Thursday 21st September 2023

Minchinhampton     Seven Yellow Wagtails on the golf course this morning. (Martin & Michelle Greenish).

Awre     Five Ruff, three Curlew Sandpipers, 2+ Little Stints, 400+ Ringed Plovers, 500+ Dunlins, 14 Sanderlings, 200+ Curlews, 20 Redshanks, two Common Sandpipers, a Greenshank and a Hobby today. (Dan Watson).

WWT Slimbridge     A WOOD SANDPIPER and six SPOONBILLS on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Cleeve Hill     Eight Wheatears today. (Duncan & Becky Dine).

Frampton pools     The adult Yellow-legged Gull, a male Mandarin, two Wigeon, 12 Shovelers, 41 Gadwalls, eight Tufted Ducks, three Little Grebes, 26 Chiffchaffs, five Blackcaps, three Cetti’s Warblers, 54 Robins, 200+ Starlings, nine Goldcrests, a Kingfisher and 88 Greylags today. (Nick Goatman).

Halmore     Two male Tawny Owls calling in turn late evening and also a Little Owl calling. (Chris Newton).

Ashleworth Ham     A morning ringing session caught c120 birds including a juvenile Reed Warbler, ten Chiffchaffs, ten Blackcaps, 33 Meadow Pipits, 20 Reed Buntings, 37 Goldfinches and two Linnets. Also on the reserve 20 Mallards, ten Teal, a Grey Heron, two Red Kites, a Raven; 40 Greylags flew N and 50 Swallows and 12 House Martins passing through. (Mike Smart/Mervyn Greening/Erin Taylor).

Little Witcombe    A Buzzard calling and soaring above the Ermine Street/Little Witcombe boundary today. (Howard Taylor).

Elmstone Hardwicke     15 Swallows flying around the village hall then settled on wires. (David Norman).

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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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