Friday 11th September 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 Also a ringtail Harrier briefly, probably a Hen Harrier, three Wheatears, two Stonechats, 20+ Corn Buntings and three Grey Partridges. (Carl Cornish).

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 Carl Cornish

Sharpness     A juvenile GANNET heading NE than cut inland at 7:30am. (Andy Jordan).

Gannet by Andy Jordan (BoC record shot)

Saul Warth     Early morning high tide 6:15-10am 76 Avocets, 148 Curlews, two Knots, four Curlew Sandpipers, two Little Stints, 20 Sanderlings, 200+ Dunlins, 100 Ringed Plovers, a Turnstone, two Hobbies hunting over the river in tandem, 167 Shelducks, two Little Egrets, two Rock Pipits, five Meadow Pipits, two Ravens, four Sand Martins and 26 Swallows. (MK/Martin McGill/Steve Rickard).

Little Stint by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge    18 Knot on South Lake this morning. Two Marsh Harriers from Zeiss hide. Five Curlew Sandpipers, three Little Stints and 24 Sanderlings on the Top New Piece. Two Spotted Flycatchers along the Summer Walkway just past the pill box above the newly mown fence line. (Ian Hull/Ian Ralphs/Ian Sherriffs).

Frampton pools     42 Cattle Egrets, three Great White Egrets, a Wheatear, two Yellow Wagtails, a Hobby, a Sparrowhawk, six Buzzards, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, 65 Robins, 36 Swallows, 12 House Martins, 18 Sand Martins, 31 Chiffchaffs, 11 Blackcaps and two Clouded Yellows and three Brown Argus. (Nick Goatman).

Cleeve Hill     Between 11:45am-3:15pm, on a circular walk from the Radio Masts via Wontley Barn, Postlip Hall and back, three Ravens, three Whinchats, 15 Stonechats, four Goldfinches, c30 Linnets, c70 Meadow Pipits, c70 Skylarks, three Yellowhammers, c10 Chiffchaffs, ten Long-tailed Tits, three Red Kites, two Swallows, c40 migrating House Martins, two Blackcaps, a Kestrel, a Nuthatch, a Coal Tit, a Goldcrest, a Marsh Tit, eight Chaffinches, eight Pied Wagtails, 20 Jackdaws, 20 Rooks, a Green Woodpecker, an adult male Redstart near the heather enclosure and a Song Thrush. (Rob & Petra Crofton).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Hook 13 Mute Swans, five Canada Geese, two Egyptian Geese, two Teal, 35 Mallards, a Tufted Duck, two Cormorants, a Grey Heron, a Moorhen, a Buzzard, a Cetti’s Warbler, two Chiffchaffs, 20 Linnets, 20 Goldfinches, five Greenfinches and two Reed Bunting. (Shaun Curtis/Mike Smart).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning 3+ Buzzards, two Red Kites, two Ravens, a Green Woodpecker, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10+ House Martins, 6+ Swallows, three Meadow Pipits, two Bullfinches, 30+ Clouded Yellow butterflies, 10+ Migrant Hawkers and 5+ Willow Emerald damselflies. (Paul Clark).

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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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