Tuesday 26th August 2025

WWT Slimbridge     Three WOOD SANDPIPERS on the Top New Piece. From Middle Point 63 Ringed Plovers, 80 Dunlins, a Sanderling, a Whimbrel, seven Knot, three Black-tailed Godwits and a Yellow Wagtail. A Greenshank on the Tack Piece. A Spotted Redshank and a Knot on South Lake. (Ian Ralphs/Warren Gill/Mike Davis/Martin Price). Four Garganeys on the fleet from Zeiss hide and a BITTERN briefly. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Saul Warth     Early morning 98 Curlews, 20 Avocets, 40 Ringed Plovers, 20 Dunlins, 40 Shelducks, three Little Egrets, eight Yellow Wagtails, two Grey Wagtails, ten Pied Wagtails, two Wheatears, a Whinchat, two Whitethroats, two Chiffchaffs, a Mistle Thrush, six Swallows and 15 Linnets. (MK).

Wheatear by Nigel Young

Whinchat by Mike King

Cotswold Water Park East     On Pit 132 three WOOD SANDPIPERS, six Ruffs and a Greenshank today. View only from the footpath please. (Duncan Dine/Jon Mercer).

Wood Sandpiper by Jon Mercer

Ruff by Duncan Dine

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge at first light today, five Cattle Egrets, three Little Egrets and a Marsh Harrier on the flashes, at least 12 Yellow Wagtails flew over heading E, on the canal two Grey Wagtails and a Kingfisher. Also seven Muntjacs was running around the flashes. (Steve Pullen). Around the pools this evening six Swifts, 30+ Sand Martins, two Great White Egret, three Cattle Egrets, six Little Egrets, six Grey Herons, three Green Sandpipers, a Wigeon, two Teal, 31 Gadwalls, 19 Tufted Ducks, 18 Mallards, 22 Cormorants, 55 Mute Swans, three Spotted Flycatchers, a Yellow Wagtail and a Yellow-legged Gull. (Nick Goatman/Terry Grant).

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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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