Monday 13th February 2023

Sharpness     The male BLACK REDSTART by the red lighthouse ship in the docks again today. (Roy Shilham).

Black Redstart by Roy Shilham

Gloucester    The male BLACK REDSTART on the SE side of the Cathedral at 8:30am. (Geoff Bryant). Ten Teal on Saintbridge pool this afternoon with c 30 Mallards. (Mike Teesdale).

WWT Slimbridge    Two Water Rails from the Willow hide. Eight DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE and a Snow Goose from the Estuary Tower. At least two Snipe on the far side of South Lake. (Geoff Bryant/Paul Rich). The first-winter drake SCAUP on the Rushy again. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Water Rail by Geoff Bryant

Frampton     A Great White Egret today off the canal near the Narles Walk/Church End. (Mike Leahy). At the pools three Goldeneyes (an adult male, an juvenile male and a female), a Great White Egret, 54 Greylags, a pair of Wigeon, 63 Tufted Ducks, 29 Gadwalls, two Grey Herons and a singing Skylark. (Nick Goatman).

Winchcombe     Four Lesser Redpolls feeding on alder seeds on the riverside path this afternoon. (Peter Rodgers).

Quedgeley     Garden visitors this morning included a pair of Greenfinches, 15 Goldfinches and 12 Chaffinches. (Steve Pullen).

Forest of Dean     At Woorgreens, eight female Goosanders and nine Teal on the lake. 40+ Siskins with 5+ Lesser Redpolls, a Treecreeper, two Ravens, a Kestrel a Green Woodpecker and four Nuthatches. At Brierley three Hawfinches briefly, two Coal Tits, three Nuthatches, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Mistle Thrush and a Fox. At New Fancy View a Crossbill singing next to the carpark, two pairs of Bullfinches, 30+ Siskins, 100+ Goldfinches, two Treecreepers, two Ravens, two Stock Doves and three Buzzards. At Parkend 4+ Hawfinches showing well by the cricket club feeding in the Yew trees with four Greenfinches, also two Nuthatches and a Mistle Thrush. (Steve Pullen).

Hawfinch by Steve Pullen

Cheltenham     A Peregrine flew S over Winchcombe Street/Fairview Road junction this afternoon. (Howard Taylor).

Sandhurst/Willington Court area     A pair of Stonechats, a Buzzard, a Kestrel, 500+ Starlings, four Stock Doves, a Raven, six Redwings, 14 Fieldfares, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers and a Green Woodpecker. (Paul Masters).

Dursley     Two Dippers, a Grey Wagtail and a Little Egret on the River Cam, Littlecombe estate, at the Long Street end this afternoon. (Magnus Carter).

Alderton     A Red Admiral in the garden today. (Graham Tompsett).

Red Admiral by Graham Tompsett
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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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