Monthly Archives: October 2024

Painswick Beacon     This morning’s migration watch, 7am to 9:30am, 2330 Woodpigeon, a male RING OUZEL, 103 Chaffinches, three Bramblings, three House Martins, 168 Redwings and four Fieldfares. A Red Kite drifted around the area throughout. (John Fleming). Chavenage Lane/Barton … Continue reading →

Frampton     This evening an OSPREY still on Court Lake. (Nick Goatman). Edge     Belated news of a HOOPOE in a private garden last week. Looked for today and no sign. (per John Fletcher). Chavenage Lane area     Birds included … Continue reading →

Moreton-in-Marsh     A YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER this afternoon in bushes in Varsity Close. (per Andy Jayne). Frampton     This afternoon an OSPREY still on Court Lake, the adult Yellow-legged Gull on the sailing lake, four Curlews and a Reed Bunting over, … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A ringtail HEN HARRIER flew upriver at 12:08pm, seen from Zeiss hide. Two Greenshanks from Hogarth hide. (Dot Jones/Slimbridge Sightings). Frampton     An OSPREY still at Court Lake today. Also 12 Swallows and six Siskins. (Steve Pullen/Nick … Continue reading →

Cleeve Hill      A DOTTEREL at 5pm today at SO9853026462. Also a Short-eared Owl being mobbed by Jackdaws. (Stuart Galey). Frampton     An OSPREY at Court Lake caught a fish this morning. Also a Great White Egret, three Little … Continue reading →

Frampton pools     Around the pools today two OSPREYS, two Hobbies, a Peregrine, three Great White Egrets, four Shovelers, 13 Wigeon, nine Gadwalls, three Great Crested Grebes, 18 Curlews, the adult Yellow-legged Gull, 20 Swallows, 11 House Martins, two Kingfishers, … Continue reading →

Frampton     Two OSPREYS at Court Lake at 11am this morning. Also a Hobby, a Peregrine and a Great White Egret. (Martin Drew). This afternoon at the Ospreys proved elusive before 4:40pm when one roosted. A female Marsh Harrier hunted … Continue reading →

Frampton     A juvenile OSPREY NE of Court Lake mid-morning. (Martin McGill). Later around the pool an OSPREY, a Hobby, a Brambling, seven Redwings, three Siskins, 38 Swallows, a Common Sandpiper, two Snipe, 18 Skylarks, 17 Meadow Pipits, ten Chiffchaffs, … Continue reading →

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, … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →