Saturday 27th July 2024

Frampton     A Cattle Egret still with seven Little Egrets on Splatt flashes and at least seven juvenile Kestrels between Saul Warth and Splatt this morning. (Gordon Hodgson). Quiet around the sailing lake and Marsh Lane this morning, of note 2+ juvenile Green Woodpeckers, a Lesser Whitethroat, ten Swallows, two House Martins and eight Swifts. (MK). Around the pools this evening a Spotted Flycatcher feeding a second brood of young, a Yellow Wagtail, seven juvenile Great Crested Grebes, two juvenile Green Woodpeckers, two Willow Warblers, three Common Terns, a Kingfisher, a Lesser Whitethroat, three Whitethroats, three Bullfinches, 12 Swifts, a Peregrine and 30 Starlings. (Nick Goatman).

Green Woodpecker & Blackbird by Mike King

Painswick    572 Swifts through SW between 6am and 11am over the house. (John Fleming).

Nailsworth     Between 6:55-7:20pm 37 Swifts flew S and SW, and two Little Egrets flew N. (Terry Grant).

Stonebench     Four Common Sandpipers on the Severn this evening. (Mark Hobson).

Coombe Hill Meadows     14 Mute Swans, a pair of Canada Geese with three large goslings, four Teal, two Gadwalls, 20 Mallards, an unringed Great White Egret, a Little Egret, a Grey Heron, a Buzzard, five Coots, 15 Lapwings, a female Yellow Wagtail carrying food, 1+ Blackcaps singing and 1+ Whitethroats. (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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