Thursday 15th May 2025

WWT Slimbridge     Two SPOONBILLS on the Tack Piece today. (Tim McGrath). Two Kingfishers from Kingfisher hide today. (Tom Blay).

Saul Warth     At high tide 18 Whimbrels, 15 Curlews, four Grey Plovers, five Ringed Plovers, five Oystercatchers, two Grey Herons, 54 Shelducks, including two pairs with broods of 4 and 3, a Swift, two Swallows and 10+ House Martins. (Paul Rich/MK). Earlier a Turnstone was present. (Martin McGill).

Frampton     Three Hobbies between the lakes high up at 12:40pm. Five Common Terns on the sailing lake. (Nick Goatman/MK). Later on Court Lake two Hobbies, a Red Kite and a Buzzard and lots of emerging Azure Damselflies. Three more Hobbies from Splatt Bridge. (Keith Colcombe).

Naunton     A Wheatear next to the dung heaps still, a Spotted flycatcher, three Garden Warblers, five Whitethroats and seven Corn Buntings today. (Jamie Brown).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Six Mute Swans, a pair of Greylags with four goslings, 30 Mallards, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, three Grey Herons, two Coots, a pair of Oystercatchers with two chicks, 1+ Avocet, ten Lapwings with four tiny chicks, two Redshanks, a Cuckoo and Skylark, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroats, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Reed Bunting all singing. (Mike Smart).

Leigh Meadows     This afternoon five Mallards, a Grey Heron, a Buzzard, a Curlew mobbing a soaring Buzzard, a Skylark, two Yellow Wagtails and Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Blackcap and Reed Bunting singing. (Mike Smart).

Hartpury     Two Coots, three Tufted Ducks, 35 Mallards with ten ducklings, 50 Greylags and 22 goslings, 30 Canada Geese and 12 goslings, a Red Kite, two Buzzards, a Chiffchaff, four Pied Wagtails, three Chaffinches, a Greenfinch, a Linnet, two Mute Swans and four Moorhens with two chicks. (Oliver Paisey).

Cotswold Water Park West     At Swillbrook Lakes, a Hobby flew from Glos to Wilts, a Cuckoo, 3/4 Common Terns and two singing Lesser Whitethroats. (Steve Brown).

Siddington     A Hobby and a Kestrel near the church. (Steve Brown).

Rendcomb     A male Grey Wagtail by the bridge and a Red Kite.  (Steve Brown).

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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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