Thursday 18th September 2025

Frampton     An OSPREY flew S over Splatt Bridge at 9:30am heading for WWT. (Gordon Hodgson).

WWT Slimbridge     From Middle Point 12 Golden Plovers, 358 Ringed Plovers, 275 Dunlins, 21 Sanderlings, six Little Stints, 13 Curlew Sandpipers, four Bar-tailed Godwits,  adult and juvenile Turnstone, four Ruff, four SPOONBILLS, two Great White Egrets, five Little Egrets and a Marsh Harrier. 15+ Yellow Wagtails on the Dumbles. . (Slimbridge Sightings/Ian Ralphs/Steve Pullen). On South Lake a Grey Heron with a Vole and 16+ Ruff. On the Tack Piece a Common Sandpiper and a Green Sandpiper. A SPOONBILL on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide. Two Garganeys, 2+ Spotted Redshanks and 11+ Snipe on the Rushy. (Paul Clark).

Shepherd’s Patch    28 Cattle Egrets in the field on the left before the pub at 7:45am. Eight were there yesterday.  (Mike Davis).

Saul Warth     Early morning at high tide, 107 Curlews, two Bar-tailed Godwits, two Common Sandpipers, 18 Shelducks, 12 Teal, a Little Egret, five Grey Herons, a Kestrel, five Pied Wagtails, a Grey Wagtail, male and female Blackcap, a Chiffchaff, 50+ Swallows moving SW, four Ravens and 20 Goldfinches. (MK). Also a Snipe, three Grey Herons, three Buzzards, a Southern Hawker, Common Darters and a Painted Lady. (Steve Pullen).

Elmore Court    In the Rewilding area this afternoon at least five each of Whinchats and Stonechats, a male Sparrowhawk, two Kestrels, a Cetti’s Warbler and ten Reed Buntings. Southbound migrants included 140+ Swallows, three Sand Martins and 15 Meadow Pipits. (Andy Jayne).

Painswick Beacon    This morning’s VisMig watch 2260 House Martins, 1150 Swallows and six Swifts. (John Fleming).

Nailsworth    VisMig from Windsoredge 1480+ House Martins, 320+ Swallows, one, possibly two Hobbies, a Sparrowhawk,10+ Buzzards, five Ravens, four Siskins, 45+ Goldfinches, seven Greenfinches, a Grey Wagtail and a Grey Heron. (Terry Grant).

The Campdens    30+ House Martins feeding over the fields between Chipping Campden and Broad Campden, and also pair of Ravens. (Malcolm Dunn).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A Grey Heron, five Mallards, three Moorhens, a Buzzard, a Skylark, five Swallows, three Chiffchaffs, ten Carrion Crows and five Linnets. (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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