Sunday 31st December 2023

Cheltenham     Nine WAXWINGS by Naunton Park Primary School in the ornamental gardens today until 3pm at least. (Ian Ralphs et al).

Waxwing by Steve Money

Bussage    At midday eight WAXWINGS still on the open area of grassland at the junction of the Ridgeway and The Ridge, but no sign at 3pm. (Robert Bryant).

Forest of Dean    At Parkend six Hawfinches. Nearby at Cannop Ponds eight Goosanders and five Mandarins. (David Lawrence).

WWT Slimbridge     Two WHOOPER SWANS with seven Bewick’s Swans on entrance road fields, best viewed from the Sloane Tower. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning the Common Sandpiper still, a Shelduck, a Cormorant, a Kestrel, a Mistle Thrush, three Meadow Pipits and three Chiffchaffs at the sewage works. (MK).

Slimbridge     A  Peregrine on the church tower this morning. Also a Weasel with a shrew in its mouth by the Cambridge canal bridge. (Brian Kings).

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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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