Sunday 18th September 2022

Forest of Dean     A LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER at Woorgreens this morning. Also two possibly three Kingfishers and a Green Sandpiper. (Owen Follis).

Saul Warth     Early morning 60+ Curlews, a Bar-tailed Godwit, a Little Egret, a Whinchat, a Stonechat, a Grey Wagtail, five Skylarks, six Meadow Pipits, 30 Goldfinches, two Blackcaps, two Chiffchaffs, a Whitethroat and six Swallows. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge    On the Top New Piece five Little Stints from the Zeiss hide. On the Rushy three Spotted Redshanks, an Avocet and two Greenshanks. On South Lake a juvenile Little Ringed Plover and a juvenile Spotted Redshank. On the Tack Piece a juvenile Little Ringed Plover, two Green Sandpipers, nine Ruffs and a Peregrine flew through. At Middle Point a Curlew Sandpiper went N this morning later another (or same bird) on the mud with a Greenshank, two Bar-tailed Godwit, c30 small waders mainly Ringed Plovers also a male Stonechat on the cross fence. (Mark Hobson).

Alvington     A Sparrowhawk, a Goshawk and a Red Kite over Clanna Country Park today. (Paul Woolams).

Cheltenham    At 10am at Christ Church a Peregrine was calling loudly to warn off a Sparrowhawk which circling around just above the tower. A Corn Bunting and a Meadow Pipit on the top of Leckhampton hill. (David Norman).

Cirencester     c10 Long-tailed Tits by Bowling Green Lane entrance. (Felicity Cobb).

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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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