Thursday 13th April 2023

Cleeve Hill     Five RING OUZELS still this afternoon. (Duncan Dine/Roberta Goodall).

Ring Ouzel by Jon Mercer

Ring Ouzel by Jon Mercer

Ring Ouzel by Duncan Dine

Forest of Dean     A Tree Pipit at Crabtree Hill this morning. (Geoff Fawcett). A male Pied Flycatcher showing well this afternoon at Lower hide, Nagshead. (Martin Vaisey).

Aylburton     This afternoon at Stockwell Lane 30 Shelducks, three Mallards, two Grey Herons, two Skylarks and three Swallows. On the Common at 5pm three Blackcaps singing. (Martin Vaisey).

Walmore Common     A pair of Great White Egrets this morning. (David Smith).

Berkeley shore     This morning a male Wheatear, a Reed Warbler and a Whimbrel. (Paul Taylor).

Tresham     Early morning three Wheatears, two Corn Buntings, two Yellowhammers, a pair of Stonechats, a Stock Dove and a Little Owl. (Paul Rich).

Frampton     At 7am 250+ Sand Martins, 20+ Swallows and a House Martin dropped in. Also a pair of Oystercatchers and a Shelduck on Court Lake. (MK). This evening around the pools Sand Martins increased to 500+, an unringed Common Crane over, a Common Sandpiper, a Kingfisher and the Ross’s Goose. (Nick Goatman). At Splatt Bridge this morning 51 Curlews, six Bar-tailed Godwits, four Oystercatchers, a Whimbrel, a Red Kite, a Reed Warbler, a Sedge Warbler, 20+ Chiffchaffs and five Willow Warblers. (Gordon Hodgson).

Sand Martin by Mike King

Oystercatchers by Mike King

Cheltenham     Three Siskins on a cherry tree in allotments this morning at Naunton Park. (Peter Cadogan).

WWT Slimbridge     The Spotted Redshank still on the Dumbles scrape today. (Martin McGill). At least four Wrens holding territories near hides this morning. (Roger Wasley).

Wren 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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