Saturday 31st December 2022

Posted on December 31, 2022 by The Gloster Birder

Newnham-on-Severn    A Ring-necked Parakeet flying around the village this afternoon. (Lewis Thomson).

WWT Slimbridge     The first-winter drake SCAUP on the Rushy again today. (Slimbridge Sightings). From the Estuary Tower a Water Rail feeding at the edge of Tack Piece. (Dot Jones). Also a Water Rail from Willow hide and a Cetti’s Warbler along the walkway. (Jon Dexter).

Stonehouse    The female Goosander has moved to a spot near Wycliffe boat house. Also a garden Blackcap. (Paul Sutton).

Goosander by Paul Sutton

Brockworth     On the garden feeders today, a pair of Blackcaps, three Greenfinches (1m, 2f) and a Pied Wagtail feeding on the floor. (John Miles).

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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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