Wednesday 10th April 2024

Saul Warth     At 9am a drake COMMON SCOTER drifted up on the tide towards the Warth on the WWT side of the river. It moved across to Hock Ditch and eventually drifted back down in the centre of the river.  Also four Great White Egrets, five Little Egrets, a Grey Heron, three Common Sandpipers, two pairs of Oystercatchers, five Curlews, eight Gadwalls on the river and three more on the Warth, 12 Shelducks, a pair of Tufted Ducks, two Willow Warblers and 11 Sand Martins. (MK).

Common Scoter by Mike King

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge 7am-8am, 4+ Sedge Warblers, a Kingfisher, a Yellow Wagtail over, 50+ Sand Martins and a Great White Egret. On the flooded flashes six Gadwalls, eight Shelducks, and 18 Curlews. (Steve Pullen).

WWT Slimbridge     The COMMON SCOTER floated downriver past the Estuary Tower at 11:41am. (Mark Dowie). Three MEDITERRANEAN GULLS (2 ads, 1 1st w) on South Lake. Also a Common Sandpiper. The Spotted Redshank still on the Tack Piece. (Sam Walker/Martin Price/Heather England). A Sedge Warbler from Kingfisher hide. (Mike Davis).

Witcombe Reservoirs     A Little Ringed Plover this morning. (Andy Jayne).

Nailsworth     A female Siskin ringed in the garden today – the 50th ringed in the garden during February-April. (Roy Bircher).

Siskin by Roy Bircher
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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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