Author Archives: The Gloster Birder

Highnam Woods     A SPOTTED FLYCATCHER, a Hawfinch and a Red Kite flew E today. (Andy Jayne). A Hawfinch, a Marsh Tit, a Coal Tit, 15 Song Thrushes, a Green Woodpecker, four Stock Doves, a Nuthatch, 15+ Blackcaps, 10+ Chiffchaffs, … Continue reading →

Cotswold Water Park West     A WOOD SANDPIPER at Shorncote this morning. (Dave Creber). Frampton     From the sailing club to the field S of the Sailing Lake a Lesser Whitethroat, a Grasshopper Warbler, two Whitethroats, five Reed Warblers, two … Continue reading →

Frampton     On the flashes N of Splatt Bridge from the towpath a Spotted Redshank, three Greenshanks, three Redshanks, three Little Egrets, a Wheatear, a Whinchat, a Raven, a Swift and 259+ Swallows on passage N. (Neil Smart/MK). A Cuckoo … Continue reading →

Gloucester    A WHITE-TAILED EAGLE flew over Gloucester mid-afternoon, then drifted over the tip and headed W in the Slimbridge direction. (Ed Drewitt). Gareth Jones also saw it over Westbury-on-Severn. Frampton     A Whinchat and a Grasshopper Warbler at the … Continue reading →

Sharpness     Two Hobbies past and six Arctic Terns past SARA by 8am. (Paul Taylor). Frampton     From the towpath N of Splatt Bridge at 6am three Greenshanks, a Snipe, a pair of Gadwalls, three Little Egrets and 50 Swallows. … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     This morning 27 Bar-tailed Godwits, five Whimbrels, a Curlew, a Ringed Plover, two Dunlins, a Peregrine, a Yellow Wagtail and a 2nd calendar year MEDITERRANEAN GULL. (Paul Masters).  At Hock Ditch after high tide c6 Whimbrels and … Continue reading →

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 →