Author Archives: The Gloster Birder

Berkeley     A Hobby over the garden pursued by Swallows. (Clare Glanville). Hobby & Swallow by Clare Glanville WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT singing at Middle Point again today and showing well. Also from Middle Point, a Fox … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT singing at Middle Point again today and showing well. (Neil Smart/Martin Price). Hasfield Ham     Early morning two reeling Grasshopper Warblers, one directly beneath pylon cables on the field boundary and another to … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT singing at Middle Point again today and showing well. (Mike Davis/Steve Money). On the Tack piece four Little Egrets, three Great White Egrets, an Egyptian Goose and c4 Green Sandpipers. The summer plumaged … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT singing at Middle Point again today and showing well. An Egyptian Goose, two Great White Egrets and a Little Egret on the Tack Piece. (MK). Egyptian Goose by Mike King Coombe Hill Meadows  … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A LITTLE TERN resting on a mud bank then flew downriver towards Purton early morning, also an adult Yellow-legged Gull. The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT singing at Middle Point again today and showing very well. Also a GOLDEN-WINGED … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     A WOOD SANDPIPER, five Green Sandpipers, a SPOONBILL, an Egyptian Goose, three Great White Egrets, a Cattle Egret, a Grey Heron and three Little Egrets on the Tack Piece. The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT singing at Middle Point … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT singing at Middle Point again this morning and showing well. Two Red Kites in fields NE of the Shepherd’s hut. (Warren Gill/Neil Smart/Magnus Carter/Dot Jones). Coombe Hill Meadows     Two calling QUAIL still … Continue reading →

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning a QUAIL singing in a field N of the canal, a male Redstart, three 3 Yellow Wagtails, 3+ Curlews. three Redshanks, an Oystercatcher, four Avocets (1 chick), three 3 Little Ringed Plovers, four Lapwings, … Continue reading →

Coombe Hill Meadows     Between 6am-10am three QUAIL calling, one N of Grundon faintly, one in the field next to the Grundon boardwalk and one S of canal calling loudly, the latter bird seen in flight at 9:35am. Also a … Continue reading →

Coombe Hill Meadows     A QUAIL calling today, audible from the boardwalk. Also today 18 Mute Swans, a Greylag, four Gadwalls, three Teal, 50 Mallards, three Cormorants, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, three Grey Herons, ten Coots, two … Continue reading →