Saturday 25th May 2024

Eastleach     Four Corn Buntings in the fields NE of Eastleach this afternoon. (Martine Fenn).

Huntley     A Hobby over at 6:35pm. (Martin Drew).

Daglingworth     A Hobby this evening. Also three singing Corn Buntings and a Willow Warbler. (Andrew Morrison).

Nailsworth     A male Goshawk over High Wood just W of Forest Green Rovers ground at 1:30pm. It circled a few times with two Buzzards and drifted W towards Nympsfield. A garden tick. (Jon Haw).

Saul Warth     Eight Oystercatchers, five Curlews, four Whitethroats, a Chiffchaff, a male Stonechat, a Reed Warbler and a male Reed Bunting. (MK).

Reed Warbler by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     An OSPREY over South Lake then headed N at 1:45pm. (Slimbridge Sightings). The WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showed well this morning at Middle Point. (Tan Grigg). Two Fox cubs from Martin Smith hide early morning. Also a male Kingfisher fishing. (Dave Tait). An Egyptian Goose from Robbie Garnett hide. (Matt Lathan).

Fox cubs by Dave Tait

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge early morning, at least three Cuckoos, two Great White Egrets and six Redshanks. (Steve Pullen). A pair of Spotted Flycatchers at the N end of Court Lake in beech trees near the Perry Way. (Nigel Young/Nick Goatman). Also an Oystercatcher and chick, a Hobby, six Common Terns, two Swifts, a Sand Martin, four Swallows, 15 Tufted Ducks and two Tawny Owls. (Nick Goatman).

Spotted Flycatcher by Nigel Young

Over     Along the canal this morning two Red Kites, a Buzzard, a Green Woodpecker, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Kingfisher. (Paul Clark).

Aston Magna     Six Spotted Flycatchers at the bottom of the garden, with at least one pair nesting. (Jamie Brown).

Stanley Downton     Birds today included a Buzzard, a Whitethroat, a Greenfinch, a Goldfinch, a Swallow, a House Martin, a Linnet, male and female Kestrel, a Sedge Warbler, a Chiffchaff, a Willow Warbler and a Blackcap. (Paul Sutton).

Linnet by Paul Sutton

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, Mexico, Dominican Republic, The Gambia, Cape Verde, South Africa and most recently Zimbabwe and Botswana.
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