Author Archives: The Gloster Birder

Stinchcombe Hill     A male RING OUZEL by the 9th tee this morning. (James Robinson). Saul Warth     Early morning no tide three Whimbrels, 100 Avocets under the mud shelf, six Curlews, a Little Egret, a male Marsh Harrier hunting … Continue reading →

Stinchcombe Hill     Early morning a WOODLARK flushed from 14th tee and flew towards the club house. (Craig Brookes). Gloucester     Along the Severn Way by Hempsted tip two Shelducks, four Curlews, a Green Sandpiper, a Sand Martin, a Cetti’s … Continue reading →

Coombe Hill Meadows     This afternoon a breeding plumage WOOD SANDPIPER, but flushed by a helicopter, two Dunlins, a Little Ringed Plover, a Red Kite, a Sedge Warbler, two Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroat, two Blackcaps, two Redstarts and a Swallow. … Continue reading →

Berkeley shore     Two Grey Herons, 12 Shelducks, 14 Mallards, two Teal, two Wigeon, six Canada Geese, five Redshanks, three Oystercatchers, three Curlews, five Common  Sandpipers, a Ringed Plover, four Dunlins, three Common Gulls, 166 Black-headed Gulls, two Peregrines, a … Continue reading →

Stinchcombe Hill    A male Pied Flycatcher at Drakestone Point, a female RING OUZEL on the 18th fairway, a male Wheatear and the probable Siberian Chiffchaff still calling this morning. Also a steady movement of Swallows heading W. (James Robinson). … Continue reading →

Cam     An adult male RING OUZEL in a field near Cam Peak this morning at 9:45am at ST766993. (Steve R Brown per Gord Avery). Cleeve Hill     This morning two RING OUZELS still present in the same area as … Continue reading →

Cleeve Hill     Five RING OUZELS feeding on the common, going in and out of nearby gorse bushes. What3words location ///twitching.cocktail.qualified, looking toward the antenna masts. (David Douglas). Cotswold Water Park West     A WHITE STORK soared over Pit 201b … Continue reading →

Sharpness     A KUMLIEN’S GULL briefly early this morning in sheep fields between Sharpness and Berkeley before heading north, but not relocated in a thorough search. (Andy Jordan). Kumlien’s Gull by Andy Jordan Kumlien’s Gull by Andy Jordan WWT Slimbridge  … Continue reading →

Frampton     A SWIFT over the sailing lake at lunchtime. This morning a LESSER WHITETHROAT singing in the scrub there. (Nick Goatman). Cleeve Hill     Five RING OUZELS still on the slopes above the heather enclosure late morning. (Ali Clifton … Continue reading →

Cleeve Hill     This morning from 10-11:30am six RING OUZELS, 8+ Wheatears, 6+ Stonechats on slopes above the heather enclosure. Also five Willow Warblers, a Raven, a Yellowhammer, a Swallow, numerous Skylarks and 20+ Linnets. (Ewan Urquhart/Paul Masters/Andy Chapman/Roy Shilham/Mark … Continue reading →