Wednesday 10th July 2019

Cotswold Water Park East     At Pit 111 Whelford Pools a Pair of Common Terns with two young chicks on a tern raft. (John Durell).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Two Sedge Warblers, three Greenfinches, three Goldfinches, two Reed Warblers and two Sedge Warblers along the canal. From Grundon hide a Red Kite, two Buzzards, two Ravens, four Little Egrets, 20+ Lapwings, three Grey Herons, three Swifts, two juvenile Great Spotted Woodpeckers, six Canada Geese, a Dunlin, a Green Sandpiper, four Oystercatchers, two Wigeon, three Little Grebes and three Curlews, an adult and two juvenile ringed birds from a local nest at Hasfield. (Dave Stone). Pic by Dave.

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Forest of Dean    Between 12-12:40pm, two Red Kites calling and circling above Lydbrook Valley. Also 15+ Ringlet butterflies in the garden at Forge Hill, and a few Meadow Browns. (Chris Sullivan).

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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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