Wednesday 20th May 2026

Frampton     An ARCTIC TERN with six Common Terns on the sailing lake from 1:45pm until 4pm at least. (Nick Goatman). Also a Mediterranean Gull (Ian Hull) and a pair of Mandarins and 20+ Swifts. (MK).

Common Tern by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN in the reeds below Estuary Tower. 13 unringed Common Cranes on the Dumbles, c200 waders at high tide, Ringed Plovers and Dunlins, a Turnstone, three Sanderling, a Little Stint, two CURLEW SANDPIPERS, two Bar-tailed Godwits and 5+ Mediterranean Gulls on the Rushy. (Paul Clark/Paul Masters).

Bittern by Paul Masters

Saul Warth     This morning pre-tide, 40 Shelducks, c150 Dunlins, c150 Ringed Plovers, two Avocets, a Bar-tailed Godwit, four Oystercatchers, five Curlews, a Whimbrel, hirundines still arriving 30+ Swallows, 30+ House Martins and 20+ Sand Martins, a Grey Wagtail and a female Reed Bunting. (MK).

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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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