Saturday 21st October 2023

WWT Slimbridge     The AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER flew past Middle Point on the tide. Nine White-fronted Geese on the Tack Piece, three Swallows at Middle Point and six feeding low over the Tack Piece. (Mark Hobson/Steve Pullen). A SHORT-EARED OWL over the Dumbles. (Helen Bojaniwska).

Purton    Nine LITTLE GULLS, a Mediterranean Gull, 18 White-fronted Geese then 12 Pink-footed Geese W early morning, ten Crossbills, 144 Siskins, 380 Chaffinches and 800 Starlings. Two SHAGS flew down river past Purton at 11:30am. (Francis Steuck).

Frampton pools      This morning a passage of 23 LITTLE GULLS through Splatt Bridge. Also four Mediterranean Gulls, a Marsh Harrier, 220 Golden Plovers, a Green Sandpiper, six Snipe, three Ruff, 114 Siskins, 15 Swallows, 28 Redwings, seven Fieldfares, a Rock Pipit and a Stonechat.  (Gordon Hodgson). The OSPREY still, a first-winter LITTLE GULL, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, a Great White Egret, 24 Cormorants, 34 Gadwalls, three Wigeon, two Shovelers, 24 Tufted Ducks, 145 Coots, a Water Rail, four Chiffchaffs, 17 Redwings, 14 Siskins, 14 Skylarks, 63 Pied Wagtails, 48 Linnets, 1000+ Starlings and 500+ Black-headed Gulls today. (Nick Goatman).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Eight Mute Swans, 214 Greylags, 161 Canada Geese, 82 Wigeon, 19 Gadwalls, 300 Teal, 150 Mallards, 22 Shovelers, a Tufted Duck, five Cormorants, a Great White Egret, two Grey Herons, two Lapwings, three Dunlins, 21 Snipe, 20+ Fieldfares, 12 Goldcrest, three Chiffchaffs, a Peregrine, a Kingfisher and two Swallows. (Mike Smart/Ian Ralphs).

Upham Meadow     130 Canada Geese, five Greylags and 20 Black-headed Gulls on floodwater and two Stonechats. (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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