Saturday 23rd August 2025

Longney     A garden WRYNECK this afternoon. (Sarah Batt). No further sign in a 2 hour search.

Wryneck by Sarah Batt

Berkeley shore     A probable DOTTEREL calling and flying around Berkeley shore at 6:52pm and may have landed in the local fields. (Thomas McClung).

Frampton    From Splatt Bridge early morning three Cattle Egrets, a Great White Egret and a Hobby. (Steve Pullen). Later a male Redstart, two Green Sandpipers, 13 Yellow Wagtails all going NW, and a Marsh Harrier. (Gordon Hodgson).

Saul Warth     Between 6-9am 143 Curlews, 36 Avocets, seven Redshanks, three Black-tailed Godwits, ten Ringed Plovers, 78 Shelducks, three Teal, three Little Egrets, a Wheatear, a Yellow Wagtail heard, a Grey Wagtail, six Pied Wagtails, two Blackcaps, a Whitethroat, six Chiffchaffs, a Reed Warbler, 53+ Swallows and a Goldcrest. (MK).

Wheatear by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     Two WOOD SANDPIPERS roosting on South Lake but flew off towards Zeiss hide at 10:26am. At least three Garganeys from Zeiss hide. (Thomas McClung). A Wheatear and three Sanderling at Middle Point this morning. Two WOOD SANDPIPERS and a BITTERN from Zeiss hide this afternoon. (Oliver Hague). Three Mandarins in the Decoy. (Dot Jones). Six Snipe on the Rushy and three SPOONBILLS from Zeiss hide. (Paul Clark).

Halmore     In the woods at least 30 Spotted Flycatchers, adults and juveniles, hunted by a Hobby. Also a female Kingfisher, many Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps, a Willow Warbler, a Greenfinch, two Green Woodpeckers, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, two Nuthatches, two Treecreepers, a calling Bullfinch and a female Whinchat on a fence. At least 10+ Swallows and 20+ House Martins overhead early evening. (Chris Newton).

Kingfisher by Chris Newton

Cleeve Hill     This afternoon on the West Down side at least 12 Stonechats, two Whinchats, a Redstart, two Whitethroats and a Goshawk mobbed by two Ravens. (Tom Mabbett).

Dowdeswell Reservoir    This evening three Common Sandpipers, two Mallards, two Grey Herons, a Grey Wagtail and a ringed Reed Warbler. (Tom Mabbett).

Stroud     At least four Swifts circling over Stroud town centre at 8:55 am, then slowly drifting south. (Terry Grant).

Chavenage Lane area     A male Peregrine, two Red Kites, four Kestrels and 25+ House Martins today. (Terry Grant).

Gloucester     A Red Kite over Birch Avenue in Coney Hill at 12:55pm. (Lee Manton).

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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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