Magnus Carter

3.15pm 11.03 Goldcliff village Gwent: excellent views of osprey, low over fields, perched in hedge, mobbed by crows, circling overhead. Also 3 swallows & common sandpiper at Newport Wetlands. #migrantbirds #glosbirds

ON THIS DAY (2004): Only 24,000 fans were in attendance to see the Lads take on Birmingham — and Mick McCarthy had a theory as to why! 👀 ⬇️ READ MORE ⬇️ rokerreport.sbnation.com/features/12604…

We all know the painting – but the game it captures was thought to be the best ever at Newcastle Road. ⬇️ READ MORE ⬇️ rokerreport.sbnation.com/features/11998…

Player Ratings: Simon Adingra off the mark for the club but Leeds battle back to earn a point. Here's how I rated the lads! @RokerReport // #SAFC rokerreport.sbnation.com/report-amp-pla…

Sunderland Heaven Branch invite SAFC fans to take part in special memorial tribute at Manchester City game trib.al/ugeY1FH #safc

@KaneBrides Such sad reading.

📉 Our new paper shows Bewick’s Swan numbers in NW/NE Europe have fallen to ~12,900 birds - a 56.7% decline since 1995, with further losses predicted by 2026 unless survival or breeding success improves. Flyway-wide conservation is urgent. 📷 Read paper > shorturl.at/IV6eT

British photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73 - sad news about a true original… bbc.com/news/articles/…

Sunderland got done by some individual quality, going down 3-0 at City. Here’s how Andy rated the lads! ⬇️ READ MORE ⬇️ rokerreport.sbnation.com/report-amp-pla…

'Oh my god' - Pep Guardiola outlines big Man City selection 'problem' amid sparkling Sunderland verdict trib.al/35XsGqy #safc

Transfer news: Sunderland defender seals short-term loan exit trib.al/auu2lFJ

WWT Mid-point - possible Buff-breasted Sandpiper at 14:00, as tide revealed mudflats. Not 100% sure on ID and juv Ruff a strong possibility. Bird was alone, so difficult to gauge size. Pale tones very notable, golden even. Been advised BBS possibility @slimbridge_wild #GlosBirds

@RoyKinchin @lostintewkesbur The birder’s cry! Glad I didn’t bother

@lostintewkesbur It was another of my glorious failures. 😥To be told you should have been here yesterday didn’t help either

Dipped out on the Keynsham Desert Wheatear this morning, so here a picture of a Sparrow on the fence where the Wheatear entertain yesterday’s birders. 😢

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@slimbridge_wild 3 swallows over S Lake, 3 earlier from Zeiss. Male kingfisher showing well at Decoy. Also SLake - 2 pair displaying shelduck, 2 common gull, 1 GC grebe, little egret. #glosbirds

@slimbridge_wild Peregrine caused havoc at Zeiss hide. Before: avocet 56, blackwit 36, redshank 8, lapwing 8, wigeon 18, male pintail. Crane Sherbert on nest, water rail in reeds. #glosbirds

@slimbridge_wild Kingfisher hide: Female appeared from nest hole, replaced by male. Sitting? #glosbirds

@slimbridge_wild Kingfisher hide: male frequent visitor to nest bank, seen coughing up pellet twice. No signal female. 4 buzzards along tree line. #glosbirds

@slimbridge_wild Birds heard singing: skylark, chiffchaff, Cetti’s, Reed bunting, song thrush, Robin, wren, dunnock, goldfinch. #glosbirds

@slimbridge_wild Still 2 Bewick, 2 whooper on Rushy. Cranes Ruby and Wild at back. Dumbles; 2 little stint, 2 avocet, 2 oystercatcher on scrape middle island, peregrine on river bank #glosbirds

@slimbridge_wild Dumbles scrape - little stint on middle island. #glosbirds