Monday 28th July 2025

WWT Slimbridge     A drake COMMON SCOTER floating up on the tide at 10:05am. A HARBOUR PORPOISE off Middle Point at 10:55am. Both went back down with the falling tide. Also a Turnstone and a SPOONBILL from  Middle Point. Another SPOONBILL from Zeiss hide. Two Spotted Redshanks and the Tundra Bean Goose, of unknown origin, on South Lake. On the Tack Piece five Little Ringed Plovers, a Garganey, a WOOD SANDPIPER, a Common Sandpiper and 17 Green Sandpipers. (Ian Ralphs/Paul Masters/Mark Coller/Lise Hume/Oliver Paisey/Slimbridge Sightings).

Harbour Porpoise by Mark Coller

Saul Warth     Early morning no tide 102 Curlews, 98 Avocets, three Oystercatchers, 25 Dunlins, 48 Shelducks, two Little Egrets, three Kestrels, six Pied Wagtails, 14 Mistle Thrushes, four Chiffchaffs, a Whitethroat, a Blackcap, 37 Swallows and a House Sparrow, a patch tick, first in 32 years. (MK).

Mistle Thrush by Mike King

Coombe Hill Meadows     This afternoon 5+ Buzzards (3 juvs), a Red Kite, two Ravens, 7+ Grey Herons, 12+ Swallows (8 juv), three House Martins, two Green Woodpeckers, five Bullfinches, two Linnets, three Greenfinches, a female Redstart, 10+ Goldfinches, four Sedge Warblers, two Brown Hawkers and 3+ Southern Migrant Hawkers. (Paul Clark).

Cotswold Water Park East    At Pit 132 a Little Grebe, an Oystercatcher, 65 Lapwings, a Dunlin, 17 Green Sandpipers, a Greenshank, a Common Sandpiper, two Red Kites, a Marsh Harrier, a Peregrine, two Cetti’s Warblers and a male Redstart. Also three Brown Hawkers. (Andy Jayne).

Guscar Rocks     40+ Canada Geese, a Shelduck, a Mallard, a Grey Heron, 310+ Curlews, 300 Black-headed Gulls, five Common Gulls, 50 Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, ten Swallows, 100 Carrion Crows, 20 Jackdaws and five Linnets. (Mike Smart).

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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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