Sunday 20th September 2026

WWT Slimbridge    33 Knots on the Rushy today, also four Greenshanks, eight Spotted Redshanks, seven Snipe, a Little Egret, 12 Black-tailed Godwits and four Garganeys. (Tan Grigg/Martin Price). An OSPREY off of the Dumbles at 4pm. (Martin McGill). A brief sighting of a Water Rail from Martin Smith hide at 10:50am. (Molly Gould).

Saul Warth     Early morning, no tide, 150 Curlews, seven Bar-tailed Godwits, a Greenshank, two Knot, two Ringed Plovers, 29 Avocets, 12 Grey Herons, four Little Egrets, a Grey Wagtail, six Meadow Pipits, nine Swallows, a House Martin, two Stonechats, five Chiffchaffs, two Blackcaps, a Raven and a Clouded Yellow. (MK).

Stonechat by Mike King

Clouded Yellow by Mike King

Walmore Common     210 Greylags, four Lapwings, six Snipe, a Red Kite, a female Peregrine with prey, a Kingfisher, a Sedge Warbler, two Whinchats, three Stonechats and 23 Meadow Pipits over SW. (Andy Jayne).

Frampton pools     22 Cattle Egrets, two Great White Egrets, a Green Sandpiper, a Hobby, ten House Martins, 14 Swallows, three Sand Martins, 30 Chiffchaffs, three Blackcaps, three Wigeon, 26 Teal, three Shovelers, nine Tufted Ducks, 42 Gadwalls, 32 Mallards and 86 Greenfinches on the sunflower field. (Nick Goatman).

Cashes Green     A BLACK KITE reported heading northward along the line of the Cotswold escarpment, viewed for a couple of minutes at 8am, before disappearing over Standish.  (Rebecca & Richard Lansdown).

Halmore     In the woods today a Goshawk, a Hobby hawking for dragonflies, a Kestrel and two Buzzards, a Kingfisher, two Bullfinches, a Greenfinch, many Spotted Flycatchers, two Willow Warblers, 100+ Chiffchaffs, two Blackcaps, two Coal Tits, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Green Woodpecker, a Nuthatch and three Jays. (Chris Newton).

Goshawk by Chris Newton

Prestbury     A male Whinchat on a fence on Noverton Farm today at 11:11am. (Ken Heron).

Unknown's avatar

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.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink.