Saturday 19th July 2025

WWT Slimbridge     The Tundra Bean Goose of unknown origin still on South Lake. (Jeremy Holland). A Spotted Redshank and a juvenile Little Ringed Plover on the Rushy. (Terry Stevenson/Phil Ray). Three Turnstones on the estuary at Middle Point. (Oliver Hague).

Saul Warth     Early morning no tide a Black Swan on the river, 46 Shelducks including 14 ducklings, a Grey Heron, six Little Egrets, a Buzzard, a male Kestrel, 61 Avocets, 20 Black-tailed Godwits, 166 Curlews, two Oystercatchers, 25 Swallows, three Whitethroats, a Chiffchaff, 26 Goldfinches and four Ravens. (MK).

Forest of Dean     A male Marsh Harrier high above Edgehills Nature Reserve  at 9:30am. (Rachel Thomas).

Marsh Harrier by Rachel Thomas

Walmore Common     Four Whinchats (3 ads, 1 juv), a Red Kite, a Sparrowhawk, three Sedge Warblers, 20+ Yellow Wagtails and two Southern Migrant Hawkers. (Andy Jayne).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Eight Teal, 160 Mallards, two Grey Herons, eight Little Egrets, two Coots, 20 Moorhens, 15 Lapwings, a Green Sandpiper, five Pied Wagtails, a Sedge Warbler, a Blackcap, a Whitethroat, five Long-tailed Tits, 500+ flock of mixed corvids in trees N of the Long Pool, Jackdaws, Carrion Crows and Rooks and two Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

Haresfield     Just off the B4008 this morning, three Yellow Wagtails, three Yellowhammers, three Green Woodpeckers (1ad, 2juvs), two Peregrines over, two juvenile Buzzards, two Jays and six Stock Doves. (Steve Pullen).

Ryeford    A Hobby over Kellaway’s this morning. (Paul Sutton).

Winchcombe     At 7:30am six Swifts overhead. Two Siskins on the garden feeder, a Buzzard calling and a Red Kite low over the garden. (Gill Worthington).

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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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