Friday 30th September 2022

WWT Slimbridge    From Zeiss hide 391 Teal, 95 Shovelers, two Garganeys, two Pintails, a Green Sandpiper, five Snipe, five Ruff, a Spotted Redshank, three Little Stints, six Curlew Sandpipers, a Little Ringed Plover, 11 Ringed Plovers, two Sanderlings, 824 Dunlins, 18 Grey Plovers, a Spoonbill, a Yellow Wagtail over and a Stoat in the cut rides. (Ian Hull). A SPOONBILL briefly on South Lake at 2:15pm. (Jonathan Bull). A Snow Goose yesterday on the Tack Piece was seen again today from Middle Point. (Terry Stevenson/Tim Jukes).

Snow Goose by Terry Stevenson

Saul Warth     Nine Cattle Egrets roosting in bushes at the canal end of Saul Warth at 8:45am. At high tide 50 Grey Plovers, 35 Curlews, two Bar-tailed Godwits, a Redshank, 200+ Dunlins, a Wigeon, three Little Egrets, two Ravens, two Kestrels, a Sparrowhawk, eight Swallows, 30 Goldfinches, a Chiffchaff and a Grey Wagtail. (MK).

Purton    12 Pink-footed Geese flew N late morning. (Francis Steuck/Duerden Cormack).

Forest of Dean    A Redwing briefly this morning on Crabtree Hill. (Frank Williams).

Stonehouse    Two Kingfishers and a Jay near Bond’s Mill and Hoffman’s dam this morning.  A Grey Heron in the field below the Ocean and a Raven heard. (Paul Sutton).

Kingfisher by Paul Sutton
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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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