Sam Walker

@slimbridge_wild 150+ golden plover heading south over the Dumbles

Estuary Tower- on the Dumbles- 7 Snipe and 5 (so far this morning) Golden Plover among the Lapwing flock. Pink-footed and Ross's Goose with the Canada/Greylag/Barnacle Goose flock + Snow x Bar-headed hybrid. 200 Wigeon and 30 Pintail on the large tidal pool on the Severn.

@MagnusCarter1 @slimbridge_wild The bittern was indeed by dragonfly pool - 12:30 it took off, circled at treetop height twice and headed towards Kingfisher hide #glosbirds

@slimbridge_wild From Zeiss - raptor fest with marsh harrier, buzzard, hobby, kestrel & peregrine. Solitary avocet, plus snipe, redshank & blackwit. Bittern reported by visitor on Dragonfly Pool. #glosbirds

3 greenshank and 9 green sandpiper Tack Piece from Robbie Garnett @slimbridge_wild #glosbirds

@PaulDMasters Same aircraft over Rudge Hill yesterday afternoon

Spitfire west over Hardwicke just, double-backed over Longney back towards Quedgeley #Glosplanes

Flocks of 20+ screaming swifts seen over both Upton St Leonard's and Hucclecote this morning. At King George V playing field, they were regularly flying low enough overhead you could hear their wingbeats 🪽🪽 #GlosBirds

This is so disgusting. Imagine the mindset that made this. People are dying. Afraid. Exploited and desperate. The Tories now chasing Reform to the very hard right and it’s sickening. Just when you think they couldn’t sink any lower …

Coombe hill, 2 ringed plover on flood to north of canal 09:30. Also 1 LRP, 8 avocet, 2 oystercatcher, 2 redshank, red kite, peregrine, pair shoveler, great egret, 3 yellow wagtail #GlosBirds

@KaneBrides @WWTLondon @Dan_Gornall @andy_scott95 Kane was this from around 11am yesterday? (8th) 10+ birders on site unanimously called it as whimbrel..I had a quick look through bins it was short billed but had SAV leg flags on 🤦‍♂️ oops. Many had cameras - there will be pics out there.

When one of your WWT GPS tagged Curlews goes to visit your colleagues @WWTLondon! Obviously, it knows a good wetland when it sees one 😁 #SAVCurlews

It's #NoMowMay but April has been bloomin' marvellous already

At Coombe Hill this evening, 52 shelduck, cuckoo heard, 2 avocet, 6 oystercatcher, 2 redshank, 2 greenshank, 1 ruff, 1 curlew, 1 little gull, 2 cattle egret, 1 GWE, 1 red kite, pair redstart, 2 flyover yellow wag. 4 lapwing chicks, 1 whimbrel on fields to south #glosbirds

2nd hand report from a birder in the Grundon hide at Coombe hill this evening - 2 wood sandpipers were present this afternoon and flew off at 4pm #GlosBirds

Little grebe with 2 chicks from Knott hide @slimbridge_wild #glosbirds

@markhipkin1 A bird I'd love to see! How has your life changed now?

This is how Sundays should be. A bit of DIY in the morning then a relaxing lunch followed by life-changing views of a male Golden Oriole in Glamorgan. This amazing bird performed beautifully at Whiteford Burrows to a small crowd of birders and left us stunned.

3 Med gulls - 2 adults and a 1w bird on south lake @slimbridge_wild. Tack piece and Dumbles heaving with sand martins, a few swallow and house Martin too. #glosbirds

@Westburyjayner Brilliant, Andy. Any idea when last record of LRP there was?

A Little Ringed Plover at Witcombe Reservoir this morning. Apart from Common Sandpipers, any wader is unusual here. #GlosBirds

Male wheatear buzzing around the golf course at Painswick beacon #GlosBirds

Coombe Hill around midday from Wigeon Hide, 3 dunlin, 6 curlew, 4 black-tailed godwit, 2 oystercatcher, 2 redshank, 1 red kite, many lapwing and duck #GlosBirds

Short 🧵 on February’s deluge. It was exceptionally wet across England. In fact, the 4th wettest February since 1871 with 225% of average rainfall. Fenland in East Anglia saw 350%! But that’s only half the story. It’s been very wet for a long time.

Spoonbill currently feeding on Tack Piece flood from Robbie Garnett @slimbridge_wild #glosbirds

Drake goosander on the Stroudwater navigation somewhere between Bowbridge and Thrupp #birdsseenfromthetrain #glosbirds