Sunday 26th March 2023

WWT Slimbridge     A SPOONBILL around the grounds. (Mark Hobson). A Little Ringed Plover on the Rushy and 12 Ringed Plovers from Estuary Tower. A Swallow and a Sand Martin feeding over South Lake. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Frampton     On the flashes N of Splatt Bridge 50+ Curlews, nine Bar-tailed Godwits, 11 Oystercatchers, six Redshanks, a Great White Egret, 83 Shelducks, 15 Gadwalls, five Pintails, a 2nd calendar year Mediterranean Gull, 400+ Black-headed Gulls and a Skylark singing. (Gordon Hodgson/Dot Jones).

Stinchcombe Hill     A male and a female Brambling and two Siskins around the feeders. (James Robinson).

Elmore     At the Elmore Court Rewilding Project from the public footpath along Broadmeadow Bank Ditch three Green Sandpipers and four Grey Herons this afternoon. (Steve Pullen).

Highnam     Two Buzzards, two Shelducks, a Kestrel, a Skylark singing, a Green Woodpecker, two Mute Swans and 60+ Linnets along the cycle path and near the flooded River Leadon this evening. (Clare McLeod).

Brimscombe     From the garden a Red Kite circling low with a Buzzard at 2pm. (Nikki Smith).

Gretton     A male Pheasant exploring gardens and bird feeders. (Roger Wasley).

Pheasant by Roger Wasley
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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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