Friday 19th August 2022

WWT Slimbridge     A WOOD SANDPIPER on the Rushy this morning. Two SPOONBILLS from Zeiss hide. A Redstart on the Summer walkway and a  Peregrine on South Lake ⁦. (Dot Jones/Tim Jukes/Roy Kinchin).

Saul Warth     At 3pm 19 Avocets and 180+ Curlews. Between Hock Ditch to Arlingham a Buzzard, a Kestrel, a Little Owl, four Grey Herons, three Little Egrets, barely any passerines, just a Reed Warbler in sub-song, three Common Sandpipers beyond Hock Cliff. At 5pm 70+ Black-tailed Godwits at Hock Ditch. (MK).

Black-tailed Godwits by Mike King

Breadstone     Birds this morning included three Willow Warblers, eight Spotted Flycatchers, three Coal Tits, two Goldcrests, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a female Blackcap and a  Garden Warbler. Also a Southern Hawker. (Chris Newton).

Crickley Hill     Two Spotted Flycatchers today. (Mark Lang).

Frampton    At Court Lake five Great White Egrets, five Little Egrets, five Grey Herons, a juvenile Kingfisher and a Black Swan. (Paul Sutton).

Stonehouse     This morning on the canal a Kingfisher, a Little Egret, two Chiffchaffs, Swallows over with young ones on the wires and many Migrant Hawkers. (Paul Sutton).

Cold Aston     Three Redstarts in the woods near Elmbank Farm. (Andy Lewis).

Bourton-on-the-Water     20 Lapwings circling around scrub near the south pit. (Rita Gerry/Mike Boyes).

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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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