Friday 27th September 2024

Witcombe Reservoirs     Late afternoon a female COMMON SCOTER. (Duncan Dine).

Common Scoter by Duncan Dine

Frampton     The OSPREY still at Court Lake late afternoon. (Paul Sutton).

Saul Warth     14 Wigeon, four Shelducks, 67+ Curlews, two Grey Herons, three Buzzards, three Kestrels, ten Meadow Pipits, a Wheatear, four Swallows, a Chiffchaff and a Mistle Thrush this afternoon. (MK).

Kestrel by Mike King

Forest of Dean     At least three Spotted Flycatchers high in the trees near the Campbell hide at Nagshead today. (John Elley).

Spotted Flycatcher by John Elley

Coombe Hill Meadows     32 Wigeon, 250 Teal, six Tufted Ducks, two Little Grebes, 100 Lapwings, a Golden Plover, a Ruff, two Marsh Harrier, a Red Kite, a Sparrowhawk, a Kestrel, a Kingfisher and three Sand Martins. Lots of Mallards, Canada Geese, Greylags and some Shovelers, Gadwalls and Pintails. (Andy Jayne).

Ashleworth Ham    50 Mallards, six Swallows, 25 Meadow Pipits and 1+ Chiffchaff calling. (Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge     On the Rushy seven Greenshanks and five Spotted Redshanks today. Two Hobbies from Kingfisher hide. The leucistic Marsh Harrier around the site again today. (Ian Hull/Tim Jukes/Dot Jones).

Maisemore     Two Little Grebes, three Cormorants, four Mallards, nine Moorhens, two Grey Wagtails, a Jay and three Buzzards this afternoon. (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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