Friday 11th August 2023

WWT Slimbridge     A PECTORAL SANDPIPER on South Lake best viewed from Hogarth hide throughout the day. (Ian Hull et al). At Middle Point a SPOONBILL and a Grasshopper Warbler reeling again and four Spotted Redshanks on the Rushy. (Dot Jones).

Pectoral Sandpiper by Richard Baatsen

Stinchcombe Hill     This morning a juvenile Cuckoo, eight Spotted Flycatchers and large movement of Swallows and House Martins. (James Robinson).

Berkeley     This evening two CATTLE EGRETS over the garden low SW at 8:16pm. Also three Sand Martins, 39 House Martins, nine Swallows and a Swift. (Thomas Weston).

Nailsworth     At Ruskin Mill a Little Grebe, four Grey Herons, five Little Egrets including a juvenile and three Kingfishers including a juvenile. (Paul Sutton).

Little Egret by Paul Sutton

Ozleworth     House Martins still feeding young at three nests on St Nicholas church, a distant Red Kite towards Bagpath, three Buzzards and c5 Yellowhammers. (Paul Sutton).

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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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