Wednesday 21st December 2022

WWT Slimbridge     The PALE-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE on the Bottom New Piece from Kingfisher hide today. The first-winter drake SCAUP on the Rushy again. The BITTERN still showing well on South Lake. Male and female Goldeneye also on the deep lake. (Caroline Quinn/Paul Masters/Martin Price).

Berkeley shore    An ATLANTIC GREY SEAL off Severn House Farm at 4:25pm but no sign of the Diver species reported from Oldbury. (Paul Taylor).

Rodley     At Wilmore Common today two Shelducks, 45 Shovelers, 12 Gadwalls, 800+ Wigeon, two Pintails and 158 Teal. Also a JACK SNIPE the highlight nearby at Walmore Common. (Andy Jayne).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning a pair of unringed Mute Swans, 43 Greylags, four Canada Geese, 722+ Wigeon, a Gadwall, 63+ Teal, 34+ Mallards, 34 Shovelers, nine Pintails, two Coots, 78 Lapwings, 25 Black-headed Gulls and two Lesser Black-backed Gulls. (Mike Smart).

Tewkesbury     At Mitton on a wet field beside the River Avon 40 Greylags, 100 Wigeon, 50 Teal, four Shovelers and 140 Lapwings. (Mike Smart).

Kempsford     Double figure count of Chiffchaffs at the Sewage Works today. (Duncan Dine).

Chiffchaff by Duncan Dine
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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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