Saturday 10th October 2026

WWT Slimbridge     On the Dumbles at high tide 224 Curlews, a Bar-tailed Godwit, 32 Grey Plovers, 42 Golden Plovers, a female Peregrine, a juvenile Marsh Harrier, the escaped Greater Flamingo, 223 Greylags, 240 Canada Geese, 86 Barnacle Geese, the Snow x Bar-headed Goose hybrid, the Ross’s Goose, 36 Avocets, 39 Great Black-backed Gulls, two Water Rails heard. A Yellowhammer flew in and landed along the summer walkway at 8:25am and two Stonechats. On the Rushy a juvenile Wood Sandpiper, a Green Sandpiper, five Spotted Redshanks, eight Redshanks, a Ruff, a Great White Egret, a Black-tailed Godwit, 18 Snipe and a Kingfisher. A Red Kite over the car park. (Craig Brookes). A GUILLEMOT from Middle Point floating downriver at 10:50am. (per Ian Hull). From Middle Point late morning 12 Cattle Egrets in with the cattle, a Peregrine, a Marsh Harrier, 24+ Common Cranes flew across the river, 40+Dunlins, six Ringed Plovers, five Grey Plovers, an Avocet, four Ravens over and two Stonechats. (Steve Pullen).

Saul Warth     This morning two Marsh Harriers flew N, a Curlew Sandpiper, a Ruff, two Little Stints, 30+ Grey Plovers with c250 Dunlins and the first Redwing of the autumn over. (Gordon Hodgson). Early afternoon, 37 Cattle Egrets following a mower near Fretherne nursery and a Red Kite. Near Hock Cliff three Stonechats and the escaped Greater Flamingo on the mud. (Steve Pullen).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Hook this morning 14 Mute Swans, eight Canada Geese, 44 Egyptian Geese, six Teal, 15 Mallards, two Moorhens and a Black-headed Gull. At Mitton 103 Greylags and a Canada Goose. (Mike Smart).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning 27 Mallards, a female Teal, 22 Moorhens, two Grey Herons, a Grey Wagtail, six Stonechats, 12 Siskins and three Redwings. (Ian Ralphs).

Frampton pools    53 Cattle Egrets on Court Lake this morning. (Nick Goatman).

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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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