Sunday 30th October 2022

WWT Slimbridge     The COLLARED PRATINCOLE still today and seen at various hides around the grounds. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Lydney New Grounds     The SNOW BUNTING again today at SO 63750 00690. Park at the end of Harbour Road, cross the swing bridge and follow the footpath S to New Grounds. (Martin Vaisey/Mike Davis/Frank Williams).

Snow Bunting by Martin Vaisey

Sharpness     A male BLACK REDSTART today around the tallest building. (Andy Jordan).

Cotswold Water Park East     At Pit 126 a Goldeneye, 83 Tufted Ducks, 40 Coots, 58 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 45 Black-headed Gulls, five Pochards, two Teal, two Gadwalls, a Cetti’s Warbler and a late Swallow. (Ian Sherriffs).

Frampton    A late Common Sandpiper on Court Lake with two Green Sandpipers. Also a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, a Raven, a Curlew and a Cetti’s Warbler heard, four Fieldfares, 20+ Redwings, a Grey Wagtail and six Siskins. (MK). Nine Cattle Egrets came in to roost, seven Pochards, 138 Wigeon, 117 Gadwalls, 36 Teal, 18 Shovelers, 26 Tufted Ducks, 25 Cormorants, three Chiffchaffs and 55 Pied Wagtails. (Nick Goatman).

Common Sandpiper by Mike King

Painswick Beacon      Migration watch this morning four Hawfinches, 471 Redwings, 96 Fieldfares, 122 Chaffinches, 111 Starlings and 437 Woodpigeons this morning. (John Fleming/Francis Steuck).

Nailsworth     At Barton End a male MERLIN flushed a flock of 230+ Golden Plovers late this afternoon. (Terry Grant).

Saul Warth    This afternoon a Redshank, a Kestrel, a male Reed Bunting, eight Meadow Pipits, a Grey Wagtail and six Pied Wagtails, eight Fieldfares and six Mistle Thrushes. At Hock Ditch nine Cattle Egrets and a Little Egret amongst the cattle, also a Jay, two Stonechats and 35 Common Gulls. (Steve Pullen).

Epney     Two Lapwings and a Cormorant this afternoon. (Steve Pullen).

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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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