A Cuckoo today at Whelford Pools. Heard by my parents. #GlosBirds

Please can I ask a favour of my lovely followers? The petition to ban Driven Grouse Shooting is close to 100,000 needed for a parliamentary debate. Hen Harriers, Golden Eagles & much more of our wildlife are illegally killed on or near Grouse Moors. Please help stop it.

First Common Whitethroat of the year today and close views of this male Green Woodpecker in the field behind the home office. Great birds. #GlosBirds

A quick walk up Leckhampton Hill in the fading light. A scan of the scarp producing at least 4 Ring Ouzel 🙌. Feeding together before chacking away as they flew to cover. Class birds. Also Tree Pipit & Willow Warbler singing, thousands of Cowslips and cracking sunset #GlosBirds

A beautiful sunset this evening up on Leckhampton Hill and stunning display of Cowslips. 4 Ring Ouzel, Tree Pipit, Willow Warbler, 12 Yellowhammer together, Linnets. #GlosBirds #Glossunsets

A cracking Grass Snake under the tin Naturetrek HQ yesterday. Recently seen eating a frog in the pond too. #turnatin #snakes

A Common Sandpiper, Great Crested Grebe pair, 4 Moorhen and the first chuntering Reed Warbler in the reedbed. #Glosbirds

Get it Utd 💪. Never in doubt 🤣🤯#MUNOL #MUFC

Caught in a springtrap , right next to the pairs two unhatched eggs – this is the true story of a hen harrier attempting to breed on the infamous Leadhills Estate in Scotland . We must ban driven grouse shooting , add your name now govpetition.uk/700036

On @CleeveCommon this evening 7.30-8.15. A Tree Pipit, Whitethroat and Stonechat below/around the masts and c20 Linnet, Kestrel. Then to mark #WorldCurlewDay a Curlew flew over the common calling as the sun set 🙌. An unusual sight up here. #Glosbirds

A few from a super weekend in the Brecon Beacons. Pied Flycatcher and Redstart song constantly filling the air. Wheatears and Ring Ouzels on the higher scree. Stonechat, Cuckoo and Tree Pipits, lots of Willow Warblers, Dippers.

A rare trip to the river today with the family. Saul Warth highlights: 7 Whimbrel, a single distant Bar-tailed Godwit, around 15 Ringer Plover, 10 Dunlin, 8 Curlew, Marsh Harrier, 3 Oyc, lots of Shelduck and Black-headed Gulls. Nice pub lunch and pint after. #Glosbirds

Cleeve Common with Greg Mabbett 6.15-8am. 4 Wheatear, 6m and 1f Stonechat, Yellow Wagtail over, Lesser Whitethroat heard, Buzzard and Red Kite on the deck, c4 Common Whitethroat, endless song of Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Linnet, a few Yhammer, Tree Pipit below masts #Glosbirds

A few Brünnich's Guillemot from Svalbard back in 2023. What an experience. Tens of thousands of birds nesting down to eye level on the sheer cliffs. Two aberrant birds seen in with them too. Happy #SuperSeabirdSunday

A Cuckoo seeing off a caterpillar near Hawling this afternoon. #GlosBirds

At least four singing Common Whitethroat and one Lesser Whitethroat in the field by the home office today. #GlosBirds

Covered a lot of the golf course @CleeveCommon early morning. Skylarks, singing Stonechats, Yellowhammers, Linnets, Meadow Pipits, Tree Pipit, 1 Wheatear, Kestrel running about on 9th green eating insects, Red Kite, 100s of Early Purple Orchids. (No Dotterels) #Glosbirds

A pair of Spotted Flycatchers prospecting a nest site in Lineover Wood this afternoon on a family stroll. Also at least two singing Firecrest, Siskin heard, Nuthatch, Jay, Coal Tits #GlosBirds

Brilliant day exploring the Naturetrek Reserve in Abruzzo, Italy. Special meadows stealing the show with 16 orchid species so far. Three-toothed, Naked Man & Bertoloni's Bee Orchid here and a meadow full of Elder-flowered Early Purple and Green-winged Orchids Naturetrek

A Painted Lady in the garden this evening on the Erysimum. #Glosbuts