Author Archives: The Gloster Birder

WWT Slimbridge     Seven restless BEARDED TITS towering and making flights high across the Dumbles early this morning. Also a BITTERN at Zeiss hide early morning and the male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still in the reedbeds at Middle Point. (Martin McGill/Oliver … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge      Four BEARDED TITS again in the reedbeds in front of the Shepherd’s Hut at 8:20am. (Mike Davis/Roy Kinchin). Also the WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still. (Les Ditchburn). At Middle Point late morning a Grasshopper Warbler reeled briefly. On … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     Three Cattle Egrets, a Great White Egret, a Goshawk circling near the canal, a Red Kite, a Spotted Redshank and six Green Sandpipers and a Yellow Wagtail on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide. (Oliver Paisey). … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     Two BEARDED TITS in the reeds in front of the Shepherd’s Hut at 8:30am. (John Budd). The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still in the reedbeds but elusive and generally quiet. Also from Middle Point the SPOONBILL, a Little … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     From  Robbie Garnett hide three Green Sandpipers and a Common Sandpiper. A Spotted Redshank, a Little Ringed Plover and three Ruff on South Lake. From Zeiss hide a Greenshank, three Green Sandpipers, a Common Sandpiper, three Ruff … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge    On the Tack Piece this morning four Green Sandpipers. Two Spotted Redshanks, six Ruff, 62 Black-tailed Godwits and 80 Avocets with four chicks on South Lake. A leucistic Lapwing in a flock of 75, ten Avocets, 15 … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     Six BEARDED TITS (1m, 1f, 4 juvs) in the reeds in front of the Shepherd’s Hut from 9:20am until 10:10am at least. (George Collett et al). Also the male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still in the reedbeds but elusive … Continue reading →

Forest of Dean    At Woorgreens/Crabtree Hill two Grey Herons, two female Mandarins, a Buzzard, a Raven, a Hobby, 50-60 House Martins, three Swifts, 10+ Stonechats (2 juv), six Linnet and many Dragonflies and Damselflies including 80+ Emerald Damselflies. (Paul … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut. Also the SPOONBILL at Middle Point. A female Goshawk being harassed by corvids on the Tack Piece and the Severn Ground hedges. … Continue reading →

Forest of Dean     At Woorgreens Lake early morning a Green Sandpiper and two Common Sandpipers. (Frank Williams). At Greathough Brook a Tawny Owl seen, two Spotted Flycatchers, five Chiffchaffs, a Bullfinch, a Treecreeper, a Marsh Tit and many Nuthatches. … Continue reading →