Wednesday 9th November 2022

Berkeley     A female BLACK REDSTART on the roof of the summer house at the end of the north perimeter fence of the power station, also a pair of Stonechats nearby. (Geoff Moyser).

Saul Warth     A DIVER sp S over Fretherne then N upriver towards Broadoak very high up at 10:41am, unfortunately no time for anything other than record shots. At high tide 42 Canada Geese, 120 Lapwings, 100 Golden Plovers and eight Dunlins flew S and two Curlews flew N. On the falling tide a Little Stint, 300+ Dunlins, 40 Grey Plovers, a Bar-tailed Godwit, five Little Egrets and a Common Sandpiper. Also a Kestrel, 10+ Redwings, two Fieldfares, a Rock Pipit, 20+ Meadow Pipits, 12 Goldfinches, six Skylarks, a Chiffchaff and a Reed Bunting. (MK).

Diver sp by Mike King

Goldfinch by Mike King

Common Sandpiper by Mike King

Cotswold Water Park East     At Pit 126 159 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 130 Tufted Ducks, ten Gadwalls, six Wigeon, a Water Rail, a Green Woodpecker and an Egyptian Goose. At Pit 111a 12 Red Crested Pochards. (Ian Sherriffs).

Northleach    Two Red Kites seen over a field near the A40 roundabout this afternoon about 2pm. (Howard Taylor).

Lassington     Near the Church a Red Kite, c70 Redwings and five Red-legged Partridges today. (Clare McLeod).

Stonehouse     Redwings all around the fields near Beard’s Mill, a Buzzard on a Magpie carcass, a female Sparrowhawk, a Raven, a Kingfisher on the Frome below the canal. A Grey Heron, a Little Grebe in fields towards Churchend, 40+ Pied Wagtails. A Little Grebe on the Ocean and two pairs of Jays. c60 Mallards between Boakes Drive wharf and Ebley Mill. Two Dippers on the Frome behind Lodgemore mills and a Kingfisher hunting on the canal near Downton road bridge. (Paul Sutton).

Kingfisher by Paul Sutton
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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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