Thursday 22nd August 2024

WWT Slimbridge     Two GANNETS flew upriver past the Estuary Tower late morning. (John Budd). From Zeiss hide a BITTERN, a SPOONBILL and a Garganey. (Mike Davis). The leucistic Marsh Harrier again on the Tack Piece. (Martin Price/Martin McGill). Four Greenshanks, two Spotted Redshanks, three Green Sandpipers and 14 Ruff mobile between the hides. (Roberta Goodall).

Saul Warth     An adult KITTIWAKE past Hock Ditch at 11:35am. Also a Peregrine hunting gulls off of Awre Point, a Little Egret, 30+ Shelducks, two Curlews, a Common Sandpiper and ten Pied Wagtails new in. (MK).

Pied Wagtail by Mike King

Frampton pools     Two Hobbies, two Swifts, the adult Yellow-legged Gull, 50+ Swallows, 100+ Sand Martins, 30+ House Martins, 14 Little Egrets, 22 Gadwalls, a Raven and a Kingfisher this afternoon. (Nick Goatman).

Cerney Wick     This afternoon from the Old Railway Line two Green Sandpipers, a Common Sandpiper, c40 Lapwings and a near adult Yellow-legged Gull. (Duncan Dine).

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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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