Tuesday 29th September 2026

WWT Slimbridge     A GLOSSY IBIS from Martin Smith hide briefly early morning only. (Martin McGill). On the Rushy a Green Sandpiper, a Greenshank, a Knot, Black-tailed Godwits and Ruff. From Middle Point five Knot, four Bar-tailed Godwits, a Black-tailed Godwit, a Grey Plover and three Ruff. From Zeiss hide a Wood Sandpiper, a Curlew Sandpiper, four Little Stints, 250 Dunlins, eight Ringed Plovers, six Spotted Redshanks, a Pink-footed Goose of unknown origin, a BITTERN, a Goshawk, a Marsh Harrier, a Peregrine, 20+ Cattle Egrets and a Great White Egret. (Ian Ralphs/Warren Gill/Martin Price/Terry Stevenson).

Frampton     On Court Lake Court a Hobby, four Swallows, five Great White Egrets, 29 Cattle Egrets and four Grey Herons. (Nick Goatman).

Rodley     No sign of the Turtle Dove today. Lots of Collared Doves, nine Stock Doves, 14 Skylarks, 20 Linnets, 20 Goldfinches, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, four Chiffchaffs, a female Blackcap, four Swallows and two Ravens. (MK).

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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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