Monday 24th April 2023

Cleeve Hill     Near the Dew pond five Whinchats, 10+ Wheatears, a male RING OUZEL and a Corn Bunting this morning. (Duncan Dine/Andy Wiggins/Ken Heron). Also two Red Kites. (Ken Heron).

Whinchat by Duncan Dine

WWT Slimbridge    This morning a Common Sandpiper and a Mediterranean Gull on South Lake. Three Greenshanks and a drake GARGANEY from Robbie Garnett hide. Ringed Plovers, Dunlins and a Sanderling from the Estuary Tower. (Mike Davis/Ian Hull). A Yellow Wagtail on the Tack Piece. (Ian Sherriffs).

Frampton     At the Sailing Lake 12 Yellow Wagtails, 500+ Sand Martins, 80+ Swallows, five House Martins, a Red Kite, a male Reed Bunting, two Sedge Warblers, two Reed Warblers and two Cetti’s Warbler this evening. (Nick Goatman).

Chaceley     A Hobby, two Whitethroats and three Redstarts today. (Daniel Gornall).

Halmore     A male Whitethroat today, a male Kestrel hunting and a pair of Mandarins in a tree. (Chris Newton).

Mandarin by Chris Newton

Forest of Dean     Two Woodcocks flushed on a footpath around Ellwood this morning. (Geoff Fawcett).

Cheltenham     A female Mallard and six ducklings on Hatherley Park lake this morning. (David Norman).

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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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