Saturday 16th September 2023

Framilode/Epney     A first-summer CASPIAN GULL opposite Framilode Church at 9:45am, but pushed upstream by the tide to Epney where it showed well over the river S of The Anchor Inn. (Martin McGill). Also at Framilode five Ringed Plovers and a Common Sandpiper and at Epney 88 Mallards, 13 Teal, two Grey Herons and two Swallows. (Martin McGill/Jeremy Squire/MK).

Caspian Gull by Mike King

Saul Warth     From 6:30am over high tide 14 Grey Herons, a Little Egret, 63 Shelducks, 11 Teal, 52 Ringed Plovers, two Sanderlings, 11 Dunlins, a Common Sandpiper, 92 Curlews, a Kingfisher again, a Grey Wagtail, a Meadow Pipit, three Skylarks, five Chiffchaffs and a Lesser Whitethroat. (MK).

Awre     200+ Curlews, c50 Ringed Plovers, 35 Dunlins, three Common Sandpipers, two Hobbies, a Ruff, a Little Stint and a Whinchat. (Dan Watson).

Coombe Hill Meadows    WeBS count included 177 Teal, 60 Mallards, eight Wigeon, three Shovelers, 32 Canada Geese, four Mute Swans, two Little Egrets, 17 Lapwings, 10+ Snipe, two Marsh Harriers, a juvenile and 2cy female, a Goshawk through, a Red Kite, a Buzzard, a Water Rail, a Kingfisher, two Yellow Wagtails, a Stonechat, three Cetti’s Warblers and two Sedge Warbler.(Ian Ralphs/Mike Smart). Also 13 Grey Herons. (Jeremy Squire).

Ashleworth Ham    WeBS count included 15 Teal, four Grey Herons, a Buzzard, a Chiffchaff singing and several juveniles calling. (Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge     From Zeiss hide five Little Egrets, a Great White Egret, four Cattle Egrets, two SPOONBILLS, a Water Rail heard, seven Ruff and a Little Stint. Four Spotted Redshanks on the Rushy. (Dot Jones/Helen Bojaniwska). Around the grounds this morning two Little Stints, a WOOD SANDPIPER, five Spotted Redshanks, three Green Sandpipers, 30+ Ruff, Avocet and a Hobby. (James Robinson).

Stinchcombe Hill    c70 Siskins around the hill this afternoon. (James Robinson).

Maisemore     From Church Road to the upper parting a Kingfisher on Court Lake and another Kingfisher by the weir. Also seven Long-tailed Tits, two Stock Doves, two Buzzards, 35 Carrion Crows and a Cormorant. (John Fletcher).

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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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