Monday 15th January 2024

Rodborough Common    41 WAXWINGS again this afternoon, just before 4pm. They roosted around the west wall of The Hythe. (Martine & Pete Fenn/Francis Steuck).

Waxwings by Pete Fenn

Awre     The RICHARD’S PIPIT still today at SO7163209079. Also 20 Curlews and two Common Cranes on the edge of the village. (Geoff Fawcett).

Cotswold Water Park East     The juvenile GREATER SCAUP and the Ferruginous Duck, or hybrid, still on Pit 114 today. Also three Goosanders (1m, 2rh), 60+ Red Crested Pochards, two Egyptian Geese and nine Pintails (5m, 4f). (Paul Masters/MK). The LITTLE GULL came in to roost at 3:31pm at Pit 125. (Ian Sherriffs).

Little Gull by Ian Sherriffs

Sharpness     Two BLACK REDSTARTS, an adult male and the female type, around the lightship in Dock Road again today late morning. (Vic Polley).

WWT Slimbridge    Two Cattle Egrets and three Little Egrets on South Lake at 4pm. Also a flock of Greenfinches. (Nigel Young/Les Ditchburn).

Little Egret & Cattle Egret by Nigel Young

Stanley Downton     This morning a Little Egret, two Grey Herons, four Cormorants, a Peregrine flew off a pylon and went west. A male Stonechat below Bond’s Mill. (Paul Sutton).

Little Egret by Paul Sutton
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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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