Wednesday 9th August 2023

WWT Slimbridge     A CATTLE EGRET on the Dumbles. A BITTERN again from Zeiss hide. At Middle Point a reeling Grasshopper Warbler and a Wheatear. Four Spotted Redshanks and two male Ruffs on the Rushy. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Chavenage Lane     Two Whinchats, a Wheatear, three Corn Buntings and 60+ Linnets today. (Terry Grant).

Whinchat by Terry Grant

Saul Warth     A SPOONBILL feeding at Awre, seen from Hock Ditch. Also a Little Owl. (Geoff Fawcett).

Coombe Hill Meadows    Two female Marsh Harriers, a Kestrel, a Buzzard and c25 Greenfinches this morning. (Ian Hull).

Frampton     An adult Yellow-legged Gull still on the Sailing Lake, also two Yellow Wagtails, a Reed Warbler, a Common Tern, two Kingfishers and two Stock Doves at Court Lake. (Jonathan Bull). Also six Whitethroats, two Lesser Whitethroats, two Willow Warblers, four Garden Warblers, 20+ Chiffchaffs 12 Blackcaps, 18 Swifts, 40+ Sand Martins, 20+ Swallows and 20+ House Martins. (Nick Goatman).

Upper Cam     A Hobby over at 7:20pm. (Nigel Tucker).

Frocester    Three Little Owls, a family of two adults and a juvenile this morning.(Paul Sutton).

Little Owls by Paul Sutton

Prestbury     This morning a male Goshawk being mobbed by House Martins over the library. (Ken Heron).

Nailsworth     Two adult Mediterranean Gulls feeding on flying ants with c40 Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gulls over Walkley Wood at 1:30pm. (Jon Haw). A Little Egret flew over the garden at 2:25pm. (Jake King).

Lydney     Garden birds today included six House Martins, ten Swallows, seven Chaffinches, a Stock Dove, also a Buzzard, a male Peregrine and a male Sparrowhawk over. Also a Scarlet Tiger moth and on the 7th two Noctule Bats flew high S. (Stephen Curtis & Carol Rushton).

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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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