Wednesday 4th October 2017

Frampton     On the Sailing Lake the adult Yellow-legged Gull, 16+ Little Egrets, a male Pochard, 100+ Tufted Ducks, 40+ Teal, 40+ Coots, 26+ Cormorants and two Chiffchaffs. In the Gravel Wash a Blackcap, two more Chiffchaffs, a Green Sandpiper flew S and a Kestrel. On Court Lake 80+ Coots, 28+ Canada Geese, 40+ Mute Swans and six Gadwall. At 4pm five Swallows flew SW over the Sailing Lake, surviving an ambush from a Sparrowhawk. (MK).

Painswick Beacon     Highlights this morning a Sparrowhawk, ten Buzzards, 174 Stock Doves, 30 Ravens, 27 Skylarks, two Swallows, 12 alba Wagtails, 92 Meadow Pipits, 188 Chaffinches, a Hawfinch west at 8:35am, 60 Linnets and ten Siskins. (John Fleming).

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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, Madeira, Mexico, Grand Cayman, Dominican Republic, The Gambia, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey and most recently Thailand.
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