Wednesday 13th September 2023

Saul Warth     At 6:35am for high tide five Grey Herons, two Little Egrets, 178 Curlews, a Greenshank, three Knot, four Ringed Plovers, two Common Sandpipers, 37 Shelducks, am immature LITTLE GULL feeding with Black-headed Gulls at 8:10am, a Reed Warbler, a Blackcap, four Chiffchaffs, 61 Swallows, a House Martin, a Grey Wagtail and nine Mistle Thrushes. (MK).

Little Gull by Mike King

Little Gull by Mike King

Coombe Hill Meadows     Two Red Kites circling over the reserve late morning. (Paul Clark). This evening two Green Sandpipers, nine Snipe, a Peregrine, three Whinchats, a Sedge Warbler and a Stonechat. A Great White Egret and a juvenile Marsh Harrier roosted late evening. (Ian Hull).

WWT Slimbridge     15 Pintails new in to the reserve this morning, five Spotted Redshanks on the Rushy, two SPOONBILLS roosting on the riverbank at high tide and a third SPOONBILL on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide. (Slimbridge Sightings).

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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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