Thursday 5th January 2023

WWT Slimbridge     A first-winter Mediterranean Gull on South Lake today. The first-winter drake SCAUP very elusive at the back of South Lake today. (Paul Masters).

Mediterranean Gull by Paul Masters

Gloucester    The male BLACK REDSTART still on the Cathedral today on the SE side. (Gord Avery/Nigel Young/Karle Burford/Roy Kinchin).

Frampton     On Court Lake early afternoon a Great White Egret still, Cetti’s Warbler singing, four Little Grebes, 16 Cormorants and a Nuthatch. 12 Stock Doves, 100+ Black-headed Gulls and a Buzzard N of the Perryway opposite Court Field main gate. (MK).

Great White Egret by Mike King

Cormorants by Mike King

Saul Warth     This afternoon three Grey Plovers, 14 Curlews, 100 Dunlins, a Snipe, a Mistle Thrush guarding Mistletoe, 30 Fieldfares, 25 Meadow Pipits and a Raven. (MK).

Mistle Thrush by Mike King

Forest of Dean     A group of three Crossbills this morning between Mile End and Cannop Valley. (Geoff Fawcett).

Thrupp     A Dipper on the river near Griffin mill lock. A male Sparrowhawk and a Buzzard over. (Paul Sutton).

Stonehouse     A Kingfisher at Bonds Mill. Also a garden Coal Tit with Long-tailed Tits on the feeder. (Paul Sutton).

Dudbridge     A Peregrine over at lunchtime. (Steve Pullen).

Longney Crib     Mid afternoon 140+ Skylarks, nine Redwings, a Sparrowhawk, a Cormorant, a Grey Heron and 19 Mallards. (John Fletcher).

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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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