WWT Slimbridge sightings 7 May 2006

First-summer Little Gulls on South Lake J.S.Lees

7 May 2006 A very calm and sunny day. Little migration but good to see local birds settling into territories. Around the centre hides today a brace of first-summer Little Gulls, 8 Black-tailed Godwits, 1 Common Sandpiper and a singing Lesser Whitethroat on South Lake but no sign of the Ring-necked Duck. At least four drake Garganey were on show. At the 100 Acre three Little Egrets, 1 Cuckoo, a Little-ringed Plover, 1 Little Gull ( a South Lake bird), 2 Common Terns, 3 Hobbies and a Lesser Whitethroat. Warbler totals today include 55 Reed Warbler, 16 Sedge Warbler, 13 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Lesser Whitethroat 1 Common Whitethroat. A Greenshank flew into the 100 Acre this afternoon and was also seen on South Lake this evening.



Pistols at Dawn The two first-summer Little Gulls on South Lake M.J.McGill

One of the four male Garganey around the centre hides 7 May 2006 J.S.Lees