Author Archives: The Gloster Birder

Frampton     An ALPINE SWIFT over the pools at 5:30pm for about 10 minutes but may have been present earlier as a swift sp was reported. Earlier a COMMON TERN, a Willow Warbler, a Swallow, 150+ Sand Martins, a first-winter … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     The drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL displaying to Eurasian Teal on the Bottom New Piece. First summer male Goldeneye and 797 Black-tailed Godwits on South Lake. A Red Kite over S at midday. A Willow Warbler singing in the … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A SPOONBILL around the grounds. (Mark Hobson). A Little Ringed Plover on the Rushy and 12 Ringed Plovers from Estuary Tower. A Swallow and a Sand Martin feeding over South Lake. (Slimbridge Sightings). Frampton     On the … Continue reading →

Cleeve Hill     Three male RING OUZELS this morning at 9:15am. (Greg Mabbett). No sign this evening but two Wheatears SE of the masts. (Mark Hobson). Ring Ouzel by Greg Mabbett Chedworth     Two Wheatears late afternoon on the Airfield. … Continue reading →

Frampton     Four Cattle Egrets flew N at Fretherne Bridge at 6:15am. Along the canal and on the flashes an adult KITTIWAKE briefly with 500+ Black-headed Gulls, a Great White Egret, five Bar-tailed Godwits, seven Redshanks, 80+ Curlews, a male … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning a Ringed Plover, four Bar-tailed Godwits, three Black-tailed Godwits, 120+ Curlews, a Redshank, 12 Oystercatchers and a Dunlin. (MK). Bar-tailed Godwits by Mike King Frampton    On the flashes N of Splatt … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge    A WILLOW WARBLER singing in the NE corner of the Tack Piece at 10:20am. (Martin McGill). On the Dumbles at high tide six Bar-tailed Godwits, a Little Ringed Plover and a Ringed Plover. Still 196 White-fronted Geese … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL mostly on the Knott hide pool, but occasionally mobile between hides. (Scott Petrek). Also five Mediterranean Gulls on South Lake and a drake Mandarin on the pool by the entrance boardwalk. (Neil Smart/Geoff … Continue reading →

Twyning     The second-winter ICELAND GULL on the Great Hay Meadow again from 9:15-9:30am viewed from Dock Lane picnic site, Bredon (Worcs) but always quite distant. (Les Ditchburn). It returned at 1:31pm to the gull roost but only for an … Continue reading →

Twyning     An ICELAND GULL on the Great Hay Meadow early afternoon (for the 2nd day) ⁦then drifted N. Also two Mediterranean Gulls, an adult and a second summer. (Francis Peplow). Frampton pools     A FIRECREST at 7:45am at the … Continue reading →