Monday 19th December 2022

WWT Slimbridge     A PALE-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE on the Bottom New Piece and later on the Dumbles, likely the Brent Goose seen yesterday. Also the BITTERN showing again on South Lake. (Martin McGill).

Coombe Hill Meadows     280 Wigeon, 245 Teal, ten Gadwalls, 190 Mallards on floodwater and another 22 by the Wharf, a Pintail, ten Shovelers, a Grey Heron, a Buzzard, six Lapwings, 25 Black-headed Gulls, five Common Gulls and five Lesser Black-backed Gulls today. (Mike Smart).

Ashleworth Ham     35 Wigeon, 255 Teal, 75 Mallards, seven Pintails and 25 Shovelers today.  (Mike Smart).

Gretton     A mixed flock of Redwings, Blackbirds and a Song Thrush feasting on crab apples in the garden all day. (Roger & Sheila Wasley).

Redwing by Roger Wasley

Song Thrush by Roger Wasley
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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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