Wednesday 5th August 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 . (Ian Ralphs).

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).

Long-tailed Shrike by Ian Ralphs

Saul Warth     At 6am low tide 89 Curlews, a Whimbrel, 14 Black-tailed Godwits, 15 Avocets, three Oystercatchers, six Ringed Plovers, two Dunlins, a Turnstone, a Great White Egret, three Little Egrets, the escaped Greater Flamingo, two Common Terns, a Peregrine, an unseasonal Rock Pipit, six Swallows, a Skylark, a Lesser Whitethroat, two Whitethroats, two Chiffchaffs and a pair of Greenfinches scarce here. (MK).

Greenfinch & Lesser Whitethroat by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     The Wood Sandpiper still on the Tack Piece today. (Terry Stevenson).

Frampton pools     Around the pools today 67 Chiffchaffs, two Willow Warblers, 15 Blackcaps, seven Whitethroats, 20 Swifts, 45 Sand Martins, four House Martins, eight Swallows, two Spotted Flycatchers, 93 Mallards, a Teal, 212 Coots, a Little Grebe, eight Great Crested Grebes with five young, a Great White Egret, two Sparrowhawks, five Buzzards, a Yellow-legged Gull and five Common Terns. (Nick Goatman).

Cotswold Water Park West     A Red Crested Pochard and three ducklings on Pit 32 today. (John Holland).

Nailsworth     Two Swifts, a Sparrowhawk family and a Jersey Tiger moth today. (Terry Grant).

Jersey Tiger by Terry Grant
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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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