Saturday 16th March 2024

WWT Slimbridge     A drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL on the Tack Piece early afternoon. (per Dot Jones). An adult Mediterranean Gull and 12 Cattle Egrets on South Lake this morning. (Andy Chapman). Male and female Kingfishers showing well all day from the Kingfisher hide. Also a Kestrel. From Zeiss hide 30+ Avocets, two Snipe and three Little Egrets. On South Lake a male Goldeneye and two Oystercatchers. (Jacob Jenkins).

Stroud    32 WAXWINGS at the railway station at 5:20pm, feeding on mistletoe for a couple of minutes and then flew off S towards the canal. (Francis Steuck).

Newnham-on-Severn     Six WAXWINGS this morning. (David Smith).

Berkeley shore     A male WHEATEAR today, first of the year. (Kenny Hills).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Two Cattle Egrets distant from Grundon hide this morning. (Jeremy Holland).

Ashleworth Ham     This afternoon a female Marsh Harrier. Good numbers of Teal, Wigeon, Shovelers and Pintails spread over the floodwater. Also 23 Tufted Ducks, a Peregrine and an Oystercatcher. (Richard Humphrey).

Owlpen    Along the Uley valley from Owlpen this morning a Little Grebe, two Grey Herons, a Water Rail, six Coots, 22 Moorhens, two Kestrels mating, a pair of Mandarins, four Buzzards, a Red Kite, 16 Canada Geese, 32 Mallards and a Muntjac. (Tim Thompson).

Aylburton Common     A MERLIN in the garden today. Also a singing Blackcap and a singing Chiffchaff this morning. (Martin Vaisey).

Frampton pools     42 Chiffchaffs, two Blackcaps, three Redwings, four Reed Buntings, 14 Skylarks, three Meadow Pipits, 60+ Linnets, 14 Song Thrushes, eight Great Spotted Woodpeckers, two Ravens, two Siskins, 44 Stock Doves, six Cetti’s Warblers, 103 Barnacle Geese, 23 Greylags, six Canada Geese, two Herring Gulls, a Common Gull and 100+Black-headed Gulls today. (Nick Goatman).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area today, a JACK SNIPE with two Snipe, a Curlew, two Stonechats, three Reed Buntings, a Little Egret, a Cetti’s Warbler, eight Chiffchaffs, a pair of Gadwalls, new for the site and two Red Kites. Also two Muntjacs, two Roe Deer and a Fox. (Steve Pullen).

Leckhampton Hill     130+ Golden Plovers, a drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Coal Tit. (Eric Harris).

Stinchcombe Hill    Five Chiffchaffs singing this morning. A Crossbill heading S and a male Siskin on feeders. 43 Common Gulls on the golf course. (James Robinson).

Gloucester    At Sandhurst brick-pits and meadows four Mute Swans, two Shelducks, 30 Mallards, c15 Grey Herons, eight Little Egrets, a Red Kite, two Buzzards, three drumming Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 100 Fieldfares, a Cetti’s Warbler, at least five singing Chiffchaffs, a Raven, two Bullfinches and a singing Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

Nailsworth     Garden feeders visited today by 40+ Siskins, 40+ Goldfinches, 25+ Chaffinches, 12 Greenfinches and a male Bullfinch. (Terry Grant).

Winchcombe     This morning on the garden feeders three Siskins (1m, 2f) with three Goldfinches. (Gill Worthington).

Cheltenham    A garden Chiffchaff in in Benhall, a Chiffchaff heard in Benhall Woods and a Red Kite low over Benhall Park. (David Norman).

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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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