Friday 25th August 2023

Epney     The Pink-footed Goose, of unknown origin, on the sands S of the Anchor Inn again this morning with 120+ Canada Geese. (MK). Also two adult Yellow-legged Gulls still in wing-moult and an adult Mediterranean Gull. (Mark Dowie).

Frampton pools     The adult Yellow-legged Gull still on the Sailing Lake early afternoon. (Mark Hobson).

Saul Warth     Early morning four Grey Herons, two Little Egrets, a juvenile Black-tailed Godwit, a Common Sandpiper, 81 Curlews, two Little Owls, 50 Starlings, 20 Swallows, four Chiffchaffs, a Whitethroat, a Lesser Whitethroat and a Yellow Wagtail. (MK).

Little Owl by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     Four SPOONBILLS, two Great White Egrets, four Little Egrets and a Turnstone from Middle Point and two Garganeys and four Spotted Redshanks on the Rushy. (Tim Jukes/Jonathan Bull).

Halmore     Two Pied Flycatchers seen from the garden briefly, a garden tick. Also a Spotted Flycatcher, a Willow Warbler and a Kestrel. (Chris Newton).

Slimbridge     A Peregrine on St John’s Church tower again today. (Tim Jukes).

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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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