Monday 13th March 2023

Frampton     Two SAND MARTINS over the Sailing Lake at 8am in strong winds. Also a Cetti’s Warbler singing near the Sailing Club and a Kingfisher. (MK). Later on five Sand Martins, a juvenile male Goldeneye, a pair of Mandarins, 90 Tufted Ducks, 16 Gadwalls, nine Teal, four Little Grebes, 46 Pied Wagtails, 32 Fieldfares, two Redwings and six Meadow Pipits. (Nick Goatman).

WWT Slimbridge     At high tide  a Grey Plover and a Bar-tailed Godwit on the Dumbles edge and a Knot on the Bottom New Piece. (Ian Hull). The drake SCAUP on the Rushy showing very well. A Great White Egret on and around The Dumbles and another at the back of the ‘Back from the Brink’ ⁦exhibit. (Paul Masters).

Sharpness     This morning at high tide a Snipe, a Rock Pipit, six Wigeon, ten Cormorants, three Great Black-backed Gulls, five Meadow Pipits and a Kestrel. (Neil Smart).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This afternoon a Ruff, five Golden Plovers, two Curlews, 12 Lapwings, 200+ Wigeon, 20+ Teal, three Pintails, five Gadwalls, 20+ Shovelers, 12 Tufted Ducks, ten Mallards, two Mute Swans, two Greylags, a Grey Heron, two Sand Martins heading N, nine Stock Doves and two Greenfinches. (Paul Brunt).

Ashleworth & Hasfield Hams     Two Greylags, 15 Canada Geese, nine Wigeon; ,18 Teal, 30 Mallards, seven Pintails, four Shovelers and two Tufted Ducks. (Mike Smart).

Halmore     Garden birds today included male and female Reed Buntings (1st for 4 years), two Marsh Tits, eight Greenfinches, three Coal Tits and a Nuthatch. (Chris Newton).

Marsh Tit by Chris Newton

Reed Bunting by Chris Newton

Cheltenham    At Sandford Park eight Chaffinches feeding on a flower border by College Road. (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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