Saturday 28th July 2018

Posted on July 28, 2018 by The Gloster Birder

WWT Slimbridge     Three Curlew Sandpipers, five Ruff and a Greenshank along with the usual waders at Zeiss hide today. Eight Green Sandpipers on the Rushy. A Ringed Plover and a Common Sandpiper on South Lake. (Neil Smart/Dot Jones/Jon Mercer/Ken Heron/MK). A Kingfisher on the bridge leading to Martin Smith hide at midday. (MK). Pic by Mike.

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Forest of Dean     At Cannop Pond Stoneworks an adult and a juvenile Dipper, five Grey Wagtails (1ad, 4 juvs), four Siskins (1m, 1f, 2 juv) and 12 Mandarins (1f, 11 juvs). (Derek Hale). Pics by Derek.

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Berkeley     An adult Hobby hunting House Martins over the garden today. (Tom Weston-McClung).

Frampton pools     A juvenile Cuckoo, two GREAT WHITE EGRETS, eight Little Egrets, a Green Sandpipers, 11 Common Terns (6 juvs), a Little Grebe with a chick, a Yellow-legged Gull, 30+ Sand Martins, 50+ Swallows, 15 Teal and a Mandarin today. (Nick Goatman).

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About The Gloster Birder

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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