Friday 19th April 2024

Frampton     Splatt Bridge and canal an OSPREY flew in from the N at 10:50am and remained in the area until 1:15pm at least, also seen at WWT. The earlier sighting was probably the same but as it went S it could’ve been another. Also a Cuckoo calling S of Splatt, 24 Golden Plovers circled over the flashes, a Curlew, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Reed Warbler, 20 House Martins and ten Sand Martins. (MK). A Common Sandpiper on the sailing lake and a Jay in the wooded area near Court Lake this afternoon. (Nigel Young).

Record shot of Osprey by Mike King

Jay by Nigel Young

Common Sandpiper by Nigel Young

WWT Slimbridge     An OSPREY flew S towards Purton at 9:40am.

(Paul Rich). The Spotted Redshank and four Little Ringed Plovers on South Lake this afternoon, best viewed from Hogarth hide. (Martin Price).

Gloucester     At Horsbere Brook F.S.A. this morning a Whinchat, at least three Wheatears, three Stock Doves, a Sedge Warbler and a Whitethroat. (Ken Hurcombe).

Cotswold Water Park East    At Pit 132 this morning three Common Sandpipers at the sailing club. (Duncan Dine).

Maisemore      On Court Lake and N of the weir nine Tufted Ducks, six Little Egrets, 14 Canada Geese, three Grey Herons, 33 Mallards, four Moorhens, three Mute Swans, two Cormorants, five Swallows, two Ravens, two Buzzards, two Song Thrushes, two Willow Warblers, three Chiffchaffs and a Great Spotted Woodpecker. (John Fletcher).

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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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