Friday 18th July 2025

WWT Slimbridge     Eight Ruff, a Spotted Redshank and a Tundra Bean Goose of unknown origin on South Lake. Three Little Ringed Plovers and twelve Green Sandpipers from Robbie Garnett hide. (Craig Brookes/Clive Scarlett). Two Yellow Wagtails on the Tack Piece. (Keith Davies/Tom Berry). A Tawny Owl sat on a fence along South Finger. A SPOONBILL, a Great White Egret and a Little Grebe from Van de Bovenkamp hide. (MK). From Middle Point 11 Little Egrets, 27 Oystercatchers and a juvenile Stonechat. A Hobby from Van de Bovenkamp hide. (Tim Jukes/Oliver Paisey). The BITTERN early morning from Van de Bovenkamp hide. (Ian Hull).

Tawny Owl by Mike King

Tundra Bean Goose by Mike King

Tundra Bean Goose by Clive Scarlett

Stinchcombe    19 Crossbills flew over W 6:38pm. (Craig Brookes).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Three Buzzards, a Red Kite, two Grey Herons, a Mistle Thrush, a Jay, five juvenile Pheasants, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, a Swallow, two Redstarts, a Lesser Whitethroat, three Whitethroats, six Reed Buntings, a Kingfisher, two Chiffchaffs, 6+ Brown Hawker and 4+ Emperors. (Paul Clark).

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge this morning, two Common Terns fishing the canal and another two heading inland from the river. Two Lesser Whitethroats and three Reed Buntings, a Green Woodpecker on the lawn by the church and two Swifts over. (Steve Pullen).

Cherington Lake     4+ Treecreepers (two juveniles being fed by parents), a pair of Moorhens with five young, a pair of Blackcaps food carrying, 8+ Chiffchaffs, three Buzzards, two Mute Swans and three Mallards. (Terry Grant).

Cotswolds Water Park West     In the Pit 32 area two Garden Warbler, a Great White Egret, three Common Terns and 11 Great Crested Grebes. (Mark Makin).

Sharpness Docks to Berkeley Pill     Five Oystercatchers, Meadow Pipits, Skylarks, a Buzzard, a Common Sandpiper, a Little Egret, 4+ Redshanks 4+ and a Sparrowhawk. (Mike Davies).

Wootton-Under-Edge     A Crossbill over Coombe Hill this morning going SE. Also 150+  Chalkhill Blues. (Mark Coller).

Chalkhill Blue by Mark Coller

Twyning     At Upham Meadow two Buzzards, ten Skylarks, ten Carrion Crows, five Linnets and a Reed Bunting. (Juliet Bailey/Mike Smart).

Witcombe Reservoirs     50 Mallards, 55 Greylags, four Great Crested Grebes, a pair of Mute Swans with four cygnets, eight Canada Geese and a Bar-headed Goose. (Martin Kennedy).

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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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