Saturday 5th November 2022

Coombe Hill Meadows     A WILLOW TIT between 9:20-9:40pm in the E corner of Long Pool withys and the adjacent hedge along the canal SO 87142 26983. It then moved off W. Sound recorded, first site record. (Ian Ralphs).

Sharpness     A female/immature BLACK REDSTART at SARA this afternoon. (Andy Jordan).

Frampton    From Splatt Bridge this morning at least 165 Fieldfares and 325 Redwings S in the first two hours, most hedge-hopping. 306 Golden Plovers including a flock of 250, two Siskins amongst a trickle of finches and a late Swallow S. (Gordon Hodgson). Around the pools this afternoon a Great White Egret, a Little Egret and a Chiffchaff of note. (Nick Goatman/MK). Two BITTERNS at 4pm in fading light at the E end of the Sailing Lake. Also the adult Yellow-legged Gull still. (MK). 10+ Cattle Egrets roosted on Court Lake and the Common Sandpiper still. (Nick Goatman).

Bittern by Mike King 

Painswick Beacon     Migration highlights from this morning included 5900 Woodpigeons, 1450 Fieldfares, 2600 Redwings and five Hawfinches. (John Fleming).

Stonehouse     Late afternoon a Dipper at Downton Road, Bridgend and another Dipper at Bond’s Mill. A Raven heard near Bridgend. (Paul Sutton).

Dipper by Paul Sutton

Dipper by Paul Sutton

Hucclecote     A garden Redwing today, the first since January 2010. (Harold Smith).

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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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