Monday 21st July 2025

WWT Slimbridge     On the Top New Piece six Cattle Egrets and a Pink-footed Goose of unknown origin. A BITTERN briefly from Van de Bovenkamp hide. A Garganey from Robbie Garnett hide with seven Gadwalls late afternoon. Also on the Tack Piece four Yellow Wagtails and four Little Ringed Plovers. The Tundra Bean Goose and a Ruff on South Lake. (Martin McGill/Oliver Paisey/Heather England).

Cirencester     A female Hobby near Cirencester today. (Richard Tyler).

Saul Warth     This afternoon 57 Curlews, a Shelduck, two Little Egrets, two Kestrels, a Mistle Thrush, six Swallows, ten Pied Wagtails, a Yellow Wagtail, 12 Linnets, seven Goldfinches and a male Marsh Harrier blown S. (MK).

Dowdeswell Reservoir     A Kingfisher, an adult and young Great Crested Grebes, lots of Reed Warbler activity with fledged young, two Grey Herons, two Mallards, two Moorhen families, a Grey Wagtail, two Lesser Black-backed Gulls and two Spotted Flycatchers. Also two Otters this evening. (Tom Mabbett).

Daglingworth     An adult and six young Grey Partridges feeding in stubble fields tonight. (Andrew Morrison).

Nailsworth     A family party of four Marsh Tits in the garden this morning. In Chavenage Lane later, 30+ Whitethroats, eight Chiffchaffs, three Willow Warblers, three Blackcaps and a Red Kite. (Terry Grant).

Frampton    Two Cattle Egrets and six Little Egrets in the Court Lake roost this evening. On the sailing lake the adult Yellow-legged Gull and four Common Terns. (Nick Goatman). From Splatt Bridge this morning two Great White Egrets briefly, a Cattle Egret by the church, a Kestrel, a Buzzard and a Kingfisher, a Common Tern headed from the river, 15+ young Chiffchaffs in the bushes, four Swifts and a Fox. (Steve Pullen).

Epney     Three Black-tailed Godwits this morning. (Jeremy Squire).

Stroud      On the Frome towards Thrupp, a Dipper, a young Grey Wagtail and a pair of Kingfishers. (Paul Sutton).

Dipper by Paul Sutton

Stonehouse     A Kingfisher near Bonds Mill flew out of the trees and down towards the river. Another earlier flew up out of the Frome along Downton Road, then across the field at Frome meadows. (Paul Sutton).

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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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