Thursday 15th August 2024

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area between 6am-7am from Broadmeadow Bank, 2+ Whinchats with 2+ Stonechats, a Greenshank, 4+ Green Sandpipers, 6+ Teal, two Little Grebes, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, four Grey Herons, two Red Kites, three Kestrels and six Mistle Thrushes. (Steve Pullen).

Frampton     This evening two Crossbills flew over the sailing lake, 10+ Yellow Wagtails in the weed field S of the lake, four Swifts, 200+ Sand Martins, four Spotted Flycatchers, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, 11 Little Egrets and two Kingfishers. (Nick Goatman).

Saul Warth     Early morning, a Red Kite mobbed by four Ravens, four Buzzards, three Kestrels, 77+ Curlews, seven Shelducks, 18 Swallows flew S, nine Cormorants flew E, a Willow Warbler and two Chiffchaffs. 22 Linnets and four Pied Wagtails on stubble opposite Saul Lodge. (MK).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning a Common Sandpiper, a Ringed Plover, four Little Egrets and a small group of Teal. (Les Ditchburn).

Sherborne    7+ Spotted Flycatchers in the woods at the meadows today. (Jamie Brown).

WWT Slimbridge    From Middle Point 30+ Curlews, 4+ Little Egrets and a Wheatear on the Tack Piece fence. (Mike Davis).

Ebworth    A Wheatear along the drive to Ebworth this morning. Also 50+ Goldfinches feeding on thistles. (Tom Griffin).

Bourton-on-the-Water     At Fieldbarn camping park birds included three Yellowhammers, four Meadow Pipits, six Swallows, two Swifts, nine Goldfinches, two Chaffinches, five Red Kites, two Kestrels, two Ravens and 93 Red-legged Partridges. (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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