Monday 15th April 2024

WWT Slimbridge     A SWIFT at 9:15am over the back of the Rushy high up and heading N towards Frampton. (Tim McGrath). The SPOONBILL still around the grounds today. Also the Spotted Redshank, a Whimbrel, three MEDITERRANEAN GULLS and two Wheatears. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Frampton    At Splatt flashes and canal a Great White Egret, 12 Little Egrets, a Mandarin flew N, two Common Sandpipers, six Curlews, 50+ Sand Martins, two Swallows, a Whitethroat, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Reed Warbler, three Cetti’s Warblers, four Chiffchaffs and a Blackcap. (MK).

Common Sandpiper by Mike King

Cheltenham    A Goldcrest calling from a yew tree in College Road this morning opposite the hospital. (Howard Taylor).

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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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