Tuesday 13th September 2022

Frampton pools     Two Willow Warblers, a Great Crested Grebe still feeding young, a Great White Egret, five Green Sandpipers, five Pochards, four Shovelers, four Wigeon, 32 Teal, 13 Tufted Ducks, 50+ Sand Martins, 20+ Swallows, three House Martins and five Cetti’s Warblers. 13 Cattle Egrets roosted at Court Lake tonight. (Nick Goatman).

Saul Warth     At high tide 15 Bar-tailed Godwits, a Black-tailed Godwit, five Avocets, 45+ Dunlins, seven Ringed Plovers, 143+ Curlews, 28 Shelducks, four Little Egrets, a Peregrine carrying prey, a Lesser Whitethroat, four Blackcaps, four Chiffchaffs, 91 Swallows in a flock of 45, then small groups, all headed N, two Grey Wagtails, seven Meadow Pipits and a Wheatear. (MK).

Ringed Plovers by Mike King

Berkeley shore     A Marsh Harrier came out of the riverside reeds N of the power station this morning, also a Common Sandpiper, a Wheatear and two Stonechats. 70 Redshanks at the Pill. (Geoff Moyser).

WWT Slimbridge    From the Zeiss hide two SPOONBILLS, three Cattle Egrets, a Garganey, eight Little Stints, eight Curlew Sandpipers, seven Golden Plovers, a Grey Plover, 15 Knot, 22 Snipe, 18 Black-tailed Godwits, four Avocets, two Spotted Redshanks, four Sanderlings, 30 Ringed Plovers, 262 Dunlins, 44 Ruff and two Green Sandpipers. A Greenshank on the Rushy. Three Wheatears, a Whinchat, 170+ Curlews on the river, 20-30 Golden Plovers flying high S. (Roy Kinchin/Mark Dowie/Mike Davis).

Gloucester    At Sandhurst this evening a MERLIN put up a flock of c100 Meadow Pipits from a stubble field near Abbott’s Lodge. Also a male Kestrel, 17 Skylarks and a northward movement of 590 Swallows and four Sand Martins. (Andy Jayne).

Dursley     A Red Kite and four Ravens over the fields near Sheephouse Farm between Dursley and Uley late morning. (David Ashbee).

Cheltenham    This afternoon a Grey Wagtail feeding around the edge of the lake on the Park Campus. (David Norman).

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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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