Monday 16th January 2023

WWT Slimbridge    A DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE on the Dumbles from Estuary Tower. (Slimbridge Sightings). A Water Rail from Willow hide. (Matty England).

Water Rail by Matty England

Gloucester    The male BLACK REDSTART still on the Cathedral today at 1:20pm. (Andy Jayne).

Quedgeley     A Ring-necked Parakeet again along the canal between Rea and Sims Bridges then flew towards Green Farm at 3pm. (Nicki Barker).

Frampton     The Sailing Lake pretty quiet, a Skylark, 6+ Long-tailed Tits, 20+ Fieldfares, 20+ Redwings and a very early Buff-tailed Bumble Bee. From Splatt Bridge a Marsh Harrier and a Kingfisher. (MK).

Long-tailed Tit by Mike King

Dudbridge     A Dipper on the upper lock. (Paul Sutton).

Dipper by Paul Sutton

Ebley     The female Goosander just W of Ebley mill and a Buzzard over. (Paul Sutton).

Goosander by Paul Sutton

Stonehouse     In the Bonds Mill area and the fields below, 14 Little Egrets, four Grey Herons and six Cormorants. A Cetti’s Warbler briefly just E of Bonds Mill and a Kingfisher along to Hoffman’s dam. (Paul Sutton).

Edge     At Rudge Hill N.N.R. this afternoon nine Redwings, two Treecreepers, a Coal Tit, a Nuthatch, three Great Spotted Woodpeckers, four Chaffinches and three Buzzards. (John Fletcher).

Kempley Green     Two Red Kites circling over at 11am today. (Steve Watts).

Cirencester     Two Red Kites over The Agricultural College at this morning. (Michael Cook).

Bibury     Three Ravens on road kill near Bibury. (Michael Cook).

Frampton Mansell     Two Kestrels on the road between Frampton Mansell and Rodmarton at lunch time. (Michael Cook).

Ashley     A Barn Owl at dusk hunting the old railway line between Tetbury and Kemble and settled on the demolished bridge. (Michael Cook).

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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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