Wednesday 6th September 2023

Nailsworth     Five SPOONBILLS flew S together at 5:20pm and 230+ Swallows and 30+ House Martins flew S this evening. (Terry Grant).

Saul Warth     At high tide at 1pm seven Little Egrets, three Grey Herons, 100+ Shelducks, 150+ Curlews, two Common Sandpipers, three Redshanks, a Kestrel, 6+ Chifchaffs, a Lesser Whitethroat, two Yellow Wagtails and a Weasel by the Sewage Works gate. (MK).

Yellow Wagtail by Mike King

Clapton-on-the-Hill     Four female-type Marsh Harriers at Newbridge his afternoon. (Keith Jennings).

WWT Slimbridge     A WOOD SANDPIPER on the Tack Piece at 2:30pm. (Andy Jordan).

Stinchcombe Hill/West Down     Early morning today two Tree Pipits, three Meadow Pipits, 1+ Crossbill, two Kestrels, 93 Goldfinches, a male Wheatear, two Lesser Whitethroats and two Marsh Tits. (Craig Brookes).

Forest of Dean     At Woorgreens Lake/Crabtree Hill two Ravens, a Kingfisher, 80+ House Martins, a Redstart, three Stonechats, a Tree Pipit and seven Crossbills. (Andy Jayne).

Cleeve Hill     Before 10am, straight out from the masts car park a Whinchat and a Wheatear. In the heather enclosure and immediately to the SE a Jay, eight Swallows, a Whitethroat, a male Redstart, c10 Stonechats and several small mobile flocks of Linnets. At the dew pond two Corn Buntings drinking and bathing with Linnets and Goldfinches. A small flock of Yellowhammers on the approach road. (Steve Brown).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Two Cattle Egrets this morning on the scrape. (Ian Hull).

Epney     50+ Swallows on wires in Castle Lane at 2:45pm. (MK).

Aston Magna     Five Spotted Flycatchers over the garden chicken coop today. (Jamie Brown).

Aylburton     A Greenfinch in Stockwell Lane and a Sparrowhawk along the byway leading to river. Along the riverside birds included a Wheatear, four Meadows Pipits, a Kestrel, six Goldfinches, two Linnets and a mixed flock of hirundines over the flood bank. Also seven House Martins (a nest on the house this year, for the first time in 3 years) and 11 Swallows. (John Meadows).

Stonehouse     A female Kingfisher back at the Ocean with a Grey Heron and a Grey Wagtail and a pair of Jays by Hoffmans dam. Many Migrant Hawkers and Common Darters and at least ten Brown Hawkers to between St Cyr’s church and Bonds Mill this morning. (Paul Sutton).

Grey Wagtail by Paul Sutton

Gloucester     At Alney Island eight Buzzards soaring together, a Red Kite, six House Martins, two Chiffchaffs and a Yellowhammer on farmland in the northern part of the island. (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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