Thursday 13th June 2024

Frampton     A Grasshopper Warbler reeling at Splatt reedbed early this morning. (Roy Widgery). Four Common Terns, 50+ Swifts and 20+ House Martins on the Sailing Lake at lunchtime. (MK).

Frocester     Five Red Kites circling over fields behind the cricket ground at 1:30pm. (Tanya Allen).

Epney     A Cuckoo flew N upriver at 1:50pm and into trees N of the Anchor Inn. (MK).

Edge     At Rudge Hill NR a Buzzard, several Willow Warblers, a Linnet and a fledgling Song Thrush today. (Paul Sutton).

Willow Warbler by Paul Sutton

Coombe Hill Meadows     This evening 16 Mute Swans, a Greylag, five Canada Geese, six Teal, two Gadwalls, 52+ Mallards and a female with eight newly hatched ducklings on the canal, two Cormorants, a Grey Heron, ten Coots, 1+ Oystercatcher, five Avocets, two Little Ringed Plovers, 5+ Lapwings, seven Curlews and two adult Redshanks. (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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