Author Archives: The Gloster Birder

Frampton     A juvenile Little Owl this evening. (Marc Freebrey). Little Owl by Marc Freebrey Forest of Dean    A Red Kite flew over Lower Lydbrook this morning at 11am. (Greg Jones). Coaley     A Peregrine on the church today. (Paul Skirrow). … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     Early morning at least 16 juvenile Yellow Wagtails. At high tide 64 Curlews, a Whimbrel, 60 Avocets, four Black-tailed Godwits, three Oystercatchers, two Common Sandpipers, three Redshanks, 20 Dunlins, five Knot, a Mediterranean Gull and 28 Shelducks. … Continue reading →

Forest of Dean     A male Crossbill, a Spotted Flycatcher, two Garden Warblers and a minimum of 60 House Martins, seven Stonechats and 12 Tree Pipits around Woorgreens this morning. Also a male Keeled Skimmer. (Andy Jayne). c10 Swifts in … Continue reading →

Cotswold Water Park East     On Pit 132 early morning up to 40 Little Egrets and two Great White Egrets together. Also a minimum of six Green and Common Sandpipers and two Snipe. (Duncan Dine). On Pit 127 a Tufted … Continue reading →

Maisemore     From Church Road, viewing Court lake a female Tufted Duck and five ducklings. (John Fletcher). Ashleworth Ham     This afternoon birds included 26 Greylags, 16 Mallards, a Teal, a Wigeon, a Moorhen, seven Lapwings including two large fledged chicks, … Continue reading →

Frampton pools    Around the pools a Mediterranean Gull on Court field, also the Ross’s Goose, a Bar-headed Goose 46 Greylags, 117 Barnacle Geese, 28 Canada Geese, 50+ Swifts, six Common Terns, two juvenile Grasshopper Warblers and an adult reeling … Continue reading →

North Cerney    A QUAIL calling this morning at 6am. (Dave Soons). Coombe Hill Meadows    Grass cutting today brought in 8+ Red Kites and 4+ Buzzards. (Paul Clark). Cherington     Two Red Kites at 11:35am. (Dan Underhill). Forest of … Continue reading →

Slimbridge     A QUAIL calling at Shepherds Patch at 10:30pm. Also a Yellow Wagtail over late evening. (Derek Julian). Cotswold Water Park East     At Pit 132 this morning a Wood Sandpiper, 12 Green Sandpipers, four Common Sandpipers, a Ruff, … Continue reading →

Highnam     A Hobby flew over N near the Church this afternoon at 2:22pm. (Clare McLeod). Norton     Four Red Kites over together late morning. (Martin Price). WWT Slimbridge     Two Greenshanks from Zeiss hide and the summer-plumaged Spotted Redshank … Continue reading →

Coaley     This evening at 9:30pm two Hobbies feeding and a flock of 50+ Swifts heading S. (Paul Skirrow). Coombe Hill Meadows     Two QUAIL calling regularly N of the canal, one heard from the car park at 11am, the … Continue reading →