Monday 9th March 2026

Cotswold Water Park West     The GREAT NORTHERN DIVER still on Pit 87 today. (Duncan Dine).

Great Northern Diver by Duncan Dine

WWT Slimbridge     The SPOONBILL on the Top New Piece today. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Sapperton     A Marsh Tit on the feeders of The Daneway Inn this morning. Also a Grey Wagtail. (Andy Chapman/Paul Masters/MK).

Marsh Tit by Mike King

Frampton    Five Great White Egrets over Splatt at 6:45am heading north. 50+ Sand Martins this morning on the sailing lake.(Steve Pullen). Still 20+ Sand Martins this evening, a Peregrine flew over, 42 Little Egrets and ten Cattle Egrets flew into Court Lake roost, 37 Cormorants, 76 Tufted Ducks, a pair of Gadwalls, five Mute Swans and 18 Coots. (Nick Goatman).

Kingscote     This afternoon (and last Thursday pm too), c500 Golden Plovers in a field between the A4135 and Windmill Lane at Kingscote. (Paul Sutton).

Stonehouse     Late afternoon a Snipe flew along the canal near Bowbridge. (Paul Sutton).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Two Sand Martins, a Curlew calling in the north meadows  and a Great Crested Grebe today. (Ian Ralphs).

Rodborough     Four Redpolls bathing in a garden pond this morning at Little London. (Nigel Denman).

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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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