Sunday 2nd April 2023

WWT Slimbridge     The GREEN-WINGED TEAL on the Top New Piece from Van de Bovenkamp hide. From Estuary Tower a singing SEDGE WARBLER near the Pill box. 843 Black-tailed Godwits and a Spotted Redshank on South Lake.  (Slimbridge Sightings).

Frampton    From Splatt Bridge this morning 20 Curlews, two Oystercatchers, three Sand Martins, 20 Siskins and a trickle of Meadow Pipits N, also distant SPOONBILLS flew up river at 8:40am. (Gordon Hodgson).

Elmore     At the Elmore Court Rewilding Project from the public footpath along Broadmeadow Bank Ditch a male REDSTART this morning. (Mark Hobson).

Redstart by Mark Hobson

Forest of Dean     A FIRECREST at Nagshead this afternoon. (Geoff Fawcett).

Edge     A Goshawk flew over Rudge Hill NNR towards Painswick at 3:30pm. (Greg Anderson).

Foss Cross     A presumed released immature WHITE-TAILED EAGLE circled over the A429 between Foss Cross and Lower Norcote at 12:24pm. (BirdGuides).

Tewkesbury     At 6:15pm a Peregrine flew over the garden S. (Les Ditchburn).

Minchinhampton Common      A Wheatear today. (Jon Dexter).

Cheltenham     A Chiffchaff calling this morning by the gates at Pittville Lawn. (Howard Taylor).

Upham Meadow     Six Mute Swans, ten Canada Geese, ten Greylags, eight Wigeon, ten Tufted Ducks, two Great Crested Grebes, six Curlews, 25 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 40 Carrion Crows today. (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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