Saturday 6th September 2025

Saul Warth     At high tide 131 Curlews, 25 Avocets, eight Redshanks, 12 Dunlins, ten Shelducks, four Teal, seven Cattle Egrets, three Little Egrets, five Grey Herons, a GLOSSY IBIS briefly at 8:25am, two Common Cranes, four Common Terns flew downriver, a Red Kite, a Hobby, a Peregrine with prey, a Ring-necked Parakeet heard (seen by Simon Ashley), 44+ Swallows, a House Martin, six Chiffchaffs, six Blackcaps, a Garden Warbler, two Lesser Whitethroats, a Whitethroat, a Grey Wagtail, 12 Yellow Wagtails, six Pied Wagtails, five Meadow Pipits and 18 Chaffinches. (Tom & Greg Mabbett/MK).

Common Cranes by Mike King

Sharpness     A GLOSSY IBIS flew south at 8:15am and landed at Berkeley Pill feeding on shallow scrape. (Andy Jordan). Sharpness to Berkeley Pill two Whinchats, 12 Meadow Pipit, a Skylark and 4+ Chiffchaffs. (Andy Jordan/Oliver Paisey).

WWT Slimbridge     Two GLOSSY IBISES from Robbie Garnett hide at 9:45am. (David Creber/Jeremy Holland/Mike Davis/Martin Price). Three SPOONBILLS, a BITTERN, a Great White Egret, a Marsh Harrier and a Spotted Flycatcher from Zeiss hide. Three Mandarins in the Decoy. (Dot Jones/Mike Davis). 265 Black-tailed Godwits on South Lake. (Jeanne Vitkovskis). Seven Knot, five Spotted Redshanks, a Greenshank and two Garganeys on the Rushy. (Tim McGrath/Dot Jones/Martin Price). A Water Rail from Robbie Garnett hide. (Terry Stevenson).

Water Rail by Terry Stevenson

Frampton     Two GLOSSY IBISES over Court Lake at 9:50am flying east. (Nigel Young). From Splatt Bridge, two Whinchats, a Stonechat, a Wheatear, three Lesser Whitethroats, many Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps, also vis-mig a Green Sandpiper, two Goosanders, eight Yellow Wagtails, three Grey Wagtails and 201 Swallows all flew SW. (Gordon Hodgson).

Glossy Ibises by Nigel Young

North Cerney    Six Wheatears on a stubble field along the track to Conigree Wood on North Cerney downs. (Dave Soons).

Stinchcombe Hill     Three Wheatears on the golf course early morning and a Skylark. (Geoff Moyser).

Nailsworth     A juvenile Marsh Harrier hunting over fields near the layby and nearby 200 Linnets and a Wheatear. In Chavenage Lane, four Red Kites, two Kestrels, a Peregrine and nine Buzzards. (Terry Grant).

Halmore    In the woods today a Hobby hunting small birds, a Buzzard, a Bullfinch, a Greenfinch, c20 Spotted Flycatchers, two Nuthatches, two Treecreepers, four Blackcaps, many Chiffchaffs and c30 Swallows with some House Martins among them. (Chris Newton).

Hobby by Chris Newton

Coombe Hill Meadows     WeBS count 125 Mallards, 13 Canada Geese, a Greylag, a Snipe, 13 Moorhens, five Cormorants, a Little Egret, two Grey Herons and a Cetti’s Warbler. (Ian Ralphs).

Ashleworth Ham     WeBS count 12 Greylags, a Mallard, five Swallows, two Treecreepers and three Chiffchaffs. (Mike Smart).

Cobney Meadows     WeBS count just a Grey Heron. At Leigh Meadows two Mallards, a Snipe, five Swallows and five Chiffchaff. (Mike Smart).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Hook three Mute Swans, a Grey Heron, 11 Mallards and a Buzzard. (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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