Saturday 30th August 2025

WWT Slimbridge     A TEMMINCK’S STINT from Robbie Garnett hide at 10:35am. It flew off at 12:10pm. (Greg Mabbett). It was relocated on the Top New Piece from 3:35pm until 4pm at least. Also a BITTERN sat in the open from Zeiss hide from 3-4pm. A Garganey on the Rushy at 2pm. (Mark Hobson). Around the grounds a Knot and two Spotted Redshanks on the Rushy. Three SPOONBILLS and three WOOD SANDPIPERS from Zeiss hide. A Greenshank at Knott hide. A Golden Plover, 14 Common Terns and Tree Pipit from Middle Point. Another Spotted Redshank and the Tundra Bean Goose on South Lake. (Ian Ralphs/Andy Jayne/Paul Masters/Martin Price/Dot Jones/MK).

Temminck’s Stint by Paul Masters

Bittern by Mark Hobson

Bittern by Mark Hobson

Garganey by Mark Hobson

Tundra Bean Goose by Martin Price

Saul Warth     Early morning 111 Curlews, ten Avocets, eight Black-tailed Godwits, two Redshanks, five Dunlins, a Ringed Plover heard, 80 Shelducks, 17 Teal, three Little Egrets, two Kestrels, a Sparrowhawk, a Grey Wagtail, a Yellow Wagtail heard, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Whitethroat, a Blackcap, three Chiffchaffs and four Swallows. (MK).

Lesser Whitethroat by Mike King

Frampton pools     Around the pools two Hobbies, five Swifts, 50+ Sand Martins, 20+ Swallows, 20+ House Martins, a Wigeon, six Teal, 29 Gadwalls, 18 Tufted Ducks, 45 Robins, a singing Willow Warbler, 59 Chiffchaffs, 19 Blackcaps, 14 Goldcrests, four Treecreepers, five Coal Tits, a Green Sandpiper and a Common Sandpiper. (Nick Goatman). From Splatt Bridge today, plenty of warblers flitting about in the hedgerows, a juvenile Redstart, eight Yellow Wagtails, a Greenshank heard, a Tree Pipit, a Hobby, a Peregrine and ten Cattle Egrets. (Gordon Hodgson).

Woolaston Pill     154 Ringed Plovers, 45 Dunlins, two Turnstones and 14+ Yellow Wagtails early afternoon. (Dan Watson).

Coombe Hill Meadows    15 Mallards along the canal, a Grey Heron, ten Moorhens, a Skylark, five Swallows, a Yellow Wagtail, ten Chiffchaffs and four Linnets. (Mike Smart).

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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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