Wednesday 28th August 2024

Bibury     An OSPREY at Ready Token at SP 09888 04953 today N of the Welsh Way. (Keith Jennings).

Sherborne     Two Great White Egrets on the Broadwater today. (Keith Jennings).

Saul Warth     Early morning a Snipe, 81+ Curlews, two Little Egrets, two Kestrels, seven Chiffchaffs, three Blackcaps, a Lesser Whitethroat, nine Pied Wagtails, 22 Swallows and a Stoat. A Hobby flew N at Fretherne Bridge at 9:10am. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge    At Middle Point two SPOONBILLS on the Top New Piece this morning. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Ozleworth     This morning seven Buzzards, c70 House Martins at St John of Myra church and a Raven calling. (Paul Sutton).

Coombe Hill Meadows     At lunchtime a Kestrel, a Sparrowhawk, a Red Kite, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, a Bullfinch, a Kingfisher, two Redstarts, 4+ Chiffchaffs and 7+ Linnets. (Paul Clark).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area at lunchtime today, 4+ Whinchats with 3+ Stonechats flycatching next to the scrape. On the scrape a Great White Egret, three Little Egrets, two Grey Herons, a Lapwing and three Green Sandpipers, also a Kestrel, a Sparrowhawk and five Buzzards. (Steve Pullen).

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge this morning a Hobby over the flashes. On the sailing lake the adult Yellow-legged Gull. (Steve Pullen). Later N of Splatt Bridge a Little Egret and a juvenile Peregrine high over heading towards the Green. It hit a crow but couldn’t hang on to it. A Red Kite over the Perryway heading over the trees at Court Lake late afternoon. (Paul Sutton). From Splatt Bridge, a Hobby was hunting over the 100-Acre and a Peregrine was harassing a Black-headed Gull. Two Yellow Wagtails bathing on the edge of the Sailing Lake this afternoon, and a few Banded Demoiselles. (Terry Grant).

Yellow Wagtail by Terry Grant

Framilode Passage     A flock of 11 Greenshanks flew down river at 3:05pm. (Terry Grant). They flew over Berkeley at 3:45pm, a garden tick. (Oliver Paisey). Then they flew low SW over Aust Services (Matt Hall) and then SW over Severn Beach at 4:08pm.

Framilode/Epney     Seven species of gull in mobile flocks, including a Yellow-legged Gull and two Mediterranean Gulls. (Terry Grant).

Over     A Wheatear on the driveway to the house on Over Farm. (Tom Berry).

Horsley     Two Red Kites hunting over a freshly mown field of hay. (Terry Grant).

Cleeve Hill     A Raven on a rabbit carcass this afternoon. (Duncan Dine).

Raven by Duncan Dine

Walmore Common    A Southern Migrant Hawker today. Birds included a Red Kite, a Hobby, a Kingfisher and a Lesser Whitethroat. (Andy Jayne).

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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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