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Curlew Sandpiper and today's Sightings
Weather still and cloudy with an intermittent northerly breeze. Less small passerines about today than there has been for the past couple of weeks, but the water bird numbers are steadily growing as the weather becomes more autumnal. The Rushy 2 Black Ta
15 September 2017
Today's sightings
Rushy Hide Spotted Redshank, 3 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Redshank, 3 Wigeon and 2 Grey Wagtail among the highlights. A juvenile Wood Sandpiper (pic below) dropped in here for a time but was seen on the other scrapes too. Robbie Gar
14 September 2017
Today's morning round-up
Holden Tower Peregrine Falcon on a kill Robbie Garnett/Stephen Kirk Hides 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 46 Teal and a Shelduck. Rushy Hide 8 Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 30 Teal, 2 Wigeon + the hybrid male, 4 Little Grebe on the top pond, 20 Gadw
12 September 2017
Seabird wreck
The gales in the South West and West Wales have caused a wreck of seabirds, many were driven up the Bristol Channel. One of our holidaying volunteers rang to report hundreds of Manx Shearwaters being washed up on Newgale beach in Pembrokeshire. The afte
11 September 2017
Severn Wader Festival day 2
The second day of the Severn Wader Festival got underway with a Bird Watch Morning event receiving excellent views of Snipe and Ruff from the Hogarth Hide, so close it was almost like the birds knew they were on show. The two juvenile Spotted Redshank c
10 September 2017
Severn Wader Festival day 1
Its the first day of the first ever Severn Wader Festival, and we've got a great selection of species who are here to celebrate with us. By lunchtime our Guides in the Hides had wracked up 13 species including: Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, Lapw
9 September 2017
The tide is high
The second half of this week is dominated by tides reaching 9m or more, pushing birds off the river and onto the pools and scrapes around the reserve, particularly the Top New Piece scrape viewed from the Zeiss Hide. The S
7 September 2017
Waders on the up
Numbers and variety of waders are on the up this week, just in time of our first Severn Wader Festival. Details about the weekend here. Ruff South Lake Hides The birds were well spread across the wader scrape this m
6 September 2017
Today's sightings
Rushy Hide Juvenile Little-ringed Plover (pic by MJM below), Little Grebe and two Green Sandpiper. The reserve team work party were cutting vegetation here today. Robbie Garnett Hide Two Green Sandpiper, 50+ Teal, 12 Gadwall and 6+ Blackcap in the hedg
5 September 2017
A dusky redshank
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece The Teal flock numbered over 300 but they move back and forth from the Bottom New Piece and here, 60+ Shoveler and the Garganey is still with them. Some vegetation cutting work was undertaken here today in preparation for the Seve
4 September 2017
September migrants
It was very busy with Chiffchaffs today, 120+ seen and heard around the site with Willow Warblers and Goldcrests also in evidence, this is likely to be a large undercount, who knows how many are out there? A few new waders were seen today, September is th
3 September 2017
Hobby
Rushy Kingfisher 1 Coot 36 Teal 14 Green Sandpiper 1 Snipe 6 Black Tailed Godwit 1 Little Grebe 1 Holden Tower and Hides Teal 56 Gadwall 14 Shoveler 3 Green Sandpiper 1 Sparrowhawk 1 Barn Owl 1 flushed from Holden Tower first thing. Wheatear 1 on Dumbles
2 September 2017
Snake suprise
Another gloriously sunny day but temperatures were rather chilly this morning reducing the warbler activity in front of the Holden Tower. Two whitethroats were seen and a number of chiffchaff and willow warbler are calling around the grounds. An unexp
1 September 2017
Super Sylvias
Yesterday's showers seemed to ground many of our migrating warblers, with the bulk of the number being chiffchaff and willow warbler. Birds were calling everywhere and there were even flocks of these great little warblers in the hedgerows - one flock of
31 August 2017
Snipe show
Rushy Hide Brilliant views of Snipe again today. Up to four Green Sandpiper, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 16 Lapwing and Little Grebe. Robbie Garnett Hide Green Sandpiper up to nine (13 on site today), 2 juvenile Ruff, 14 Gadwall and 16 Teal. Knott Hide/Hol
28 August 2017