Saturday 26th August 2023

Bourton-on-the-Water     An OSPREY over Birdland this evening. (Keith Jennings).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning a Marsh Harrier, a Green Sandpiper, a Great White Egret, three Little Egrets, two Little Grebes, nine Lapwings, two Shovelers, four Gadwalls and three Cormorants. (Sam Walker). Also a Spotted Flycatcher and a Redstart. (Ian Ralphs).

Frampton     At Splatt Bridge this morning a male Redstart, a juvenile Whinchat, a Hobby, a SPOONBILL on the river and 17 Yellow Wagtails and two Tree Pipits through. (Gordon Hodgson). A Marsh Harrier and a Peregrine over the 100-Acre, a Kestrel around the church and two Kingfishers on the canal. (Paul Sutton).

Epney    The Pink-footed Goose, of unknown origin, asleep on the sands S of the Anchor Inn again at 11am with 120+ Canada Geese. (MK).

Saul Warth     Early afternoon two Common Sandpipers, 66 Curlews, five Little Egrets and around the sewage works two Lesser Whitethroats, two Whitethroats, three Chiffchaffs, a Blackcap and 12 Swallows. (MK). Later this afternoon a Nuthatch, a Treecreeper, five Chiffchaffs, a Goldcrest, a Jay, 10 Swallows, two Little Owls, nine Little Egrets, six Common Sandpipers, 95 Curlews, a Ringed Plover, six Dunlins, five Great Black-backed Gulls, a Reed Warbler, a juvenile Marsh Harrier, a Kestrel, two Mistle Thrushes, a Whitethroat and a juvenile Hobby over. (Rob & Nina Crofton).

WWT Slimbridge    Two WOOD SANDPIPERS from Zeiss hide. Nine Cattle Egrets on South Lake again. 12 Common Cranes on the Dumbles, including a juvenile and five unringed adults. (Helen Bojaniwska/Dot Jones).

Elmore Court     At the Rewilding Project from the public footpath along Broadmeadow Bank Ditch, ten Lapwings, a Greenshank, a Raven, two Lesser Whitethroats, two Spotted Flycatchers, a Redstart and Yellow Wagtail. (Andy Jayne).

Gloucester     At Horsbere Brook Flood Storage Area a Grey Heron, three Moorhens, 16 Mallards, c40 Stock Doves, a Sedge Warbler, a Whitethroat, a Chiffchaff, seven Goldfinches and three Reed Buntings. (Paul Brunt).

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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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