Thursday 3rd October 2024

Leckhampton    A ringtail HEN HARRIER with two Buzzards circling overhead heading south at 3:50pm. (Jeremy Holland).

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning ten Grey Herons, a Little Egret, 72 Curlews, five Dunlins, a Common Sandpiper, a Teal, 20 Shelducks, a Hobby, a Kestrel, a Sparrowhawk, two Buzzards, a Whinchat, a Stonechat, ten Meadow Pipits, three Swallows, four Chiffchaffs, 14 Goldfinches and five Linnets. (MK). At midday four Buzzards, two Kestrels and a Wheatear. (Nigel Young).

Whinchat by Mike King

Meadow Pipit by Mike King

Wheatear by Nigel Young

Kestrel by Nigel Young

Painswick Beacon     This morning at 8:10am 24 Redwings SW over the Beacon. Also flying S before 9am, seven Great Black-backed Gulls, four Skylarks, 13 Chaffinches, a Cormorant and 24 Linnets. (John Fleming/John Fletcher).

Frampton     At Splatt Bridge at sunrise today, a Peregrine a male Marsh Harrier, two Kestrels, two Buzzards, three Little Egrets, a Kingfisher, four Meadow Pipits, a Reed Bunting, two Chiffchaffs, a Nuthatch by the Church and a Grey Wagtail. (Steve Pullen).

WWT Slimbridge    Five Redwings over the car park, three Goosanders (1m, 2f) upriver on the tide, a BRAMBLING calling at Estuary Tower and six Chiffchaffs and five Cattle Egrets about the grounds. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Sharpness     From the seawall late afternoon a Kingfisher, six Cormorants, two Little Egrets, a Grey Heron, 30 Wigeon and four Rock Pipits. (Clare Glanville).

Awre     A Cetti’s Warbler this morning. (David Smith).

Maisemore     At Court Lake late afternoon two Little Grebes, three Cormorants, eight Moorhens, two Mute Swans, two Chiffchaffs, five Long-tailed Tits, a Buzzard and a Raven. (John Fletcher).

Dudbridge     Three Redwings flew over high heading SE at 1:30pm. Also a Grey Wagtail present. (Steve Pullen).

Forest of Dean    At Crabtree Hill this morning nine Redwings, five Crossbills, a Goosander, three Siskins, a Redpoll and a Hawfinch. Also 15 Swallows and four House Martins. (Dan Watson/Frank Williams).

Ashleworth Ham     75 Greylags, 50 Canada Geese and 20+ Mallards today. (Mike Smart).

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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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