Friday 1st June 2018

Purton     The second-calendar male RED-BREASTED MERGANSER on the canal by the timber ponds this evening. (Andy Jordan).

WWT Slimbridge     At Mid Point two Dunlins, eight Ringed Plovers, six Curlews, a Sanderling and a pair of Peregrines. (Ian Hull). Also a newly hatched baby Common Crane on the Rushy this afternoon. (Dave Tait). Pics by Dave.

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Saul Warth     Early morning a Peregrine, nine Ringed Plovers, an Oystercatcher, 29 Canada Geese and ten Greylags including a leucistic bird and nine Gadwalls. (MK).

Epney     A Hobby hunting by the seawall at 9:05am, also 6+ Sand Martins. (MK).

Quedgeley     A Red Kite over the garden at 5:25pm, a garden tick. (Paul Masters).

Newnham-on-Severn     A male and female Siskin on a garden feeder at Church Road today. (Louise Bayfield).

Edge     At Rudge Hill NNR mid afternoon ten Meadow Pipits (4 ads, 6 juvs), four Linnets, a male Stonechat, two Willow Warblers, two Buzzards, a male Kestrel and five Long-tailed Tits. (John Fletcher).

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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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