Thursday 4th September 2025

Cirencester     An OSPREY  flew over the Bowling Green estate heading SW towards the town. (Colin Knight).

WWT Slimbridge     A juvenile Goosander on South Lake this morning. A Garganey, two Spotted Redshanks, a Greenshank and an Avocet on the Rushy. Three Green Sandpipers, a Greenshank and a Water Rail on the Tack Piece. Six Cattle Egrets on the Dumbles. (Slimbridge Sightings/Terry Stevenson).

Greenshank by Terry Stevenson

Saul Warth     Early afternoon 37 Curlews, 28 Shelducks, 13 Cattle Egrets, a Little Egret, a Marsh Harrier, a Kestrel, two Buzzards, a Grey Wagtail, four Pied Wagtails, a Wheatear, two Lesser Whitethroats, two Whitethroats, two Blackcaps, two Chiffchaffs, 30 Swallows, three Ravens and 25 Linnets. (MK).

Lesser Whitethroat by Mike King

Longney Crib     This afternoon a Great White Egret, two Grey Herons, two Ravens, two Swallows, two Pied Wagtails, 17 Starlings, two Buzzards, a Red Kite and a Kestrel. (John Fletcher).

Berkeley shore     22 Ringed Plovers, five Dunlins, 21 Turnstones, eight Oystercatchers, three Common Sandpipers, two Curlews, 20+ Mallards, three Canada Geese, six Wheatears and a Willow Warbler. (Thomas McClung).

Gloucester    Along the Severn Way by Gloucester Landfill Site a Sparrowhawk, two Kestrels, two Ravens, two juvenile Green Woodpeckers, 11 Skylarks, four Whinchats, four Stonechats, also two Swifts, 90 Swallows and 11 Sand Martins moving south overhead. (Andy Jayne).

Frampton pools     Around the pools four Swifts, 150+ Sand Martins, six Ringed Plovers and two Dunlins over, two Common Sandpipers, a Green Sandpiper, six Cattle Egrets, five Little Egrets, five Grey Herons, 34 Gadwalls, 38 Mallards, 16 Tufted Ducks, five Teal and a Lesser Whitethroat. (Nick Goatman). From Splatt Bridge 4+ Swifts and a male Marsh Harrier over the 100-Acre, and a steady passage of Swallows south. (Terry Grant).

Framilode Passage     A Great White Egret fishing, before flying to Epney, a Little Egret, an adult Mediterranean Gull and a Common Sandpiper. (Terry Grant).

Bourton-on-the-Water     Eight Common Sandpipers at Bourton pits, five pictured here. (Richard Tyler). A Swift at Newbridge Lane. (Andy Lewis).

Nailsworth     A Swift and a southerly passage of 230+ House Martins. (Terry Grant/Roy Bircher)

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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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