Tuesday 2nd May 2023

Frampton     Four Hobbies over Court Lake today. (Paul Dunham). Later five Hobbies, two adult Mediterranean Gulls, nine Common Terns, an ARCTIC TERN and three Oystercatchers. (Nick Goatman).

Hobby by Paul Dunham

Highnam Woods     Two Nightingales today. (Paul Dunham/Terry Stevenson/Tom Berry).

Nightingale by Paul Dunham

WWT Slimbridge    An adult and a 2nd summer Mediterranean Gull and a drake Goldeneye on South Lake. (Magnus Carter). A Goshawk circling high over the Rushy being mobbed by Black-headed Gulls. (James Robinson).

Cleeve Hill     A breeding-plumage Golden Plover near the heather enclosure this morning. (Andy Lewis). This afternoon at least four Red Kites, two Buzzards, a Kestrel, Ravens, Skylarks, Meadow Pipits, a Marsh Tit, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Linnet flock, a Chiffchaff, a Willow Warbler and a Cuckoo. (Chris Moore).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A Peregrine, a Kestrel, a Little Owl, two Buzzards, 7+ Little Egrets, a Great White Egret, a Cuckoo, four Black-tailed Godwits, six Redshanks, two Oystercatchers, a Great Crested Grebe, many Sedge Warblers, three Whitethroats and two Lesser Whitethroats. (Paul Clark). The White-fronted Goose still this evening. (Ian Hull).

Hawling     This afternoon a Corn Bunting, four Yellowhammers, a Yellow Wagtail, a Willow Warbler singing, eight Linnets, four Whitethroats and four Red Kites. (Steve Pullen).

Badgeworth Court     On the footpath from Shurdington four Linnets, five Chiffchaffs, three Great Spotted Woodpeckers, two Goldcrests, two Swallows, a Song Thrush, a Whitethroat, a Blackcap, a Buzzard, a Stock Dove, a Grey Heron, two Roe Deer and an Orange Tip. (Howard Taylor).

Barnwood     A Hobby at 1pm flying high N over the garden at St Lawrence Church, Barnwood. (Rob Crofton).

Dursley     A Hobby over Whiteway Hill at 6:35pm. (Phil Pope).

Gloucester     An Oystercatcher beside Bruton Way at 10:45am today. This is the 4th sighting in the City. (Chris Sandys).

Ashleworth Ham     From the hide a Great White Egret, six Little Egrets, eight Grey Herons, eight Shovelers, 12 Gadwalls, six Teal, 32 Coots, a Shelduck, a pair of Lapwings and a Curlew. (Richard Humphrey).

Great White Egret by Richard Humphrey

Nailsworth     At midday today, 13 Buzzards circling together and a Grey Heron on a neighbouring roof in Worley being mobbed by gulls and Jackdaws. (Mike Kom).

Cheltenham     A Grey Wagtail on the River Chelt in Arle and a pair of Blackcaps
nearby. Over the Park Campus a Peregrine, a Buzzard and six large gulls disputing airspace high up. (Steve Brown).

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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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