Two-hour twitch: Coombe Hill Nature Reserve, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

                                              

Date: August 9, 2026

Time: 9.30am - 11.30am

Weather: Sunny and very warm

Target species (which went unseen): Green Sandpiper

Star species seen: Red Kite

Other species recorded included: 

* Heron 

* Mallard

* Moorhen

* Buzzard

* Blackbird

* Chiffchaff

* Whitethroat

* Great Spotted Woodpecker

* Blue Tit 

* Long-tailed Tit

* Great Tit

* Greenfinch

* Jackdaw 

* Carrion Crow

* Woodpigeon

* Robin

* Swallow

* Housemartin

Also: Clouded Yellow butterfly, Grey Squirrel