Tuesday 25th 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 . It has almost completed its moult and will probably not be around much longer. Also five Whinchats, ten Corn Buntings, a Wheatear, a Stonechat, a Yellowhammer and a Redstart. (Jon Mercer/Roberta Goodall/Mil Petkovic).

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 Mil Petkovic

Whinchat by Mil Petkovic

Awre     This morning a Hobby, three Whinchats, two Yellow Wagtails and seven Reed Buntings. At Broadoak six Lapwings, a Greenshank, a Common Sandpiper and two Little Egrets. (Andy Jayne).

Saul Warth     Early morning a female Shoveler, scarce here, 20 Avocets, 141 Curlews, 200 Ringed Plovers, 100 Dunlins, five Sanderlings, two Turnstones, 200 more distant small waders, a Peregrine, 21 Cattle Egrets, two Wheatears, two Yellow Wagtails, a Whitethroat and three Chiffchaffs. (MK).

Yellow Wagtail by Mike King

Cattle Egret by Mike King

Fairford     37 Yellow Wagtails at a pool on Upper Green near the centre of the village this afternoon. (Steve Kear).

Barnsley Warren SSSI     Mid morning on the Fosse Way spur, 4+ Red Kites, two Buzzards, two Ravens, two Redstarts and a small group of Linnets. Butterflies, included a Clouded Yellow, a Chalkhill Blue, two Adonis Blues, two Common Blues and many Small Heaths. (Steve Brown).

Leckhampton     This afternoon, a Clouded Yellow, a garden tick, and a Ruddy Darter. A Great Spotted Woodpecker heard. (Kim & Steve Brown).

WWT Slimbridge     Around the grounds this morning, 13 Ruff, a Grey Plover, three Little Ringed Plover, four Green Sandpipers, a Common Sandpiper, three Spotted Redshanks and a Whinchat. (Ian Ralphs).

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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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