Wednesday 1st April 2026

Saul Warth     At high tide 168 Avocets, 40 Curlews, 45 Black-tailed Godwits, 15 Redshanks, a Common Sandpiper, a Dunlin, five Oystercatchers, two Egyptian Geese flew S, six Wigeon, a male Marsh Harrier through N, seven Cormorants, ten Stock Doves, 15 Fieldfares, 12 Goldfinches and a Chiffchaff. (MK).

Selsley Common     A male Wheatear this morning. (Duncan Dine).

Witcombe Reservoirs     Seven Swallows, three House Martins and a Sand Martin today. (Duncan Dine).

WWT Slimbridge     A juvenile SPOONBILL on the Tack Piece and a Green Sandpiper on the Rushy. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Kingscote     A pair of Corn Buntings, eight Yellowhammers, five Greenfinches,
40+ Linnets and Chaffinches feeding in mixed groups, a pair of Mistle Thrushes,
60+ Stock Doves and three Goshawks. (Joshua Hamblin).

Edge     At Rudge Hill NNR 11. Chiffchaffs, five Long-tailed Tits, four Song Thrushes, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, a Green Woodpecker, three Nuthatches, two Stock Doves, a Jay, a Raven and a Buzzard. (John Fletcher).

Stroud     A Dipper, a Mandarin, a Sparrowhawk, a Coal Tit, a Goldcrest and a Nuthatch in the Lodgemore Mill area at lunchtime. (Richard Williams).

Stonehouse/Stanley Downton     The Ocean and the field below this morning a Cetti’s Warbler calling briefly, 12+ Chiffchaffs, a male Blackcap, Long-tailed Tits with nesting material, a Sparrowhawk, a Red Kite and two Cormorants over and a Grey Heron. (Paul Sutton).

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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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