Monthly Archives: February 2017

Ashleworth Ham    The drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL still, also two Mute Swans, four Canada Geese, 130 Wigeon, nine Gadwalls, 120 Teal, 22 Pintails, 33 Shovelers, a Grey Heron, a Little Grebe, 52 Coots, two Nuthatches and two Goldcrests. (Les Brown). Forest of Dean     … Continue reading →

Frampton     50+ WAXWINGS feeding on mistletoe berries again today by the main gates to Frampton Court Estate on the Perryway. (Phil Williams/Fred Hobson). Also today five Red Crested Pochards (4m, 1f). (Nick Goatman). Arlingham     The RICHARD’S PIPIT still today at SO719117 in the small, … Continue reading →

Frampton     62 WAXWINGS feeding on mistletoe berries again today by the main gates to Frampton Court Estate on the Perryway. (Nick Goatman/Bill Church/Eric Palmer). Also today a GREAT WHITE EGRET, five Red Crested Pochards (4m, 1f), a Cetti’s Warbler, a … Continue reading →

Frampton     32 WAXWINGS feeding on mistletoe berries and dropping down into the ditch to drink by the main gates to Frampton Court Estate on the Perryway this afternoon. (Tom & Greg Mabbett). On the scrape and flashes N of … Continue reading →

Awre    Belated news of a pale-phase SKUA sp, probably Arctic at 4:30pm on the river yesterday (23rd). Also two KITTIWAKES and two adult Mediterranean Gulls. (John Phillips). Frampton    A GREAT GREY SHRIKE on bushes at the back of the reedbed N … Continue reading →

Cotswold Water Park West    The BLACK-NECKED GREBE still on Pit 65 today. (Ian Hull). The drake SCAUP still at Pit 57 today. (MK). A GREAT WHITE EGRET still on Pit 41. (Jon Mercer). Pics by Mark Dowie. Quedgeley     The female/immature BLACK REDSTART still at … Continue reading →

Cotswold Water Park West    A BLACK-NECKED GREBE on Pit 65 this afternoon. The drake SCAUP still at Pit 57 today. An adult MEDITERRANEAN GULL in the roost at Pit 16 this afternoon amongst the Black-headed Gulls, but very few large gulls. Also … Continue reading →