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Today's sightings- Great Grey Shrike

Great Grey Shrike - Showed well at times in scrub and hedgerow directly in front of the Holden Tower. This is the first record since October 26th 1985 here at Slimbridge and only the second record for the site. Todays bird spent its time in between the showers flitting along and through the hedgerow and fence line, even at one point diving at a Grey Squirrel!

Holden Tower

Great Grey Shrike 1
Lapwing 1245
Golden Plover 800
Dunlin 500
Barnacle Goose 194
Canada Goose 66
Marsh Harrier 1
Buzzard 2
Great Black-backed Gull 63

The Rushy

Greater Scaup 1 (Female)
Bewicks Swan 53
Pochard 124
Pintail 109
Tufted Duck 266
Greylag Goose 210
Shelduck 142
Teal 104
Red-crested Pochard x Pintail 1

Tack Piece

European White-fronted Goose 64
Curlew 91
Ruff 10
Redshank 8
Bar-tailed Godwit 1
Black-tailed Godwit 2
Dunlin 77
Wigeon 831
Lapwing 865
Greylag Goose 249

Kingfisher Hide

Curlew 26
Black-tailed Godwit 34

South Lake

Kingfisher 1

Grounds

Nuthatch 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Sparrowhawk 2
Fieldfare 30
Redwing 50

 

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