Wednesday 2nd October 2024

Frampton     Around the pools the OSPREY and the adult Yellow-legged Gull still, a Hobby, a Sparrowhawk, a Buzzard, three Skylarks, two Grey Wagtails, 17 Gadwalls, 17 Tufted Ducks, 52 Mute Swans, 30 Cormorants, 283 Coots, a Kingfisher, a Cetti’s Warbler and eight Chiffchaffs. (Nick Goatman/Jake King/Geoff Bryant).

Cetti’s Warbler by Geoff Bryant

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning 85+ Curlews, five Dunlins, three Grey Herons, 25 Shelducks, two Teal, a Hobby, three Kestrels, two Buzzards, a Kingfisher in Hock Ditch, 53 Swallows, 19 Meadow Pipits, a Grey Wagtail, eight Pied Wagtails, ten Goldfinches, three Linnets, four Chiffchaffs, eight Long-tailed Tits and 14 Mistle Thrushes. (MK).

Hobby by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge    A Hobby on the ploughed field S of Kingfisher hide and the partially leucistic Marsh Harrier from Zeiss hide. (Martin Price). On South Lake 25 Avocets, 24 Ruff, three Greenshanks and a Spotted Redshank from Zeiss hide. (Mike Davis). A Mandarin near the Decoy. (Geoff Bryant).

Cotswold Water Park East     A female Marsh Harrier at Pit 125 this morning. (Duncan Dine).

Ashleworth Ham     At 2pm a female Marsh Harrier being mobbed by corvids, 11 Wigeon, 26 Mallards, 22 Lapwings, 46 Canada Geese, 38 Greylags and 18 Linnets. (Richard Humphrey).

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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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