Friday 13th September 2019

WWT Slimbridge    This morning at Mid Point at high tide 251 Curlews, four of them head-started birds from Slimbridge, a Greenshank and a Peregrine. From Zeiss hide three immature Ruffs and six Yellow Wagtails and on South Lake seven adult Ruffs. (Mike Smart). Two CATTLE EGRETS from Zeiss hide. (Jonathan Bull/Dot Jones).

Guscar Rocks     On the evening tide 480 Curlews, 20 Knot, ten Dunlins, a Ringed Plover, an adult Mediterranean Gull, at least 300 Black-headed Gulls and 1000+ Swallows at dusk gathering to roost, probably in nearby maize fields. (Mike Smart).

Frampton pools     On the Sailing Lake a juvenile Garganey, two Common Sandpipers, four Green Sandpipers, a Yellow Wagtail and 40+ Swallows. (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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