Monday 12th September 2022

WWT Slimbridge     From Zeiss hide over the high tide 26 Ruff, five Little Stints, three Spotted Redshanks, 15 Avocets, four Sanderlings, 19 Ringed Plovers, 274 Black-tailed Godwits, three Snipe, 21 Dunlins, a Green Sandpiper, 12 Redshanks, a Curlew Sandpiper, two SPOONBILLS, five Cattle Egrets, three Pintails and a Water Rail. (Ian Hull).

Saul Warth    This afternoon 80+ Shelducks, the Shelduck sp/hybrid, 20+ Curlews, six Black-tailed Godwits, a Golden Plover heard, four Cattle Egrets flew N at 3pm, six Grey Herons, three Little Egrets, a Whinchat, a Yellow Wagtail, a Willow Warbler, two Chiffchaffs, one singing, a Blackcap, a Sparrowhawk, a Small Copper and a Vestal moth. (MK). This morning at Hock Ditch at 9:45am two Common Sandpipers, lots of Swallows and a Kingfisher. (Mike Davis).

Yellow Wagtail by Mike King
Sparrowhawk by Mike King
Small Copper by Mike King

Dudbridge     A Dipper flew over the ATS carpark behind the petrol station at 9am, three Jays and overhead a Peregrine and a Hobby soaring. (Steve Pullen).

Longney     This afternoon birds included five Chiffchaffs, a Blackcap, a Sedge Warbler heard, seven Linnets, a Buzzard and a Little Egret. (John Fletcher).

Guscar Rocks    On the high tide18 Greylags, 90 Canada Geese, two Wigeon, two Grey Herons, Ringed Plover heard, at least 500 Curlews, a Willow Warbler singing and at least six Chiffchaffs, some singing. (Mike Smart).

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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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