Saturday 10th December 2022

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning five Mute Swans, 16 Canada Geese, six Greylags, the juvenile DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE, 95 Mallards, a Pintail, 600 Wigeon, 650 Teal, 30 Shovelers, a Shelduck, a Grey Heron, four Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 30 Lapwings, ten Snipe, a Redshank, four Coots, two Moorhens, a Cormorant, three Cetti’s Warblers, six Chiffchaffs and a RING-NECKED PARAKEET flew over at 10:05am. (Ian Ralphs).

Cobney Meadows     A Grey Heron, a Lapwing and 20 Snipe today. (Mike Smart).

Ashleworth Ham     125 Wigeon, 30 Mallards, 620 Teal, ten Pintails, 45 Shovelers, a Water Rail squealing, 36 Lapwings, a Snipe, a Black-headed Gull, a Skylark and 15 Carrion Crows today. (Mike Smart).

Leigh Meadows     Eight Mute Swans, a Teal, six Snipe, a Green Sandpiper, two Black-headed Gulls and 100 Rooks today. (Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge     The first-winter drake SCAUP still on the Rushy. A male Goldeneye on South Lake. (Helen Bojaniwska/Dot Jones). A Water Rail from Willow hide and two Water Rails from Martin Smith hide. (Terry Stevenson/Paul Clark).

Highnam Woods     This afternoon two Marsh Tits, two Coal Tits, four Nuthatches, a Goldcrest, a Song Thrush, a Pied Wagtail, two Jays, a Buzzard and two Ravens. (John Fletcher).

Marsh Tit by John Fletcher

Forest of Dean    <80 Mandarins on lower Cannop Pond today, a redhead Goosander briefly, 20-30 Mandarins on upper pond and a Marsh Tit on the feeders. A FIRECREST on the long trail at Nagshead. (Joe Sargent).

Stinchcombe Hill     A Crossbill over at 8:50am. (James Robinson).

Cheltenham     A Kingfisher at Sandford Park by the River Chelt overflow pool. (Howard Taylor).

Saul Warth    200+ Dunlins before high tide, 10+ Curlews, Reed Buntings, Meadow Pipits and a Snipe. (Mike Davis).

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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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