Thursday 24th September 2026

WWT Slimbridge     A PECTORAL SANDPIPER throughout the day until 3:30pm at least on the Top New Piece viewed from Zeiss hide but very elusive, sometimes disappearing for up to an hour at a time. Also a GUILLEMOT on the river off of the Dumbles today. (Martin McGill).

Pectoral Sandpiper by Mike King

Saul Warth     From 6:30am at high tide, 250 Curlews, seven Bar-tailed Godwits, 225 Avocets, 25 Ringed Plovers, a Dunlin, five Teal, 20 Wigeon, 80 Shelducks, ten Grey Herons, two Little Egrets, three Common Cranes, two Kestrels, a Chiffchaff, a Blackcap and two male Stonechats. (MK).

Walmore Common    Five Cattle Egrets and ten Great White Egrets flew in at 10:45am. (Andy Jayne).

Frampton pools     This evening a Goshawk, 29 Swallows, two House Martins, 20 Cattle Egrets, ten Little Egrets, four Great White Egrets, 62 Gadwalls, 21 Wigeon, 31 Teal, four Shovelers, 33 Mallards, two Water Rails, a Green Sandpiper, six Little Grebes, three Kingfishers and four Tawny Owls calling. (Nick Goatman).

Cheltenham     At Pittville Park a male and a female Kingfisher, a Grey Heron and a Little Egret. (Alan McIlquham).

Kingfisher by Alan McIlquham
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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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