Author Archives: The Gloster Birder

Cleeve Hill      A DOTTEREL at 5pm today at SO9853026462. Also a Short-eared Owl being mobbed by Jackdaws. (Stuart Galey). Frampton     An OSPREY at Court Lake caught a fish this morning. Also a Great White Egret, three Little … Continue reading →

Frampton pools     Around the pools today two OSPREYS, two Hobbies, a Peregrine, three Great White Egrets, four Shovelers, 13 Wigeon, nine Gadwalls, three Great Crested Grebes, 18 Curlews, the adult Yellow-legged Gull, 20 Swallows, 11 House Martins, two Kingfishers, … Continue reading →

Frampton     Two OSPREYS at Court Lake at 11am this morning. Also a Hobby, a Peregrine and a Great White Egret. (Martin Drew). This afternoon at the Ospreys proved elusive before 4:40pm when one roosted. A female Marsh Harrier hunted … Continue reading →

Frampton     A juvenile OSPREY NE of Court Lake mid-morning. (Martin McGill). Later around the pool an OSPREY, a Hobby, a Brambling, seven Redwings, three Siskins, 38 Swallows, a Common Sandpiper, two Snipe, 18 Skylarks, 17 Meadow Pipits, ten Chiffchaffs, … Continue reading →

Leckhampton    A ringtail HEN HARRIER with two Buzzards circling overhead heading south at 3:50pm. (Jeremy Holland). Saul Warth     At high tide this morning ten Grey Herons, a Little Egret, 72 Curlews, five Dunlins, a Common Sandpiper, a Teal, … Continue reading →

Frampton     Around the pools the OSPREY and the adult Yellow-legged Gull still, a Hobby, a Sparrowhawk, a Buzzard, three Skylarks, two Grey Wagtails, 17 Gadwalls, 17 Tufted Ducks, 52 Mute Swans, 30 Cormorants, 283 Coots, a Kingfisher, a Cetti’s … Continue reading →

Forest of Dean     A REDWING over Edge Hills this morning. (Owen Follis). Saul Warth     Early morning at high tide a Great White Egret flew N, 38 Curlews, a Snipe, a Gadwall, four Shelducks, a Kestrel, 138 Swallows flew … Continue reading →

Frampton pools     The OSPREY still, 24 Sand Martins, eight House Martins, 12 Swallows, 26 Gadwalls, six Wigeon, three Shovelers, two Grey Wagtails, 13 Chiffchaffs, 52 Robins, 31 Cormorants, eight Cetti’s Warblers, nine Goldcrests and the adult Yellow-legged Gull today. … Continue reading →

Saul Warth      This morning two Greenshanks, a Ringed Plover, 54 Curlews, the leucistic Marsh Harrier hunting, a Hobby, a Peregrine, a Kestrel, three Common Cranes, eight Grey Herons, a Little Egret, a Whinchat, oddly singing, three Chiffchaffs, 49 … Continue reading →

Forest of Dean     An OSPREY flew high over Edge Hills going S this afternoon. (Owen Follis). Rodley     This morning a SHORT-EARED OWL then headed off over the Severn to Longney. Also two Stonechats, a Whinchat, a Great White … Continue reading →