Saturday 3rd September 2022

Hucclecote     An OSPREY over the garden at 1:50pm then drifted high to the NE. (Terry Fenton).

Osprey by Terry Fenton

Horsley    A Hobby flying around Downend at ST 839984 at 5pm. (David Bullock).

WWT Slimbridge     Two SPOONBILLS on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide and a Greenshank and a Garganey on the Rushy still. (Dot Jones/Jeanne Vitkovskis/Tim Salkeld).

Cotswold Water Park East    On Pit 132, 70 Lapwings, four Snipe, a Greenshank, a Green Sandpiper, a Common Sandpiper and two Little Ringed Plover. (Duncan Dine).

Coombe Hill Meadows    This morning a Spotted Flycatcher, a Grey Wagtail, a female/juvenile Redstart, a Red Kite and a Lesser Whitethroat. (Ian Hull).

Saul Warth     This afternoon at low tide 92 Black-tailed Godwits, 92+ Curlews, six Avocets, a Redshank, 60+ Dunlins, 40+ Ringed Plovers, a Little Egret and three Grey Herons. Also 10+ Yellow Wagtails, a Grey Wagtail, four Wheatears, a Whinchat, a female/juvenile Redstart, 55 Swallows S, a male Blackcap, six Skylarks, two Meadow Pipits and two Kestrels. (MK). Six Wheatears this morning. (Nigel Young).

Wheatear by Nigel Young

Meadow Pipit by Mike King

Whinchat by Mike King

Yellow Wagtail by Mike King

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge at midday three Buzzards, three Kestrels, a Red Kite over and a Kingfisher. Also a steady stream of Swallows and Martins going south. (Paul Sutton).

Kingfisher by Paul Sutton

Purton     Near the hulks c150 Canada Geese on the river with two white Domestic Geese moving N with the tide. Also c50 more Canada Geese over going N, three Cormorants, two Curlews and two Little Egrets. (Paul Sutton).

Ashleworth Ham     During a ringing session birds caught included a Redstart, a Sedge Warbler, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Lesser Whitethroat, four Whitethroats, six Blackcaps, 22 Chiffchaffs, a Reed Bunting, 38 Long-tailed Tits, a Treecreeper, 12 Goldfinches and three Bullfinches. (Mike Smart/Mervyn Greening).

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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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