Tuesday 20th December 2022

Frampton     A drake Red Crested Pochard on Court Lake this afternoon. (Nigel Young). At the Sailing Lake a Fieldfare in a bankside apple tree retaining its fruit.  Also a Mistle Thrush. (Andy & Sue Gibbons)

Red Crested Pochard by Nigel Young

WWT Slimbridge     A SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF around the central grounds today, last seen at the North American pen. (Tom Weston). The BITTERN still on South Lake and a female Goldeneye. (Paul Brunt/Roy Kinchin). A Water Rail showing well from Willow hide at midday.  A Marsh Harrier hunting over reeds in the vicinity of the Goose House at 12:30pm, viewed from the Estuary Tower.  (Andy & Sue Gibbons).

Water Rail by Andy Gibbons

Kingscote     This afternoon 29 Golden Plovers at Ashel Barn ST 802963. (Vic Polley).

Nailsworth     At Barton End two Red Kites, five Golden Plovers, 130+ Fieldfares and two Kestrels. (Terry Grant).

Forest of Dean     At least 45 Goosanders on Woorgreens Lake this morning. (Frank Williams)

Greet     From the GWR station two Red Kites, a Sparrowhawk and a Raven disputing air space. (Steve Brown).

Tewkesbury     A Great White Egret alongside the A38 opposite Mythe water works. A Red Kite circling over the Mitton housing estate. (Les Ditchburn).

Cheltenham     A male Blackcap in the garden in Benhall feeding on an apple. Also a Redwing. (David Norman). A female Sparrowhawk in Up Hatherley this morning.  (Ged Cassell).

Blackcap by David Norman

Gloucester    At Horsbere Brook Flood Storage Area this afternoon two Moorhens, a Teal, a Snipe roosting on the reedbeds at the west side of the flood storage lake, a pair of Reed Buntings, a Grey Heron and a female Kestrel hunting over the Mound. (Caroline Quinn).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A redhead Goosander this afternoon. (Jeremy Squire). Two Mute Swans, 25 Greylags, 19 Canada Geese, two Shelducks, 710 Wigeon, at least five Gadwall, 200+ Teal, at least 50 Mallards and 22 by the Wharf, 23 Pintails, 36 Shovelers, a Grey Heron, 15 Lapwings, two Snipe, 35 Black-headed Gulls, five Common Gulls, three Lesser Black-backed Gulls, three Meadow Pipits, a Stonechat, 30 Fieldfares, two Mistle Thrushes, three Chiffchaffs calling and two Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart).

Leigh Meadows     Three Teal, five Little Egrets, two Grey Herons, a Green Sandpiper, 95 Black-headed Gulls, ten Lesser Black-backed Gulls and five Herring Gulls. (Mike Smart).

Ashleworth Ham     This afternoon two Little Grebes, two Snipe, 245 Teal, 181 Wigeon, six Pintails, 17 Shovelers, two Gadwalls, 79 Mallards, 46 Lapwings, four Chaffinches, two Song Thrushes, a Goldcrest, two Buzzard, a Red Kite, 39 Rooks, a Raven and three Roe Deer. (John Fletcher).

Lower Rea    72 Pied Wagtails and over 150 Redwings this morning. (Andy Chapman).

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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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