Saturday 13th Saturday 2025

Frampton     A LITTLE TERN on the sailing lake at 6pm until 7:50pm at least. Access tomorrow near impossible due to the Frampton Country Fair. (Nick Goatman).

Sharpness     A MANX SHEARWATER floated upriver past SARA at 11:25am. (Oliver Paisey). Unfortunately it was predated by gulls near Hock Cliff. (Martin McGill).

WWT Slimbridge     From Zeiss hide a GLOSSY IBIS, four SPOONBILLS and a Curlew Sandpiper. Four Mandarins in the Decoy. (Dot Jones/Mike Davis).

Chavenage Lane area     An OSPREY circled over at 11:25am then disappeared behind the clouds. Also eight Kestrels, three Red Kites, 11 Buzzards and a Whinchat. (Terry Grant).

Hardwicke     A ringtail HEN HARRIER flew over the road at Grove End at 10am. It flew over the trees on the horizon out of sight heading for Elmore. (MK).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area this afternoon from the public footpath along Broadmeadow Bank a Whinchat, three Stonechats, five Swallows and five House Martins. (Mark Hobson).

Saul Warth     At high tide, 50+ Curlews, two Common Sandpipers, 50 Shelducks, 10+ Teal, four Little Egrets, 13 Common Cranes, a Grey Wagtail, a Blackcap, ten Swallows, two Sand Martins and two House Martins. (MK).

Tirley     At Town Street this morning two Yellow Wagtails, six Pied Wagtails, two Skylarks, two Meadow Pipits and four Chiffchaffs. (Paul Masters).

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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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