Wednesday 13th December 2023

Frampton pools     The juvenile GREAT NORTHERN DIVER still on Court Lake today. (Jonathan Bull et al). Also today a male Goldeneye on the Sailing Lake, a male Pochard, 43 Tufted Ducks, 38 Gadwalls, four Teal, two Little Grebes, six Great Crested Grebes, 16 Cormorants and three Grey Herons. (Nick Goatman).

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning four Curlews, 300+ Dunlins, 35 Lapwings flew N, two Little Egrets, a Shelduck, a Common Gull, two Buzzards, a male Kestrel, 15 Magpies, a Mistle Thrush and a Chiffchaff at the sewage works. (MK).

Quedgeley     The Ring-necked Parakeet heard calling only in Taylor’s Ground Grove again this morning. (Steve Pullen).

Uley    Several Bramblings with a flock of 50+ Chaffinches at the top of Lampern Hill above Uley this morning. (Neil Smart).

Coombe Hill Meadows     The car park is underwater. Around the car park a Goldfinch, three male Blackcaps, a Song Thrush, a Fieldfare, a Redwing, Long Tailed Tits and Wigeon calling nearby. (Alan McIlquham).

Coombe Hill car park by Alan McIlquham
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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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