Common Sandpiper in reflective mood on Pilning Wetland

Glossy Ibis and Grey Heron.. WWT Slimbridge last weekend.. #ukbirding #Slimbridge

Buzzard on rocks at ‘the bubble’, Shaft Rocks, Severn Beach this morning and was still there 40 mins later, but had moved to post @severnsidebirds.bsky.social @bristolbirding.bsky.social

At Severn Beach today male eclipse Wigeon, Blackcap (can’t tell if it’s male or female but I suspect female) 2 male Stonechats and, I think a male Reed Bunting. Also 6 Little Egrets with 2 Grey Herons, 3 Wheatears, 9 Turnstones with 2 Ringed Plovers

A Grey Plover at Severn Beach this morning and the Turnstones were on Shaft Beach again. @severnsidebirds.bsky.social @bristolbirding.bsky.social

Spotted Flycatcher at pipes end of Severn Beach, Wheatear and Little Egret on Severn Beach salt marsh and my first Turnstones of the autumn at Shaft Beach roost - approx 20 of them. @severnsidebirds.bsky.social @bristolbirding.bsky.social

A Curlew Sandpiper behind the Dunlin and a possible half-hidden CS at New Passage - please correct me if I’m wrong!

@severnsidebirds.bsky.social is this a Whinchat? I have never seen one before. It was on the rocks at New Passage this morning with a Wheatear. I thought it was a strange juvenile Wheatear until I looked at it properly at home!

My first Wheatear of the autumn Severn Beach

Love the sounds of the estuary on a quiet autumn morning - wigeon, redshank, curlew and of course, the Canada Geese - New Passage