Friday 20th October 2023

WWT Slimbridge     The juvenile AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER seen in flight from the Summer Walkway at 11:17am. (Rob Crofton/Andy Langley).

Nailsworth     A ringtail HEN HARRIER circled Barton End at 2:30pm before disappearing. Also from there 19 Red Kites in the air together, in the direction of Kingscote, 200+ Skylarks and 14 Grey Partridges. (Terry Grant). Nine Ravens in aerial display over the town. (Jake King).

Berkeley shore     From Severn House Farm over the high tide seven Turnstones, five Redshanks, two Dunlins, two Wheatears and a Rock Pipit. (Paul Rich).

Sherborne Water Meadows     Four Marsh Tits, a Stonechat, a Little Egret, a Kingfisher, seven Siskins, 11 Yellowhammers, 50+ Redwings, five Fieldfares, 8+ Meadow Pipits and two Bullfinches. (Jamie Brown).

Cotswold Water Park West     5/6 Cattle Egrets still in the field adjacent to Pit 75 today. Access via track running parallel with the old railway line. (Chris Snook).

Cattle Egret by Chris Snook

Leigh Meadows     This morning 12 Mallards, a Grey Heron, two Snipe, a Buzzard, a pair of Stonechats, a Fieldfare, three Redwings. Also Narrow-leaved Water Dropwort had flowered after the hay cut. (Mike Smart).

Cobney Meadows     This morning four Canada Geese, 35 Mallards, a Grey Heron and 80 Black-headed Gulls today.  (Mike Smart).

Lower Lode     At the brick-pits this evening a Mute Swan, 20 Greylags flew S, 80 roosting Cormorants and five Fieldfares. (Mike Smart).

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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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