Monday 14th August 2023

WWT Slimbridge     The PECTORAL SANDPIPER was absent throughout the day but turned up on the Rushy at 4:30pm. Also a Common Sandpiper and two Spotted Redshanks. Nine Green Sandpipers on the Tack Piece. (Sam Walker). 13 CATTLE EGRETS from Hogarth hide today. Also a Hobby again. (Martin McGill). A Grasshopper Warbler reeling at Middle Point. On the river two immature SPOONBILLS, two Turnstones and a Greenshank and the Grey Partridge from the viewpoint on the summer walkway. (Paul Rich/Ian Hull).

Cattle Egret by Steve Money

Saul Warth     At high tide early morning 38 Curlews, 40 Shelducks, two Grey Herons, a Buzzard, a Little Owl, a Wheatear, nine Swallows and around the sewage works a Lesser Whitethroat, two juvenile Whitethroats, a Willow Warbler and 4+ Chiffchaffs. (MK).

Wheatear by Mike King

Sharpness to Berkeley Pill     This morning a Whinchat, 5+ Curlews, 3+ Common Sandpipers, 10+ Redshanks, 3+ Cormorants, a Black-tailed Godwit, a Swallow and an Oystercatcher. (Mike Davies).

Frampton    20+ Yellow Wagtails at Splatt Bridge this evening, ten together in the horse paddock with others dropping in to roost. Also a juvenile Stonechat. (Gordon Hodgson). Around the pools a Greenshank feeding on floating weed on the Sailing Lake. Also a Redstart, a Willow Warbler, 40 Chiffchaffs, nine Blackcaps, three families of Reed Warblers, a Hobby, a Great White Egret, 100’s of Sand Martins, the adult Yellow-legged Gull, two Curlews, a Water Rail, a Kingfisher, five Bullfinches and two Ravens. (Nick Goatman).

Hardwicke     Two Barn Owls calling to each other at Grove End at 11:30pm. (MK/BK).

Cheltenham     This evening 2/3 young Tawny Owls begging at Cox’s Meadow. (Steve Brown).

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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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