Friday 3rd May 2024

WWT Slimbridge    The WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showed again this morning at Middle Point. Two summer-plumaged Turnstones on the Tack Piece with 14 Dunlins. (Tim Jukes). Seven DARK-BELLIED BRENT GEESE on the Dumbles. (Paul Rich).

Frampton pools     An ARCTIC TERN, eight Common Terns, two Hobbies, five Oystercatchers, a Greylag with young, nine Shelducks, two Reed Warblers, a Sedge Warbler, four Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroat, 30+ Swifts, 50+ House Martins, 30+ Sand Martins, 20+ Swallows, a male Siskin and a Roe Deer today. (Nick Goatman).

Walmore Common    A WOOD SANDPIPER this morning, but it disappeared as soon as the rain stopped at 9:45am. Also a pair of Yellow Wagtails, a White Wagtail and a Lapwing chick. (Andy Jayne).

Churcham    Four Ringed Plovers on a flood near Churcham this afternoon. (Andy Jayne).

Coombe Hill Meadows     An ARCTIC TERN this morning. (Jeremy Squire). In the evening six Whimbrels, two Black-tailed Godwits and two Dunlin, two male Garganeys and a Cuckoo. (Ian Ralphs).

Framilode     A Great Crested Grebe on the river today. (Jeremy Squire).

Longney     A Wheatear, two Stonechats, a Kestrel and a Dunlin tonight. The Cuckoo was around earlier. (Jeremy Squire).

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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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