Friday 10th May 2024

WWT Slimbridge    The WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showed again today at Middle Point. It is becoming more reliable but is quite distant and a scope helps gain good views. 2+ DARK-BELLIED BRENT GEESE on the Dumbles again. Six Sanderlings on the Tack Piece. An Egyptian Goose on South Lake.  (Tim McGrath/Tim Jukes/Dot Jones/Mark Dowie). A Red Kite over the Rushy at 1pm. (Tim McGrath).

Frampton     A drake GARGANEY, five Greenshanks, six Bar-tailed Godwits, a Grey Plover, three Oystercatchers, eight Redshanks, five Lapwings and a Great White Egret on Splatt flashes this morning. (Gordon Hodgson/Steve Pullen). Two Hobbies hunting over the 100-Acre before moving towards Frampton pools. (Steve Pullen). A distant flock of 60+ small waders over the estuary, Ringed Plover, Dunlin and a c10 Sanderlings. (Gordon Hodgson).

Tidenham Chase     A Wood Warbler at The Park today. (Steve Thorogood).

Maisemore    A Cattle Egret at the River Leadon flood near Maisemore. Also two Great White Egrets, 15 Little Egrets, a Kingfisher and a singing male Redstart. (Andy Jayne).

Rodborough Common    A Swift flew N over the Common today, and several Duke of Burgundy butterflies on the wing. (Rob Crofton).

Duke of Burgundy by Rob Crofton

Stonehouse     Two Red Kites flew over slowly at 6:25pm. (Jon Dexter).

Cotswold Water Park East     This afternoon in the Whelford area five Red Crested Pochards, two Gadwalls, six Great Crested Grebes, a Little Egrets, three Mute Swans, 15 Tufted Ducks, five Coots, two Moorhens, six Mallards, 50+ Cormorants, two Greylags, a Reed Warbler, two Sedge Warblers, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, three Long-tailed Tits, three Blackcaps, two Willow Warblers and a Bank Vole. (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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