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| Peregrine |
Today, we decided to visit one our favourite places - Slimbridge. The weather forecast of heavy showers and 70mph blasts did not put us off travelling down there, especially as the morning was perfect with hardly a cloud in the sky.
We arrived at 10:30am and after determining that it was only an hour after high tide, headed towards the Holden Tower to view the thousands of birds congregating on the Dumbles and the Tack Piece. It really was a spectacular site, the Dumbles was flooded and the river was the highest we have ever seen it (literally bubbling). Birds viewable from the Tower were European White Fronted Geese, a Greenland White Fronted Goose, Bewick Swans, Dunlin, Golden Plovers, Lapwings, Curlews and Little Stint.
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| Pintail |
After a while, the cold got the better of us and we wandered back to the Visitor Centre, clocking some GCP Common Cranes on the way. After a coffee and some cake, we had a stroll round the Visitor Centre and then ventured back out again towards the Holden Tower. This time, we had much better views of the Greenland White Fronted Goose and added Barnacle and Brent to our Goose tally. A more detailed scan of the Tack Piece gave us great views of Black Tailed Godwits, Teal, Wigeon, Redshank, a Ruff and a Peregrine.
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| Pochard |
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| Redshank |
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| Tuftie |
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