Friday 18th October 2024

Bishops Cleeve     A YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER today. (Kane Brides).

WWT Slimbridge     A Jay from Kingfisher hide. From Zeiss hide two Great White Egrets, 15 Ruff, 237 Black-tailed Godwits and a Water Rail. On South Lake two Green Sandpipers, 27 Avocets, 252 Black-tailed Godwits and a Greenshank. (Ian Hull). On the Dumbles birds included five White-fronted Geese, a Curlew Sandpiper, 98 Dunlins, 15 Ringed Plovers, 234 Curlews, 21 Ruffs, 908 Golden Plovers, 667 Lapwings, 175 Shelducks, two Little Egrets, six Grey Herons, 296 Wigeon, 151 Pintails, 465 Teal, a Siskin, a Stonechat and a Peregrine. Also a Whinchat along the Summer Walkway. (Tim Jukes).

Elmore Court     Around the rewilding area this morning, a Barn Owl, two Little Owls heard, two Snipe, 6+ Stonechats, eight Reed Buntings, 10+ Skylarks, 10+ Meadow Pipits and four Redwings. (Steve Pullen).

Frampton pools     A Swallow, a Cattle Egret, 12 Little Egrets, two Grey Herons, 15 Redwings, three Chiffchaffs, two Cetti’s Warbler, two Treecreepers, five Mistle Thrushes, a Grey Wagtail, 60 Cormorants, six Great Crested Grebes, 14 Tufted Ducks and six Gadwalls. (Nick Goatman).

Horsley     Five Red Kites within half a mile around the recycling centre. (Jon Dexter).

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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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