Cattle Egret at the edge of a reed bed.
Cattle Egret. Martin Smith Hide this afternoon. #wwtslimbridgesightings @wwtsightings.bsky.social
Robbie Garnett Hide - there is a sprig of lady’s Smock in front of hide that has a single Orange Tip butterfly egg on it. #WWTSlimbridgeSightings
Rushy hide - Spotted Redshank and Common Redshank #WWTSlimbridgeSightings
Rushy: Spotted redshank, Common redshank, 2 Oystercatchers, 80 BH Gulls, 7 Greylags (1 family of 3 goslings), 3 Canada Geese, 9 Tufted, 4 Shelduck, 2 Teal, 2 Pochard, 2 Gadwall, Cattle Egret. #wwtslimbridgesightings
Dumbles: 2 Avocet, 12 Barnacles geese, 2 Curlew. Fox. Whimbrel reported
River: 115 Avocet, Spoonbill, 15 Ringed Plover.
Grasshopper Warbler in hedge to the right of the Estuary Tower. #wwtslimbridgesightings
Tack Piece: 31 Shelduck, 48 Shoveller, 10 Teal, 22 Tufted, 2 Gadwall, 4 Pintail, 3 Mute Swan, 4 Barnacles, 4 Greylag, 6 Canada geese, 2 Marsh harrier over, Sparrowhawk on fence by Summer walkway, 3 Roe deer and a hare. #wwtslimbridgesightings
Grasshopper Warbler close to Estuary Tower. #wwtslimbridgesightings
Stephen Kirk Hide - Bean Goose on Tack Piece. #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
Estuary Tower - Whimbrel on Dumbles. #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
Estuary Tower - Peregrine on a kill on the Dumbles #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
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
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
Tack Piece- Spoonbill, Tundra Bean Goose, Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1m 2 f Wigeon, 3 pairs of Pintail among the Tufted Duck, Shoveler, Teal, Barnacle and Greylag Geese.
Rushy Hide/Peng Observatory- Spotted Redshank on the top pond islands #GlosBirds #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
Tack Piece- Tundra Bean Goose with two Greylags + Common Sandpiper on scrape shore.
South Lake/Car Park- 4 House Martin with Sand Martin flock.
3 Swift feeding over the reserve at lunchtime #GlosBirds #WWTSlimbridgesightings
South Lake- 118 Avocet, 26 Teal, 11 Gadwall, 6 Shoveler, 81 Black-tailed Godwit, Tufted Ducks, Cormorants, Black-headed and Herring Gulls, Greylags, Canada Geese, Coot and Moorhen #WWTSlimbridgesightings
Estuary Tower- Dark-bellied Brent on the Dumbles with 24 Barnacle and Canada Geese, 8 Lapwing, 6 Skylark, 4 Avocet, 2 Redshank, 15 Oystercatcher on the Upper and Lower Dumbles, 30 Sand Martin and 10 Swallows feeding over, Spoonbill on Top New Piece but flew #WWTSlimbridgesightings #GlosBirds
Rushy Hide- Spotted Redshank and Black-tailed Godwit on the lower pond, 47 Black-headed Gull, 11 Teal + Mallard, Gadwall and Shelduck.
Tack Piece- 61 Shoveler, 4 Pintail, 2 Wigeon, 11 Gadwall, 10 Teal, 22 Shelduck and singing Reed Warbler #WWTSlimbridgesightings
Willlow Hide- singing Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Reed and Cetti's Warbler.
Kingfisher Hide- 10 Cranes on the Four Score ground.
Top New Piece- 45 Teal, 7 Shoveler, 7 Gadwall, 2 pairs of Avocet, pair Black-headed Gull. #wwtslimbridgesightings
Kingfisher Hide - 11 Roe Deer, pair of Tufted Duck, Reed Warbler and Reed Bunting, whilst in the Spinney there was a drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
Zeiss Hide - 18 Teal, 4 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 4 pairs of Tufted Duck, Sedge Warbler and Spotted Redshank
South Finger Walkway - Cetti’s, Reed, Sedge, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler heard #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
Hogarth Hide - Whitethroat singing from brambles to right of hide #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
South Lake - 84 Avocet beginning to nest, 98 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Oystercatcher, 4 Tufted Duck #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
Dumbles – 3 unringed Crane, 4 Curlew on the grass edge, 1 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, passage of Sand Martin, 10 Avocet on islands from Tower #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
Tack Piece - 1 Spoonbill continues to sleep on edge of scrape #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
Rushy - 1 Common Sandpiper feeding along the far shoreline #WWTSlimbridgeSightings #GlosBirds
Tack Piece
24 Barnacle geese, 1 Tundra Bean goose, 25 Mute swans, 28 Shoveler, 2 Oystercatchers, 1 Spoonbill #wwtslimbridgesightings #glosbirds