25 April - an excellent spring visit to the Severn. First, I dashed to Frampton sailing lake and managed to see the Whiskered Tern 5 minutes before it flew off high towards the estuary (top, record shot) - it was later seen at the 100-acre. 5+ Swifts were also over the sailing lake. Then Saul Warth produced 2 drake Garganey, and Fretherne foreshore held 5 Whimbrel(lower). Slimbridge gave a real bonus in the form of a 2nd summer Med Gull on South Lake, then Zeiss Hide produced an excellent selection of waders - 3 Greenshank and a summer-plumaged Curlew Sandpiper, together with a male Ruff, a Spotted Redshank moulting into summer plumage, and 2 Ringed Plovers. An excellent trip.
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