Thursday 22nd June 2023

Slimbridge village    A CORN BUNTING with a male Yellowhammer at 51.7332228, -2.3863473 today, a great local bird. On a barn with a dipped terracotta tile roof on the left in the village. (Jack Green).

Corn Bunting by Jack Green

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still at Middle Point today and the BLACK-WINGED STILT still on South Lake. (Roberta Goodall/Martin & Michelle Greenish).

Tewkesbury     The Peregrine chicks at the Abbey continue to practise their flight skills around the tower. All four are doing well. (Alan McIlquham).

Peregrine by Alan McIlquham

Peregrine by Alan McIlquham

Forest of Dean     A Wood Warbler calling at Lightmoor today. (Owen Follis).

Cam     A juvenile Dipper along the River Cam this afternoon. (Jonathan Bull).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Sedge, Reed and Garden Warblers, Blackcaps, Whitethroats, and Chiffchaffs. Two Curlews, two adult Oystercatchers with two juveniles, four Little Ringed Plovers, a Redshank and two Avocets today. (Eric Harris).

Nailsworth     A trickle of Swifts flying S all day and 180+ in the evening. (Terry Grant).

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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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