Friday 14th April 2023

Cleeve Hill     At least one male RING OUZEL viewed from the heather enclosure at 7:30am. (Jeremy Holland).

Berkeley shore     A Cuckoo this morning. (Paul Taylor).

Forest of Dean      At Nagshead two male Pied Flycatchers, a male Redstart, a pair of Grey Wagtails, a male Mandarin, a Redwing and a Wild Boar with nine young. A Dipper, Siskins and four Goosanders at Lower Cannop ponds. (Mike Davis).

Toadsmoor Valley     This afternoon three Marsh Tits, five Mandarins on the lake and a Dipper high upstream. (Martine & Pete Fenn).

Marsh Tit by Pete Fenn

Saul Warth     At a very low high tide this afternoon a Grey Plover, 79 Ringed Plovers, 88 Dunlins, 42 Curlews, five Bar-tailed Godwits, seven Oystercatchers, 50+ Sand Martins, 10+ Swallows, 6+ House Martins, two Wheatears and a Red-legged Partridge. (Martin McGill/Ian Sherriffs/MK). Saul Lodge pond and Dunstalls Wood three Mandarins (2m, 1f), two pairs of Tufted Ducks, a pair of Greylags, three Willow Warblers, a Chiffchaff, a Goldcrest, two Jays, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and a male Reed Bunting. (MK).

Wheatear by Mike King

Reed Bunting by Mike King

Purton     A Common Tern, 26 Willow Warblers, 20 Blackcaps, 30 Swallows, seven Sand Martins and 12 House Martins today. (Francis Steuck).

WWT Slimbridge    The Spotted Redshank still present. Two Wheatears on Middle Point cross fence. A Reed Warbler at Knott hide. A Sedge Warbler singing and a Kingfisher at Martin Smith hide. Two Mediterranean Gulls on South Lake. (Paul Masters/Jeremy Holland/Tim Jukes/Mark Dowie/Jonathan Bull).

Nailsworth     At Barton End male and female Wheatear and 13 Golden Plovers. (Terry Grant).

Golden Plovers by Terry Grant

Awre    This morning four House Martins, seven Swallows and two Sand Martins all feeding together. Also a Reed Warbler singing. (David Smith).

Minsterworth Ham      Seven Mute Swans, six Mallards, a Grey Heron, eight Cormorants, a Buzzard, a Peregrine, two Oystercatchers, a Little Ringed Plover, five Curlews, 100 mixed Herring/Lesser Black-backed Gulls, at least five Skylarks singing, five Swallows, 2 or 3 Blackcaps, a Willow Warbler, at least five Chiffchaffs, 40 Carrion Crows and ten Linnets. (Mike Smart).

Cheltenham     A Little Egret in Pittville Park this afternoon. (Jeremy Squire).

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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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