Author Archives: The Gloster Birder

WWT Slimbridge     A Curlew Sandpiper with Dunlin from Zeiss hide today. (Nigel Tucker). Gloucester     A Ring-necked Parakeet flew across Robinswood Hill CP towards St, Barnabas at 2pm (possibly yesterday’s Westgate bird). 40+ Swifts over Tuffley this evening hawking … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     Three Garganeys from Zeiss hide also the Ross’s Goose with 20 Barnacle Geese and two juvenile Arctic Terns off of Middle Point. (Ian Hull). Chavenage Lane/Calcot area     750+ Swifts, mostly heading S, three Spotted Flycatchers, two … Continue reading →

Clapton-on-the-Hill     This afternoon a QUAIL calling in a field just off the footpath between Farmington and Clapton at SP15591701. (Martine Fenn). Tresham     Late afternoon a QUAIL calling and 20+ Swifts heading SW. (Paul Rich). Bourton-on-the-Water    At Bourton … Continue reading →

Coombe Hill Meadows      This morning two Wood Sandpipers, two Common Sandpipers, six Green Sandpipers, five Little Egrets and a Whitethroat. (Geoff Fawcett). Also two Great White Egrets this morning. (Ian Ralphs). Also today a Dunlin, a Snipe, a … Continue reading →

Berkeley shore     At Severn House Farm seven Common Sandpipers, 20 Oystercatchers and a juvenile Yellow Wagtail. (Paul Rich). Coombe Hill Meadows     A Wood Sandpiper, four Green Sandpipers, a Common Sandpiper, six Black-tailed Godwits, three Little Egrets, seven Teal … Continue reading →

Coombe Hill Meadows     At 6:45am a Wood Sandpiper still, three Green Sandpipers, two Whinchats and three Grey Herons. (Jeremy Holland). Frampton pools    An adult Yellow-legged Gull still on the Sailing Lake, also six Common Terns, six Swifts and … Continue reading →

Coombe Hill Meadows    This morning a WOOD SANDPIPER, a Common Sandpiper, four Green Sandpipers, a juvenile Little Ringed Plover, a Snipe, a female Wigeon, a juvenile Shelduck, a female Yellow Wagtail, two Whinchats and two Grey Herons. (Jeremy Holland). … Continue reading →

Coombe Hill Meadows     A Wood Sandpiper this evening, also today seven Green Sandpipers, a juvenile Little Ringed Plover, two Snipe, c40 Lapwings, seven Little Egrets (3 juvs), a juvenile Shelduck, a Common Gull, three Yellow Wagtails and three Buzzards. … Continue reading →

Cotswold Water Park East    At Pit 132 five Green Sandpipers, two Common Sandpipers, five Little Ringed Plovers, two Great White Egrets, nine Little Egrets, a Snipe, a Black-tailed Godwits, an Oystercatcher, two Little Owls, two Reed Warblers, a Whitethroat … Continue reading →

Aylburton Warth to Guscar Rocks     WeBS count today at high tide 29 Canada Geese, 17 Shelducks, four Mallards, four Grey Herons, a Little Egret, a Kestrel, eight Oystercatchers, two Knot, two Whimbrels, 320 Curlews, four Common Sandpipers, a Green … Continue reading →