Sunday 25th June 2023

Huntley     A Pied Flycatcher singing from trees around the old car park of what was The Orchard golf course. Also two Whitethroat around the same area and a Spotted Flycatcher hawking insects from the gravestones at Huntley churchyard. (Derek Summers).

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still at Middle Point today. The BLACK-WINGED STILT still on South Lake and two male Ruffs and two Spotted Redshanks. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Frampton pools     Around the pools a Red Kite, a Hobby, two Sparrowhawks, a Kestrel, a Cuckoo, nine Common Terns, 43 Swifts, 12 Whitethroats, 27 Chiffchaffs, 29 Blackcaps, six Treecreepers, two Oystercatchers, a Kingfisher, four Cetti’s Warblers, 10+ Reed Warblers and three Little Egrets today. (Nick Goatman).

Southam     A Red Kite soaring above Kayte Lane railway bridge at noon. (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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