Author Archives: The Gloster Birder

Frampton pools     On the Sailing Lake the adult Yellow-legged Gull and 220+ Coots. Court Lake a Hobby mobbing a Buzzard, 60+ Teal, a Great White Egret, four Little Egrets, four Grey Herons and two Green Sandpipers. (MK). Also 12 … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     A Peregrine, three Swallows, three House Martins, three Little Egrets, 10+ Meadow Pipits, two Chiffchaffs and a Raven. (MK). Frampton     On Splatt Flashes N of Splatt Bridge four Curlews, a Little Egret, a Kingfisher, two Chiffchaffs … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     The Spotted Redshank from Robbie Garnett hide early morning, then Zeiss and later Stephen Kirk hide. (MK/Roberta Goodall). Pic by Mike. Cotswold Water Park West     This morning two Little Grebes, two Little Egrets, a pair of … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge    An OSPREY flew off the river and headed inland across the Top New Piece pursued by crows at 12:45pm. (David Bullock). Spotted Redshank from Robbie Garnet hide at 12:50pm. (Matt Lathan). Two Marsh Harriers over the River from Mid … Continue reading →

Winchcombe     A Nightjar roosting in the garden this evening. (George Rayson). Pics by George. Berkeley shore     Six Great White Egrets flew past NE at 10:40am today. Also two Turnstones, 43 Redshanks, a Common Sandpiper, three Wheatears and a … Continue reading →

Saul Warth    At high tide 15 Avocets in The Noose, two Wheatears, two Chiffchaffs, 20+ Meadow Pipits, a Grey Wagtail, a Reed Warbler in sub-song, 150+ Shelducks, 40+ Curlews, a Little Egret and four Grey Herons. (MK). WWT Slimbridge  … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     This afternoon at least four Wheatears, a Redstart, a Chiffchaff, 6+ Meadow Pipits, a Red Kite circling over Cadbury Bridge/Frampton at 4:45pm, a Grey Wagtail and Common Darter, Southern Hawker and Red Admiral. (MK). Pics by Mike. … Continue reading →

Tresham     Early evening a Whinchat and at least four Yellowhammers. (Paul Rich). Stinchcombe Hill     The first Siskins of the autumn, a juvenile Wheatear, three Stonechats, three Spotted Flycatchers, two Whitethroats, plenty of Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps, six Greylags W, … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     The BITTERN flew S over the Rushy at 8:20am. (Steve Heaven). At 12:10pm the BITTERN was seen from Zeiss hide in flight briefly then dropped into the Bottom New Piece out of sight. At 3pm the Spotted … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN on the Bottom New Piece this morning. On the Top New Piece at least 158 Knot, four Ruff, 120 Lapwings, seven Black-tailed Godwits, 723 Teal, 30 Wigeon and three Yellow Wagtails. Two CATTLE EGRETS on … Continue reading →