Tuesday 16th January 2024

Rodborough Common    Up to 40 WAXWINGS throughout the day about the Common before roosting again this evening. (Jake King/Neil Smart/Dot Jones/Giles Diggle/Paul Masters/Louise Bride/Paul Sutton). Also a Red Kite and a Kestrel. (Paul Sutton).

Waxwings by Paul Sutton

Waxwings by Paul Sutton

Waxwings by Paul Sutton

Minsterworth Ham     25 Shelducks, 23 Shovelers, 27 Gadwalls, 270 Wigeon, ten Mallards, 12 Pintails, 910 Teal, 720 Lapwings, 180 Dunlins, three Snipe, a Green Sandpiper, two Grey Herons, a Little Owl, a Chiffchaff and a Grey Wagtail today. (Andy Jayne).

Saul Warth     221+ Curlews, 400+ Dunlins, eight Redshanks, a Common Sandpiper, 50 Shelducks, 30 Meadow Pipits, a Rock Pipit, two Stonechats, a Grey Wagtail, a Treecreeper, a Little Owl and five Chiffchaffs at the sewage works. (MK).

Forest of Dean     A MERLIN at Morse Road in Ruardean Hill today. (Rob Husbands).

Stroud     In the Lodgemore Mill area a Dipper, a Coal Tit, a Goldcrest and eight Redwings today. (Richard Williams).

Berkeley shore     Birds today included 18 Wigeon, 14 Teal, 96 Mallards, 16 Redshanks, 125 Dunlin, seven Turnstones, a Raven and a Peregrine. (Thomas Weston).

Cheltenham     At Naunton Park, a Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming in the grounds of Cheltenham College then moving around back gardens calling, a Green Woodpecker in back gardens, male and female Blackcaps, a Jay at the Norwood pub and the resident Raven pair patrolling. (Steve Brown).

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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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