Friday 27th October 2023

Cotswold Water Park East     The juvenile PURPLE HERON still at Whelford Pools N.R. today. (John Fletcher). A juvenile GREATER SCAUP on Pit 114 Dudgrove. (Jeremy Squire).

Purple Heron by John Fletcher

Frampton pools     A LITTLE GULL on Court Lake at 3pm. (Alan Chambers).

WWT Slimbridge     Three Spotted Redshanks on the Tack Piece and 32 White-fronted Geese on the Dumbles. (Dot Jones).

Painswick Beacon    At least four Bramblings feeding on Whitebeam berries this morning with Greenfinches and Chaffinches. Also six Meadow Pipits, a Nuthatch, two Jays, a Mistle Thrush and a Raven. (Paul Masters).

Sherborne    Two Wigeon, 22 Teal, four Stonechats, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Little Grebe, a Kingfisher and a Cormorant on Sherborne Brook today. Also a huge influx of Fieldfares recently arrived in adjacent fields. (Luke Hunter).

Gloucester     At Alney Island a male Sparrowhawk, a Song Thrush, four Redwings, three Goldfinches, a Cettis Warbler and a Bullfinch both heard. (Paul Brunt).

Cheltenham    A distant Tawny Owl calling in Pittville Lawn from 2:40am. (Howard Taylor). A Green Woodpecker in Bishops Cleeve cemetery and a Kingfisher in Pittville Park. (Alan McIlquham).

Green Woodpecker by Alan McIlquham

Lydney     Two Tawny Owls calling from 11:30pm. (Carol Rushton).

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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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