Monday 11th September 2023

WWT Slimbridge     Two juvenile WOOD SANDPIPERS and three Cattle Egrets on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide. From Middle Point two Pintails, three SPOONBILLS, a Great White Egret, 16 Little Egrets, 150 Ringed Plovers, 100+ Dunlins and 7+ Sanderlings. Two Garganeys on the Rushy still. Also two Spotted Redshanks, 17 Redshanks, two Ruff and a Snipe. (Martin McGill/Vic Polley). A Whinchat and a Wheatear on the Summer walkway and three Green Sandpipers and a Kingfisher from Robbie Garnett hide. (Nigel Gardener).

Kingfisher by Nigel Gardener

Highnam     Late afternoon in the Lynton Farm area two Red Kites, 46 Mallards, a Buzzard, two Moorhens, five Goldfinches, three Chiffchaffs, seven Mute Swans and 43 Mallards. (John Fletcher).

Saul Warth     At high tide at 6:15am five Grey Herons, four Little Egrets, 93 Shelducks, 200+ Curlews, three Common Sandpipers, 28 Great Black-backed Gulls, a Kestrel, a Reed Warbler, a Chiffchaff, a Grey Wagtail, 12 Swallows and a distant small tern sp, probably Arctic, off of Middle Point from 7-8am at least. (MK).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This afternoon three Grey Herons, five Little Egrets, four Cattle Egrets, 10+ Lapwings, two Buzzards,  a female Kestrel and small numbers of House Martins and Swallows. (Paul Clark).

Nailsworth     A flock of 120+ House Martins flying S was scattered by a Hobby in pursuit. (Terry Grant).

Gloucester    A steady flow of House Martins over the College between 12:30-1pm heading S. (Ken Hurcombe).

Cheltenham     A Grey Heron over the railway station this morning. (Howard Taylor).

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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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