Saturday 3rd June 2023

Saul Warth     This morning c150 Ringed Plovers, 60 Sanderlings, 40 Dunlin, ten Grey Plovers, nine Bar-tailed Godwits, six Oystercatchers, four Knot, three Curlews, two Greenshanks, two Redshanks and a Turnstone. (Gordon Hodson). Also eight Avocets, a distant Marsh Harrier, a Red Kite E at 6:45am, a Cuckoo calling, a Swift and three Lesser Whitethroats.(MK).

Red Kite by Mike King

Bar-tailed Godwits by Mike King

Red Knots by Mike King

Hardwicke     A possible Alpine Swift reported at 7am heading up the canal towards Gloucester. (Julian Long).

Frampton     Around the pools a Common Sandpiper, six Common Terns, four Whitethroats, a juvenile Grey Wagtail, an Oystercatcher, two Swifts, eight House Martins and a Slow Worm and a Broad-bodied Chaser. (Nick Goatman). A Great White Egret S over Fretherne Bridge at 9:34am. (MK).

Whitminster     A Red Kite over Highfield Garden World at 9:39am. (MK).

Tewkesbury     A Red Kite drifted close past the Abbey and the Peregrine pair constantly attacked it. (Les Ditchburn).

Dursley     A Red Kite over at 10:45am. (Andrew Heryet).

Selsley Common     A Red Kite over at midday. (Andrew Heryet).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This evening six Little Ringed Plovers, two Avocets, two Oystercatchers, four Lapwings, three Little Egrets, 11 Mute Swans, two Redshanks, three Yellow Wagtails and a Cuckoo heard. (Terry Stevenson).

Ashleworth Ham & Hasfield Ham     This morning three Redstarts, two males and a female, along the track to Hasfield Ham. Also two singing Lesser Whitethroats and eight Long-tailed Tits. At Ashleworth Ham from the hide a Buzzard, a Little Egret, a Whitethroat and a Reed Bunting. At Haw Bridge eight House Martins. (John Casswell).

Cheltenham     At Pittville Lawn two Mistle Thrushes this evening. (Howard Taylor).

Leigh Meadows     A Mallard, a Grey Heron, a Red Kite, five Skylarks, two Yellow Wagtails, a Redstart singing, a Reed Warbler, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Blackcap 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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