Wednesday 25th January 2023

Tidenham     Two WATER PIPITS still at Sturch Pill, Pillhouse Rocks but very flighty and only seen in flight and heard calling at ST 56737 95025. Also 100+ Wigeon, five Shelducks, a Mallard, three Canada Goose, three Curlews, two Snipe, a Raven and a male Stonechat. (Paul Masters/MK).

WWT Slimbridge     The DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE on the Bottom New Piece. The first-winter drake SCAUP on the Rushy again. Two Water Rails from Willow hide. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Dursley    A singing Dipper on the River Cam by the Vale Hospital, also a Grey Wagtail. (Jonathan Bull).

Stroud     A Dipper at Frome Banks Nature Reserve today. (John Elley).

Dipper by John Elley

North Cerney     Early afternoon a Grey Partridge and nine Golden Plovers off the White Way. (Jeremy Holland).

Forest of Dean    150+ Siskins and 30+ Lesser Redpolls next to the frozen lake at Woorgreens, also two Nuthatches, two Coal Tits and two Stock Doves. In the Crabtree Hill area a Kestrel, a Mistle Thrush and a Green Woodpecker. At Cannop Ponds, 50+ Mandarins, six Wigeon, four Teal, a drake Gadwall, a Little Grebe, a Dipper, two Ravens, four Jays, two Nuthatches, three Coal Tits and two Great Spotted Woodpeckers. ((Steve Pullen).

Lesser Redpoll by Steve Pullen

Daglingworth     26 Lapwings, a Green Sandpiper and two Teal on the Dunt this morning. (Andrew Morrison).

Bourton-on the-Water     At Bourton Pits a Pochard, a few Teal, a Grey Heron, a Great Crested Grebe and two Cormorants with Canada Geese. (Jeremy Holland).

Maisemore     A Shelduck, 26 Mallards, three Mute Swans, a Cormorant, seven Moorhens, a male Sparrowhawk, a Red Kite, a Buzzard, 500+ Fieldfares, two Redwings, a Mistle Thrush, a Greenfinch, five Goldfinches, six Chaffinches, 300+ Starlings, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Jay, a Raven and 13 Long-tailed Tits. (John Fletcher).

Staverton     20 Meadow Pipits, 14 Goldfinches, 12 Long-tailed Tits, a Raven, a Fieldfare and a Chaffinch. On Hatherley Brook a Kingfisher and a Little Egret. (Howard Taylor).

Churchdown     From Glevum Way eight Long-tailed Tits, two Buzzards and eight Roe Deer. (Howard Taylor).

Lechlade     Two Stock Doves in the garden today. Also a male Bullfinch visiting regularly with a male and two female Blackcaps. (Alan Williams).

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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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