Friday 12th July 2024

Frampton pools     Four Common Terns, a Spotted Flycatcher family, two Hobbies, three Whimbrels over, a Swift, 20+ Sand Martins, four Swallows, six House Martins, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, a Kingfisher, 87 Barnacle Geese, 40 Greylags, the Ross’s Goose, 87 Mute Swans, 30 Coots and 16 Moorhens today. (Nick Goatman).

Huntley     A Hobby over this morning chasing House Martins for 10 minutes from 10:30am then returned again at 11am before heading W. (Derek Summers).

WWT Slimbridge     The Spotted Redshank, later on the Tack Piece, and a Common Sandpiper on the Rushy. Six Green Sandpipers, four Ruff and a Common Sandpiper on the Tack Piece. 131 Black-tailed Godwits on South Lake. (Tim Jukes/Dot Jones/Ian Hull).

Littlecombe     Along the River Cam three Green Woodpeckers, a juvenile Dipper and a Grey Wagtail this morning. (Mike Davis).

Saul Warth     At Hock Ditch this morning a Kestrel, lots of Curlews and Shelducks, a few Swallows, three Grey Herons, a Green Woodpecker and a Hobby. (Mike Davis).

Aylburton Warth    Four adult Shelducks with eight ducklings, 15 Mallards, two Grey Herons, five Oystercatchers, a Ruff, 323 Curlews, two Common Sandpipers, a Redshank, 200 Black-headed Gulls, 20 Swallows, 1+ Reed Warblers singing in the ditches and a Reed Bunting singing. (Mike Smart).

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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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