Thursday 27th 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 a ringtail HEN HARRIER this afternoon. (per Rich Baatsen).

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     At high tide this morning 17 Teal, 33 Avocets, four Black-tailed Godwits, 100 Curlews, a Little Stint, a Turnstone, eight Sanderlings, 250 Ringed Plovers, 100 Dunlins, a Common Sandpiper, 15 Cattle Egrets, the escaped Greater Flamingo was very close, two Wheatears, a Whitethroat, two Chiffchaffs, two Rock Pipits and nine Swallows. (MK).

Greater Flamingo by Mike King

Whitethroat by Mike King

Sharpness to Berkeley Pill     This evening a Grasshopper Warbler, two Spotted Flycatchers, a Whinchat, seven Black-tailed Godwits, six Teal and a Willow Warbler. (Andy Jordan).

WWT Slimbridge     Two Spotted Redshanks, a Green Sandpiper, a Snipe several Ruff, Redshanks and Lapwings on the Rushy. A Greenshank on Tack Piece still. From Middle Point eight Bar-tailed Godwits, ten Ringed Plovers, a Dunlin, 14 Pintails and five Wigeon. A SPOONBILL on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide. (Roberta Goodall/John Budd).

Frampton pools     In the Court Lake roost this evening 28 Cattle Egrets, a Great White Egret, nine Little Egrets and three Grey Herons. (Nick Goatman).

Halmore area     Along hedges and woodland edges off Slimbridge Lane this morning male, female and juvenile Redstarts feeding on blackberries, a Lesser Whitethroat , two Whitethroats, three Spotted Flycatchers, two Blackcaps, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, a Greenfinch, eight Long-tailed Tits and a Kestrel. (Chris Newton).

Redstart by Chris Newton
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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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