Tuesday 5th February 2019

WWT Slimbridge    The TWITE again with 83 Linnets on the shore of the Dumbles scrape until 1:32pm when all the birds flushed. (Scott Petrek). A Water Rail showed well from Willow hide today. (Mike Beer). Pic by Mike.

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Gloucester     The male BLACK REDSTART again today on the Gloucester Telephone Exchange in Bull Lane at 9:20am. It should be viewable from the multi-storey opposite. (Emerson Furlonger).

Cotswold Water Park West    The YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER still at Lower Mill by the stream near Pit 44. (Steve Owen). 23 Goosanders (8m, 15f) on Pit 56 at Neigh Bridge also c20 Siskins in the alders. (Jon Mercer).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A Canada Goose, seven Shelducks, 170 Wigeon, 120 Teal, 18 Pintails, 19 Shovelers, two Grey Herons, a male Peregrine, 17 Lapwings, a Snipe, seven Stock Doves, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers drumming, a Meadow Pipit, four Fieldfares, a male Stonechat and a first singing Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

Twyning      At Upham Meadow 350 Canada Geese (including a colour-ringed bird from Windermere), 100 Greylags and two Snipe. (Mike Smart).

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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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