Sunday 23rd April 2023

Tresham     Early afternoon a male RING OUZEL, a Whinchat, six Wheatears, three Corn Buntings and five Stock Doves. (Paul Rich).

Ring Ouzel by Paul Rich

Highnam Woods     Two Nightingales early morning, one briefly at 7:05am and one singing well and seen in flight at 7:50am. (MK/Mike Davis).

Frampton     A SPOONBILL from Splatt Bridge at 6:45am. (Eric Palmer). This morning at Splatt Bridge a drake GARGANEY, 44 Bar-tailed Godwits, 39 Black-tailed Godwits, four Whimbrels (another 21 this evening), 20 Dunlins, a Common Sandpiper, an Avocet, seven Oystercatchers, seven Willow Warblers, three Sedge Warblers, a Reed Warbler, a Grasshopper Warbler, three Lesser Whitethroats, a Whitethroat, a Wheatear and a Cuckoo through. (Gordon Hodgson). Two Hobbies from Splatt Bridge early afternoon. (Paul Masters/Mark Hobson/Mike Davis). At the pools an ARCTIC TERN through, three Common Sandpipers, a Tree Pipit and two Wheatears near the Sailing Lake. (Shane Long/Nick Goatman/Roberta Goodall). A Lesser Whitethroat singing at the path crossroads at the SE corner of the circuit of the Sailing Lake, by the rape field, and a Garden Warbler at the NE corner of the circuit. (David Lawrence).

Purton     An ARCTIC TERN, five Common Sandpipers, a Tree Pipit, two Red Kites and a flock of four migrating Kestrels. Plenty of common warblers coinciding with showers 36 Blackcaps, 20 Willow Warblers, ten Whitethroats, five Lesser Whitethroats, four Reed Warblers and two Sedge Warblers. (Francis Steuck).

Westbury-on-Severn    At the Strand two Whimbrels, a Common Tern, a Lesser Whitethroat, a male Redstart, two Whinchats and a Yellow Wagtail heard overhead. (Andy Jayne).

Stinchcombe Hill    Two male RING OUZELS in trees close to the 8th tee this morning. Also a Whitethroat. (James Robinson).

Cotswold Water Park East     At Pit 132 this morning five Oystercatchers, three Common Terns, two Common Sandpipers, four Little Egrets, a Cuckoo and a Grasshopper Warbler singing. (Ian Sherriffs).

Cotswold Water Park West     Four Common Terns on Pit 6 today. (Jonathan Bull).

WWT Slimbridge    On the Tack Piece a Little Ringed Plover, two Common Sandpiper, male and female Ruff, three Greenshanks, a Redshank, a drake GARGANEY and 25+ Black-tailed Godwits. On the Dumbles three Sanderlings, 15+ Ringed Plovers, 20+ Dunlins, three Whimbrels, 12 Bar-tailed Godwits, ten Curlews, three Common Cranes, two Water Rails, a Yellow Wagtail and many Swallows, House Martins and Sand Martins over NE. (Tim McGrath/Roberta Goodall). On South Lake four Common Sandpipers and two Goldeneyes. (Slimbridge Sightings/Neil Smart).

Cleeve Hill     Between 10am-11:30am two Whinchats and at least seven Wheatears around the dew pond and bathing, four male Stonechats, at least four singing Willow Warblers, 12 Yellowhammers, a Linnet nest building, a Whitethroat and a Redstart singing. (Tom Mabbett). Early evening in thick mist and heavy rain seven Whinchats and five Wheatears along the wall from the Masts car park. (Mark Dowie).

Dowdeswell Reservoir     This afternoon two Little Egrets, a pair of Great Crested Grebes, a Cormorant and a few Swallows and House Martins. (Tom Mabbett).

Rodborough Common     An OSPREY flew up from the Woodchester side of the hill and circled around the top of the Common and eventually flew out of line of sight towards the Slad valley at 3:30pm. (Lee Pegler).

Gotherington     A Grasshopper Warbler and possibly a second bird in the distance, reeling from a hedge between the new housing off Gotherington Lane and Nottingham Hill at dusk. (Steve Kear).

Stonehouse     A Common Sandpiper at the Ocean this morning SO797050. Also a Red Kite over Beards Mill. (Paul Sutton).

Common Sandpiper by Paul Sutton

Bentham    At lunchtime a Red Kite, a Kestrel, three Whitethroats, five Blackcaps, three Swallows, a Little Grebe, a Grey Heron, three Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs. (Sam Walker).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A Cattle Egret, a Common Sandpiper, two Avocets, six Oystercatchers, three Redshanks, two Ringed Plovers, three Little Ringed Plovers, eight Black-tailed Godwits, four Curlews and five singing Redstarts. (Ian Hull). Also a Swift, four Whitethroats, four Sedge Warblers, a Yellow Wagtail, a Red Kite, many Sand Martins with House Martins and Swallows. (Chris & Vicky Harper).

Calcot     In the Calcot Farm/Manor area late morning a male PIED FLYCATCHER, c10 Fieldfares, a male Whinchat and a male Wheatear. (Rich Hearn).

Forest of Dean     From Lower hide, Nagshead a pair of Redstarts, five Pied Flycatchers, a Green Woodpecker, a Mandarin, a Treecreeper, two Nuthatches, a Raven and five Blackcaps. (Owen Follis/Chris & Vicky Harper). At Pope’s Hill a pair of Hawfinches on the garden bird table. (Harvey Sherwood).

Hawfinch by Harvey Sherwood

Guscar Rocks/Aylburton Warth     At high tide nine Canada Geese, 11 Shelducks, four Teal, four Mallards, two Grey Herons, seven Oystercatchers, two Lapwings, 12 Ringed Plovers, a Little Ringed Plover, 12 Dunlins, 40 Curlews, 19 Whimbrels, six Redshanks, a Common Sandpiper, a Turnstone, five Herring Gulls, 20 Swallows, four Wheatears, two Whinchats, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Reed Warbler, a Whitethroat, 21 + Carrion Crows, 20 Linnets and seven Reed Buntings. (Barrie Mills & Mike Smart).

Witcombe Reservoirs     Four Common Sandpipers, a Willow Warbler and a Blackcap this morning. (Eric Harris).

Gloucester     Early morning at Horsebere Brook a Whitethroat and two Wheatears this morning. (Ken Hurcombe).

Hucclecote     A Red Kite over at 10:20am. (Paul Selwood).

Berkeley     A Red Kite over heading towards Purton this afternoon. (Clare Glanville).

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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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