Tuesday 18th August 2026

Eastleach Downs     The first-summer LONG-TAILED SHRIKE still present today along the minor road near https://maps.app.goo.gl/2DtRwdBHmTe3Wio89?g_st=iw and showing well.

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).

Saul Warth     Early afternoon at high tide 107 Curlews, four Black-tailed Godwits, four Little Egrets, five Grey Herons, the escaped Greater Flamingo, a Red Kite, a Grey Wagtail, a Willow Warbler, two Whitethroats, 100 Swallows, three Clouded Yellows, a Small Copper and Common Blues. (MK).

Clouded Yellows by Mike King

Willow Warbler by Mike King

Lydney to Aylburton Warth     Six Barnacle Geese, 12 Oystercatchers, a Whimbrel, a Bar-tailed Godwit, four Common Sandpipers, 13 Turnstones, a Dunlin, a Red Kite, two Ravens, a Kingfisher, five Stonechats, four Wheatears, five Yellow Wagtails, 100+ each of Linnets and Goldfinches and six Reed Buntings. (Andy Jayne).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area early this morning, a Whinchat, three juvenile Stonechats, 50+ Goldfinches, 10+ Linnets, two Skylarks, two Nuthatches, four Treecreepers, six Mistle Thrushes, three Grey Herons, a Kestrel, two Buzzards, a Fox and two Roe Deer. (Steve Pullen).

WWT Slimbridge    Five Spotted Redshanks on South Lake and a Little Stint on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide. (Warren Gill). A Garganey from Robbie Garnett hide this afternoon. (Les Ditchburn).

Frampton pools     First Greenshank of the year at the sailing lake this evening, also a Green Sandpiper, 11 Cattle Egrets, two Great White Egrets and two Spotted Flycatchers. (Nick Goatman).

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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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