Monday 18th September 2023

WWT Slimbridge    On the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide over high tide this morning four Little Stints (1 ad, 3 juvs), a juvenile Ruff, c125 Ringed Plovers, 30+ Dunlins, two Spotted Redshanks, a Great White Egret, a Marsh Harrier and an adult and a juvenile Buzzard. (Paul Masters).

Frampton pools     A Cattle Egret, four Little Egrets, a Marsh Harrier, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, four Wigeon, a Teal, seven Tufted Ducks, 35 Gadwalls, 84 Coots, six Little Grebes, 54 Mute Swans, three Cormorants, a Grey Wagtail and 20 Greylags today. (Nick Goatman).

Witcombe Reservoirs    100+ House Martins and Swallows and a few Sand Martins through this morning. A Common Sandpiper and a pair Teal on south reservoir. A Little Grebe on west reservoir. (Sam Walker).

Winchcombe     A substantial southerly movement of hirundines over between 10:45am and 11.15am. Mainly House Martins, just a few Swallows, must have been many hundreds of birds in total. (Peter Rodgers/Bob Shiret).

Upper Cam     A Hobby chasing a small group of Swallows over fields at 1:30pm. (Nigel Tucker).

Batsford Arboretum     This afternoon a Kestrel and a Jay at Seven Leys. (Andy & Sue Gibbons).

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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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