Saturday 13th August 2022

Epney     Today the TURTLE DOVE still in gardens behind the Anchor Inn. Please park sensibly by the entrance opposite the seawall or on the road without blocking access and not in the pub unless you are using it. Thank you. (Lee Gardiner).

Frampton pools     Four Great White Egrets, 20 Little Egrets, three Grey Herons, five Little Grebes, seven Teal, two Spotted Flycatchers, ten House Martins and five Swallows today. (Nick Goatman).

Cotswold Water Park East     At Pit 132 this morning, three Little Ringed Plovers and a Spotted Flycatcher. (Duncan Dine).

Spotted Flycatcher by Duncan Dine

Woodchester     This morning two Swifts still entering a nest site in North Woodchester Church. (Roy Bircher).

Netheridge Farm    Two Swifts over Barn Owl Centre this morning. (Mark Hobson).

Dursley    Six Swifts over this morning. (Katharine Goatman).

Purton     Early morning vismig included 29 Swallows, a Sand Martin, a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull, a Ringed Plover and a Grey Plover, two Dunlins and eight Yellow Wagtails. Grounded birds included a Redstart and two Yellow Wagtails. (Francis Steuck).

Cleeve Hill     This morning 12 Stonechats, four Redstarts, two Wheatears and a Whinchat, a Yellow Wagtail, a Corn Bunting and a Spotted Flycatcher. (Ian Ralphs).

WWT Slimbridge    Two SPOONBILLS on the Top New Piece, seen from Zeiss hide. (Helen Bojaniwska).

Westfield     Two Reed Buntings between Brockhampton and Hawling (What3Words flattens.garden.closer). (Graham Baker).

Brockworth    A Raven flying over in large circles and calling repeatedly at 8:15pm. (John Miles).

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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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