Wednesday 29th July 2026

Eastleach Downs     The first-summer LONG-TAILED SHRIKE present again today again along the minor road near https://maps.app.goo.gl/2DtRwdBHmTe3Wio89?g_st=iw . (Andy Jordan).

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 The car park will be open 5am to 8pm tomorrow, £5 for charity in the collection box, which will be inside the car park on the left attached to a wooden post. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge    Middle Point had 18 Ringed Plovers on the receding tide and along the fence a Lesser Whitethroat, a Whitethroat, three juvenile Stonechats and a Chiffchaff.
A WOOD SANDPIPER, three Little Ringed Plovers, a Meadow Pipit and 6+ Yellow Wagtails on the Tack Piece. Three Greenshanks and two Spotted Redshanks on the Rushy. (Paul Masters/Paul Clark/Terry Stevenson).

Saul Warth     On a low high tide early morning 28 Avocets, 135 Curlews, two Oystercatchers, a Redshank, a neck collared Barnacle Goose present all month, six Little Egrets, four Grey Herons, a Peregrine killed a Black-headed Gull, a Grey Wagtail, four Whitethroats, three Chiffchaffs, 16 Swallows and  a Reed Bunting. (MK).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area this morning, birds included a Tree Pipit, first for the site, 30+ Mistle Thrushes, a Grasshopper Warbler heard, two Stonechats, 10+Sedge Warblers, four Buzzards, three Grey Herons and four Foxes. (Steve Pullen).

Prestbury     A Clouded Yellow butterfly at Noverton Farm this morning. (Ken Heron).

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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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