Author Archives: The Gloster Birder

Berkeley shore     A Whinchat, a Stonechat and a Common Sandpiper and the first returning four Wigeon. (Paul Taylor). Forest of Dean     A male Wigeon on Woorgreens Lake this evening. (Arron Roberts). Longney     A Red Kite drifting S down the Severn … Continue reading →

Westbury-on-Severn     An OSPREY at the Strand/Garden Cliff this morning about 9 am, then drifted off to the SW. (John & Viv Phillips). Elkstone     An OSPREY flying S near the Highwayman Inn on the A419, seen from a car. (Trevor Dobie).

WWT Slimbridge    200 Barnacle Geese, eight Redshanks and 200 Lapwings from Zeiss hide. A Buzzard from Martin Smith hide, seven Ruff and a Snipe on the Rushy and 29 Black-tailed Godwits on South Lake. (John Fletcher).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A Mute Swan, two Canada Geese, 80 Teal, 20 Mallards, seven Shovelers, a Pintail, four Grey Herons, a Little Egret, a Cormorant over, a Hobby, five Coots, 12 Moorhens, 49 Lapwings, six Snipe, three Green Sandpipers, a Greenshank, a Little Owl calling, ten Swallows, two Skylarks, a Cetti’s Warbler, … Continue reading →

Longney     An OSPREY over Longney Crib this morning at 11am appeared to have transmitter on its mantle ( John Sanders per AJ).

Aylburton/Guscar Rocks     Three Bar-tailed Godwits, a Green Sandpiper, three Common Sandpipers, 96 Dunlins, 33 Ringed Plovers, four Whinchats, a Stonechat, six Wheatears and two Yellow Wagtails today. (Lewis Thomson). Cirencester     A Hobby flew over Chesterton at 6:45pm. (Jon Mercer). Elcombe     This morning on Swift’s … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     This lunchtime after the rain, three Black-tailed Godwits, seven Avocets, a Knot and a Whinchat. (Gordon Hodgson). Symonds Yat     From Yat Rock viewpoint the Peregrine pair, four Buzzards, Ravens, Long-tailed Tits, Swallows and House Martins and two Fallow Deer. (Chris & Phil … Continue reading →

Berkeley shore     A juvenile ARCTIC SKUA flew S past Sharpness Coastguards and two Goosanders (both redheads) also flew S. (Paul Taylor). Tirley    30+ House Martins and 15+ Swallows over the village, a Sparrowhawk harrying a flock of Starling and two garden Chiffchaffs today. At the Sandpits a … Continue reading →

Awre     50+ Common or Arctic Terns struggling downriver into the wind, an adult Mediterranean Gull on the foreshore and a juvenile ARCTIC SKUA moving downriver on the Slimbridge side at 11:15am. (Andy Jayne). Coombe Hill Meadows    Six Grey Herons, a female Wheatear, seven … Continue reading →

Sharpness     A juvenile SHAG still on the pool at SARA Lifeboat Station this afternoon. (Andy Jordan). Tirley     A Little Owl calling at 5am, at 9:30am 40+ House Martins and Swallows moved S over the village, in the hedge behind cottage two Chiffchaffs, two Blackcaps (m & … Continue reading →