Wednesday 11th January 2023

Rodley    Two Green Sandpipers at the flood at Wilmore Common today. (Andy Jayne).

WWT Slimbridge     A WATER PIPIT from Estuary Tower flew low towards South Finger. (Slimbridge Sightings). On South Lake the first-winter drake SCAUP on the deep lake still. (Roy Shilham). At high tide a KITTIWAKE going down on the tide, 377 Curlews, ten Grey Plovers, 35 Great Black-backed Gulls, two Peregrines, the Ross’s Goose and the Snow Goose and a distant BITTERN over the reedbed. (Neil Smart).

Greater Scaup by Roy Shilham

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge, 32 Shelducks, a Marsh Harrier, two Kestrels, a Buzzard, 37 Lapwings, a Stock Dove, a Mistle Thrush and a male Blackcap. (Paul Masters/MK). On Court Lake, 32 Coots, 29 Tufted Ducks, 28 Gadwalls, three Shovelers, six Mallards, 26 Mute Swans, 78 Black-headed Gulls, a Herring Gull, four Great Crested Grebes and 13 Cormorants. On the Sailing lake, 140 Coots, 40 Tufted Ducks, a drake Pochard, two Great Crested Grebes, 70 Black-headed Gulls, two Common Gulls and a Herring Gull. (Paul Masters).

Forest of Dean     At least four Hawfinches at Parkend Cricket pitch this morning at 8am and a Dipper nearby. Lots of Mandarins at Cannop and a Little Grebe. (Jeremy Holland). 20 Goosanders at Soudley Ponds this morning. (David Smith).

Guscar Rocks/Aylburton Warth     Four Shelducks, 20 Wigeon, 600 Teal (on Cone Pill and pools inland of railway), a Grey Heron, a Buzzard, a Kestrel, 150 Golden Plovers, 150 Curlews, 80 Redshanks (on Cone Pill), a Green Sandpiper, 1 or 2 Skylarks and 1 or 2 Meadow Pipits. (Mike Smart).

Cotswold Water Park East     A female Peregrine sat in early sunshine on the Church at Kempsford this morning. (Duncan Dine).

Cheltenham     At Pittville Lawn a Tawny Owl calling regularly from 1am to 1:10am at least this morning and another in the distance. (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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