Friday 28th 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 again, two Hobbies mobbing a Kestrel, four Red Kites, two Buzzards, four Whinchats, two Wheatears, 10+ Corn Buntings, 50+ Goldfinches and two Ravens. (Steve Brown/Grahame Safe/Alan McIlquham/Mil Petkovic/Dave Soons).

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 Alan McIlquham

Corn Buntings by Mil Petkovic

Lower Littleworth     Belated news of a WRYNECK in a private garden briefly late morning before flying off. No sign today. (David Pryor).

Wryneck by David Pryor

Wryneck by David Pryor

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning 32 Teal, 19 Knot, a Ruff, 30 Avocets, a Black-tailed Godwit, 82 Curlews, three Turnstones, a Grey Plover, four Sanderlings, c200 Ringed Plovers, c200 Dunlins, a Common Sandpiper, a Sparrowhawk, 10+ Cattle Egrets, five Little Egrets, 16 Grey Herons, the escaped Greater Flamingo, two Wheatears and 38 Pied Wagtails and six Linnets on the muck-spread field behind the sewage works. (MK).

Sparrowhawk by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     On the Rushy six Spotted Redshank and four Greenshanks. From Knott hide 15 Little Egrets. Along the Summer Walkway two Yellow Wagtails and two Stonechats. From Middle Point a juvenile Curlew Sandpiper, a Grey Plover, eight Turnstones, 55 Curlews, two Oystercatchers, 130 Ringed Plovers, 50 Dunlins, three Sanderlings, a Little Stint, 19 Knot, earlier at Saul, 19 Little Egrets, five Pintails, 15 Teal, 110 Shelducks, and 140 Black-headed Gulls. (Tim Jukes/Paul Masters/Ian Ralphs). A Kingfisher, a Garganey and a Fox from Martin Smith hide. (Steve Liptrot).

Forest of Dean     Belated news for yesterday, a White Stork over the family trail at central bridge on the left hand side as you walk away from Mallards Pike. (Dhugal & Catherine Fenwick).

Chavenage Lane area     At least four Whinchats today. (Terry Grant).

Gloucester    At Horsbere Brook FSA two Teal, three Snipe, a Kingfisher, juvenile Green Woodpecker, a Stonechat, a Wheatear, a Grey Wagtail and two Reed Buntings. (Andy Jayne).

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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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