Tuesday 21st May 2024

Turkdean area     A Tree Pipit, two Redstarts, two Corn Buntings, three Yellowhammers, 10+ Skylarks, a Garden Warbler and a Kestrel today. (Paul Masters).

Forest of Dean     At Nagshead today two Pied Flycatchers, three Spotted Flycatchers, a Redstart and four Firecrests. (Jonathan Bull).

WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showed very well at 10am for c5 minutes on the left hand reedbed stick. Two Grey Plovers flew N over the shepherd’s hut at 8:50am. Three summer plumaged Knot and a summer plumaged Grey Plover at Middle Point. Two Egyptian Geese on the Tack Piece. (Geoff Moyser).

Frampton     This evening two Cuckoos calling in the distance and 5+ Swifts over. Two Oystercatchers flew over with two Lapwings. (Jacob Jenkins).

Painswick     Between 6:45-9am, 214 Swifts passed over heading NW. (John Fleming).

Forest of Dean    A Red Kite flew over Lower Mitcheldean at 5:06pm. (Chris Keeling).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This evening 30 Mute Swans, six Greylags, six Canada Geese, a pair of Shelducks, 60 Mallards and at least 5 broods of ducklings, a pair of Shovelers, a Great White Egret, three Grey Herons, 20 Coots and a brood of chicks, two Oystercatchers, six Avocets, two Little Ringed Plovers, ten Lapwings, four Curlews, at least four Redshanks and song from Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Chiffchaff and Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

Edge to Upper Kites Nest     Three Red Kites, three Buzzards, a Kestrel, four Skylarks, three Green Woodpeckers, a Nuthatch, a Willow Warbler, a Blackcap, four Song Thrushes and two Stock Doves today. (John Fletcher).

About The Gloster Birder

My name is Mike King and have lived all my life in Gloucestershire. I am happiest birding around Frampton but I especially love Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. I have birded all over Europe, in the U.S.A. and Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Costa Rica, Belize, Mexico, Dominican Republic, The Gambia, Cape Verde, South Africa and most recently Zimbabwe and Botswana.
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