WWT Slimbridge and local sightings 10 and 11 April 2007
11 April 2007 At least nine Brown Hare seen today with 7 actually boxing at 0800 and still on the safari at 1100. I forgot to mention the female Merlin that perched in the ash tree above the 100 Acre viewing platform yesterday.
Migration has finally got underway again with a Little-ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper on the Top New Piece, 5 Black-t-Godwits on the South Lake, 5 Wheatear, 7 Willow Warbler, 8 Blackcap, 20+ Chiffchaff, 1 Yellow Wagtail north over the 50 Acre, 3 Swallow through (two on territory in the village) and the 100 Acre had a White Wagtail, the Temminck's Stint, 4 Little Stint, 6 Dunlin, breeding plumage Spotted Redshank 1 Ringed Plover (all from WWT viewing platform) and Sedge Warbler singing. At least 3 Cetti's Warbler were in song here with one a the South Finger also. The pair of Greater Scaup were on the Top New Piece. M.J.McGill.
The Marbled Duck was again reported from Frampton on Severn.
10 April 2007 I began the day at 0700 with a Brown Hare safari which for the second day running was highly succesful with 7 animals seen very well and boxing behaviour in evidence. We saw 5 yesterday on the 1100 safari. Places are available for the 0700 on Thursday 12 April, contact Rebecca Law at WWT Slimbridge for details click on the link below....
http://www.wwt.org.uk/visit/slimbridge/event.asp?EventID=2008 .
Todays birds showed a little more promise...1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Little Stint, 1 Spotted Redshank, 5 Snipe and 10 Dunlin were seen on the scrapes and 100 Acre marsh. 60 Black-headed Gull dropped into the 100 Acre at 1330 which added to the 36 residents. A first-winter/summer Mediterranean Gull was also present. 2 male and 1 female Wheatear were on the Dumbles/Middle Point, 4 House Martins were over the Rushy (two yesterday) and I saw 2 male Orange Tip butterflies today at the extreme south and north ends of the reserve. I had a Holly Blue in my Whitminster garden today, a garden tick for the new house.
No sign of the Roe Deer that I saw yesterday but Dave P saw it at the S Finger on 6 April and JSL saw it over a week ago in the same place. The river was again very quiet.
The Marbled Duck was again on the marshes viewable from the canal towpath.
Migration has finally got underway again with a Little-ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper on the Top New Piece, 5 Black-t-Godwits on the South Lake, 5 Wheatear, 7 Willow Warbler, 8 Blackcap, 20+ Chiffchaff, 1 Yellow Wagtail north over the 50 Acre, 3 Swallow through (two on territory in the village) and the 100 Acre had a White Wagtail, the Temminck's Stint, 4 Little Stint, 6 Dunlin, breeding plumage Spotted Redshank 1 Ringed Plover (all from WWT viewing platform) and Sedge Warbler singing. At least 3 Cetti's Warbler were in song here with one a the South Finger also. The pair of Greater Scaup were on the Top New Piece. M.J.McGill.
The Marbled Duck was again reported from Frampton on Severn.
10 April 2007 I began the day at 0700 with a Brown Hare safari which for the second day running was highly succesful with 7 animals seen very well and boxing behaviour in evidence. We saw 5 yesterday on the 1100 safari. Places are available for the 0700 on Thursday 12 April, contact Rebecca Law at WWT Slimbridge for details click on the link below....
http://www.wwt.org.uk/visit/slimbridge/event.asp?EventID=2008 .
Todays birds showed a little more promise...1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Little Stint, 1 Spotted Redshank, 5 Snipe and 10 Dunlin were seen on the scrapes and 100 Acre marsh. 60 Black-headed Gull dropped into the 100 Acre at 1330 which added to the 36 residents. A first-winter/summer Mediterranean Gull was also present. 2 male and 1 female Wheatear were on the Dumbles/Middle Point, 4 House Martins were over the Rushy (two yesterday) and I saw 2 male Orange Tip butterflies today at the extreme south and north ends of the reserve. I had a Holly Blue in my Whitminster garden today, a garden tick for the new house.
No sign of the Roe Deer that I saw yesterday but Dave P saw it at the S Finger on 6 April and JSL saw it over a week ago in the same place. The river was again very quiet.
The Marbled Duck was again on the marshes viewable from the canal towpath.
posted by Anser Team at Tuesday, April 10, 2007
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