Saturday 19th August 2023

Cotswold Water Park West     Five BLACK TERNS on Pit 57 at 5pm, but a Sparrowhawk flew through and they didn’t return. (Dave Creber).

WWT Slimbridge     At Middle Point the Grey Partridge from the viewing platform at 9am. On the rising tide four SPOONBILLS, a Great White Egret, six Little Egrets, 11 Common Cranes, the Ross’s Goose, two juvenile Common Terns S, 120 Curlews, two Turnstones, a Curlew Sandpiper, six Knot, a Sanderling, two Bar-tailed Godwits, 400 Ringed Plovers, 50 Dunlins, three Redshanks, 620 Sand Martins and a Yellow Wagtail. (Neil Smart/Mike Davis/MK). A WOOD SANDPIPER from Zeiss hide. (Paul Rich). 12 CATTLE EGRETS on South Lake. (Andy Chapman). Also an adult Mediterranean Gull. (Tim McGrath).

Grey Partridge by Mike King

Frampton    From Splatt Bridge early morning a SPOONBILL flew upriver, a Green Sandpiper on the canal and 11 Yellow Wagtails. (Gordon Hodgson).

Saul Warth     This morning 39 Curlews, seven Ringed Plovers, six Redshanks, four Grey Plovers, 30 Dunlins, two Sanderlings, a Common Sandpiper, two Teal and a male Redstart. (Gordon Hodgson).

Elmore Court     At the Rewilding Project from the public footpath along Broadmeadow Bank Ditch this morning a Whinchat, a Wheatear and a Green Sandpiper. (Mark Hobson).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A Mute Swan, 15 Teal, five Mallards, two Great White Egrets, a Little Egret, two Grey Herons, 25 Lapwings, 20 Swallows, 20 House Martins, ten Sand Martins, a Skylark and a male Wheatear. (Mike Smart).

Stonehouse     Along the canal Bridgend to Townsend this morning a Little Egret, a Grey Heron, a female Kingfisher on the Ocean and a male Kingfisher at Townsend. Also a Roe Deer and dragonflies included Migrant Hawkers, Emperors, Common Darters, Brown Hawkers, Beautiful Demoiselles and a Banded Demoiselle. (Paul Sutton).

Roe Deer by Paul Sutton

Stinchcombe Hill     A male Wheatear this afternoon. (James Robinson).

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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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