Saturday 18th April 2026

Stinchcombe Hill    A male Pied Flycatcher at Drakestone Point, a female RING OUZEL on the 18th fairway, a male Wheatear and the probable Siberian Chiffchaff still calling this morning. Also a steady movement of Swallows heading W. (James Robinson).

Cotswold Water Park West     An OSPREY over Shorncote Reedbeds at 8:45am heading towards the village and a Cuckoo this morning. (David Creber).

Frampton     A COMMON TERN, a Common Sandpiper, a Lesser Whitethroat and two Whitethroats at the Sailing Lake this morning. (Steve Pullen). An adult Yellow-legged Gull, two Lesser Whitethroats, a Garden Warbler, four Whitethroats, five Cetti’s Warblers, a Yellowhammer, 12 Swallows and 100+ Sand Martins this evening. (Nick Goatman).

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning 30 Avocets, a Greenshank, a Redshank, a Knot, two Whimbrels, 17 Curlews, ten Oystercatchers, five Ringed Plovers, nine Dunlins, five Common Sandpipers, 30 Shelducks, three Gadwalls, a Teal, a Little Egret, a Cuckoo heard, two House Martins, a Whitethroat and two Roebucks. A Lesser Whitethroat heard along the canal. (Martin McGill/MK).

Whimbrel by Mike King

Berkeley     A Grasshopper Warbler reeling in Berkeley Green car park this morning. (Craig Brookes). Between Hamfield Lane and the Pill male and female Stonechat, a female Wheatear, two Whitethroats, a Skylark, Sand Martins and Swallows, a Great White Egret, a Cormorant, a Cetti’s Warbler and a Chiffchaff. (Cathy Pugh).

Highnam Woods     A Nightingale still singing 6am at least today. Please note the car park is closed. If approaching from Gloucester there is pull-in parking for 3 cars on the left c200m after the reserve entrance. (Ross Nairn).

WWT Slimbridge     The Spotted Redshank and a Cattle Egret on the Rushy this morning. A Knot, 79 Black-tailed Godwits and two Avocets on South Lake late morning. On the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide Sedge Warblers singing, a SPOONBILL, a female Marsh Harrier and a distant Cuckoo calling. (Tim McGrath/Martin Price/Paul Clark).

Cleeve Hill     Four Wheatears, a pair of Stonechats, nine Willow Warblers, 30+ Meadow Pipits, 20+ Skylarks and four Linnets. (Joshua Hamblin).

Bourton-on-the-Water     A Cuckoo calling intermittently near the south pits morning and afternoon. At Hinchwick four Redstarts singing near Bourton Downs. (Andy Lewis).

Coombe Hill Meadows     11 Mute Swans, four Canada Geese, five Greylags, four Shelducks, 20 Mallards, six Gadwalls, 13 Teal, three Shovelers, two Curlews, two Oystercatchers, four Redshanks, eight Lapwings, a Little Ringed Plover, four Grey Herons, five Little Egrets, three Cattle Egrets, a Little Grebe, ten Coots, four Moorhens, the first Lesser Whitethroats and a Cuckoo this morning. (Ian Ralphs).

Ashleworth & Hasfield Hams     19 Mute Swans, 12 Greylags, seven Canada Geese, a Shelduck, nine Gadwalls, 12 Teal, 40 Mallards, a drake Pintail, a Grey Heron, a Red Kite, a Buzzard, a Coot, a Moorhen, two Lapwings, seven Snipe, a JACK SNIPE, 5+ Skylarks, 6+ Redstarts, 4+ Sedge Warblers, 12+ Whitethroats, 5+ Blackcaps, two Chiffchaffs and 2+ Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart & Shaun Curtis).

Cobney Meadows     Two Mute Swans, two Canada Geese, three Shelducks, 36 Mallards, a Little Egret, a Great White Egret, two Grey Herons, 3+ Redstarts and 6+ Whitethroats. (Mike Smart & Shaun Curtis).

Haw Bridge East     Five Sand Martins and ten Linnets today. (Mike Smart & Shaun Curtis).

Leigh Meadows     Three Mute Swans, ten Mallards, a Little Egret, two Curlews, 2+ Skylarks, 3+ Redstarts, a Sedge Warbler and 5+ Whitethroats. (Mike Smart & Shaun Curtis).

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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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