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A Brief History of The Gloster Birder 2023

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Monday 19th October 2026

Saul Warth     190 Avocets, 150 Curlews, a Little Egret, a Cattle Egret, a Great White Egret, six Grey Herons, nine Cormorants, the escaped Greater Flamingo, 37 Meadow Pipits, 10+ Skylarks, 50 Goldfinches, ten Greenfinches, four Stonechats, first Redwing, a Mistle Thrush, a male House Sparrow, scarce here, five Chiffchaffs and five Reed Buntings. (MK).

Meadow Pipit by Mike King

Gossington     Visible migration today included 193 Redwings, 41 Fieldfares, 37 Golden Plovers, three White-fronted Geese over this evening (a patch tick), three Kestrels, four Buzzards and a pair of Siskins dropped in to feed. (Harrison Rowsell).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A Red Kite, two Kestrels, two Ravens, 22+ Redwings, a Fieldfare, 12+ Linnets, 6+ Goldfinches, two Stonechats, 8+ Long-tailed Tits, two Reed Buntings, 10+ Clouded Yellow butterflies, three Migrant Hawkers and 8+ Common Darters. (Paul Clark).

Wotton-Under-Edge     A Marsh Tit with Chaffinches, Dunnocks and Robins this morning along the Cotswold Way at Wortley Hill. (Mike Fisher).

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Sunday 18th October 2026

Painswick     This morning 8-10am visual passage of over 1000 Redwings and Fieldfares in flocks of 50 to 90 birds, viewed from above Catbrain Quarry. Also three Red Kites, a Buzzard, three Linnets and a Skylark. (John Fletcher).

Nailsworth     A heavy movement this morning with thousands of birds passing Windsoredge in the space of 50 minutes, 7:40-8:30am 2650+ Woodpigeons and 11 Golden Plovers flew S, 1520+ Redwings and 110+ Fieldfares flying around, mainly moving N. (Terry Grant).

Kingscote     300+ Golden Plovers and three Red Kites today. (Terry Grant).

Elmore Court    100+Redwings in several flocks over the rewilding area, most heading W. Also eight Stonechats and 50+ Redwings over Elmore Back. (Steve Pullen).

Halmore     Around the woods today birds included at least 100+ Redwings in groups of up to 20, a hunting female Sparrowhawk, three Red Kites, a Siskin, two Nuthatches, two male Bullfinches, a Green Woodpecker, a ringed Cetti’s Warbler, a Common Tern and two unringed Common Cranes over. (Chris Newton).

Cetti’s Warbler by Chris Newton
Common Crane by Chris Newton
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Saturday 17th October 2026

Uley     A FIELDFARE on Uley Bury this morning. (Richard Baatsen).

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Friday 16th October 2026

WWT Slimbridge    Two WHITE-FRONTED GEESE dropped into the Dumbles at 8:50am. Also 664 Golden Plovers. (Ian Ralphs).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning two Buzzards, two Red Kites, a Kestrel, two Ravens, a Green Woodpecker, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, three Grey Herons, three Stonechats, 10+ Reed Buntings, 20+ Linnets, a Chiffchaff, a Lapwing, three Roe Deer and still 20+ Clouded Yellow butterflies. (Paul Clark).

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Thursday 15th October 2026

WWT Slimbridge     A LEACH’S PETREL off of Middle Point going down on the ebb tide this morning. (Martin McGill/Ian Hull).

Saul Warth     At high tide, 200+Dunlins, 28 Grey Plovers, 17 Golden Plovers, a Lapwing, 70+Curlews, the escaped Greater Flamingo still, 100+ Shelducks, 14 Skylarks, six Meadow Pipits and two Reed Buntings. Also a Clouded Yellow in the horse paddock and three Cattle Egrets in with the Jersey cattle over the road from the ditch. (Steve Pullen).

Frampton pools   A first winter male Goldeneye on the sailing lake this afternoon. This evening on Court Lake 80 Cattle Egrets, two Great White Egrets, five Little Egrets, four Grey Herons, two Pochards, 14 Tufted Ducks, 26 Teal, 34 Shovelers, four Wigeon and a Green Sandpiper. (Nick Goatman).

Cirencester     At Abbey Home Farm three adult Yellow-legged Gulls and a German and a Scottish colour-ringed Lesser Black-backed Gull enjoying some pig feed. (Tate Lloyd).

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Wednesday 14th October 2026

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning 3+ Buzzards, a Red Kite, two Kestrels, 3+ Ravens, a Green Woodpecker, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, five Redwings, a Fieldfare, 6+ Reed Buntings, 12+ Linnets, two Skylarks, two Meadow Pipits, two Bullfinches, four Stonechats, 25+ Clouded Yellows, 10+ Willow Emerald damselflies and 6+ Migrant Hawkers. (Paul Clark).

Tuffley     A Hobby over at 6pm. (Mark Hobson).

Longlevens     A Raven in flight, croaking, over Cheltenham Road this afternoon. (Mike Smart).

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Tuesday 13th October 2026

Uley     A Wheatear, two Red Kites, two Buzzards and a Kestrel on Uley Bury this morning. (Richard Baatsen).

Frampton pools     A Hobby and 70 Cattle Egrets on Court Lake this evening. (Nick Goatman).

WWT Slimbridge     From Middle Point this morning 213 Golden Plovers, 55 Grey Plovers, five Ruff, a Redshank, three Knots, two Bar-tailed Godwits, 350 Dunlins, 20 Ringed Plovers, 120 Avocets, five Sanderlings, 250 Curlews and the escaped Greater Flamingo. (Ian Ralphs). Seven Spotted Redshanks on the Rushy today. (Terry Stevenson).

Bishops Cleeve     This morning on Nottingham Hill two Kestrels hunting, a young Peregrine briefly, a Buzzard, and a Red Kite buzzed by a Sparrowhawk. (Neil Pryce-Jones).

 

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Monday 12th October 2026

WWT Slimbridge     A Curlew Sandpiper from Middle Point at 9am. Three Little Stints on the Top New Piece. (Ian Ralphs). A BITTERN from Zeiss hide at 1:20pm. (Les Ditchburn).

Fairford     A Ring-necked Parakeet flew over Fairford W to E at 4:45 pm. (Richard Morgan).

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Sunday 11th October 2026

WWT Slimbridge     The GUILLEMOT on the river again at 9:25am viewed from Middle Point. (David Creber).

Forest of Dean     A Brambling heard going over Woorgreens this morning. (Rob Husbands).

Frampton pools    66 Cattle Egrets, four Great White Egrets, five Little Egrets, two Green Sandpipers, 46 Golden Plovers over, a Pochard 18 Great Crested Grebes , six Little Grebes, 116 Mallards, nine Tufted Ducks, a Water Rail, 258 Coots, 30 Moorhens, 16 Shovelers, 52 Teal, 18 Gadwalls, 14 Wigeon, 12 Chiffchaffs, three Cetti’s Warblers and two Stonechats today. (Nick Goatman).

Guscar Rocks/Aylburton Warth    450 Canada Geese, 16 Shelducks, 15 Wigeon, 71 Teal, seven Grey Herons, a Little Egret, four Lapwings, 66+ Grey Plovers, three Ringed Plovers, 410+ Curlews, a Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Redshanks, 1150 Black-headed Gulls, 20 Common Gulls, 15 Herring Gulls and a Lesser Black-backed Gull. Also a Kestrel, five Skylarks and five Meadow Pipits. A HARBOUR PORPOISE occasionally surfacing at 10am. (Mike Smart).

Halmore     Around the woods today, a female Sparrowhawk, a female Kestrel, a Siskin, two Goldcrests, a Spotted Flycatcher, still many Chiffchaffs, a Nuthatch, two Jays, four Ravens, a Green Woodpecker, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers and a Kingfisher. (Chris Newton).

Sparrowhawk by Chris Newton

Greet, near Winchcombe     This afternoon at least 12 Red Kites and a Buzzard over a field with a tractor furrowing. (Gill & Andrew Worthington).

Cotswold Water Park    On Pits 201C/B three Great White Egrets, a Green Sandpiper heard and 20 Teal. (Mark Hobson).

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Saturday 10th October 2026

WWT Slimbridge     On the Dumbles at high tide 224 Curlews, a Bar-tailed Godwit, 32 Grey Plovers, 42 Golden Plovers, a female Peregrine, a juvenile Marsh Harrier, the escaped Greater Flamingo, 223 Greylags, 240 Canada Geese, 86 Barnacle Geese, the Snow x Bar-headed Goose hybrid, the Ross’s Goose, 36 Avocets, 39 Great Black-backed Gulls, two Water Rails heard. A Yellowhammer flew in and landed along the summer walkway at 8:25am and two Stonechats. On the Rushy a juvenile Wood Sandpiper, a Green Sandpiper, five Spotted Redshanks, eight Redshanks, a Ruff, a Great White Egret, a Black-tailed Godwit, 18 Snipe and a Kingfisher. A Red Kite over the car park. (Craig Brookes). A GUILLEMOT from Middle Point floating downriver at 10:50am. (per Ian Hull). From Middle Point late morning 12 Cattle Egrets in with the cattle, a Peregrine, a Marsh Harrier, 24+ Common Cranes flew across the river, 40+Dunlins, six Ringed Plovers, five Grey Plovers, an Avocet, four Ravens over and two Stonechats. (Steve Pullen).

Saul Warth     This morning two Marsh Harriers flew N, a Curlew Sandpiper, a Ruff, two Little Stints, 30+ Grey Plovers with c250 Dunlins and the first Redwing of the autumn over. (Gordon Hodgson). Early afternoon, 37 Cattle Egrets following a mower near Fretherne nursery and a Red Kite. Near Hock Cliff three Stonechats and the escaped Greater Flamingo on the mud. (Steve Pullen).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Hook this morning 14 Mute Swans, eight Canada Geese, 44 Egyptian Geese, six Teal, 15 Mallards, two Moorhens and a Black-headed Gull. At Mitton 103 Greylags and a Canada Goose. (Mike Smart).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning 27 Mallards, a female Teal, 22 Moorhens, two Grey Herons, a Grey Wagtail, six Stonechats, 12 Siskins and three Redwings. (Ian Ralphs).

Frampton pools    53 Cattle Egrets on Court Lake this morning. (Nick Goatman).

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