Monday 25th August 2025

Saul Warth     On the top of the tide this morning 12 Curlews, 26 Shelducks, two Cattle Egrets, 16 Little Egrets, seven Grey Herons, a Red Kite, five Yellow Wagtails, a Grey Wagtail, three Pied Wagtails, three Wheatears, a Blackcap, three Lesser Whitethroats, two Chiffchaffs, 30 Swallows and 40 Linnets. (MK).

Wheatear by Mike King
Red Kite by Mike King

Forest of Dean    At Staple Edge 10+ Crossbills, a female Firecrest, six Tree Pipits, six Stonechats, 10+ Goldfinches and ten Goldcrests today. (Rob Husbands). Two Hawfinches at the Campbell Hide at Nagshead today. (Martin Tayler).

Crossbill by Rob Husbands

Firecrest by Rob Husbands

Hawfinch by Martin Tayler

WWT Slimbridge     A juvenile Knot on the Rushy this morning. (Richard Tyler).

Knot by Richard Tyler

Frampton     Five five Cattle Egrets, 2 adults and 3 juveniles, at Splatt Bridge this morning. (Gordon Hodgson).

Chavenage Lane/Barton End area     Six Kestrels, two Red Kites, seven Buzzards, a Hobby and a female Goshawk. Also a Hawfinch flying S, a Wheatear, a Redstart, a Corn Bunting, 50+ House Martins and 25+ Swallows. (Terry Grant).

Halmore     Birds included a Kestrel mobbed by Swallows, a Goshawk cruising high, two Buzzards, a Kingfisher, a Nuthatch, two Green Woodpeckers and many Spotted Flycatchers again. Also several fresh Common Blues, a Small Copper, a Red Admiral, four Peacocks, several Willow Emeralds and Ruddy Darters, and a Weasel. (Chris Newton).

Uley    On top of Uley Barrow hill this morning, two Wheatears, a Kestrel and a Buzzard. (Rosie Button).

Cheltenham     A large female Goshawk over the cinema at 6:30pm. (Dave Soons).

Hawling     In the Southdown Farm area c60 Swallows and three Red Kites at lunchtime today. (Keith White).

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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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