Sunday 27th August 2023

Epney    The Pink-footed Goose, of unknown origin, again on the sands S of the Anchor Inn again until 9:45am at least with 170+ Canada Geese. (Geoff Moyser/Steve Pullen/MK).

Pink-footed Goose by Steve Pullen

Saul Warth     Earlymorning two Little Egrets, three Grey Herons, 57 Curlews, 11 Knot, a Grey Plover, a Ringed Plover heard, six Shelducks, two Little Owls, four Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroat, six Chiffchaffs, a Blackcap, 47 Swallows aand ten House Martins. Two Spotted Flycatchers at 7am only. (MK/Mike Davis).

Spotted Flycatcher by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge    On the Top New Piece a Wood Sandpiper still. On South Lake two Mediterranean Gulls and 12 Cattle Egrets. Four SPOONBILLS on the river. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Gloucester     At Saintbridge pond birds included a Grey Heron, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, six Moorhens and c20 Mallards. (Paul Brunt).

Barnsley Warren SSSI     In the Fosse Way spur and adjacent Ampney Downs farmland, a Whinchat, 10+Yellow Wagtails, six Buzzards, two Red Kites, a Yellowhammer, ten Linnets and a moderate flow of Swallows. Also Chalkhill Blue butterflies. (Steve Brown).

Elmore Court     At the Rewilding Project from the public footpath along Broadmeadow Bank Ditch, a Little Grebe on the long scrape, a Green Sandpiper, ten Lapwings, a Spotted Flycatcher, a Whinchat and a Redstart. (Mark Hobson).

Ryeford     A female Mandarin and two juveniles this morning. (Paul Sutton).

Mandarin by 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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