Wednesday 4th September 2024

Bourton-on-the-Water     A juvenile OSPREY flew south over Bourton Pits this afternoon, not the Ready Token bird. (Richard Tyler).

Osprey by Richard Tyler

Hasfield meadows     This morning an OSPREY on the river, a Wheatear and three Snipe. (Robin Lewis).

Saul Warth     At high tide a Sanderling, a Common Sandpiper, three Greenshanks, 68 Ringed Plovers, 15 Dunlins, nine Avocets, 92+ Curlews, five Teal, 123 Shelducks, five Little Egrets, five Grey Herons, a female Marsh Harrier, five Buzzards, a Kestrel, two Swallows, a Yellow Wagtail and eight Pied Wagtails, a Blackcap, a Whitethroat and two Chiffchaffs. (MK).

Pied Wagtail by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge    Two BITTERN sightings this morning at the Knott hide reed bed and later in the island reed bed at Zeiss hide. Also a Swan Goose today. (Martin Price/Alan Waterman). Two Garganeys from Martin Smith hide. From Middle Point this morning a juvenile Ruff, an adult Bar-tailed Godwit, 62 Curlews, 30 Dunlins, a Little Stint, two Curlew Sandpipers and 78 Ringed Plovers. Four Marsh Harriers on the Dumbles. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Swan Goose by Alan Waterman

Gloucester     From Alney Island to Over this morning 8+ Long-tailed Tits, two Green Woodpeckers, 3+ Chiffchaffs, 8+ House Martins and four Cormorants. A Silver Y Moth at Alney and a Comma and a Migrant Hawker at Over. (Paul Clark).

Frampton     30+ Ravens headed W over Splatt Bridge early this morning and a Kingfisher on the canal. (Steve Pullen).

Ashleworth Ham     Late afternoon four Little Egrets, a Grey Heron, a Greenshank and a Buzzard. (John Fletcher).

Greenshank & Little Egret 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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