Thursday 10th August 2023

WWT Slimbridge     A PECTORAL SANDPIPER on South Lake best viewed from Hogarth hide from 11:30am until 5pm at least and looking settled. (Charlotte Foote). At Middle Point an immature SPOONBILL and a Grasshopper Warbler reeling again. Eight Green Sandpipers on the Tack Piece and four Spotted Redshanks on the Rushy. A juvenile Garganey from Zeiss hide. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Pectoral Sandpiper by Paul Masters

Saul Warth     At low tide this morning four Grey Herons, six Little Egrets, four Shelducks, ten Curlews, a Redshank, a Peregrine chasing the gulls for fun, a Kestrel, a Little Owl, two Ravens, four Swallows, seven Linnets and two Chiffchaffs. (MK).

Little Owl by Mike King

Northleach     A Hobby today. (Richard Tyler).

Stinchcombe Hill     This morning a Yellow Wagtail and five Ravens over. A Spotted Flycatcher around the clubhouse last night. (James Robinson).

Nailsworth     An adult Swift still feeding young in a nest site, in the Town Hall building off Bath Road. (Jake King).

Nympsfield     Five Willow Warblers at ST853991. (Jake King).

Robinswood Hill     A Buzzard, a juvenile Green Woodpecker, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Nuthatch, four Chiffchaffs, 12 Goldfinches and eight Long-tailed Tits. (Paul Brunt).

Prestbury Hill    At the Prestbury butterfly masts reserve today a female Kestrel, a Raven, a Buzzard, a Redstart and a Green Woodpecker. Butterflies seen were Brown Argus, Chalkhill Blue, Common Blue, Dark Green Fritillary, Brimstone, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Small Heath, Large White and Small White. (Keith White).

Randwick     Six Ravens soaring on thermal at midday. (Dot Jones).

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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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