Friday 12th September 2025

Sharpness     A MANX SHEARWATER off of SARA at 10:36am, it flew down river ditched in at SARA and drifted up on the flooding tide. Possibly the same as the Lydney bird. (Steve Rickard).

Manx Shearwater by Steve Rickard

Lydney     A MANX SHEARWATER upriver past Lydney Harbour at 10:15am. Also in the area a Common Sandpiper, 50+ Sand Martins, a Whitethroat, four Grey Wagtails, eight Tufted Ducks, four Great Crested Grebes and a Kingfisher. A Tree Pipit, 14 Meadow Pipits and five Yellow Wagtails flew over. (Andy Jayne).

Saul Warth     Very wet and windy at high tide, 30 Curlews, five Common Sandpipers together, 12 Shelducks, 30 Teal, three Cattle Egrets, a Little Egret, 21 Common Cranes flew from Awre to WWT, a Kestrel, a Wheatear, a Grey Wagtail, a Chiffchaff, two Blackcaps, 20 Swallows and 35 Linnets. (MK).

Wheatear by Mike King

Cattle Egret by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     Two GLOSSY IBISES flew to South Lake at 1:15pm. (Oliver Paisey). A Curlew Sandpiper, two Knot, a Goosander, a Garganey and five SPOONBILLS from Zeiss hide. A Pink-footed Goose, of unknown origin, with Canada Geese on the Dumbles. On South Lake 22 Ruff, two Spotted Redshanks and the Tundra Bean Goose, of unknown origin. A Whinchat and a Wheatear on Tack Piece. On the Rushy a Knot, two Garganeys and a Hobby over. (Tim Jukes/Paul Masters/Oliver Paisey/Dot Jones).

Tresham     Mid afternoon a Whinchat, a Wheatear and eight Red Kites. (Paul Rich).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Between 9am and 11am c10 Chiffchaffs, c6 Blackcaps, six Swallows, a House Martin, a Redstart, two Whinchats, a Stonechat, c50 Linnets, a Skylark, a Meadow Pipit, two Grey Wagtails, two Reed Buntings, four Greenfinches, c4 Bullfinches and two Sparrowhawks. (Rob & Petra Crofton). Also today ten Mallards, five Moorhens and ten Goldfinches. (Mike Smart).

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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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