Sunday 8th January 2023

Westbury-on-Severn     Five Goosanders went down river, two Great Black-backed Gulls and nine Chiffchaffs at STW Treatment Works. (Dan Watson).

Walmore Common     c100 Teal, c1 00 Wigeon, 47 Shovelers, 17 Shelducks, 12 Pintails, a Peregrine and a WATER PIPIT. (Dan Watson).

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning 304+ Golden Plovers, 441+ Lapwings and 74 Dunlins all flew S, five Meadow Pipits, a Grey Wagtail, two Fieldfares and 28+ Redwings. (MK).

Tresham     Early morning a Little Owl, a Peregrine, a Red Kite and four Corn Buntings. (Paul Rich).

Stonehouse    The female Goosander on the canal by Boakes Drive at 11am but gone by midday, also a Treecreeper in willows by Hoffman’s dam. (Paul Sutton).

Treecreeper by Paul Sutton

Forest of Dean    At Parkend at 8:30am ten Hawfinches in the tall trees near the cricket
ground. At Nagshead, around the meadow a Green Woodpecker, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, two Jays, a Nuthatch and three Bullfinches. (Steve Brown). 7 or 8 Bullfinches a third of the way up the path to the top of New Fancy View at 9:30am. (Kevin Jones).

Cheltenham     At Pittville Park c100 Black-headed Gulls on the lake this morning. (Howard Taylor).

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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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