Friday 31st March 2023

WWT Slimbridge     From Estuary Tower a Greenshank on the Dumbles scrape and a Sanderling with 25 Dunlins and 51 Ringed Plovers on the estuary. Four Swallows from Kingfisher hide. (Slimbridge Sightings). On South Lake ⁦106 Avocets and 617 Black-tailed Godwits, also three Lesser Redpolls feeding on the ground at the Sanderson Bridge, and several Willow Warblers around the grounds. (Paul Masters).

Painswick     A FIRECREST in the garden at 8:45am. (Rob Crispin).

Forest of Dean     A male Crossbill at Woorgreens today. (Sarah Townsend). A Coot on Woorgreens Lake today, very scarce now. (Frank Williams).

Nailsworth     Three Red Kites and 20+ Siskins on garden feeders. At Barton End two Red Kites and a male Peregrine. (Terry Grant).

Foss Cross     c180 Golden Plovers circling at altitude over flooding arable fields E of Foss Cross at SP075095. (Harvey Sherwood).

Quedgeley    A Ring-necked Parakeet in the garden with a purple ring on the left leg. (Paul Masters).

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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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