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Sam Walker
@samwalker24.bsky.social
Birding, scarcely in Gloucestershire, rarely elsewhere.
Baird's sandpiper Colliford lake 18/10/25

Great long-weekend out west featuring lesser yellowlegs, white-rumped sandpiper, many firecrests, yellow-browed warbler, Sabine's gulls, leaches petrels and dozens of skuas

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October 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Three wheatear at Awre today #GlosBirds
October 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Glossy ibis from Martin Smith hide @slimbridge-wild.bsky.social today #Glosbirds
October 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
42 cattle egret and 7 curlew in field south of Tudor Arms 08:30 #GlosBirds
October 7, 2025 at 7:36 AM
76 species total yesterday,

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August 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Reposted by Sam Walker
Ace day in Somerset and Avon with @samwalker24.bsky.social. 20 species of wader (inc. Curlew Sands, Little Stints, Spotted Redshanks, Wood Sands). Black and Common Terns. Whinchats, Wheatears and Yellow Wagtails. Topped off with two Hobby, Osprey and brute of a (reintroduced) White-tailed Eagle.
August 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
August 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Jammed into this superb White-winged Tern at Frampton-on-Severn sailing lake on my way home from work at the Cheltenham cricket festival. Nice when things come together like that #ukbirding
July 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Lunchtime at Witcombe reservoir in the rain, common sandpiper on central causeway, 5 swallow, 10 sand martin. 200+ herring and LBBG. Singing lesser whitethroat in hedgerow by 2nd stile from church. #GlosBirds
April 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Glossy ibis blending in with the rooks @wwtworldwide.bsky.social Slimbridge 29/1/25 #glosbirds
January 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Yellow-browed warbler foraging at Frampton Court today #GlosBirds #UKbirding
January 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I created a Glos Birds feed bsky.app/profile/did:... use #GlosBirds to add to the feed (hashtag not case sensitive)
December 23, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Little stint @slimbridge-wild.bsky.social on the Dumbles pool island today #GlosBirds
December 21, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Firecrest with chiffchaffs between Robbie Garnett and tunnel at Slimbridge #GlosBirds
December 19, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Daurian shrike at Gillingham in Dorset today. Catching insects and calling - wonderful to watch. #UKbirding
October 26, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Juvenile grey heron #ukbirding
October 14, 2024 at 7:15 PM