Monday 5th August 2024

Saul Warth     At high tide at 9:30am a Knot, a Greenshank, a Little Stint, 100+ Dunlins, six Ringed Plovers, an Oystercatcher, 89 Curlews, a Whimbrel, 72 Avocets, 40 Shelducks, a Great White Egret, three Little Egrets, a female-type Marsh Harrier, two Kestrels, three Swallows and a Whitethroat. Nearby a Kingfisher on Saul Lodge pond. (MK).

Red Knot by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     This morning on the Rushy two Greenshanks, from Martin Smith hide a male Kingfisher and a Yellow Wagtail from Robbie Garnett hide. (Nigel Young).

Greenshanks by Nigel Young

Kingfisher by Nigel Young

Uley Bury     This morning a Red Kite, a Buzzard, a Kestrel, a Yellowhammer and a family of Spotted Flycatchers (2 ads, 2 juvs). Also Common Blue and Gatekeeper butterflies. (Magnus Carter).

Maisemore     This afternoon a female Goosander, 13 Mallards, four Moorhens, a Grey Heron, two Cormorants, a Buzzard, a Kestrel, seven Sand Martins, four Swallows and two Stonechats. (John Fletcher).

Goosander by John Fletcher
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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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