Friday 24th March 2023

Frampton     Four Cattle Egrets flew N at Fretherne Bridge at 6:15am. Along the canal and on the flashes an adult KITTIWAKE briefly with 500+ Black-headed Gulls, a Great White Egret, five Bar-tailed Godwits, seven Redshanks, 80+ Curlews, a male Pintail, 18 Gadwalls, five Shovelers, 25+ Fieldfares, a Redwing, ten Chiffchaffs, a Cetti’s Warbler, five Sand Martins and a Kingfisher. (MK). Around the pools 100+Sand Martins, 101 Tufted Ducks, a juvenile male Goldeneye, two Teal, four Grey Herons, 108 Pied Wagtails and the Ross’s Goose has taken up residence on Court Lake middle island. (Nick Goatman).

Great White Egret by Mike King

Chavenage Lane area     A male Peregrine on a kill, 40+ Fieldfares, 32 Stock Doves and two Wheatears (m & f) at nearby Barton End. (Terry Grant).

Tresham     600+ Golden Plovers, all flying SSW, with the exception of 110 roosting in a field. (Terry Grant).

Minchinhampton Common     Two Wheatears today. (Keith & Lyn Perkins).

Cleeve Hill     Two Wheatears by the radio masts at 12:45pm. (Jeremy Holland).

Netheridge Farm    A Mediterranean Gull over E at the Barn Owl Centre this morning, a patch tick. (Mark Hobson).

Tewkesbury     A Red Kite drifted low over Morrison’s supermarket at 2pm. (Les Ditchburn

Cheltenham     A drake Mandarin back at Park Campus today. (Jeremy Holland). Also Long-tailed Tit and  Nuthatch. Two Siskins in Warden Hill and a Muntjac off Shurdington Road. (Eric Harris).

Ashleworth Ham     A Mute Swan, two Greylags, six Canada Geese, 50 Wigeon, two Gadwalls, 25 Teal, 40 Mallards, six Pintails, two Shovelers, two Oystercatchers, a Blackcap and two Chiffchaffs singing. A Chiffchaff at Haw Bridge. (Mike Smart).

Hasfield Ham      A Snipe, a Curlew, ten adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls and five adult Herring Gulls on floodwater, two Chiffchaffs and nine Carrion Crows. (Mike Smart).

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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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