Thursday 16th October 2025

Saul Warth     From dawn, no tide 175+ Avocets, six Bar-tailed Godwits, six Grey Plovers, 115 Curlews, 95 Dunlins, 21 Sheducks, 300+ Teal, a Wigeon, 19 Common Cranes, a Great White Egret, five Little Egrets, 14 Grey Herons, four Chiffchaffs, 14 Pied Wagtails, 25 Meadow Pipits, a Fieldfare and 15 Swallows flew SW at 9:15am. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge     Two GLOSSY IBISES and two Water Rails from Martin Smith hide. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Chavenage Lane area     The late Whinchat still present with 12+ Stonechats, also 7+ Red Kites. (Terry Grant).

Avening     Ten Red Kites around farming activities in a field at Star Farm. (Terry Grant).

Sapperton     Three Stonechats at Park End. (Terry Grant).

Frampton     This evening four Cattle Egrets, ten Little Egrets, four Great White Egrets, seven Grey Herons and 55 Cormorants roosted at Court Lake. Also a Green Sandpiper, five Little Grebes, 41 Pochards, two Ravens and three Chiffchaffs. (Nick Goatman).

Longney Crib     Mid afternoon male and female Stonechat, two Grey Herons, two Little Egrets, a Cormorant, six Pied Wagtails, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, two Ravens, 200+ Black-headed Gulls and 25+ Carrion Crows. (John Fletcher).

Cheltenham     The last few days three Mandarins (2m, 1f) on the pump room lake at Pittville Park. Also a resident Cormorant, a Grey Heron and three Grey Wagtails covering both lakes. (Alan McIlquham).

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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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