Author Archives: The Gloster Birder

Frampton     At Court Lake an  adult Mediterranean Gull on Court field also good numbers of young Black-headed Gulls. Also a Hobby hunting over the lake, the Ross’s Goose still and eight Swifts this evening. (Nick Goatman). Saul Warth    … Continue reading →

Wormington    Two QUAILS calling N of Wormington but inside the Glos County border at 6:40pm. (Pete Grimmitt). Tresham     Late morning a QUAIL calling still. (Paul Rich).

Frampton pools    Two Spotted Flycatchers between the landfill site by the Gravel Wash and the mall overgrown pond beside the path to the Perryway. (Shane Long). At Court Lake the Ross’s Goose, a Bar-headed Goose and Bar-headed x Snow … Continue reading →

Tewkesbury    An adult ROSE-COLOURED STARLING yesterday in Prior’s Park photographed at 5pm and returned twice to feed. (per Tim Cash). Three Peregrines (2 adults and a juvenile) together soaring over the river at Tewkesbury Ham and Mythe meadows at … Continue reading →

Bourton-on-the-Water     An adult and a juvenile Yellow Wagtail in a field of beans near Aston Farm. (Andy Lewis). Coombe Hill Meadows    At least three male Whinchats feeding from the tops of the Docks and a juvenile Redstart in … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge    An OSPREY resting on a floating log and drifting downstream off New Grounds/Awre this morning. (Martin McGill). Two Grasshopper Warblers reeling at Mid Point. On the Rushy a first summer Mediterranean Gull. From Robbie Garnett the summer … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A breeding plumaged Spotted Redshank on the Top New Piece. Also an adult Wood Sandpiper, a Green Sandpiper and 90 Black-tailed Godwits flew off from there. A Grasshopper Warbler still reeling and showing occasionally at Mid Point. … Continue reading →

Coombe Hill Meadows     A Great White Egret, a Little Egret, five Green Sandpipers, two Common Sandpipers, five Teal, a female Tufted Duck, two juvenile Yellow Wagtails, two Lesser Whitethroats, a Whitethroat, two Sedge Warblers and a Blackcap. (Ian Hull/Mark … Continue reading →

Coombe Hill Meadows      A fem GARGANEY, four Green Sandpipers, three Black-tailed Godwits, a Great White Egret, a QUAIL calling still, c20 Lapwings and two fledged Lesser Whitethroats. (Ian Hull). Twyning Fleet    60 Canada Geese in a creche … Continue reading →

Cotswold Water Park East     At Pit 132 three Teal, four Red Crested Pochards, two Oystercatchers, 70 Lapwings, a juvenile Little Ringed Plover, two Common Sandpipers, eight Green Sandpipers, a Greenshank, a Great White Egret, nine Little Egrets, a Red … Continue reading →