Author Archives: The Gloster Birder

Frampton    From Splatt Bridge early morning two Kingfishers and three Grey Herons. At the Sailing Lake, two Yellow Wagtails and 4+ Willow Warblers. Also 150+ Woodpigeons, 20+ Stock Doves, 100+ Rooks and 25+ Greylags feeding in the recently harvested … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge    Two large flocks of at least 140 terns, briefly feeding and resting on the channel off of Middle Point this morning, mostly Arctic Terns but including 19 BLACK TERNS including adults and juveniles, then they climbed high … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A SPOONBILL on the Top New Piece viewed from the Estuary Tower. A Greenshank and two Spotted Redshanks on the Rushy. (Slimbridge Sightings/Roberta Goodall). Saul Warth     At high tide five Grey Herons, three Little Egrets, three … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     From Middle Point this morning five Turnstones, three Sanderlings, a Knot, 60 Ringed Plovers and 45 Dunlins. (Ian Ralphs). Also a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull. (Paul Masters). Three Greenshanks (2 on the Rushy and 1 from Robbie Garnett … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN showed really well in the reed bed to the left of the Van de Bovenkamp hide until it flew into the reed bed. Also the Pink footed Goose of unknown origin. (Oliver Paisey). 25+ Swifts … Continue reading →

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 →