Saturday 11th November 2023

WWT Slimbridge    The juvenile WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER mobile around the grounds again but showed well on South Lake today. (Slimbridge Sightings/Tom Mabbett/James Robinson).

Tewkesbury     Along Mythe Brook 12 Mute Swans, c700 Greylags, c500 Canada Geese, a juvenile BRENT GOOSE, at least 500 Wigeon, 12 Gadwalls, 70 Teal, 70 Mallards, 40 Pintails, 46 Shovelers, 20 Tufted Ducks, three Pochards, a female Goosander, two Little Egrets, three Grey Herons, 75 Lapwings, a Redshank, a Green Sandpiper, 40 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 25 Black-headed Gulls and at least 50 Fieldfares in the hedges. (Mike Smart).

Frampton    19 Little Egrets and four Cattle Egrets over the garden tonight heading to the Court Lake roost. (Gordon Hodgson).

Longney Crib & Sands     This afternoon five Little Egrets, three Stonechats (1m, 2f), two Reed Buntings, 23 Lapwings heading downstream, a Grey Heron, 300+ Lesser Black-backed Gulls, four Common Gulls, 150+ Black-headed Gulls, seven Herring Gulls, three Great Black-backed Gulls, a pale Buzzard and 43 Rooks. (John Fletcher).

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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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