Sunday 13th October 2024

WWT Slimbridge     A YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER calling and showed in the sallows and weeping willow on the E side of the spinney wood. At Middle Point a moulting adult Curlew Sandpiper. 12 Cattle Egrets in the Stall House Ground with the cattle herd, viewed from the seawall bench at Goose House/Middle Point. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Edge     A RING OUZEL on the common at 12:30pm with Mistle Thrushes near the quarry. (James Darke).

Walmore Common    A female/immature Goosander today. Also 165 Greylag Geese, nine Snipe, a Kingfisher and three Stonechats. (Andy Jayne).

Chavenage Green     A female MERLIN and at least 12 Red Kites today. (Terry Grant).

Elmore Court     At the rewilding area this afternoon, at least seven Stonechats, 18 Skylarks, 12 Meadow Pipits, three Red Kites, five Buzzards, three Kestrels, three Grey Herons, a Little Egret, 12 Teal, 25 Mallards, two Mute Swans and three Jays. (Steve Pullen).

Stinchcombe Hill    A male Brambling with a mixed finch flock below the car park, a Red Kite, a Chiffchaff, and a few Redwings in the woods this afternoon. (James Robinson).

Gloucester     At Horsbere Brook FSA two Mute Swans, a Cormorant and an adult Grey Heron. On the mound two male Stonechats and 30 Goldfinches. (Gordon Avery).

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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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