Tuesday 8th October 2024

WWT Slimbridge     A ringtail HEN HARRIER flew upriver at 12:08pm, seen from Zeiss hide. Two Greenshanks from Hogarth hide. (Dot Jones/Slimbridge Sightings).

Frampton     An OSPREY still at Court Lake today. Also 12 Swallows and six Siskins. (Steve Pullen/Nick Goatman).

Cleeve Hill     No sign of the Dotterel in a thorough search this morning. Two Wheatears, two Stonechats, 30+ Meadow Pipits, seven Skylarks and two Ravens. (Paul Masters/Duncan Dine/Dave Pearce/Les Ditchburn/MK).

Wheatear by Mike King

Stonechat by Mike King

Nailsworth     c90 House Martins flew S in a brief break in the weather this morning, and 14 Redwings followed through the rain later. (Terry Grant).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning 110 Pintails,  28 Snipe, two flocks 19 and nine and three Stonechats. (Ian Hull).

Tewkesbury    At Mythe Hook birds included 15 Mute Swans, c350 Greylags, c350
Canada Geese, 415 Wigeon, 20 Teal, six Gadwalls, 250 Mallards, 20 Shovelers, 50 Lapwings and a Cetti’s Warbler heard. (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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