Friday 2nd August 2024

Cotswold Water Park West     An OSPREY flew SW over Pit 79 Shorncote (from Glos to Wilts airspace) at 11:20am. (Wayne Ford).

Saul Warth     Early morning at high tide 120+ Curlews, 75+ Avocets, an Oystercatcher, 100+ Dunlins, a Sanderling, 44+ Shelducks, three Grey Herons, a Little Egret, 21 Great Black-backed Gulls (18ads, 3 juvs), eight Cormorants flew N, a Little Owl, a Sedge Warbler, a Lesser Whitethroat, two Blackcaps and two Chiffchaffs. (MK).

Sedge Warbler by Mike King

Lesser Whitethroat by Mike King

Epney     110 Mallards on the river at 6am. (MK).

Quedgeley    At Clearwater Drive this morning 2+ Whitethroats, a Willow Warbler, three Chiffchaffs, 2+ Blackcaps and Emperor and Common Darter. (Paul Masters).

WWT Slimbridge     From Robbie Garnett hide seven Green Sandpipers and a juvenile Little Ringed Plover on the Tack Piece. Three Spotted Redshanks around the grounds. Two Great White Egrets from Zeiss hide. A Black Swan on South Lake. (Tim Jukes/Ian Hull/Oliver Paisey).

Tewkesbury     At Lower Lode brickpits this evening at least 20 Cormorants, four Mute Swans (two adults, two cygnets), 20 Mallards, at least 12 adult Tufted Ducks, including a female with at least six ducklings, an adult Little Grebe with two full grown juveniles, a Grey Heron and five House Martins. (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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