Wednesday 31st May 2023

Cotswold Water Park East     A summer plumaged Grey Plover on Pit 132 this morning. (Duncan Dine).

Grey Plover by Richard Tyler

Grey Plover by Richard Tyler

WWT Slimbridge     The male BLACK-WINGED STILT still today from Zeiss hide on the Top New Piece. Also two Greenshanks, a drake GARGANEY and a pair of Common Terns. Three drake GARGANEYS on the Rushy. A drake Pochard and a Common Sandpiper on South Lake. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Saul Warth     Off of Hock Ditch 115+ Ringed Plovers, 10+ Dunlins, 10+ Sanderlings and two Little Stints today. (Rob Strong).

Forest of Dean    At Nagshead at least five Pied Flycatchers, five Spotted Flycatchers, a female Mandarin with three juveniles, a Great Spotted Woodpecker feeding young in a tree, a Sparrowhawk, several Treecreepers and a Green Woodpecker. (Paul Clark/Chris Snook). Three Buzzards, 6+ Chiffchaffs, two Garden Warblers and many Four-spotted Chasers and Broad-bodied Chasers at Woorgreens. 3+ Grey Wagtails, two Dippers, 10+ Mandarins, two Tufted Ducks and a Kingfisher at Cannop Ponds and Stoneworks. (Paul Clark).

Spotted Flycatcher by Chris Snook

Quedgeley     At Lower Rea this afternoon, a Curlew mobbing a Red Kite over the river at 4pm, also a Lesser Whitethroat, a Whitethroat and two Kingfishers on the canal near Rea Bridge. (Steve Pullen).

Ashleworth Ham     Two Curlews, 15 Greylags with eight goslings, 66 Mallards, 35 Canada Geese, three Swallows, five House Martins, three Pied Wagtails, two Grey Herons, three Chaffinches, a Chiffchaff and a Blackcap. (John Fletcher).

Woolaston    This morning a Hobby and a Kestrel over Netherend Farm. (Ant Dobbs).

Gloucester     A Red Kite over the M5 Motorway Services this afternoon. (Howard Taylor).

Dudbridge    150/200 House Martins along the cycle track and above the houses. (Megan Adamou).

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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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