Author Archives: The Gloster Birder

Frampton     At the pools this evening pools 60+ Bar-tailed Godwits going E, adult and first-summer LITTLE GULLS, a Yellow Wagtail, an Oystercatcher, a Swift and 150+ Sand Martins, also 24 Bar-tailed Godwits over garden in the village going E. … Continue reading →

Frampton     An adult and a first-summer LITTLE GULLS on the Sailing Lake. A Grasshopper Warbler still reeling nearby and the Ross’s Goose on Court field. Also today five Black-tailed Godwits, a Bar-Tailed Godwit, a Common Sandpiper, eight Swifts, 12 … Continue reading →

Frampton pools     An ARCTIC TERN, eight LITTLE GULLS, two Common Terns, a Swift, a Grasshopper Warbler, 11 Reed Warblers, four Sedge Warblers, seven Whitethroats, two Yellow Wagtails, five Willow Warblers, 48 Blackcaps, 30 Chiffchaffs, three Common Sandpipers, the Ross’s … Continue reading →

Prestbury Hill     In the Butterfly reserve this evening two Cuckoos, two Redstarts, two Mistle Thrushes and a Song Thrush. (Dave Abrams & Hannah Willoughby). Cuckoo by Dave Abrams Gloucester     At Horsbere Brook five Whinchats, 33 Linnets, two Buzzards, a … Continue reading →

Frampton    Along the towpath N of Splatt Bridge this morning a SWIFT went through N with 250+ Sand Martins, a Greenshank, a Whimbrel, three Redshanks, a Black-tailed Godwit, six Common Sandpipers, two Little Egrets, a Peregrine flew S down … Continue reading →

Bullo Pill     A Blue-headed Wagtail and a Yellow Wagtail in a horse paddock early evening. (Lewis Thomson). Yellow & Blue-headed Wagtails by Lewis Thomson WWT Slimbridge     A singing LESSER WHITETHROAT moving along the W side of the overflow … Continue reading →

Cleeve Hill    An adult male HEN HARRIER flew over near the radio masts at 2:10pm. (Steve Owen). This morning four RING OUZELS (3m, 1f), a Red Kite, three Yellowhammers, a male Redstart, two Wheatears, a Willow Warbler and at … Continue reading →

Frampton     An adult and first-summer LITTLE GULL on the Sailing Lake from lunchtime today. (Nick Goatman/Ken Heron). At 7:30pm two first-summer LITTLE GULLS but the adult not seen and seven Common Sandpipers roosting on the jetty. (Gordon Kirk). Two … Continue reading →

Frampton pools     This morning a GRASSHOPPER WARBLER reeling, five Whitethroats, five Willow Warblers, a Garden Warbler, 38 Blackcaps, 31 Chiffchaffs, two Yellow Wagtails, a Common Sandpiper, three Cetti’s Warblers, six Sand Martins, four Shelducks and two Mandarins. (Nick Goatman). … Continue reading →

Kingscote     Ten Wheatears at 11am on posts and in grass field at ST803964 besides the A4135. (Vic Polley). Berkeley     Two male Redstarts at the Deer Park early morning. (Paul Taylor). Rodborough Common     A male Redstart at 9:30am. … Continue reading →