Sunday 15th March 2020

Frampton Pools     This morning a Sand Martin, 58 Tufted Ducks, 33 Coots, nine Great Crested Grebes, 19 Mute Swans, a pair of Gadwalls, a pair of Shelducks, a pair of Oystercatchers, a pair of Mandarins and a Chiffchaff. This evening at Court Lake five CATTLE EGRETS came in to roost with 39 Little Egrets. (Nick Goatman). From Splatt Bridge this morning 64 Curlews, 23 Black-tailed Godwits, 12 Redshanks, two Mandarins, two Stonechats and a Sand Martin. (Gordon Hodgson).

WWT Slimbridge     The CATTLE EGRET on the back of the Causeway on South Lake at 10:05am. (Ken Mihill).

Leighterton     Along the Monarch Way at least four Corn Buntings calling from the tops of trees and on telephone wires this afternoon. (Mike Davis).

Bourton-on-the-Water     At dusk a Barn Owl eating a small mammal in the wood by Bourton Bridge, and a male Sparrowhawk sheltering from the drizzle there. (Andy Lewis).

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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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