Tuesday 24th September 2024

Maisemore    Two juvenile BLACK TERNS at the River Leadon flood near Maisemore, a new species for here. Also ten Gadwalls, 16 Pintails, 14 Teal and a Kingfisher at the Over canal. (Andy Jayne).

Frampton    The unringed OSPREY still at Court Lake this afternoon. (Martin Price).

WWT Slimbridge     From Middle Point birds included 15 probable Arctic Terns flew SW, eight Golden Plovers, a Sanderling, a Spotted Redshank, a juvenile Bar-tailed Godwit, two Great White Egrets and a Yellow-legged Gull. Seven Cattle Egrets and 44 Avocets on South Lake. (Slimbridge Sightings). From Kingfisher Hide two Hobbies, a Sparrowhawk, a Buzzard, a Marsh Harrier and the leucistic Marsh Harrier. (Warren Gill).

Cotswold Water Park West    At Shorncote Reedbed two Hobbies (at least 1 juvenile) hawking for dragonflies early afternoon. Other birds included a Red Kite, a Kestrel, a Snipe, two Common Sandpipers, 68 Lapwings, two Water Rails, two Green Woodpeckers, four Cetti’s Warblers and a Bullfinch. (Jon Mercer).

Saul Warth     This morning the leucistic Marsh Harrier hunting on and off for 35 minutes, 196+ House Martins and 34+ Swallows flew SW with a Hobby following, 26+ Meadow Pipits, four Pied Wagtails, 80 Shelducks, 16 Pintails flew N, 38 Mallards, 15 Curlews, a Snipe, four Little Egrets, a Buzzard and a Kestrel. (MK).

Leucistic Marsh Harrier by Mike King

Coombe Hill Meadows     Three Buzzards, two Kestrels, a Sparrowhawk, three Great White Egret, a Little Egret, a Cattle Egret, 20+ Wigeon, 16 Pintails, four Shovelers, ten Tufted Ducks, a female Pochard, an Egyptian Goose, a juvenile Ruff, three Snipe, two Jays, two Kingfishers and 20+ mixed House Martins and Swallows. (Paul Clark/Ian Hull/Les Ditchburn).

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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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