WWT Summer.........July/ Aug 2020

Visits post-lockdown on 27 July, 4 Aug and 18 August. Migrant summer waders starting to move through, plus the resident non-breeding flock of Black-tailed Godwits - some in superb russet breeding plumage. Green Sandpipers are early migrants, and LRPs are on breeding territory on South Lake. Also present this season - 2 Little Stints, and a moulting Spotted Redshank, which during these few weeks morphed fairly rapidly from black summer plumage to greyish non-breeding colours. A Greenshank was in front of Hogarth Hide on 4 Aug, and juvenile Avocets learning to feed and becoming black-and-white adults. Another summer feature at Slimbridge is the small flock of Knot that roosts on South Lake at high tide. Early migrant Snipe also appear in late summer, along with Ruff in a bewildering array of sizes and colours. Photographic opportunities at times as the waders feed fairly close to the hides.