Recent sightings
Sightings – January 2009
Coombe Hill (31 January, contributed by Mike Smart and Les Brown) The level of the Severn continues to drop gradually, but the water is much slower to drop on the…
Sightings – December 2008
Severn Hams (30 December, contributed by Mike Smart and Les Brown) Everything very quiet, passerines especially so, with cold weather and partly iced water surfaces. At Coombe Hill, where the…
Sightings – November 2008
Severn Hams (29 November, contributed by Mike Smart and Les Brown) The big floods of mid-November have now receded: the Grundon and Long Pool hides at Coombe Hill have been…
Sightings – October 2008
Cheltenham (31 October, contributed by Robert Homan) 2 Ravens flying over the Tivoli area at tree top height. Sudmeadow (22 October, contributed by Gordon Avery) A pair of Stonechats on…
Sightings – September 2008
Guscar, Aylburton and Walmore (29 September, contributed by Mike Smart) At Guscar and Aylburton on a high tide of 9.1 metres at 08.47am were 2 Little Egrets, 6 Teal, 1…
Sightings – August 2008
GWT Pasque Flower Reserve (31 August, contributed by Peter Fitchett) Although full cloud cover with showers threatening, a good selection of blue butterflies was seen in the afternoon. Adonis, Common,…
Sightings – July 2008
Coombe Hill (31 July, contributed by Andy Jayne) The highlights at Coombe Hill Meadows today were one Teal, a Little Grebe, five Little Egrets, 120 Lapwing, seven Snipe, a Greenshank,…
Sightings – June 2008
St Briavels (30 June, contributed by Andy Jayne) Seen today – a Curlew on territory and two Crossbills flying over. Deerhurst (29 June, contributed by Robert Homan) 2 Hornet Moths…
Sightings – May 2008
Castlemeads (31 May, contributed by Gordon Avery) There were 2 Little Egrets on Castlemeads in the afternoon at 3.45, viewable from the Severn Way at Sudmeadow. Castlemeads (30 May, contributed…
Sightings – April 2008
Leigh Meadows (28 April, contributed by Mike Smart) Two Peregrines (a male and a female) on the pylons, two or three Curlews, one Lapwing, one Green Sandpiper, one Wheatear, two…
Sightings – March 2008
Severn Hams (31 March, contributed by Mike Smart, Les Brown and Juliet Bailey) The Severn has risen again since Saturday (surprisingly rapidly, by 1.30 metres at Haw Bridge), following the…
Sightings – February 2008
Severn Hams (28 February, contributed by Mike Smart) At Ashleworth on a morning with light frost and mist: the three Whoopers were still there with about 20 Mutes, all feeding…