Thursday 31st July 2025

Frampton pools     This evening a juvenile PIED FLYCATCHER in the Gravel Wash, also two families of Spotted Flycatchers, five Lesser Whitethroats, two Whitethroats, a Marsh Harrier, the adult Yellow-legged Gull, a Common Tern and ten Great Crested Grebes. (Nick Goatman).

Saul Warth     Early morning no tide 118 Curlews, 22 Avocets, five Oystercatchers, five Black-tailed Godwits, 90 distant Dunlins, 109 Shelducks, three Little Egrets, three Grey Herons, two Kestrels, two Buzzards, six Pied Wagtails, three Mistle Thrushes, a Willow Warbler, four Chiffchaffs, a Whitethroat, three Blackcaps, a Swift and 18 Swallows flew W. (MK). Also a Whimbrel and a Stonechat. (Martin Wightman).

WWT Slimbridge     Four Garganeys, a Spotted Redshank, four Little Ringed Plovers, a Common Sandpipers and 3+ Yellow Wagtails on the Tack Piece this morning. Two SPOONBILLS on the Top New Piece. (Paul Masters/Roberta Goodall/Steve Pullen/Martin Price).

Sharpness     From SARA 11:30-12:30pm two Commic Terns, two Curlews, 42 Redshanks, a Common Sandpiper, nine Lapwings, a Kingfisher, two Stock Doves, three Common Gulls and two Oystercatchers. (Oliver Paisey).

Aylburton Warth/Guscar Rocks     25 Canada Geese, a pair of Shelducks with nine ducklings, ten Mallards, three Grey Herons, a Buzzard, a Peregrine, a Kestrel, two Oystercatchers, a Whimbrel, 360+ Curlews, a Redshank, three Common Sandpipers, 300 Black-headed Gulls, 65 mixed Lesser Black-backed/Herring Gulls, three Skylarks, ten Swallows, a Meadow Pipit, two Chiffchaffs, 100 Carrion Crows, 50 Rooks, 30 Linnets, two Goldfinches and a Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

Longney Crib      91. Canada Geese, a Common Sandpiper, a Little Egret, three Grey Herons, a Cormorant, nine Mallards, a female Stonechat, three Reed Warblers, eight Swallows, two Pied Wagtails, two Ravens and two young Blackbirds. (John Fletcher).

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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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