Tuesday 8th August 2017

Posted on August 8, 2017 by The Gloster Birder

WWT Slimbridge     From Robbie Garnett hide today two Wood Sandpipers still, a Greenshank, nine Green Sandpipers, two Common Sandpipers, 12+ Black-tailed Godwits, 17 Dunlins. Also a Marsh Harrier and two Swifts. (Slimbridge Wild et al). Wood Sandpiper pics by John Fletcher, comparison pic & Green Sandpiper by MK.

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Saul Warth     A Wheatear at Hock Ditch at 2:30pm. (Kenny Hills).

Berkeley     17 Swifts over the garden this evening. (Tom Weston-McClung).

Bussage     Two Swifts over today. (Mark Grieve).

Longlevens     A Raven over the garden at 3pm, a garden tick. (Martin Greenish).

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My name is Mike King and have lived all my life in Gloucestershire. I am happiest birding around Frampton but I especially love Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. I have birded all over Europe, in the U.S.A. and Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Costa Rica, Belize, Madeira, Mexico, Grand Cayman, Dominican Republic, The Gambia, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey and most recently Thailand.
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