Tuesday 19th August 2025

WWT Slimbridge    On the Top New Piece a BITTERN flew to the south end, seven Garganeys (6 on the fleet and one with 100+ Teal on the flood) and two Green Sandpipers. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Epney     At 5:50am the Wigeon with two Teal, 170+ Mallards and 90 Canada Geese from the seawall S of the Anchor Inn. (MK).

Wigeon & Teal by Mike King

Saul Warth     Between 6-9am no tide, waders all distant, a mass of small waders too far away to ID, 183 Curlews, 25 Avocets, 20 Ringed Plovers, two Knot, 80 Shelducks, two Little Egrets, a Grey Wagtail, seven Pied Wagtails, a Blackcap, three Chiffchaffs, six Mistle Thrushes, six Swallows and a Sand Martin. (MK).

Cotswold Water Park East     At Pit 132 a WOOD SANDPIPER and five Green Sandpipers at 1:15pm. (Duncan Dine).

Wood Sandpiper by Duncan Dine

Berkeley     This evening the Pink-footed Goose, of unknown origin, with 46 Canada Geese in the Pill (another 60+ on Lydney Harbour side). Also nine Barnacle Geese flew by and two Stonechats this evening. (Thomas McClung).

Frampton pools     Two Great White Egrets, five Grey Herons, seven Little Egrets, a Green Sandpiper, two Common Sandpipers, two Pochards, 19 Tufted Ducks, 23 Gadwalls, 22 Mallards, four Spotted Flycatchers, two Reed Buntings, 20+ House Martins, 20+ Sand Martins, 10+ Swallows and the Yellow-legged Gull. (Nick Goatman).

Forest of Dean    10-20 House Martins above Lydbrook valley most of the morning. (Chris Sullivan).

Far Westrip    Belated news of a Harrier sp flying NE on a jetstream, high over Far Westrip at 4:37pm on Sunday 17th. (Mr & Mrs J N Crabb per Terry Grant).

Harrier sp by Mr & Mrs Crabb
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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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