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Archive 2016 -2022

2024

14th May 2024 – RSPB Ham Wall

Great crested grebes

7th May 2024 – RSPB Ham Wall

Marsh harrier

5th May 2024 – Highnam Court, Gloucestershire

30th April 2024 – RSPB Ham Wall

Common crane

16th -23rd April 2024 Extremadura, Spain

Pallid swift

3rd April 2024 – RHS Garden Rosemoor, Devon

Siskin

31st March 2024 – Aust Warth, Severn Estuary, Gloucestershire

Northern wheatear

6th March 2024 – Armaçao de Pêra, The Algarve, Portugal

Sanderling

5th March 2024 – Alvor, The Algarve, Portugal

Stonechat

4th March 2024 – Carvoeiro, The Algarve, Portugal

Black redstart

2nd March 2024 – Lagao des Salgados

Black-tailed godwits

!st March 2024 – The Algarve, Portugal

Black redstart

28th February 2024 – Castro Verde, Portugal

Little bustards

27th February 2024 – Castro Marim, Portugal

Greater flamingos

26th February 2024 – Parque Natural da Formosa, Portugal

Black-headed weaver

24th February 2024 – South west Algarve, Portugal

White stork

23rd February 2024 – Lagao des Salgados, Portugal

Glossy ibis

16th February 2024 – WWT Slimbridge

Golden plovers

10th February 2024 – Painswick Rococo Garden, Gloucestershire

30th January 2024 – Catcott Lows, Avalon Marshes

21st January 2024 – Rodborough Common, Gloucestershire

Waxwing

18th January 2024 – WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire

Snow goose

16th January 2024 – Avalon Marshes, Somerset

Bittern

6th January 2024 – WWT Slimbridge

Black-tailed godwits and curlew

2023

26th December 2023 – WWT Slimbridge

Bewick swan

19th December 2023 – RRSPB Leighton Moss

Fieldfare

28th November 2023 – Somerset Levels

Great white egret

31st October 2023 – Somerset Levels

Stonechat

29th October 2023 – New Passage, Severn Estuary

Pied wagtail

26th October 2023 – WWT Slimbridge

Snipe

18th October 2023 – Norfolk

Kestrel

10th October 2023 – RSPB Ham Wall

Marsh Harrier

3rd October 2023 – Chew Valley Lake, North Somerset

Marsh harrier

26th September 2023 – Isla Cristina, Spain

Common greenshank

25th September 2023 – Isla Cristina, Spain

Spoonbills

24th September 2023 – Isla Cristina, Spain

Sanderling

23rd September 2023 – Isla Cristina, Spain

Bar-tailed godwit

22nd September 2023 – The Algarve and Isla Cristina

White storks

21st September 2023 (pm) – Isla Cristina

Osprey

21st September 2023 – Isla Cristina. Spain

Sanderlings

20th September 2023 – Isla Cristina, Spain

Grey plover

19th September 2023 – Isla Cristina, Spain

Kentish plover

18th September 2023 – Niebla, Spain

Black-winged kite

17th September 2023 – Huelva, Spain

16th September 2023 – Isla Cristina, Spain

Thekla’s lark

3rd September 2023 – The Veddw House Garden

Red Admiral

19th August 2023 – WWT Slimbridge Gloucestershire

Ruff and greylag goose

1st August 2023 – The Newt in Somerset

29th July 2023 – Chew Valley, North Somerset

Grey parrot

18th – 20th July 2023, The New Forest, Hampshire

Swallow

2nd July 2023 – Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire

Peregrine falcon

16th – 23rd June 2023 – Devon, England

Cirl bunting

6th June 2023 – RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset

Bittern

12th-15th May 2023 – Pembrokeshire

Guillemots

9th May 2023 – RSPB Ham Wall

4th May 2023 – Chew Valley, North Somerset

3rd May 2023 – Bowood Woodland Garden, Wiltshire

Bluebells at Bowood

28th April 2023 – The Forest of Dean

Male redstart

15th March 2023 – Home

Jay

24th March 2023 – Eastville Park, Bristol

Tawny owl

14th March 2023 – Somerset Levels

Great crested grebes

5th March 2023 – Galleries

Kingfisher

28th February 2023 – Somerset Levels

Great White Egret

19th February 2023 – WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire

White rumped Sandpiper

14th February 2023 – Chew Valley Lake, Somerset

Goldeneye

7th February 2023 – Somerset Levels

Great Crested Grebe

5th February 2023 – New Passage, Severn Estuary

Curlew

3rd February 2023 – Stoke Park, Bristol

Cormorant

2nd February 2023 – World Wetlands Day

Great Crested Grebe

31st January 2023 – Eastville Park, Bristol

Grey Wagtail

23rd – 27th January 2023 – Doñana National Park, Spain

Iberian lynx

1st and 2nd January 2023 – Eastern Moors, Derbyshire & RSPB Old Moor, Yorkshire

Long-tailed tit