Author Archives: The Gloster Birder

Hampton Fields     Probably two QUAIL calling today at https://what3words.com/freshest.dominate.adopt (SO 89063 00381) from 6am until 8:30am at least. Please park at or near the junction at SO 88636 00254, and not at the private residences at the end of … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     Early morning a TURTLE DOVE with Feral Pigeons, Collared Doves and Stock Doves around 5-Acre farmyard, viewable from the Rushy and Peng hides, but no further sign later. (Martin McGill). Also the BITTERN flew towards Purton from … Continue reading →

Hampton Fields     A QUAIL calling this afternoon at 5pm until 5:25pm at least at https://what3words.com/freshest.dominate.adopt. (Simon Ashley). Cotswold Water Park East     An OSPREY hunting over Pit 114 at 9am. (James Robinson). Coombe Hill Meadows     A pair of … Continue reading →

Gloucester     The male BLACK REDSTART singing from the top of St Michael’s Tower again this morning. (David Lawrence/Nick Earl). WWT Slimbridge     A Barn Owl briefly inside the nest box at Kingfisher hide at 11:36pm for a few minutes. … Continue reading →

Frampton     Three adult LITTLE GULLS circling high over the sailing lake heading SE at 7:30pm. Also two Great White Egrets and nine Little Egrets and many Painted Ladies this evening. (Nick Goatman). WWT Slimbridge     A LITTLE GULL on … Continue reading →

Gloucester     The male BLACK REDSTART singing loudly this morning on Eastgate Street above Starbucks. It could be heard from Kings Square and New Inn Lane too. (Craig Brookes). Frampton     At the sailing lake a Garden Warbler singing, two … Continue reading →

Saul Warth      At high tide at 6am 60 Shelducks, three Turnstones, a Greenshank, a Grey Plover, 14 Oystercatchers, a Whimbrel, 15 Curlews, a Ringed Plover, four Sanderlings, a Little Egret, seven Swallows, a Jay, scarce here, ten Long-tailed … Continue reading →

Gloucester     The male BLACK REDSTART audible from New Inn Lane again, at 6:30am, but not seen. (Andy Jayne). Later this morning the male BLACK REDSTART seen singing on rooftops from the top of King’s Walk car park. (Keith Colcombe). … Continue reading →

Sherborne Water Meadows     Three Spotted Flycatchers, two Marsh Tits, a Goshawk, two Lesser Whitethroats, a Garden Warbler, a Stonechat, 13 Whitethroats, three Red Kites, a Green Woodpecker and two Great Spotted Woodpeckers today. (Rogan Wolhuter). Saul Warth     Early … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN high over Top New Piece heading N at 11:13am, a Barn Owl from Kingfisher hide and a Marsh Harrier over the Dumbles. (Julian Gould/Molly Gould). Ashleworth Ham     A male Pied Flycatcher reported between Hasfield … Continue reading →