Thursday 11th November 2021

Posted on November 11, 2021 by The Gloster Birder

Slimbridge     The Peregrine on Slimbridge church again today. (Terry Stevenson/Paul Clark).

WWT Slimbridge     Three Little Stints with a large Dunlin flock, three Greenland White-fronted Geese, 11 Russian White-fronted Geese (later 14 from Kingfisher hide), three Bewick’s Swans and a Jack Snipe flushed with three Snipe off of the The Dumbles at lunchtime. (James Robinson). A Great White Egret from Martin Smith hide. (Paul Clark).

Chavenage Lane     A female MERLIN flew towards Barton End, 1150+ Fieldfares, 170+ Redwings, 400+ Golden Plovers circling high up, 2000+ Starlings and 2600+ Wood Pigeons feeding in stubble and spooked from woodland by a Goshawk. (Terry Grant).

Forest of Dean     Five Wigeon still on Cannop Upper Pond, c17 Mandarins and c50 Mallards today. (Chris Keeling).

Eurasian Wigeon by Chris Keeling
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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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