Thursday 18th July 2019

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning, birds included four Snipe, two Green Sandpipers, two juvenile Curlew, only 1 ringed bird today, three Common Gulls and an adult Hobby feeding at 11:15am. (Dave Stone).

Hawling     A Red Kite, Buzzards, Kestrels, Yellowhammers, Mistle Thrushes, Song Thrushes, Ravens and a Lapwing. Other sightings included Small Tortoiseshell, Painted Lady, Ringlet, Marbled White, Large White, Small White, Meadow Brown, Large Skipper and Gatekeeper butterflies and a Seven Spot Ladybird. (Chris & Phil Andrews). 

Aylburton Common     A pair of Spotted Flycatchers in the garden this morning using wires as vantage point to spot insects flying around a mature Ash tree. (Martin Vaisey). Pic by Martin.

Spotted Flycatcher 180719

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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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