Tuesday 19th September 2023

Saul Warth     Between 12-2pm in poor conditions, most birds swept away by the wind. Only the second Wheatear of the autumn, 63 Shelducks, a Teal, seven Curlews, 20+ Dunlins, two Sanderlings, three Ringed Plovers, two Meadow Pipitsand a Swallow. (MK).

Wheatear by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge    From Zeiss hide a Curlew Sandpiper, four Little Stints, 137 Ringed Plovers, a Knot, a Spotted Redshank, five SPOONBILLS, a Great White Egret and the Pink-footed Goose of unknown origin. (Duncan Dine/Martin McGill/Neil Smart/Phil Pope/Magnus Carter).

Frocester     Three Red Kites flew from Frocester Hill through Cockadilly to Horsley tip at 11am. (Jamie Warren).

Nailsworth: A southerly movement of hirundines before the rains set in this morning of over 410 House Martins and 75+ Swallows between 7:25-7:50am. (Terry Grant).

Dowdeswell Reservoir     Two Common Sandpipers and two Grey Herons today. (Tom Mabbett).

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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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