Thursday 6th June 2024

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT singing at Middle Point again this afternoon.  (Roberta Goodall). At least six Kingfishers on site today from Kingfisher hide and Martin Smith hide. (Roberta Goodall/Terry Stevenson/Paul Clark). A drake Garganey on the Tack Piece today. (Slimbridge Sightings). Four Great White Egrets on the Tack Piece this morning. (Terry Stevenson).

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge this morning a female Cuckoo, 100+ Swifts hawking low over the reedbeds, a Lesser Whitethroat, four Reed Warblers, 6+ Redshanks, eight Gadwalls, two Little Egrets and a Grey Heron. (Steve Pullen).

Forest of Dean     At Nagshead birds today included a Kingfisher, a Redstart, three Spotted Flycatchers, five Pied Flycatchers, a Bullfinch, a Garden Warbler, 13+ Siskins, a Sparrowhawk, a Nuthatch, a Jay, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, two Pied Wagtails and two Coal Tits. (Oliver Paisey). A male Kestrel in Lower Mitcheldean, unusual there. (Chris Keeling).

Brookthorpe     This evening four Swifts over at 9:10pm. (Ian Elphick).

Tewkesbury     At Mitton on a flooded field 17 Mute Swans, 13 Greylags, two Gadwalls, 50 Mallards with at least five broods of ducklings, a male Shoveler, two Grey Herons, two Moorhens, four Lapwings, a Curlew, a Redshank and 30 House Martins collecting mud. (Mike Smart).

Coombe Hill Meadows     32 Mute Swans, a Greylag, three Canada Geese, eight Teal, at least 44 Mallards with at least five broods of ducklings, three Shovelers, four Tufted Ducks, a Great White Egret, two Little Egrets, three Grey Herons, 15 Coots, five Avocets, two Little Ringed Plovers, four Lapwings, five Curlews, a Redshank, two Ringed Plovers, a Lesser Black-backed Gull, a Cuckoo, a Yellow Wagtail and 1+ Reed Warbler singing. (Mike Smart).

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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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