Tuesday 11th July 2023

Clapton-on-the-Hill     The OSPREY viewed distantly still today until 10:10am at least from the lane N of Newbridge sat in large dead tree at SP17941807. It flew off to hunt late off but returned at 7pm. (Keith Jennings/Paul Masters).

Osprey by Paul Masters

WWT Slimbridge     THE BLACK-WINGED STILT on the Rushy today. Also two Spotted Redshanks. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Coombe Hill Meadows    This morning a Kingfisher by the car park. The GRASSHOPPER WARBLER again in the field W of the Grundon hide. (Eric Harris).

Saul Warth     At high tide at 3pm 200+ Black-tailed Godwits, 180+ Avocets, 33 Curlews, nine Oystercatchers, 15+ Dunlins, 60+ Shelducks, a juvenile Buzzard, four Skylarks and a Reed Bunting. (MK).

Frampton pools     This evening a Great White Egret, a female Tufted Duck with three ducklings, six Common Terns with two fully fledged chicks, two Little Grebes with a full grown chick, a Spotted Flycatcher still feeding young, the Ross’s Goose, 145 Barnacle Geese, 19 Greylags, seven Canada Geese, 52 Mute Swans, 46 Mallards and 20+Swifts. (Nick Goatman).

Stroud     170+ Swifts flew south between 8:20am and 9:45am. (Terry Grant).

Huntley     Birds included a Stock Dove, eight Linnets with seven Goldfinches on wires, two Whitethroats, four Greenfinches, two Buzzards, two Red Kites over heading W, a female Sparrowhawk carrying prey, eight Swifts, a Goldcrest in the churchyard and Swallows nesting at the church. (Derek Summers).

Ashleworth Ham     This afternoon two Little Egrets, a Grey Heron, 59 Mallards, a Green Woodpecker, two Reed Buntings, two Stock Doves, two Blackcaps, seven Chiffchaffs, two Chaffinches, a Greenfinch, two Long-tailed Tits, a Red-legged Partridge and a Buzzard. (John Fletcher).

Cotswold Water Park West     At Coke’s Pit, Pit 34 Red Crested Pochards, two Reed Warblers, three Common Terns and an Oystercatcher. (Jack Green).

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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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