Wednesday 7th June 2023

Sharpness     A pair of Rock Pipits have fledged 2+ young this week. (Andy Jordan).

Juvenile Rock Pipit by Andy Jordan

Saul Warth      Before high tide this morning two Turnstones, five Curlews, nine Oystercatchers, five Grey Plovers, two Avocets, 11 Sanderlings, 16 Dunlins, 185+ Ringed Plovers and a Little Stint. Along the hedgerows four Whitethroats, three Lesser Whitethroats and a Cetti’s Warbler. (Neil Smart).

Frampton pools     This afternoon a Red Kite, a Hobby, a Buzzard, five Common Terns, a Cuckoo, three Cetti’s Warblers, a male Bullfinch, a Raven, two Oystercatchers and a juvenile Grey Wagtail. (MK).

Common Tern by Mike King

Cotswold Water Park East     At Pit 131 a pair of Oystercatchers with two well-grown young. A Little Ringed Plover and two Common Terns. On Pit 127 a pair of Egyptian Geese with six small goslings and a Common Tern. (John Durell).

Andoversford     In fields between Andoversford, Whittington and Syreford this afternoon two Lesser Whitethroats, three Yellowhammers, a Chiffchaff, a Blackcap, two Buzzards, a Greenfinch, a Green Woodpecker and a Skylark. (Cottia Howard).

Barnsley Warren SSSI     In the southern spur 4+ Red Kites, two Buzzards, two Green
Woodpeckers, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a few Stock Doves, five Redstarts (4m, 1f), and two male Yellowhammers. On a stony field nearby six adult Lapwings and a half grown chick. (Steve Brown).

Ryeford     Over silage fields today just up from the bypass, 11 Buzzards and six Red Kites this morning. All were gone by 2:30pm the Buzzards went very high and dispersed and the Kites drifted west. (Paul Sutton).

Bamfurlong     This afternoon two Buzzards soaring above the motorway junction. (Howard Taylor).

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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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