Thursday 25th May 2023

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showed at Middle Point for c1 min at 9:55am in the reedbed left of the path. A drake GARGANEY on the Rushy. (Slimbridge Sightings et al).

White-spotted Bluethroat by Richard Tyler

White-spotted Bluethroat by Richard Tyler
Garganey by Mike King

Frampton pools     At lunchtime a HONEY BUZZARD high over heading NE, nine Hobbies, two Red Kites, a Buzzard and a Sparrowhawk. (Nick Goatman).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This afternoon an adult SPOONBILL, a Little Ringed Plover, a male Cuckoo calling, a Common Sandpiper and four Lesser Whitethroats along the canal. (Ken Heron & Jenny Jones). This evening the SPOONBILL still and a Great White Egret, two Curlews, five Lapwings, two Redshanks, a Ringed Plover and three Yellow Wagtails. (Helen Preston Gibb).

Alderley     A male and female Siskin feeding together on the bird table this afternoon. (Vic Polley).

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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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