WWT Slimbridge sightings 18 and 19 April 2007

Breeding Black-headed Gull with Darvic (2A00) at the 100 Acre

Surfers presumably trying to break the world record for longest surf on the Severn bore? image from 50 Acre seawall Surfers on the boreNorthern Wheatear at Middle Point M.J.McGill

20 April 2007 The first-summer Spoonbill was on the Dumbles scrape/pool near the HoldenTower.

19 April 2007 A few more migrants arrived with 1 Little-ringed Plover, 3 singing Lesser Whitethroats, 12 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 12 Blackcap, 12 Chiffchaff, 2 Wheatear including a singing bird, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Common Sandpipers, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit and the usual 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Spotted Redshank, 2 Little Stint. No sign of the Garganey or Spoonbill today. The first Hairy Hawker or Dragonfly was seen in the 100 Acre Green Lane near the viewing platform ( Mr and Mrs Twissell). On the tide for the third day running a group of 7 surfers with support boat were presumably going for a world record on the mighty Severn bore. They began on the main channel off Middle Point and rode the wave from there and upriver out of view. Some fell off whilst adjacent to Frampton.