Monday 5th October 2026

WWT Slimbridge     335 Avocets off of Middle Point this afternoon, a site record. (Ian Hull).

Saul Warth     Early morning no tide, 162 Curlews, three Bar-tailed Godwits, six Grey Plovers, 100 Dunlins, nine Grey Herons, a female Marsh Harrier, two Kestrels, two Swallows flew S, a Chiffchaff, a Reed Bunting, 24 Linnets, 45 Meadow Pipits, a Rock Pipit, a Grey Wagtail, 12 Long-tailed Tits and a male Stonechat. 11 Cattle Egrets with cows in the field across the road from the end of Hock Ditch. (MK).

Cleeve Hill     On the east side including the Wontley loop, 23 Stonechats, a Wheatear, a Whinchat, three Corn Buntings and good numbers of Skylarks, Meadow Pipits and Goldfinches building up, especially in the weedy stubbles along the gallops. (Ian Ralphs). Also this morning a Skylark, a Red Kite, a Buzzard, Linnets, a Yellowhammer and a Snipe flushed from the dew pond. (Howard Smith). Two Curlews flew S this morning calling. (John Kime).

Whinchat with a Stonechat by Ian Ralphs
Yellowhammer by Howard Smith

Frampton     On Court Lake this afternoon two Swallows, a Marsh Harrier, a Great White Egret and four Little Grebes. This evening c50 Cattle Egrets roosted. (Nick Goatman).

Coombe Hill Meadows    This afternoon 3+ Buzzards, a Kestrel, three Ravens, three Bullfinches, two Chiffchaffs and 20+ Linnets. Also 6+ Willow Emerald damselflies, 12+ Migrant Hawkers, 12+ Common Darters and 25+ Clouded Yellow butterflies. (Paul Clark). A Kestrel, a Sparrowhawk, a Long-tailed Tit family, a Goldfinch, a Linnet and Moorhens and Mallards. (Sarah Townsend).

Long-tailed Tit by Sarah Townsend

Lydney/Aylburton     High counts of 47 Grey Plovers and 25 Stonechats between Lydney and Aylburton Warth. Also 35 Teal, seven Golden Plovers, a Whimbrel, five Snipe, four Little Egrets, two Kestrels, a Kingfisher, two Whinchats, 80+ Linnets, six Reed Buntings and 10+ Clouded Yellow butterflies. (Andy Jayne).

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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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