WWT Slimbridge 31st August 2016
WWT Slimbridge 31st August 2016
We had a long drive ahead of us up to Manchester and it turned out to be bir arduous and our worst trtaffic of the holiday despite most of it being over a bank holiday and our return day being a normal day. Still we thought we had time for a quick couple of hours at Slimbridge before heading home. Whilst we did not see anything particularly wonderful, a quick vivit gave us a good number of waders including Green and Common Sandpipers, Ruff and Snipe.
There were the usual large numbers of Barnacle and Greylag Geese as well as Mallard, Shoveler, Teal, Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe.
Bird Sightings : WWT Slimbridge
| Species | Count |
|---|---|
| Black-headed Gull | 30 |
| Black-tailed Godwit | 6 |
| Carrion Crow | 6 |
| Common Sandpiper | 1 |
| Common Tern | 1 |
| Coot | 4 |
| Cormorant | 6 |
| Crane | 2 |
| Curlew | 4 |
| Gadwall | 6 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 10 |
| Great Crested Grebe | 1 |
| Green Sandpiper | 1 |
| Grey Heron | 2 |
| Greylag Goose | 4 |
| Hobby | 1 |
| House Sparrow | 30 |
| Jackdaw | 6 |
| Kestrel | 2 |
| Lapwing | 6 |
| Little Egret | 6 |
| Little Grebe | 2 |
| Mallard | 8 |
| Mute Swan | 3 |
| Robin | 1 |
| Rook | 1 |
| Shelduck | 6 |
| Swallow | 6 |
| Teal | 10 |
| Tufted Duck | 4 |
| Wigeon | 5 |
| Woodpigeon | 4 |
