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Rushy - 2 green sandpipers, 2 Redshanks and a Sparrowhawk #glosbirds

Good day for mammal sightings at WWT Slimbridge today, including roe and muntjac deer, wood mice, fox and a bonkers pair of hares. @wwtworldwide.bsky.social

Merlin on the Dumbles @slimbridge-wild.bsky.social #glosbirds

Male Goldeneye on south lake WWT Slimbridge @wwtworldwide.bsky.social #glosbirds

Garganey, merlin, peregrine, spoonbill, 2 little stints and sanderling seen on the Dumbles at wwt slimbridge #glosbirds

South Lake Discovery hide: 18 Gadwall, 232 Teal, 38 Tufted, 8 Shelduck, 71 Shoveller, 72 Pochard, 55 Avocet, 59 BH gulls, 2 Herring Gulls, 1 Common Gull, 8 Cormorant. @slimbridge-wild.bsky.social

Mixed finch flock by Sanderson bridge (approach to Discovery hide). Goldfinch, Chaffich, Siskin. @slimbridge-wild.bsky.social

Jack snipe visible from Martin smith hide - WWT Slimbridge #glosbirds

Latest Greenland White-fronted Goose population estimate: 13,303. Now 13,302 (that we know of). I dread every ringing recovery that lands in my inbox - another bird lost to illegal shooting in Iceland. We can’t afford to lose any more.
📸David Dinsley

A flock of Bewick's Swans by Ben Cherry/WWT

📉 Our new paper shows Bewick’s Swan numbers in NW/NE Europe have fallen to ~12,900 birds - a 56.7% decline since 1995, with further losses predicted by 2026 unless survival or breeding success improves. Flyway-wide conservation is urgent. 🦢 Download paper > tidsskrift.dk/Wildfowl/art... #Ornithology

Goshawk from the KH @slimbridge-wild.bsky.social this morning. Perched for less than 30secs #Glosbirds

Dog-tracking study reveals disturbance to lowland heaths Researchers tracked dogs on heathland sites, showing off-lead walking can reduce conservation value.

A tracking study has found that dogs walked off-lead cause significantly more disturbance on lowland heaths than pets kept on the lead: