Monday 15th October 2018

Stow-on-the-Wold     A SHORT-EARED OWL hunting over a rough grass field near Stow. (Andrew Jones).

WWT Slimbridge     A SPOONBILL from Zeiss hide today, also a female and a juvenile Marsh Harrier, 12 Ruff and 11 Golden Plovers. From Martin Smith hide a Jack Snipe showing well on the East island. (Slimbridge Sightings/Ian Hull).

Frampton     From Court Lake a CATTLE EGRET, two GREAT WHITE EGRETS, eight Little Egrets and three Green Sandpipers today. (Nick Goatman).

Forest of Dean     A flock of 100 Chaffinches and several Bramblings feeding on beech mast on a track near Drybrook this afternoon. (Ed Drewitt).

Ozleworth     In the first three fields along the minor road going S from the A4135/B4058 junction, 190 Golden Plovers, 55 Stock Doves, ten Buzzards and 19 Lapwings this afternoon. (Vic Polley).

Stroud     An OTTER on the canal by the Upper Lock Cafe this morning. (Giles Diggle).

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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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