Sunday 12th March 2023

Frampton     A drake SCAUP on the Sailing Lake at 9:20am in the corner at the top of Vicarage Lane, the visiting WWT bird which returned there later. Also an immature male Goldeneye, three Little Grebes, a Cetti’s Warbler and a Chiffchaff both singing. (MK). Also around the pools 84 Tufted Ducks, nine Gadwalls, three Teal, 100+ Redwings, a Fieldfare flock, three Chiffchaffs, three Cetti’s Warblers, a Blackcap, three Skylarks, a Meadow Pipit, a Reed Bunting, a Raven, five Goldcrests, four Linnets and a Bullfinch. (Nick Goatman). On the flashes N of Splatt Bridge 85+ Curlews, nine Ruff, 10+ Black-tailed Godwits, 20+ Teal, two male Shovelers, a singing male Reed Bunting and a Little Egret this morning. Waders/ducks difficult to count in the pool behind the reedbed. (MK).

Scaup by Mike King

Goldeneye by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER still today from Kingfisher hide though very distant. (Dan Watson).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Early morning 11 Black-tailed Godwit and four Curlews. (Ian Ralphs).

Cotswold Water Park East     On Pit 132 early morning two Curlews, three Green Sandpipers, two Oystercatchers, six Lapwings, a Great White Egret, 16 Tufted Ducks, eight Teal and two Great Crested Grebes. (Ian Sherriffs).

Saul Warth     From Hock Ditch six Oystercatchers, five Shelducks, two Kestrels, Meadow Pipits and distant Curlews. (Mike Davis).

Chavenage Lane     130+ Fieldfares, 450+ Chaffinches, 13 Corn Buntings and at least three Red Kites today. (Terry Grant).

Halmore     In the fields this morning, a pair of Kestrels, a Buzzard, four Fieldfares, a Green Woodpecker, a Sparrowhawk over Halmore Lane and in a silage pit, a male and female Reed Bunting and a female Grey Wagtail. Garden birds included a Marsh Tit, two Coal Tits and nine Chaffinches. (Chris Newton).

Grey Wagtail by Chris Newton

Forest of Dean     Nine Lesser Redpolls today. (Derek Hale).

Lesser Redpoll by Derek Hale

Highnam     A Red Kite over the A48 at 12:30pm today. (Owen Follis).

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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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