Monday 5th February 2024

Frampton     The first winter LITTLE GULL still on the sailing lake today. (Ian Hayes).

Longlevens     Nine WAXWINGS at the junction of Brooklands Park and Innsworth Lane again this morning. 16 there yesterday. (Keith Colcombe).

Ashleworth Ham    No sign of the Common Scoter between dawn and 8:30am. 70+ Wigeon, 30+ Pintails, 50+ Mallards, 20+ Teal, 30+ Shovelers, a pair of Gadwalls, a drake Tufted Duck, 25 Mute Swans, 20+ Canada Geese, 20+ Greylags, a Cormorant, two Grey Herons, 15 Lapwings, a Goldcrest and a Tawny Owl being mobbed by Blackbirds in Meerend Thicket. (MK).

Tawny Owl by Mike King

Coombe Hill Meadows     Usual wildfowl this morning, also a Great White Egret and a Dunlin. (Peter Long).

Gloucester     A female Ring-necked Parakeet on feeders next to Gloucester Park for the last few days. (Toby Catchpole).

Wotton-Under-Edge     At the lake at Swinhay House at ST72758 93458 a Lesser White-fronted Goose briefly with a flock of Canada Geese before flying off when disturbed by groundsmen, presumably the Slimbridge bird. Also ten Shovelers, 22 Tufted Ducks and a Little Grebe. (Mike Tranter).

Forest of Dean     20+ Crossbills near Speech House this morning. (Frank Williams).

Aylburton Common     A Red Kite over the garden at 12:30pm. (Martin Vaisey).

Hartpury     A Red Kite over the college at 9:06am. (MK).

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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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