Thursday 23rd July 2026

Eastleach Downs     The first-summer LONG-TAILED SHRIKE was present all day again along the minor road at https://maps.app.goo.gl/2DtRwdBHmTe3Wio89?g_st=iw Please do not park on verges, block gates or roads at this busy harvest time. Park in the car park at https://maps.app.goo.gl/iUUEaCKtkdimNaMRA?g_st=iw £5 for charity. The car park will be open 6:45am to 9pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday. (MK). Also around the site today 14 Grey Partridges, a Whinchat and a Stonechat. (Roger Gillespie).

Saul Warth     Early morning, no tide, 51 Shelducks (25 juvs), 80 Avocets, four Oystercatchers, 20 Lapwings, 81 Curlews, 102 Black-tailed Godwits, two Sanderlings, 12 Dunlins, two Little Egrets, two Red Kites, 20 Swallows, four Mistle Thrushes, a Grey Wagtail and eight Pied Wagtails. (MK).

Red Kite by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge    Four red Knots on the Rushy at lunchtime today. Also Spotted Redshank, a leucistic Lapwing and Common Tern. (Roberta Goodall/Terry Stevenson).

Walmore Common     Two Wheatears, 20+ Yellow Wagtails, a Little Egret and a Red Kite at Walmore Common this morning. Nearby a Dunlin, five Common Sandpipers and a Little Egret at Westbury Strand. Single Jersey Tiger moths at both sites. A Ring-necked Parakeet at Quay Lane, Broadoak. (Andy Jayne).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area this morning, two Whinchats with five Stonechats, a family of four Spotted Flycatchers, a Tawny Owl, five Green Woodpeckers, three Grey Herons, five Buzzards, a Sparrowhawk, two Ravens and good numbers of Reed Warblers, Sedge Warblers, Skylarks and Reed Buntings. (Steve Pullen).

Charlton Abbots     At Waterhatch two Green Woodpeckers calling, two Red Kites over and 25+ House Martins. Also butterflies included Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Comma and Red Admiral. (Andrew & Gill Worthington).

Winchcombe     In the garden today, a Treecreeper, 6+ Long-tailed Tits, a Red Kite over and seven Swifts overhead. (Andrew & Gill Worthington).

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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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