Walmore Common

The damp conditions have attracted some interesting birds over the past few days. The highlights have been up to four Garganeys and also a juvenile Wood Sandpiper. The only previous Wood Sandpiper here was a spring one on 29th April 1987 (a year that produced many more records than usual in Glos). Other sightings have included 40 Teal, 100 Lapwing, six Snipe, a Redshank, a Wheatear, ten Yellow Wagtails and singles of Sparrowhawk, Kestrel and Hobby. Not many dragonflies about in the breezy conditions, but there was an obliging male Southern Hawker today.

Southern Hawker
Southern Hawker
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