Sunday 31st August 2025

WWT Slimbridge     The TEMMINCK’S STINT relocated on the left hand island from Zeiss hide at 2:50pm. (Steve Pullen). This morning a Spotted Redshank, a Green Sandpiper and a showy Snipe on the Rushy. Two Green Sandpipers on the Tack Piece. A Greenshank from Knott hide. Three SPOONBILLS, a ringed Great White Egret, a Marsh Harrier and two WOOD SANDPIPERS from Zeiss hide. (MK/Slimbridge Sightings). A Whinchat on Middle Point fence. (Julian Gould).

Spoonbills by Mike King

Snipe by Mike King

Green Sandpiper by Mike King

Saul Warth     Early morning, no tide, 96 Curlews, six Avocets, 40 Shelducks, a Little Egret, a Kestrel, a Sparrowhawk, a Grey Wagtail, six Pied Wagtails, a Whitethroat, a Chiffchaff and 26 Swallows. (MK).

Cotswold Water Park East     A Little Owl inside RAF Fairford base. On Pit 132 a WOOD SANDPIPER, nine Ruff and a Hobby. (Duncan Dine).

Little Owl by Duncan Dine

Stonehouse     In the Bond’s Mill area a juvenile Little Egret, a Kingfisher between Nutshell Bridge and Bond’s Mill, a family of Long-tailed Tits and c20 Swallows.Also a Small Copper, a Brown Hawker and a Migrant Hawker. (Paul Sutton).

Little Egret by Paul Sutton

Brown Hawker by Paul Sutton
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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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