Friday 12th April 2024

Berkeley shore      A singing WOOD WARBLER this morning, a patch tick and first in Glos. (Paul Taylor).

WWT Slimbridge    From Kingfisher hide a GRASSHOPPER WARBLER reeling to the right of the hide as you face the Kingfisher bank. (Ian Hull). A DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE on the Dumbles mid-morning. (Duncan Dine). The SPOONBILL on the Top New Piece today. (Jonathan Bull). From Martin Smith hide a Yellow Wagtail on the Tack Piece briefly. (Dot Jones).

Slimbridge village     A GRASSHOPPER WARBLER reeling NE of the the village at 5:50pm. Also a Red Kite N. (Tim McGrath).

Frampton     Early morning at Splatt Bridge the SANDWICH TERN again, present on and off all day, the adult LITTLE GULL still, a Common Sandpiper on the canal, two singing Sedge Warblers and four Great White Egrets. Also this evening two MEDITERRANEAN GULLS and a pair of Goosanders flew N. (Gordon Hodgson). Three Greenshanks on the flashes early afternoon. (Duncan Dine).

Greenshank by Nigel Young

Guscar Rocks      A Greenshank, two Whimbrels and the feral Pink-footed Goose (later seen at WWT). (Ian Ralphs).

Forest of Dean    At Nagshead today a Mandarin, six Great Spotted Woodpeckers heard, 2+ Ravens, 15 Coal Tits, three Willow Warblers, five Chiffchaffs, four Long-tailed Tits, 15 Blackcaps, three Goldcrests, three FIRECRESTS, 11 Nuthatches, two Treecreepers, five Mistle Thrushes, ten Song Thrushes, 30 Blackbirds, 28 Robins, a Redstart heard, a Bullfinch heard and a Siskin in the car park. (Stephen Curtis & Carol Rushton). Also a Pied Flycatcher and two Hawfinches. Two Tree Pipits and 15+ Willow Warblers at Crabtree Hill. (Steve Pullen).

May Hill     This morning two Willow Warblers singing near the top of the Hill, and a Redstart in the pines at the top. (Gillian Guest).

Nailsworth     At Dunkirk Mill Ponds a Blackcap, a Willow Warbler, three Chiffchaffs, two Nuthatches calling, a Greylag, three Moorhens, two Mute Swans, two Buzzards and six Peacock butterflies. (John Fletcher).

Bishops Cleeve     House Martins back on breeding sites this morning. (Dawn Ballinger).

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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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