Author Archives: The Gloster Birder

WWT Slimbridge     From Middle Point nine adult Turnstones and two breeding plumage Red Knot this morning. A juvenile Goshawk flew low over car park towards the canal late afternoon. (Slimbridge Sightings). Three Spotted Redshanks on the Rushy. (Oliver Paisey). … Continue reading →

Frampton pools     A Redstart, four Yellow Wagtails, two Common Sandpipers, a Hobby, a Reed Warbler still feeding young, two Common Terns and three young, two pairs of Goldcrests with young, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, 30+ Swifts, 20+ House Martins, … Continue reading →

Stow-on-the-Wold     A recently fledged juvenile Hobby today. (Richard Tyler). Hobby by Richard Tyler Painswick     This afternoon 436 Swifts, 474 Swallows, 603 House Martins and 183 Sand Martins moving SW over the Painswick valley, passing over the house, between … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     At high tide at 9:30am a Knot, a Greenshank, a Little Stint, 100+ Dunlins, six Ringed Plovers, an Oystercatcher, 89 Curlews, a Whimbrel, 72 Avocets, 40 Shelducks, a Great White Egret, three Little Egrets, a female-type Marsh … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     High tide at 9am a Greenshank, a Little Stint, 94 Dunlins, two Sanderlings, five Ringed Plovers, two Oystercatchers, 101 Curlews, a Whimbrel heard, 80 Avocets, 37 Shelducks, a Great White Egret, seven Little Egrets, a Little Owl, … Continue reading →

Saul Warth     At high tide at 8am a Little Stint, 123 Dunlins (including a colour-ringed Dunlin Orange L Yellow R), seven Sanderlings, nine Ringed Plovers, seven Oystercatchers, a summer plumaged Grey Plover, 91 Curlews, a Whimbrel, 75+ Avocets, 40+ Shelducks, … Continue reading →

Cotswold Water Park West     An OSPREY flew SW over Pit 79 Shorncote (from Glos to Wilts airspace) at 11:20am. (Wayne Ford). Saul Warth     Early morning at high tide 120+ Curlews, 75+ Avocets, an Oystercatcher, 100+ Dunlins, a Sanderling, … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge    From Zeiss hide a juvenile Goshawk flew through, a Red Kite circling, a juvenile Marsh Harrier, four Kestrels, three Common Cranes including a juvenile, five Black-tailed Godwits and a Spotted Redshank. Another Spotted Redshank from Hogarth hide. … Continue reading →

Frampton     In bushes S of Saul Lodge this morning a juvenile Grasshopper Warbler, a Garden Warbler, 4+ Blackcaps and two Chiffchaffs. On the canal and flashes eight Little Egrets, a Grey Heron, three Kestrels, a Marsh Harrier, a Buzzard … Continue reading →

Gloucester    In the Port Ham area this morning a juvenile Cuckoo, a Sparrowhawk, an adult and juvenile Tawny Owl, a Kingfisher, Lesser Whitethroat and male Stonechat. (Andy Jayne). Walmore Common     This morning at least five Whinchats, a young … Continue reading →