Tuesday 16th May 2023

Forest of Dean    The IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF again in Old Staple-edge Wood around SO 64929 10114 singing throughout the day and showing well occasionally, often high in the Beech canopy. (Paul Masters et al). Parking suggestions here, there are no real close access points, at least a 20 minute walk. https://twitter.com/danwatsonbirder/status/1658007284306309120

At least three Wood Warblers in the Lightmoor area. (Geoff Fawcett). At Crabtree Hill a Tree Pipit and a Cuckoo. At Nagshead two Redstarts, a Pied Flycatcher and a Garden Warbler. (Derek Hale).

Tree Pipit by Derek Hale

WWT Slimbridge     The GLOSSY IBIS feeding in a puddle in the Severn Ground (next field NE from Goose House) at 11:15am, but not generally viewable. (Dot Jones). A SPOONBILL on the Top New Piece today. (Martin McGill).

Frampton     19 Hobbies over Court Lake this afternoon. (Nick Goatman/Roy Shilham). This evening no sign of the Glossy Ibis between Saul Warth and the 100-Acre. A Great White Egret over, three Common Cranes S, a Sparrowhawk with prey (probably a Swallow), a Kingfisher, 10+ Swifts, two Lesser Whitethroats and two Cetti’s Warblers. (MK).

Cheltenham    This afternoon two drake Mandarins on the grass by Park Campus Lake. (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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