Thursday 7th September 2023

Saul Warth     At 6:30am at low tide three Grey Herons, two Little Egrets, 160 Shelducks, 121 Curlews, a Peregrine S, two Kestrels, a Buzzard, three Little Owls, 18 Mistle Thrushes, 20+ Swallows, four Meadow Pipits N, a Skylark, seven Chiffchaffs, a Lesser Whitethroat and a Blackcap. (MK).

Coombe Hill Meadows      A Little Grebe, a Wheatear, a female Marsh Harrier, four Cattle Egrets, two Great White Egrets, six Little Egrets and seven Grey Herons. No sign of the Willow Emeralds reported by visitors this week along the canal. (Ian Hull).

Cattle Egrets with Little Egrets by Mike King

Great White Egret by Mike King

Cleeve Hill     Today a Corn Bunting, eight Wheatears, 2 Spotted Flycatchers, 10+ Stonechats, five Whinchats, three Chiffchaffs and 40 Meadow Pipits. (Jamie Brown/Duncan Dine).

Wheatear by Duncan Dine

Leckhampton Hill     Five Swallows, four Long-tailed Tits, a Coal Tit, a Chiffchaff, c120 Linnets and two Yellowhammers today. (Paul Brunt).

Gloucester     A Little Egret on the boating lake in Westgate Park today. (Colin Edwards).

Hampnett Manor farm     A flock of hedgerow foraging mixed bird species comprising 15 Long-tailed Tits, 25 Blue Tits, two Chiffchaffs and a Wren today. (Harvey Sherwood).

Cheltenham     A Tawny Owl calling in a back garden in Naunton Park at 8:30pm. (Steve Brown).

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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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