Thursday 8th October 2026

WWT Slimbridge     Two PECTORAL SANDPIPERS again from Zeiss hide today. From Middle Point eight Grey Plovers, 13 Golden Plovers, 250 Dunlins and a Knot. (Ian Ralphs). 17 Cattle Egrets on the sea wall at Middle Point today following the cattle. (Terry Stevenson). Just one Cattle Egret on the Rushy this evening. (Tim McGrath).

Saul Warth     Early morning at high tide 205 Curlews, 21 Grey Plovers, 180 Avocets, 300 Dunlins, two Sanderlings, three Little Stints, 92 Shelducks, 33 Teal, the escaped female Greater Flamingo, six Grey Herons, five Little Egrets, a female Marsh Harrier, a Kestrel, a Sparrowhawk, four Chiffchaffs, five Reed Buntings and four Stonechats. (MK).

Avocets by Mike King

Greater Flamingo by Mike King

Cerney Wick     Along the the old railway line this morning, just in Glos, 16 Cattle Egrets including a least one juvenile. (Duncan Dine).

Huntley     A Wheatear at the sewage treatment works this morning. (Owen Follis).

Nailsworth     In the Chavenage Lane area 17 Red Kites, 100+ Skylarks, nine Buzzards, three Kestrels, 14 Corn Buntings, 400+ Common Gulls following farming activities, and a Clouded Yellow butterfly. At Barton End nine Red Kites, 150+ Skylarks and four Buzzards. Maybe some overlap between the Kites at the two sites. (Terry Grant).

Longlevens    Two Red Kites flew over low at 11:05am heading E, also a female Sparrowhawk. (Dave Stone).

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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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