Monday 27th November 2023

Forest of Dean    50+ Bramblings in the woods between Mallards Pike and Wenchford at SO 64229 08714. Four Goosanders flew towards Mallards Pike and numerous Crossbills heard. (Frank Williams). At Cannop ponds a pair of Marsh Tits today, also a Great Spotted Wooddpecker and a few of Bramblings with Chaffinches. (Thomas Winstone).

Saul Warth     At high tide 60+ Curlews, 1000+ Dunlins, 51 Lapwings, two Redshanks, a Common Gull, five Grey Herons, a Rock Pipit, 20+Meadow Pipits, 10+ Pied Wagtails and still two Chiffchaffs at the sewage works. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge    A full-winged drake Goldeneye with collection birds in the Eider pen this morning. An Avocet on South Lake and a Marsh Harrier and a Peregrine on the Bottom New Piece. (Paul Masters).

Sharpness    A Stonechat by the river, a Curlew, a Grey Wagtail, a Pied Wagtail, a Peregrine and two brief views of a BLACK REDSTART by the docks in Dock Road this morning. (Mike Davis).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Six Mute Swans, five Greylags, 200 Canada Geese, 12 Shelducks, 120+ Shovelers, 300 Wigeon, 500 Teal, 12 Gadwalls, 100 Mallards, 80+ Pintails, six Pochards, 72 Tufted Ducks, 21 Coots, two Little Grebes, a Great Crested Grebe, three Dunlins, three Cattle Egrets, three Grey Herons, eight Little Egrets, a Sparrowhawk, a Kingfisher, a Chiffchaff, three Blackcaps and 51 Pied Wagtails and 20+ Fieldfares along the towpath today. (Andy Jayne/Mike Smart).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Hook three Mute Swans, 200 Greylags, 250 Canada Geese, three Shelducks, 200 Wigeon, 50 Teal, 160 Mallards, 20 Pintails, 40 Shovelers, two Tufted Ducks, four Little Egrets, 260 Golden Plover, 155 Lapwings, 30 Dunlin, a Black-tailed Godwit and 200 Black-headed Gulls. (Mike Smart). A Great White Egret at Tewkesbury Nature Reserve this morning at SO899320 then flew off S. (Giles Alder).

Ashleworth Ham     At lunchtime c300 Canada Geese, 150 Greylags, 300 Common Gulls, 20 Lapwings in amongst the Greylag with a further 120 over, 16 Shovelers, 60 Mallards, ten Wigeon, a Treecreeper and a Grey Heron. (Pete Jones).

Frampton pools     Seven Great Crested Grebes, a male Goldeneye, three Chiffchaffs, five Fieldfares, four Redwings, 200+ Black-headed Gulls and two Herring Gulls today. (Nick Goatman).

Kingscote     This afternoon two Red Kites, a Buzzard, a male Kestrel, two Chinese Pheasants and 100+ Golden Plovers over. (Jake King).

Cheltenham     A Grey Heron flew N over Pittville Gates this morning. (Howard Taylor).

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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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