Friday 23rd September 2022

Saul Warth     Early morning 94 Grey Plovers, 15 Curlew Sandpipers, three Common Sandpipers, four Bar-tailed Godwits, six Avocets, two Knot, two Redshanks, 189 Curlews, 580 Dunlins, a Sanderling, five Little Stints, 50+ Ringed Plovers, 50+ Shelducks, seven Little Egrets, a Wheatear, two Stonechats, 26 Swallows and a Cetti’s Warbler heard. (Martin McGill/MK).

WWT Slimbridge     A GUILLEMOT on the mud S of Middle Point at 9am. (Tim Jukes). From Kingfisher hide a Cattle Egret with the cattle on the Bottom New Piece. (Dot Jones). From Zeiss hide three Curlew Sandpipers all afternoon and two Spotted Redshanks. (Tim Jukes/Jonathan Bull).

Epney     At 10am three Ruff, six Lapwings and 58 Mallards S of the Anchor Inn. (MK).

Highnam    A Hobby flying around over the Hereford-Gloucester canal. Also a Jay, a Green Woodpecker, seven Swallows, a few Long-tailed Tits and a Cormorant. At Linton Farm near the pond four Spotted Flycatchers together, a Red Kite and a Buzzard. (John Fletcher).

Cotswold Water Park East    At Pit 132 near Kempsford the Spotted Redshank, a Kingfisher, two Greenshanks and three Common Sandpipers. Also a Peregrine nearby. (Chris Snook).

Spotted Redshank by Chris Snook

Greenshank by Chris Snook

Cam Long Down     Late afternoon a Wheatear, a Redstart, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Bullfinch, seven Buzzards, seven Chiffchaffs, 17 Swallows and a Sparrowhawk. (Neil 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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