Sunday 8th November 2026

WWT Slimbridge     Two PENDULINE TITS from Kingfisher hide feeding on reed mace from 12:25pm until 4pm at least. Hides open 9:30am tomorrow. (Roberta Goodall/Nigel Cramp). At least five Dark-bellied Brent Geese on the Dumbles edge from Estuary Tower this morning. (Roberta Goodall). A BITTERN from Zeiss hide this afternoon. (Julian Gould).

Penduline Tits by Roberta Goodall

Frampton     The drake SCAUP still on the sailing lake today. Also around the pools a female Goldeneye, three Snipe over, a Green Sandpiper, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, three Stonechats, ten Chiffchaffs, one in song, four Bramblings, three Redpolls, nine Siskins, four Bullfinches, 54 Redwings, 15 Fieldfares, 21 Cattle Egrets, two Great White Egrets and 87 Shovelers. (Nick Goatman/Ken Hurcombe/David Creber/Mark Hobson).

Saul Warth     Early morning at high tide, foggy, 30 Avocets, 25 Curlews, four Grey Plovers, 40 Lapwings, four Bar-tailed Godwits, a Pintail, 55 Shelducks, the escaped Greater Flamingo, ten Cattle Egrets, two Little Egrets, a Kestrel, a Sparrowhawk, a Stonechat, 34 Meadow Pipits, a Blackcap, two Chiffchaffs and two Reed Buntings. (MK).

Cattle Egrets by Mike King

Sparrowhawk by Mike King

Tewkesbury    At Mitton, along the Avon just N of Tewkesbury, 190 Wigeon grazing on a dry grass field with the wet ditch in the middle. (Mike Smart).

Cotswolds     Late news for yesterday, a HOOPOE reported flying up off the road and into a tree, seen whilst driving between Southrop and Quenington. (Pete Wright).

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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, Thailand and most recently Kenya.
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