Thursday 10th July 2025

Tresham     This evening a QUAIL, two Yellow Wagtails and five Corn Buntings. (Paul Rich).

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still in the reedbeds at Middle Point showing on and off. (Steve Pullen).

Saul Warth     From 7am to high tide at 8:30am six Grey Herons, a Great White Egret and five flew N, four Little Egrets, a SPOONBILL, 80+ Avocets, 130 Curlews, eight Oystercatchers, an adult Common Gull, two Common Terns, 8+ Goldfinches, four Chiffchaffs, two Whitethroats and two Swallows. (MK).

Goldfinches by Mike King

Epney     South of The Anchor Inn at 6:30am a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, a Grey Heron, a Teal, two Curlews (field across the road from the seawall) and six Sand Martins. (MK).

Frampton     A Great White Egret and 14 Little Egrets in Court Lake roost tonight. (Nick Goatman).

Standish     A Red Kite over Black Bridge at 2:12pm. (MK).

Gloucester    At Horsebere Brook Flood Storage Area early morning six Swifts, five Little Egrets, a Kingfisher, a Cetti’s Warbler, 10+ Reed Warblers, 23 Whitethroats, two juvenile Stonechats, 60 Goldfinch, five Reed Buntings and a Fox. (Andy Jayne).

Forest of Dean     c20 Swifts flying low over Templeway, Lydney at 11 am. (Chris Sullivan).

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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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