Friday 25th September 2020

Saul Warth    This morning 79 Dunlins, two Ringed Plovers, six Bar-tailed Godwits, nine Grey Plovers, 55 Curlews, a Curlew Sandpiper, a Peregrine, a Marsh Harrier, a Wheatear, four Stonechats and a Muntjac. (Gordon Hodgson).

Calcot Manor     Ten Stonechats and three Whinchats today. (Terry Grant).

Whinchat by Terry Grant

Hazelcote Farm     12+ Wheatears, four Stonechats and 13 Golden Plovers today. (Terry Grant).

WWT Slimbridge     A male Goshawk causing panic as it shot over the scrape at Zeiss hide. (Ian Hull). A MERLIN at midday from Estuary Tower, 15 Common Cranes on the Dumbles and a GREAT WHITE EGRET from Zeiss hide. (Tim Jukes). Two juveniles Spotted Redshanks on South Lake. (Dot Jones).

Gawcombe   Six Swallows fed briefly over late flowering meadow at Gawcombe Estate also a Wheatear feeding in sunken sheltered trackway. (Harvey Sherwood).

Forest of Dean     At Cannop upper pond 15 Mandarins (8m, 7f), two Little Grebes and three Tufted Ducks. Also a Raven near to the bird table and second-hand report of a Marsh Tit and a Kingfisher. At Woorgreens Lake just six Canada Geese. (Chris Keeling).

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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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