Wednesday 16th September 2026

Saul Warth     Between 6:50-10:30am at low tide 40 Avocets, 114 Curlews, ten Dunlins, 40 Ringed Plovers, 108 Shelducks, a Greenshank, ten Grey Herons, two Little Egrets, a Common Crane, the escaped Greater Flamingo, three Swallows, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Sedge Warbler, two Blackcaps, three Chiffchaffs, a Jay, two Skylarks, five Meadow Pipits and a Clouded Yellow. (MK).

Blackcap by Mike King

Sedge Warbler by Mike King

Forest of Dean     Around the Crabtree Hill area this morning, birds included five Ravens, two Jays, a Sparrowhawk, a Green Woodpecker, a Buzzard, several flocks of Goldfinches and two pairs of Stonechats, also many Clouded Yellows. (Martin Price).

Cotswold Water Park East     This morning around Pits 125, 126 and 127, and the three 111 pits birds included five Cetti’s Warblers, three Egyptian Geese and Water Rail on Pit 125, seven Red Crested Pochards on Pit 111a and 22 young Tufted Ducks on Pit 111b. (Ian Ralphs).

Eastleach Downs     Three Wheatears this afternoon. (Ian Ralphs).

Wheatear by 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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