Wednesday 31st July 2024

Frampton     In bushes S of Saul Lodge this morning a juvenile Grasshopper Warbler, a Garden Warbler, 4+ Blackcaps and two Chiffchaffs. On the canal and flashes eight Little Egrets, a Grey Heron, three Kestrels, a Marsh Harrier, a Buzzard and a Common Tern. A Red Kite roosted at Saul Lodge in pines then flew off S. (MK). On the flashes at Splatt 6am-7am today a Peregrine Falcon, two juvenile Kestrels and a Red Kite over. Also three Reed Buntings and a Little Egret. On the canal, two Common Terns fishing and two Kingfishers. On the sailing lake a Great White Egret over and four Common Terns. (Steve Pullen). From Splatt Bridge at 8:45pm, a distant SHORT-EARED OWL and a Little Egret over. (Paul Sutton).

Grasshopper Warbler by Mike King

Short-eared Owl by Paul Sutton

Saul Warth      At 8pm a Marsh Harrier, two Kestrels, a Whitethroat, eight Linnets, 40+ distant Avocets and a lot of distant Dunlins. (Paul Sutton).

Gloucester     A Tawny Owl showing well in the garden this morning, in Barnwood near St Lawrence churchyard. (Rob Crofton).

Tawny Owl by Rob Crofton

Elmore Court    At the rewilding area this evening birds included a Hobby, a Red Kite, a Buzzard, a Grey Heron, a Little Egret, a Redstart, a Whinchat, 2+ Stonechats, Reed Bunting & Reed Warbler. (Elmore Rewilding Group).

Redstart by Mike King

Hobby by Mike King
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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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