Friday 26th July 2024

Saul Warth    Early morning 30 Avocets, 23 Curlews, six Oystercatchers, a Lapwing, 21 Shelducks, a distant Cattle Egret and a Little Egret, four Kestrels, two Green Woodpeckers, six Stock Doves, two Little Owls, a Willow Warbler, a Reed Warbler, two Chiffchaffs, a Whitethroat, a Blackcap, two Swallows and two Reed Buntings. At 6:20am a juvenile Peregrine circling over Saul Lodge calling loudly. (MK).

Kestrel by Mike King

Willow Warbler by Mike King

Frampton     A juvenile Cattle Egret with six Little Egrets and two Grey Herons in the field next to North Reedbed. On the foreshore, at least 40 Avocets, 50 Curlews, three Kestrels and a Hobby. (Terry Grant).

Aylburton Warth     Nine Shelducks, a female and eight juveniles, a Grey Heron, a Little Egret, a Peregrine chasing Black-headed Gulls, 250 Curlews, a Whimbrel and a Common Sandpiper. (Mike Smart).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning two Grey Herons, a Great White Egret, three Little Egrets, five Canada Geese, 20+ Lapwings, three House Martins, two Swallows, a Stonechat, a Skylark and a Buzzard. Also a WILLOW EMERALD damselfly today. (Paul Clark).

Painswick    1436 Swifts SW over the house between 7:30am and 7pm today. Also five Sand Martins and a Red Kite drifted N at 9:35am. (John Fleming).

Claypits area     Between Cambridge and Whitminster at least 500 Swifts over the fields beside the Bristol Road at 1pm. (Steve Pullen).

Bishops Cleeve   100+ Swifts to the west of the Bishops Cleeve football ground this evening. (Ken Heron).

Hawling     A Yellowhammer, a Willow Warbler and a Redstart today. (Alan McIlquham).

Redstart by Alan McIlquham
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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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