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Slimbridge Sightings
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Slimbridge Sightings
@slimbridge_wild
Wildlife and bird sightings from Slimbridge
New Grounds, Slimbridge
Joined December 2010
- The first 2 Bewick’s Swans have arrived, currently on the Tack Piece visible from the Robbie Garnett hide 🎉#GlosBirds
- Our Reserve manager Dave has been awarded a BEM for services to Wildlife Conservation, join us in congratulating him on all he’s done at WWT and beyond for wetland flora and fauna 🦆🪿
- Summer Walkway due to open @WWTSlimbridge and the White-spotted Bluethroat has returned to the reserve. #GlosBirds wwt.org.uk/wetland-centre…
- Bewick's Swans from the Rushy Hide this morning.
- Estuary Tower - 2 Little stint and 1 Dunlin on the left hand island on the scrape, 1 Peregrine disturbing the waders flocks too #GlosBirds
00:00 - Glossy Ibis landed on the Tack Piece, then the Rushy and has flown towards the South lake at 14:00 #GlosBirds
- Only 12 Bewick's Swans back at the Rushy by 4.30pm. The rest are reluctant to come in, they're still out in the fields, the sky is blue, the route ahead is clear and a warm light 5mph westerly is breezing across Gloucestershire. Perfect if they choose to set off after dusk.
- Bittern seen from Martin Smith Hide and Robbie Garnett 13:00 till 14:00 flew towards the Willow Hide #GlosBirds
- Robbie Garnett Hide - Busy Tack piece this morning, 12 Redshank, 25 Ruff, 86 Curlew, 31 Black-tailed Godwit, c200 Golden plover, c1000 lapwing and c200 Dunlin all quite mobile #GlosBirds
00:00 - Kingfisher Hide - Bottom new piece field 1 adult Crane with no rings calling and feeding, large flocks of Canada and Greylag geese on the bottom new piece field. On the water 5 Gadwall, 6 Teal, 2 Little Grebe. On the field to the left of the hide 11 Snipe #GlosBirds
00:00 - The eleventh dropped out of the sky whilst we were watching the settled ten. Four flew at the feed and have been circling the reserve.11 Bewick's Swans on the Rushy @slimbridge_wild this morning, a few new bill patterns for @SteveHeaven to sift through and identify.
- The reserve team say goodbye to a close colleague and a much loved friend today. We shall miss working on wetland waterbird projects and birding with Rich, a regular visitor to the hides and trails. Such a great champion for wetland wildlife. wwt.org.uk/news-and-stori…
- Spotted Redshank from Discovery Hide this afternoon, flew off behind one of the islands soon after #glosbirds
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