Sunday 3rd December 2023

Frampton pools     Three Red Crested Pochards (2m, 1f) a male Goldeneye, three Pochards, 43 Gadwalls, 54 Tufted Ducks, 21 Shovelers, 26 Mallards, 12 Teal, three Little Grebes, six Great Crested Grebes, 257 Coots, 56 Mute Swans, 16 Cormorants, two Curlews, two Chiffchaffs, 54 Siskins, a Grey Wagtail, eight Goldcrests and four Nuthatches today. (Nick Goatman).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning four Mute Swans, c5 Greylags, 50 Canada Geese, c20 Shelducks, 750 Wigeon, 1500 Teal, 200 Mallards, 15 Gadwall, 335+ Pintails, 171+ Shoveler, ten Tufted Ducks, two male Red Crested Pochards, a Grey Heron, 20 Lapwings, five Dunlins, 10+ Snipe, two Black-tailed Godwits. 150 Black-headed Gulls and 100+ Fieldfares in the hedges along the canal. (Mike Smart).

Woodchester     A Woodcock at dusk, flew from Woodchester Park woods across the Nympsfield road onto pastures by Tinkley Farm. Also a male Bullfinch coming to garden feeders today, a garden first. (Jon Haw).

Sandhurst     This morning a Peregrine perched on an electricity pylon near Sandhurst. (Tony Roberts).

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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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