Sunday 10th May 2026

Saul Warth     Between 5:30-8:30am no tide, a pair of Mandarins, a pair of Gadwalls, 40 Shelducks, three Sanderlings, 80 Dunlins, 175 Ringed Plovers, five Avocets, 12 Curlews, three Oystercatchers, two Little Egrets, a male Marsh Harrier, 30 Swallows, six Sand Martins, a House Martin and three Roe Deer. (MK).

Frampton     Around the pools four Common Terns, 100+ Sand Martins, 20+ Swallows, a few House Martins, two Shelducks, a Garden Warbler and the Yellow-legged Gull again. (Nick Goatman).

Whitminster     A Common Crane over the A38 roundabout at Whitminster at 2:20 this afternoon. (Julian Gould).

Elmore Court    In the rewilding area this afternoon birds included a Cattle Egret amongst the Longhorn Cattle, a Cuckoo calling, two Red Kites over, a pair of Stonechats, three Lesser Whitethroats, a Bullfinch, four Lapwings and a Green Woodpecker. (Steve Pullen).

Hasfield & Ashleworth Hams     Two Mute Swans, six Greylags including four small goslings, two pairs of Shelduck and nine ducklings, four Gadwalls, 20 Mallards, a Grey Heron, a Little Egret, a Peregrine, two Coots, a Cuckoo, two Skylarks, 2+ Sedge Warblers, 2+ Whitethroats, 2+ Chiffchaffs and two Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart).

May Hill     Two Tree Pipits this morning. (Andy Chapman).

Quedgeley     Three singing Cetti’s Warblers between Rea and Sellars Bridge early morning. (Mark Hobson).

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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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