Monthly Archives: April 2016

Frampton    A Grasshopper Warbler reeling at the Sailing Lake not far from the club house. (Nick Goatman). Ashleworth Ham    Two Oystercatchers, eight Lapwings, a Curlew, a Little Egret, six Shelducks, eight Shovelers, ten Gadwalls, 29+ Mallards, 12 Tufted Ducks, 30 … Continue reading →

Forest of Dean    A SWIFT over Crabtree Hill at 8pm. (Arron Roberts). Symonds Yat    A female Wheatear flew into a tree close to the viewpoint from a northerly direction today. First site record. (Phil & Chris Andrews). Pic by Phil. Cleeve … Continue reading →

Sharpness    A WHINCHAT and three Wheatears tonight at Sharpness. (Andy Jordan). WWT Slimbridge     20 White Wagtails and a Yellow Wagtail on the Dumbles today. (Geoff Moyser). Stinchcombe Hill     A Whitethroat at Drakestone Point today. (Geoff Moyser).

Frampton pools    A WOOD WARBLER singing in the “Pallas’s wood”, the 2nd record in recent times. Also two Whitethroats. (Nick Goatman). Cleeve Hill    Five RING OUZELS, three Stonechats, seven Wheatears and a Cuckoo today.  (Greg Mabbett). Aylburton Warth    A … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     Nine Mediterranean Gulls on South Lake and 100 Swallows. 37 White Wagtails feeding in front of the Holden Tower today, also seven Ringed Plovers and 64 Dunlins. (@slimbridge_wild). Hardwicke     A Lesser Whitethroat singing 1km S of Sellars Bridge, also … Continue reading →

Coombe Hill Meadows    An unringed adult COMMON CRANE and two GCRP birds were present for an hour until 11:55am when they flew off NW. Also a male Blue-headed Wagtail with eight Yellow Wagtails, a White Wagtail and six Pied Wagtails. … Continue reading →

Thu 14th Apr 2016 Nailsworth    At Windsoredge this afternoon an OSPREY appeared from the direction of Gatcombe Lake carrying a large fish. It circled high and drifted off NW at 4:45pm. Also 15 House Martins. (Roy Bircher). Cleeve Hill    This … Continue reading →

Forest of Dean    A singing WOOD WARBLER at New Fancy View this morning. (Lewis Thomson). Two Goshawks, a pair of Siskins, the male displaying , a Peregrine, a Blackcap and a Chiffchaff. At Parkend behind the Fountains Inn a Dipper, … Continue reading →

Cleeve Hill    Eight RING OUZELS in the cattle enclosure, 13 Wheatears in the field by the radio aerials car park, a pair of Stonechats, a Kestrel and two Buzzards. (Keith White). A SHORT-EARED OWL over the trig point at Cleeve … Continue reading →

Frampton    On the flashes N of Splatt Bridge two adult summer Mediterranean Gulls and a pair of GARGANEY still. (Gordon Hodgson). On the pools an ARCTIC TERN, five Common Terns, two LITTLE GULLS, a Yellow Wagtail and 150+ Sand Martins … Continue reading →