Tuesday 17th October 2023

WWT Slimbridge    Four Russian White-fronted Geese returned to WWT today. (Martin McGill). Five Spotted Redshanks on the Rushy today. (Roy Kinchin).

Frampton     On Court lake this evening the OSPREY still, four Cattle Egrets, a Great White Egret, 12 Little Egrets, 15 Shovelers, 16 Tufted Ducks, 14 Gadwalls, a Kingfisher, 27 Cormorants and 30+ Fieldfares. (Nick Goatman). The adult Yellow-legged Gull on Court Lake this evening. (Christopher Teague).

Forest of Dean     The OSPREY still at Cannop Ponds again this afternoon. (Frank Williams).

Stinchcombe Hill     170 Redwings, 16 Fieldfares, two Starlings, 44 Chaffinches, three Bramblings, a Hawfinch, six Siskins, a MERLIN, a Sparrowhawk, 100’s of Common Gulls heading off the estuary and two Greylags. (James Robinson).

Tresham     Mid morning a Marsh Harrier, a Wheatear and two Red Kites. (Paul Rich).

Cotswold Water Park West     Four 4 Cattle Egrets mid afternoon in a field on the Glos side of the stream, just E of Reed Hide at Pits 68a/b, SW of Cerney Wick. (Clive Scarlett).

Chavenage Lane & Chavenage Green     At least 20-25 Red Kites, 400+ Chaffinches, five Kestrels, 80+ Meadow Pipits, 110+ Fieldfares, 800+ Common Gulls, four Stonechats, and a mixed flock of 1000+ pre-roost corvids, an estimated 600 of them being Jackdaws. (Terry Grant). Also a distant juvenile Goshawk, two Buzzards, c12 Long-tailed Tits, a Song Thrush, two Red-Legged Partridges and c200 Fieldfares which arrived late afternoon. (Chris Newton).

Stroud     A LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER briefly flying around a mature garden this morning, also nine Redwings and a Fieldfare over. (Terry Grant).

Guscar Rocks/Aylburton Warth     WeBS count today 465 Canada Geese, 20 Greylags, a Pink-footed Goose, a Shelduck, four Wigeon, 95 Teal, two Mallards, nine Grey Herons, a Lapwing, 40 Dunlin, 475 Curlews, 45 Redshanks, 50 Black-headed Gulls, two Common Gulls and ten Herring Gulls. Also ten Skylarks, 110 Meadow Pipits, two Ravens and 60 Carrion Crows at Guscar. (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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