Saturday 1st October 2022

WWT Slimbridge     This morning at Middle Point 550 Dunlins, 50+ Grey Plovers, 20 Ringed Plovers, 200-300 Dunlins, at least two Curlew Sandpipers, a Bar-tailed Godwit, five Knot and a Little Stint and a few House and Sand Martins. (Ian Ralphs/Mike Davis). Five Curlew Sandpipers at Stephen Kirk hide and two on the Top New Piece, also 19 Ruff there. (Ian Ralphs). A Green Sandpiper from Zeiss hide. An Avocet and a Spotted Redshank on the Rushy. (Paul Sutton).

Female Shoveler by Paul Sutton

Saul Warth     This afternoon a late Common Tern, 140 Curlews, a Bar-tailed Godwit, 30+ Grey Plovers, 300+ small distant waders and 12 Little Egrets. Also eight Cattle Egrets with cows at Splatt Bridge and three with cows by Saul Lodge, a Marsh Harrier over 100-Acre. (Gordon Hodgson/MK).

Longney Sands     Around high tide a Golden Plover, a Ringed Plover, a Little Stint, three Dunlins, four Black-tailed Godwits, 11 Curlews, a Kestrel, a Cetti’s Warbler, 200+ Meadow Pipits and a Yellow Wagtail. (Andy Jayne).

Forest of Dean    Six Redwings this morning on Crabtree Hill. (Frank Williams).

Withington    Eight Red Kites feeding over OBM Racing this morning. (Neil Duggan).

Leckhampton Hill     c70 Golden Plovers and at least three Stonechats today. (Eric Harris).

Seven Springs    At Chatcombe Wood this morning birds included Marsh Tit, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Jay, Red Kite, Buzzard, Raven and Yellowhammer. (Jeremy Holland).

Stroud     A Hobby flew E over the town this afternoon. (Terry Grant).

Forest of Dean    A Kingfisher at Speech House Lake this morning. (Terry Stevenson).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning 76 Teal, seven Mallards, two Grey Herons, ten Moorhens, a Buzzard, a Sparrowhawk, 18 Lapwings, three Snipe, 20+ Skylarks SW, five Meadow Pipits, three Swallows, also a Cetti’s Warbler, a Chiffchaff and a Reed Bunting heard. (Mike Smart).

Upham Meadow     Two Mute Swans, a Grey Heron, 70 Herring Gulls, ten Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a Stonechat, 100 Rooks, 50 Jackdaws and a Reed Bunting. (Mike 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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