Monday 22nd September 2025

Frampton     A blue-ringed OSPREY fishing at Court Lake at 4pm. (Steve Money). Pics by Steve.

WWT Slimbridge     Two GLOSSY IBISES on the Top New Piece until 11:35am at least. Two Garganeys and at least three Spotted Redshanks on the Rushy. Two Goosanders from Hogarth hide late morning. Three Wheatears, five SPOONBILLS and three Bar-tailed Godwits at Middle Point. (Slimbridge Sightings/Ian Hull).

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning 121 Curlews, 28 Avocets, two Knot, a Black-tailed Godwit, six Little Egrets, ten Grey Herons, nine Common Cranes, 35 Shelducks, three Teal, a Tufted Duck, unusual on the river, three Grey Wagtails, one singing, four Chiffchaffs, a Blackcap, a Stonechat, 14 Swallows, two Reed Buntings and five Skylarks. (MK).

Grey Wagtail by Mike King

Tufted Duck by Mike King

Coombe Hill Meadows    This afternoon 3+ Buzzards, a Peregrine, a Kestrel, a Raven, 12+ Swallows, three House Martins, a female Bullfinch, two Reed Bunting, a Southern Hawker, 12+ Migrant Hawkers, 10+ Common Darters and 8+ Willow Emerald damselflies. (Paul Clark).

Lydney Harbour to Aylburton Warth     A steady trickle of Swallows moving NE, totalling 460 during the day. Also three Snipe, eight Redshanks, two Kestrels, a Peregrine, a Kingfisher, five Sand Martins, a late Willow Warbler, two Whinchats, 14 Stonechats, two Wheatears and 80 Meadow Pipits. (Andy Jayne).

Cleeve Hill     This afternoon east from the aerials past the trig point to the fence three families of Stonechats, a Whinchat, a Willow Warbler and still several Meadow Pipits. (Keith White).

Newent    A pair of Ravens over today. (Barry Nicholson).

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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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