WWT Slimbridge sightings 4-6 March 2007

Ring-necked Duck on the Tack Piece scrape 5 March 2007. See below for more images.
Temminck's Stint with Oystercatchers
The Temminck's Stint with five Little Stint.




















Female Ring-necked Duck at WWT Slimbridge 4-6 March 2007 at least. All images M.J.McGill. The first for the Western Palearctic was seen at Slimbridge and was found by Lady Phillipa Scott from 12-14 March 1955. The second WWT and county record was also from WWT and was trapped on 1 March 1977, this bird was recovered in SE Greenland on 23 May of the same year.




















4-6 March 2007 A female Ring-necked Duck, 2 Greater Scaup, first-winter Glaucous Gull, Great Skua, Temminck's Stint, 5 Little Stint, Tundra Bean Goose and Pink-footed Goose have all been seen daily from the hides. At least 98 Bewick's Swans remain with 380 E. White-fronted Geese on 5th at least. Cetti's Warblers were in song in front of Loke Hide and the Long Ground Pool. At least 30 Golden Plover were still around the reserve with a few other waders species also present.