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Today's Sightings
Holden Tower White Fronted Geese (20) Peregrine (1) Redshank (3) Chiff Chaff (2) Great Skua (1 on river) Robbie Garnett / Tack Piece Common Crane (7 GCP Birds & 1 Wild Bird) Teal (350) Wigeon (200) Shovellor (20) Rushy Bewicks Swan (1 - Humbugs) Pocha
29 October 2013
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 45 Tufted Duck 60 Scaup 1 ♂ Wigeon 80 Shoveler 2 Mute Swan 45 Canada Goose 60 Folly Pond Black-tailed Godwit 80 Redshank 2 Snipe 70+ Teal 130 Wigeon 350 Shoveler 10 Pintail 1 ♂ Flood Ground Teal 2100 Pintail 2 ♂♂ Wigeon
29 October 2013
Out on the reserve today
Peregrine 1 Short-eared Owl 1 Wheatear 1
29 October 2013
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Mid Tide/AM Teal - 67 Mallard - 36 Gadwall - 11 Snipe - 4 Redshank - 23 Black Tailed Godwit - 2 Black Headed Gull - 52 Sparrowhawk - 1 Saline Lagoon/Mid Tide/AM Grey Heron - 1 Teal - 32 Other Birds Redwing - Lagoon Scrub - 14 Jay - Site Count
29 October 2013
Wildlife sightings for 29th October 2013
1 Bittern - 2 Pintail - wader scrape, grazing marsh 177 Shoveler - main lake, wader scrape, grazing marsh 121 Teal - wader scrape, grazing marsh, main lake 90 Wigeon - grazing marsh, sheltered lagoon 1 Peregrine - on Charing cross hospital 2 Siskin - Sout
29 October 2013
Today's highlights
A pectoral sandpiper was seen briefly from the British Steel hide earlier today. Up to 3 glossy ibis have been seen in various locations throughout the day. Other highlights include 2 ruff, 18 black tailed godwit, greenshank, 35 redshank, 51 teal, 130 wig
28 October 2013
Out on the reserve today
Glossy Ibis (1 main obs)
28 October 2013
Wildlife sightings for 28th October 2013
1 Pintail - marsh 1 Mandarin - world wetlands 480 Black-headed Gull - marsh 1 Kestrel - male, on site 2 Peregrine - on hospital, with Feral Pigeon prey 12 Snipe - marsh 1 Redwing - flew W 1 Chiffchaff - near Peacock Tower 1 Siskin - south route Oct
28 October 2013
Who'd be a Teal?
Full on raptor action today, with 5 Marsh Harrier 'teal flushing' birds from Vinson's and Sunley's Marsh over towards the Mere, only to be caught in a pincer movement of 3 hunting Peregrines. The juvenile Peregrine of the group managed to take down a fema
28 October 2013
Swans beat storm to find sanctuary at WWT
Seven Bewick’s swans made it through the major storm sweeping Britain and completed their migration from the arctic to WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire just as the worst of the violent weather hit. Migrating birds are facing 80mph southe
28 October 2013
Out on the reserve today
Glossy Ibis (26/10) Great White Egret (26/10) Hen Harrier (26/10)
28 October 2013
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 25 Tufted Duck 60 Scaup 1 ♂ Wigeon 40 Shoveler 2 Mute Swan 35 Folly Pond Black-tailed Godwit 100 Redshank 2 Snipe 70+ Dunlin 55 Teal 130 Wigeon 350 Shoveler 10 Pintail 2 ♂♂ Flood Ground Teal 2100 Pintail 2 ♂♂ Wigeon 1
28 October 2013
Bewick's brave winds to arrive at Slimbridge!
Seven Bewick’s swans made the most of the calm before the storm to continue their journey and reach Slimbridge yesterday! Humbugs (C. Butters) Leading them was Humbugs who has been the first to arrive for the last
28 October 2013
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Snipe - 5 Teal - 163 Redshank - 63 Black Headed Gull - 4 27/10/13 PM Curlew - 560 Lapwing - 27 Redshank - 101 Saline Lagoon Teal - 3 Shelduck 2 Black Headed Gull - 4 Other Birds Jay - Spring Gill - 2 Robin - 1 Siskin - 2 Bullfinch - 5 Blue
28 October 2013
Friends for life
I have been reviewing the various records that stretch back over the years relating to the flamingos that have come and gone, and are still around, at Slimbridge. I am continually amazed by their age, longevity and seeming imperviousness to the ravages o
27 October 2013