Friday 22nd March 2024

Berkeley shore     A Wheatear and eight Turnstones this morning. (Paul Taylor).

WWT Slimbridge     The SPOONBILL showing well from Martin Smith hide at 12:30pm. (Caroline Quinn). A Bewick’s Swan on the Tack Piece. (Jonathan Bull).

Frampton     Late afternoon two LITTLE GULLS on Court Lake and 60+ Sand Martins seen from Splatt Bridge, hawking over the 100 Acre. Also a Red Kite near Court Lake and one over Eastington. (Terry Grant). Both LITTLE GULLS still present this evening and c40 Sand Martins. (Richard Williams/Simon Ashley). This afternoon the LITTLE GULL still on Court Lake and a Yellow-legged Gull on the sailing lake. Also around the pools two Herring Gulls, 50+ Black-headed Gulls, three Sand Martins, two Oystercatchers, 35 Tufted Ducks, a Ross’s Goose, six Chiffchaffs, two Blackcaps and a Sparrowhawk. (Nick Goatman). On the flashes from the towpath N of Splatt Bridge two Little Egrets, 14 Gadwalls, 10+ Curlews, 17 Sand Martins, a Kingfisher, four Cetti’s Warblers, seven Chiffchaffs and a Mistle Thrush. (MK).

Saul Warth     This morning two Black Swans, first here since 2008, five Mute Swans, a pair of Gadwalls, three Mallards, 17 Shelducks, a pair of Greylags, a pair of Canada Geese, 12 Coots, two Little Egrets and 82 Curlews. Also five Chiffchaffs, four Skylarks and a Blackcap singing in Dunstalls Wood. (MK).

Black Swans by Mike King

Coln Rogers     A Great White Egret and four Snipe today. (Keith Jennings).

Woodchester Park     At least ten apparently occupied Grey Heron nests, several with chicks already, in the heronry. Also three immature Cormorants, a Raven, two pairs of Canada Geese and a pair of Greylags. (Mike Smart).

Cheltenham     A Red Kite over Warden Hill at 8am. (Eric Harris).

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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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