Author Archives: The Gloster Birder

Purton     Five KITTIWAKES flew upriver at 8:27am. (per RBA). WWT Slimbridge     On the Rushy this morning a female Ruddy Shelduck, 33 Shelducks and two broods, a pair of Teal, a female Wigeon paired to a hybrid male, 50 … Continue reading →

Upton St Leonard’s     A Red Kite over at 7:50am. (Vanda Owen). Coombe Hill Meadows    c10 Avocets, Lapwings, a Curlew, a Buzzard, a Skylark, Grey Heron, a Whitethroat, a Sedge Warbler and a Chiffchaff. (Richard Badley). Pics by Richard. Frampton … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     This afternoon six Oystercatchers, a Curlew and 300+ Shelducks. In the shelter of Dunstall’s Wood many butterflies and dragonflies including Large Skipper, Meadow Browns and Small Tortoiseshells and Emperor dragonflies, Black-tailed Skimmers and Common Blue damselflies. (MK). … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A PALE-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE briefly on South Lake today. On the Rushy a drake GARGANEY, a Green Sandpiper, two pairs of Avocets nesting and a pair with a chick, a pair of Little Ringed Plovers, a pair … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge    Greenshank and Dunlin on the Top New Piece and a small flock of waders on the Severn from Mid Point including 15 Sanderlings, nine Dunlins, 46 Ringed Plovers, a Grey Plover and a Bar-tailed Godwit. Slimbridge Wetland … Continue reading →

Forest of Dean    At Clearwell Caves this morning, four Buzzards, a Green Woodpecker and a Song Thrush. At Nagshead a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Stock Dove, three Song Thrushes, a Wood Warbler, a male Mandarin, a Buzzard and six … Continue reading →

Forest of Dean     A juvenile Crossbill at May Hill at SO695214. Other birds included male and female Redstart, Tree Pipits, a Willow Warbler, a Stonechat, Linnets and a Mistle Thrush. (David Dexter). Pic by David. Cleeve Hill     This … Continue reading →

Frampton pools     A TURTLE DOVE flew over heading towards Severn this evening. (Nick Goatman). Daneway Banks     A singing male Redstart and 2+ Large Blue butterflies today. (Duncan Dine). Frampton Cotterell     A Peregrine hunting this evening. Also at … Continue reading →

Cambridge     At Ryall’s Lane the Grasshopper Warbler still reeling in a hedge near Wickster’s Brook off of the River Cam this morning 5:35-7:45am at least, showing occasionally. Also a pair of Mandarins and a female with a duckling, a … Continue reading →

Selsley Common     This morning a Spotted Flycatcher, a Nuthatch, c15 Linnets, 20+ Skylarks, a Swift, many Swallows, c12 House Martins and a male Kestrel. Also many Adonis Blues and an exceptional number of first-generation Small Blues over almost the … Continue reading →