Author Archives: The Gloster Birder

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning six Grey Plovers, five Bar-tailed Godwits, ten Knot, 200+ Dunlins, 10+ Ringed Plovers, 80+ Curlews, 12 Little Egrets, two Grey Herons, a Wheatear, 12 Meadow Pipits, 100+ Goldfinches, two Swallows, a Chiffchaff … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     At high tide six Grey Plovers, 300+ Dunlins, 2+ Ringed Plovers, two Curlews, 11 Little Egrets, seven Grey Herons, a Peregrine, a Kestrel, two Buzzards, a Wheatear, six Meadow Pipits, a Grey Wagtail, two Jays and a … Continue reading →

Stinchcombe Hill     This morning a Wheatear, two Spotted Flycatchers, 11 Chiffchaffs, four Nuthatches, 42+ Pied Wagtails, several Coal Tits, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Siskin. (Neil Smart). Saul Warth     At high tide two Grey Herons, three Little … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     11 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE circling the Trust from 7:55am, the first of the autumn. (Martin McGill). Also today from Robbie Garnett hide c60 Teal, 40 Gadwalls, 30 Wigeon and six Canada Geese. From Martin Smith hide a … Continue reading →

Saul Warth    At high tide this morning nine Grey Herons, eight Little Egrets, 30+ Shelducks, three Grey Plovers, 200+ Dunlins, 50+ Ringed Plovers, a Knot, two Bar-tailed Godwits, 58 Curlews, two Common Gulls, a Wheatear, a Meadow Pipit, two … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge    A FIRECREST in the Willows by the Goose House at 10:10am. Also ten Common Terns resting on the river mud. (Roberta Goodall). An Arctic Tern flew downriver. (Neil Smart). The SPOONBILL was feeding at Middle Point at … Continue reading →

Berkeley shore/pill  Two Whinchats, two Stonechats, 12 Wheatears and a Yellow Wagtail over. Also a Bar-tailed Godwit and a Common Sandpiper. (Paul Taylor). Witcombe Reservoirs    This morning 50+ House Martins, then flew S, four Swallows, a Grey Wagtail, male … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     This morning three Grey Herons, seven Little Egrets, 100+ Curlews, three new Wheatears, 70+ Goldfinches, seven Meadow Pipits, two Chiffchaffs, a male Blackcap, two Swallows, seven Ravens and a Small Copper. (MK). Wheatear by Mike King Blackcap … Continue reading →

Frampton     At Splatt this morning ten Chiffchaffs, three Blackcaps, two Cetti’s Warblers, three Grey Wagtails, three Goldcrests, a Wheatear and a Willow Warbler. A Jay, a Tree Pipit and 43 Meadow Pipits S. A flock of waders flew to … Continue reading →

Stinchcombe Hill     Four Wheatears, up to 75 Pied Wagtails, at least six Chiffchaffs singing and 10 Meadow Pipits. (James Robinson). Saul Warth     At high tide 28 Avocets, two Little Egrets, four Grey Herons, three House Martins, six Swallows, … Continue reading →