Tuesday 9th July 2024

Coombe Hill Meadows     This afternoon a juvenile WOOD SANDPIPER, two Ruff, two Greenshanks, two Little Ringed Plovers, one a juvenile, a juvenile Redshank, a female Marsh Harrier and two Great White Egrets. (Ian Hull).

WWT Slimbridge    From the Estuary tower this morning 42+ Curlews, two Whimbrels, a Bar-tailed Godwit, 100+ small waders off the Royal Drift and a Peregrine. From the Robbie Garnett hide seven Green Sandpipers, three Oystercatchers, a Common Sandpiper and a Little Egret. On South Lake an adult Mediterranean Gull, the Black Swan, an Egyptian Goose with two goslings, the Spotted Redshank again, at least ten Ruff and an adult and a juvenile Little Ringed Plover. (Neil Smart/Martin Price/Terry Stevenson). A Small Elephant Hawk Moth in the Martin Smith hide. (Terry Stevenson).

Wotton-under-Edge     At Cotswold Edge Golf Club two Red Kites, a Raven and a Buzzard. (Mike Tranter).

Stanton     This morning three Swifts, 6+ House Martins, a Green Woodpecker calling, Chiffchaffs singing and a Red Kite overhead. (Andrew & Gill Worthington).

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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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