Monday 24th July 2023

WWT Slimbridge     On the Rushy this morning an immature SPOONBILL, a Cattle Egret, a Great White Egret and Little Egrets and a Hobby through. (James Robinson). A juvenile Mediterranean Gull on South Lake. (Martin McGill).

Frampton pools     Ten Common Terns including two juveniles, the Yellow-legged Gull, a juvenile Mediterranean Gull, a Common Sandpiper, 200+ Sand Martins, two Swifts, 10+ Swallows, 10+ House Martins, a Garden Warbler, a Lesser Whitethroat, two Whitethroats feeding three young, 50+ Linnets, three Greenfinches and 60 Black-headed Gulls including 12 juveniles. (Nick Goatman). A Reed Warbler on Court Lake. (Nigel Young).

Reed Warbler by Nigel Young

Saul Warth     At high tide two Whimbrels flew N calling, 101 Avocets, 48 Curlews and 56 at Awre, three Oystercatchers and 37 Shelducks. Around the Sewage Works 20+ Swallows, 20+ Sand Martins, two House Martins, two Whitethroats, six Chiffchaffs, 20+ Goldfinches and 50+ Starlings. (MK).

Whitethroat by Mike King

Dowdeswell Woods     A family party of Spotted Flycatchers, two adults and four young, this afternoon. (Duncan Dine).

Spotted Flycatcher by Duncan Dine
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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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