Thursday 30th October 2025

Cleeve Hill     A SNOW BUNTING this morning at 10:30am just before the sheep wash track and just past where Cross Dyke crosses the Winchcombe Way at SO987262. (Sue Wadham).

Snow Bunting (record phone pic) by Sue Wadham

Gossington     A juvenile GANNET flew over at 3pm heading for the River Severn. (Harrison Rowsell).

Gannet by Harrison Rowell

WWT Slimbridge     The YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER still in the hedges near Kingfisher hide this morning. The TEMMINCK’S STINT from Robbie Garnett hide and later on the Rushy. Also two Redpolls and six Siskins over. (Mark Coller/Paul Masters). A BITTERN from Van de Bovenkamp hide and a Marsh Harrier on the Top New Piece. (Martin Price). A Water Rail and a Kingfisher from Martin Smith hide. (Paul Clark/Heather England).

Yellow-browed Warbler by Mark Coller

Nailsworth     A YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER heard with a flock of Long-tailed Tits at Windsoredge. Also 40+ Redwings flew W. (Terry Grant).

Fretherne    30+ Cattle Egrets in a field beside the Arlingham Road at SO 74181 08879 at 9:30am. This is a dangerous road, there is no close parking to this field, either park at Fretherne Bridge or on the verge just before the nurseries and walk. (MK).

Saul Warth     Between 6:30-9am no tide, 174 Avocets, 88 Curlews, two Bar-tailed Godwits, 30 Dunlins, 11 Cormorants, six Shelducks, 150 Teal, three Stock Doves, a Great White Egret, two Little Egrets, seven Grey Herons, a Sparrowhawk, two Buzzards, a Peregrine, four Chiffchaffs, ten Meadow Pipits, 30 Linnets and a Reed Bunting. (MK).

Lydney Harbour to Aylburton Warth     Five Jack Snipe, 30 Snipe, a Great White Egret, two Little Egrets, a Peregrine, an adult Mediterranean Gull, a late Swallow, four Ravens, 102 Skylarks including 47 migrants, five Fieldfares, eight Stonechats, two Rock Pipits and four Redpolls over. (Andy Jayne).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area this morning, two Corn Buntings, 11 Stonechats, eight Fieldfares, four Redwings, two Snipe, a Red Kite, three Kestrels and five Common Gulls. (Steve Pullen).

Cotswold Water Park East     A female Goosander on Pit 104 this morning. (Duncan Dine).

Leigh Meadows     A Mute Swan on the Chelt, two Teal, a Grey Heron, a Little Egret, a Kestrel, a Kingfisher and three Skylarks. (Mike Smart).

Cobney Meadows     Two pairs of Mute Swans, four Mallards, two Kingfishers, ten Stock Doves, two Meadow Pipits, a Stonechat, five Fieldfares and two Reed Buntings. (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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