Friday 13th June 2025

Saul Warth     This morning at 116 Shelducks including 32 ducklings, 25 Mallards, three Grey Herons, a Red Kite, a male Marsh Harrier, a Kestrel, 16 Oystercatchers, ten Curlews, two Whitethroats and seven Swallows. (MK). A LITTLE TERN at 9:50am fishing around the Noose, before heading towards Awre. Then it lingered on and off off of WWT until 1:30pm at least. (Martin McGill).

WWT Slimbridge    The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut today. Also a SPOONBILL on the estuary. (Tim Jukes/Roberta Goodall). Two Mediterranean Gulls and a Green Sandpiper on the Rushy this morning. (Tim McGrath). Three Great White Egrets on the Tack Piece. (Oliver Paisey). A new tern raft on the Long Ground pool attracted a pair of mating Common Terns on its 2nd day in place. (Ian Hull/Mike Davis).

Snowshill     At Hornsleasow Roughs two Spotted Flycatchers, four Redstarts, a Willow Warbler, a Marsh Tit, 15 Linnets, six Yellowhammers and two Whitethroats. (Jamie Brown).

Dursley     A Hobby and a Red Kite over today. (Geoff Moyser).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This afternoon a Great White Egret, three Curlews, four Grey Herons, an Oystercatcher, a Lapwing, two Skylarks, five Reed Buntings, (3m, 2f), two Whitethroats, six Sedge Warblers, three Chiffchaffs, four Moorhens, five Mallards, a Red Kite, a Buzzard and a Kestrel. (John Fletcher). Also Linnet, a pair of Yellow Wagtails, a Little Egret and a Great Spotted Woodpecker. Dragonflies included Emperor, Four-spotted Chaser, Broad-bodied Chaser and Black-tailed Skimmer. (Eden Tanner).

Sedge Warbler by John Fletcher

Yellow Wagtail by Eden Tanner

Emperor dragonfly by Eden Tanner
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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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