Thursday 7th March 2024

Purton     Six adult LITTLE GULLS flew NE upriver past Purton at 8:08am. (Francis Steuck).

Gloucester     At Saintbridge Pond in the main reedbed area near the wooded path on the N side of the pond a SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF and Cetti’s Warbler. Also two Chiffchaffs and a Water Rail. On pond there were 12 Teal, 13 Mallards and two Moorhens. Other birds included two Goldcrests, five Long-tailed Tits, five Goldfinches, a Grey Wagtail and two Collared Doves. (Paul Brunt).

WWT Slimbridge  Two adult SPOONBILLS on site again day. Two WHOOPER SWANS still on the Rushy. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Frampton pools    Four Oystercatchers, 33 Pied Wagtails, 13 Little Egrets, 44 Tufted Ducks, a Teal, 21 Mute Swans, 31 Cormorants, a Fieldfare, two Redwings, two Chiffchaffs, two Blackcaps and four Cetti’s Warblers today. (Nick Goatman).

Cotswold Water Park West     Around Lower Mill 57 Red Crested Pochards, 13 Goosanders, 21 Goldeneyes, the ‘Golden Merganser’ hybrid, two Red Kites, a Sparrowhawk, a Kingfisher and two Lesser Redpolls. A Marsh Harrier at Shorncote. (Andy Jayne).

“Golden Merganser” hybrid by Andy Jayne

Stroud    A drake Goosander this afternoon at Bowbridge and eight Mandarins today. (Paul Sutton).

Goosander by Paul Sutton

Forest of Dean     A singing Chiffchaff at Broadoak sewage treatment works this morning. (Owen Follis).

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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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