Thursday 11th May 2023

Cleeve Hill     At Wardens’ Wood this morning a Cuckoo, two Chiffchaffs, a Blackcap, two Willow Warblers, a Garden Warbler, a Yellowhammer and a Long-tailed Tit. (Cottia Howard).

Rodborough Common     This morning a late female Wheatear on the Common. (Rich Hearn).

Framilode Passage     Four Common Cranes flew S at considerable height circled and apparently landed in fields in the Boxbush/Westbury-on-Severn area. (Terry Grant).

Frampton     At least three Hobbies over Court Lake this morning and at Splatt Bridge, a Cuckoo calling and three Whimbrels feeding in the marshy grassland next to the N reedbed in the afternoon. (Terry Grant). Later around the pools nine Hobbies, ten Common Terns, a Cuckoo, a Common Sandpiper, a Marsh Harrier, a Lesser Whitethroat, the Ross’s Goose and two Swifts. (Nick Goatman).

Hobby by Terry Grant

Nailsworth     A male Peregrine circling the town at 12:45pm. (Jake King).

Chedworth     The first three Swifts today, the same arrival date for 3rd successive year. (Harvey Sherwood).

Cheltenham     A Grey Wagtail on top of the shop this morning and again at lunchtime at Boots Corner. (Howard Taylor).

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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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