Tuesday 19th May 2026

WWT Slimbridge     A CURLEW SANDPIPER again on the Tack Piece. Also the DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE still on the Dumbles. Over high tide 11 Turnstones, five Bar-tailed Godwits, 254 Ringed Plovers, 14 Sanderlings and 290 Dunlins. (Ian Ralphs). The BITTERN showed well from the Estuary Tower at 4pm. (Roberta Goodall).

Frampton pools     This evening 18 Black-tailed Godwits over, two Spotted Flycatchers, a Hobby and 12 Swifts. (Nick Goatman).

Saul Warth     At high tide 85 Shelducks, 150 Dunlins, 150 Ringed Plovers, three Oystercatchers, seven Curlews, a Whimbrel, six Skylarks, hirundines still arriving 50+ Swallows, 10+ House Martins and 80+ Sand Martins. (MK).

Maisemore    Two Egyptian Geese, nine Ringed Plovers and a Little Egret at the Leadon Meadows early evening. (Andy Jayne).

Aylburton Warth/Guscar Rocks     WeBS count today birds included 18 Canada Geese, nine Shelducks, six Mallards, three Oystercatchers, 19 Curlews, three Whimbrels, four Redshanks, three Black-headed Gulls, two Lesser Black-backed Gulls, ten Herring Gulls, 5+ Skylarks, five Swallows, five Meadow Pipits, two Reed Warblers, a Blackcap, a Chiffchaff, 40 Carrion Crows and five Linnets. (Mike Smart).

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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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