Tuesday 21st April 2026

Stinchcombe Hill     Early morning a WOODLARK flushed from 14th tee and flew towards the club house. (Craig Brookes).

Gloucester     Along the Severn Way by Hempsted tip two Shelducks, four Curlews, a Green Sandpiper, a Sand Martin, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Grasshopper Warbler, a Lesser Whitethroat, seven Whitethroats, a pair of Stonechats, four Wheatears, a Yellow Wagtail and a Reed Bunting. (Andy Jayne).

Saul Warth     Early morning no tide 91 Bar-tailed Godwits flew in for a rest stop at 7:35am, an Avocet, the rest of the flock hidden under the mud shelf, four Whimbrels, 20 Curlews, two Oystercatchers, two Dunlins, 20 Swallows, 40 Sand Martins, three House Martins, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Whitethroat, two Chiffchaffs, a male Blackcap and six Skylarks. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge     The SPOONBILL on the Tack Piece and two Bar-tailed Godwits. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Cam     A Wheatear on the west side of Cam Long Down this morning. (Sophie Headland).

Wheatear by Sophie Headland

Frampton      Around the pools this morning a Yellow-legged Gull on the sailing lake. Also a Whitethroat, a pair of Mandarins, two Skylarks and a Swift. A Common Sandpiper on the canal. (Nigel Young/Paul Masters/Andy Chapman).

Whitethroat by Nigel Young

Mandarins by Nigel Young

Coombe Hill Meadows     A summer plumage Golden Plover in front of Grundon hide this morning. A Lesser Whitethroat in the car park and a Swift over. (Ian Ralphs/Ian Hull).

Forest of Dean     A pair of Pied Flycatchers at Nagshead today. (Rachel Thomas).

Twyning     At Upham Meadow this morning two pairs of Greylags, 94 Canada Geese, four Mallards, five Curlews, a Snipe, two Stock Doves, five Skylarks, three Swallows, a Mistle Thrush, two Blackcaps, two Chiffchaffs, two Ravens, ten Carrion Crows and a Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Hook two Mute Swans, 15 Canada Geese, two Egyptian Geese, five Mallards, a pair of Tufted Ducks, two Oystercatchers, two Sand Martins and a Sedge Warbler. (Mike Smart).

Hucclecote     A garden Sparrowhawk took the resident Robin this evening. (Terry Fenton).

Sparrowhawk by Terry Fenton
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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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