Friday 16th September 2022

Cam     A flock of calling Pink-footed Geese over W at 11:20pm. (Nigel Jarrett).

Saul Warth     At high tide 150+ Curlews, seven Bar-tailed Godwits, ten Avocets, 115+ Dunlins, three Ringed Plovers, eight Little Egrets, a Cattle Egret at Splatt Bridge with the cattle, a Marsh Harrier over the 100-Acre, a Peregrine, 40+ Swallows and four House Martins NW, 10+ Chiffchaffs with 10+ Long-tailed Tits and a Wheatear. (MK).

Frampton    This morning a Marsh Harrier and a Peregrine hunting the foreshore, a Cattle Egret flew N with a Little Egret and a Cetti’s Warbler singing. (Gordon Hodgson).

Cotswold Water Park East     At Pit 125 at 10am a Bittern flew over the reed bed at the eastern end and was lost to sight towards Lechlade. Also at least three Chiffchaffs, a Snipe, and a male Stonechat. (Andrew Cooper).

Stinchcombe Hill    At least three possibly six Spotted Flycatchers this afternoon. Also Pied Wagtails, Goldfinches and a Skylark. (Mike Davis).

Leddington     A Little Owl spent the whole morning in the garden. (Eden Tanner).

Little Owl by Eden Tanner

WWT Slimbridge     From Zeiss hide a SPOONBILL, seven juvenile Little Stints, five Ringed Plovers, two Greenshanks, a Green Sandpiper, 164 Dunlins, c6 Curlew Sandpipers, 33 Black-tailed Godwits, 14 Ruff, two Redshanks, a Curlew, c13 Snipe, a Garganey, a Buzzard feeding on carrion and a juvenile Water Rail. (Sam Walker/Jonathan Bull).

Cam    Two Hobbies heading over SE mid morning calling loudly. (Magnus Carter).

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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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