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Monthly Archives: April 2021
Friday 30th April 2021
Frampton On the flashes N of Splatt Bridge from the towpath a Spotted Redshank, three Greenshanks, three Redshanks, three Little Egrets, a Wheatear, a Whinchat, a Raven, a Swift and 259+ Swallows on passage N. (Neil Smart/MK). A Cuckoo … Continue reading
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Thursday 29th April 2021
Gloucester A WHITE-TAILED EAGLE flew over Gloucester mid-afternoon, then drifted over the tip and headed W in the Slimbridge direction. (Ed Drewitt). Gareth Jones also saw it over Westbury-on-Severn. Frampton A Whinchat and a Grasshopper Warbler at the … Continue reading
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Wednesday 28th April 2021
Sharpness Two Hobbies past and six Arctic Terns past SARA by 8am. (Paul Taylor). Frampton From the towpath N of Splatt Bridge at 6am three Greenshanks, a Snipe, a pair of Gadwalls, three Little Egrets and 50 Swallows. … Continue reading
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Tuesday 27th April 2021
Saul Warth This morning 27 Bar-tailed Godwits, five Whimbrels, a Curlew, a Ringed Plover, two Dunlins, a Peregrine, a Yellow Wagtail and a 2nd calendar year MEDITERRANEAN GULL. (Paul Masters). At Hock Ditch after high tide c6 Whimbrels and … Continue reading
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Monday 26th April 2021
Frampton At the pools this evening pools 60+ Bar-tailed Godwits going E, adult and first-summer LITTLE GULLS, a Yellow Wagtail, an Oystercatcher, a Swift and 150+ Sand Martins, also 24 Bar-tailed Godwits over garden in the village going E. … Continue reading
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Sunday 25th April 2021
Frampton An adult and a first-summer LITTLE GULLS on the Sailing Lake. A Grasshopper Warbler still reeling nearby and the Ross’s Goose on Court field. Also today five Black-tailed Godwits, a Bar-Tailed Godwit, a Common Sandpiper, eight Swifts, 12 … Continue reading
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Saturday 24th April 2021
Frampton pools An ARCTIC TERN, eight LITTLE GULLS, two Common Terns, a Swift, a Grasshopper Warbler, 11 Reed Warblers, four Sedge Warblers, seven Whitethroats, two Yellow Wagtails, five Willow Warblers, 48 Blackcaps, 30 Chiffchaffs, three Common Sandpipers, the Ross’s … Continue reading
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Friday 23rd April 2021
Prestbury Hill In the Butterfly reserve this evening two Cuckoos, two Redstarts, two Mistle Thrushes and a Song Thrush. (Dave Abrams & Hannah Willoughby). Cuckoo by Dave Abrams Gloucester At Horsbere Brook five Whinchats, 33 Linnets, two Buzzards, a … Continue reading
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Thursday 22nd April 2021
Frampton Along the towpath N of Splatt Bridge this morning a SWIFT went through N with 250+ Sand Martins, a Greenshank, a Whimbrel, three Redshanks, a Black-tailed Godwit, six Common Sandpipers, two Little Egrets, a Peregrine flew S down … Continue reading
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Wednesday 21st April 2021
Bullo Pill A Blue-headed Wagtail and a Yellow Wagtail in a horse paddock early evening. (Lewis Thomson). Yellow & Blue-headed Wagtails by Lewis Thomson WWT Slimbridge A singing LESSER WHITETHROAT moving along the W side of the overflow … Continue reading
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