTSlimbridgeSightings
Estuary Tower- other sightings this morning include afew Swallows moving through, 10+ Skylarks, 3 Little-ringed Plover that called in to the scrape + pair of Teal and Oystercatcher, 19 Bar-tailed Godwit that settled on the Dumbles at high tide, 2 Brown Hare #WWTSlimbridgeSightings
South Lake- Common Sandpiper, 50 Black-tailed Godwit, 30 Avocet and 2 pairs of Oystercatcher, a few Teal and Shoveler, Tufted Ducks, Greylag and Canada Geese, busy Black-headed Gull colony with a few Herring Gulls for company.
South Finger Reedbed- 23 singing Reed, 2 Cetti's and 6 Sedge Warbler also Reed Bunting, 2 singing Whitethroats, pair of Tufted Duck, 2 drake Mallard, drake Gadwall. Along the pathway 5 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 2 pairs of Blue Tit. Wren, Robin #WWTSlimbridgeSightings
Estuary Tower- Red Kite, adult Mediterranean Gull through, Whinchat on summer walkway hedge, flocks of c14 and c29 Bar-tailed Godwit, 39 and 2 Dunlin, Ringed Plover and Whimbrel on foreshore, DB Brent Goose at the scrape with 2 pairs Avocet #GlosBirds #WWTSlimbridgeSightings
Very brief view of a Bearded Tit on today's WeBS Count, arrived from high calling and unseen, dropped into foreshore reeds for around a minute calling repeatedly, then towered high (where it was finally seen) and headed off high NE. #GlosBirds #WWTSlimbridgeSightings
Bittern seen in the Pill Box Pool from Knott Hide around 1330hrs today #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
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Includes the Wetland Bird Survey Count for 19 April 2026 #WWTSlimbridgeSightings
Hogarth Hide- Common Whitethroat still singing/on territory along the bank.
Rushy Hide- Spotted Redshank and Common Sandpiper on Lower pond. Tundra Bean Goose but flew towards Tack Piece.
Estuary Tower- reeling Grasshopper Warbler in hedge scrub below hide. Dark-bellied Brent Goose on scrape, 2 Marsh Harrier and Peregrine #GlosBirds #WWTSlimbridgeSightings
Cattle Egret at the edge of a reed bed.
Cattle Egret. Martin Smith Hide this afternoon. #wwtslimbridgesightings @wwtsightings.bsky.social
Tack Piece- Spoonbill and Little-ringed Plover on the shore of the scrape.
Top New Piece- Common Sandpiper on the islands viewed from Estuary Tower #WWTSlimbridgeSightings
South Lake- Peregrine and Buzzard disturbed the waders but a flock of 94 Black-tailed Godwit and 82 Avocet present, Little-ringed Plover, 4 Oystercatcher.
Top New piece- Marsh Harrier, 24 Teal, 10 Shelduck, Little Egret.
Kingfisher Hide- Kingfisher along channel #WWTSlimbridgeSightings
Apparent Black-headed x Mediterranean Gull hybrid on South Lake, was on the North causeway from Discovery Hide when I was locking up early evening. #WWTSlimbridgesightings #GlosBirds
Estuary Tower- 13 Dunlin, 21 Ringed Plover, single Sanderling and Dunlin but put up by 2 Peregrines. Flock of 29 Oystercatcher and a few Lapwing on Lower Dumbles, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 pairs of Avocet, 2 pairs of Teal on Upper Dumbles scrape, 50 Sand Martins feeding over #WWTSlimbridgeSightings
