Tuesday 9th September 2025

Berkeley shore     The GLOSSY IBIS still at the Pill, with a Whinchat and a Mediterranean Gull nearby. (Andy Jordan).

WWT Slimbridge     From Zeiss hide 50+ Avocets, a BITTERN, four SPOONBILLS, 1+ Curlew Sandpiper, a Great White Egret, two Cattle Egrets and three Spotted Flycatchers on the fenceline. (Paul Clark/Martin Price/Terry Stevenson/Ian Ralphs/Alan Bryant). From Middle Point nine Knot and two Curlew Sandpipers on the mud shelf and 14 Commic Terns flew down river. A Garganey, eight Knot and five Spotted Redshanks on the Rushy. (Ian Ralphs).

Saul Warth     111 Curlews, 30 Avocets, 20+ Ringed Plovers, 20+ Dunlin, 100s more distant, two Curlew Sandpipers, 85 Shelducks, 100 Teal, three Cattle Egrets, three Little Egrets, ten Grey Herons, 15 Common Cranes, a Skylark, three Grey Wagtails, three Pied Wagtails, five Chiffchaffs, three Blackcaps, 12 Swallows, 14 Goldfinches and two Stonechats. (MK).

Blackcap by Mike King

Stonechat by Mike King

Sharpness     From SARA 8-10:10am two Common Terns flew south at 9:50am. Also a Wigeon, three Ravens, a Grey Wagtail, a Common Sandpiper, a Kingfisher, three Curlews, 40+ Redshanks, two Goldcrests, a Blackcap, a Buzzard, a Little Egret, four Grey Herons and a Stock Dove. (Oliver Paisey).

Minchinhampton Common     Two Wheatears on the common this morning, one showing the characteristics of the Greenland race. (Roy Bircher).

Nailsworth     A flock of c15 Redwings flew over Windsoredge at 3:40pm and appeared to land in nearby Norton Wood. (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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