Author Archives: The Gloster Birder

WWT Slimbridge     Late morning from Zeiss hide the summer plumage Spotted Redshank again, two Oystercatchers, five Little Ringed Plovers, three Knot, 3+ Ruff and a Reeve, five Dunlins and a Green Sandpiper, also Avocets, Lapwings, Black-tailed Godwits and Redshanks. … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     From Mid Point this morning a FULMAR floating down on the falling tide at 11:15am. Also a Whimbrel, three Common Sandpipers, 80+ Curlews, eight Oystercatchers, two Grey Herons and four Little Egrets. (Paul Masters/Les Ditchburn/MK). Pic by … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     On South Lake 54 Black-tailed Godwits, two Ruff and a Common Sandpiper. The female Ruddy Shelduck from Stephen Kirk hide. On the Rushy three Green Sandpipers, seven Redshanks and many Gadwalls. (Paul Cousins). Pics by Paul. Cotswolds     At the Hawling … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     An adult KITTIWAKE at 8:26am (MK), seen going back down off of SARA at 9:20am. (Neil Smart). Also 62 Shelducks, 31 Curlews, six Oystercatchers, two Common Sandpipers, a pair of Ravens, a female Kestrel, a Buzzard and … Continue reading →

Frampton     The sub-adult GANNET still on the Sailing Lake today and still present this evening. (Jake King). Pic by Roy Shilham. Also today the 4th pair of Common Terns have chicks, a Kingfisher, 50+ Swifts, 30+ Sand Martins, 12 … Continue reading →

Frampton     A sub-adult GANNET on the Sailing Lake from 6:15pm until 9pm at least. (Richard Williams/Simon Ashley). Pics by Mike. Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning from Grundon hide 35 Lapwings, Avocets including seven juveniles, two Black-tailed Godwits, a … Continue reading →

Daglingworth     Three Hobbies catching chafers for over an hour tonight. Earlier, six Corn Buntings. (Andrew Morrison). Leighterton     Late evening a Barn Owl, a Little Owl, two Yellow Wagtails and at least four singing Corn Buntings . Also four … Continue reading →

Purton     This morning a male Whinchat, six Whimbrels, 26 Curlews and two Crossbills flew over S. (Francis Steuck). Cam     This evening a Hobby harassing Swifts over Tesco. (Jonathan Bull). Gloucester     At 4pm a Little Egret flew low … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     On South Lake four Mediterranean Gulls, three Little Ringed Plovers, 66 Black-tailed Godwits, 75 Avocets and five Oystercatchers. From Zeiss hide four Ruff (3 males and a reeve), a Greenshank, 30+ Redshanks, 81 Avocets, two Oystercatchers, a … Continue reading →

Frampton     The SPOTTED CRAKE again tonight at Splatt Bridge, calling briefly at 10pm. Listen from the gate on the towpath only. (Jonathan Bull). Cotswold Water Park West     At Shorncote a Hobby, a Common Tern, c20 Gadwalls, a Kestrel, … Continue reading →