Saturday 13th May 2023

Ebley    A WHITE STORK flew over the garden this evening heading towards Selsley Common. (Martin & Michelle Greenish).

Sharpness    Six EIDERS (3 males) off of Sharpness at 7:30am, 1 minute later they flew downriver towards Oldbury Power Station. Not seen again on the afternoon tide. (Andy Jordan).

Eiders (record shot) by Andy Jordan

Gloucester      A adult male BLACK REDSTART singing at the bottom of Southgate St/Commercial Rd 7:30 to 8:30am. At 7:40am it was on Blackfriars Priory. (Andrew Bluett).

WWT Slimbridge     A Spotted Flycatcher along the path to Kingfisher hide at 12:10pm. (Greg Mabbett). From Middle Point 242 Dunlins, 224 Ringed Plovers, two Sanderling, six Curlews and two Oystercatchers and a Cuckoo heard. (Helen Bojaniwska). The female Red Crested Pochard in the Decoy still. (Dot Jones).

Saul Warth     Early morning seven Avocets, three Curlews, two Oystercatchers and 15 Shelducks. (MK).

Frampton     Between Fretherne and Splatt Bridges five Lesser Whitethroats, six Sand Martins and nine Swallows flew N, two Cetti’s Warblers and another in the 100-Acre. A Great White Egret and four Swifts over the 100-Acre. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge     From Kingfisher hide a Cuckoo, a Sedge Warbler, male and female Kingfisher, four Common Cranes and a Reed Bunting. From Zeiss hide two Common Cranes and two chicks, 15 Avocets, 20+ Swifts, two Lapwings and an Oystercatcher. On the bird feeders a Great Spotted Woodpecker. (Jake Jenkins).

Coaley     A Kingfisher near the Everhot factory at Coaley Mill at 11am. (Shane Long).

Berkeley shore     This afternoon at Severn House farm two Oystercatchers, two Little Egrets, 17 Shelducks and 56 Swallows flew N. (MK).

Cheltenham     A Raven calling from a Scots Pine above the Race Course Station. (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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