Wednesday 6th November 2024

WWT Slimbridge     This morning a Grey Plover heard over the grounds, a Little Stint on the Dumbles, a Turnstone with Lapwings on the Tack Piece and a SPOONBILL on the edge of the Dumbles over high tide. (Andy Jayne).

Saul Warth     This morning the first-winter male Wheatear came really close on the seawall by the sewage works. A Great White Egret again in private field behind Fretherne church, also six Redwings, eight Fieldfares, three Stonechats, 30 Meadow Pipits, four Chiffchaffs, 12 Linnets and four Reed Buntings. (MK). Also a Rock Pipit this afternoon. (Steve Pullen).

Wheatear by Mike King

Frampton pools     A Corn Bunting with a finch and winter thrush flock this afternoon. (Nick Goatman).

Epney     24 Lapwings and 15 Curlews on the river and a Muntjac in Longney early morning. (MK).

Tewkesbury      On the Mill Avon this morning, an Egyptian Goose amongst the Mallards. (Les Ditchburn).

Forest of Dean     At Cannop Ponds three Ravens, 20 Mandarins, 12 Wigeon, a female Shoveler and a Marsh Tit briefly at the feeders. Also Crossbills at New Fancy View. (Jonathan Bull).

Coombe Hill Meadows     16 Mute Swan, 150 Greylags, 50 Canada Geese, 500+ Wigeon, 50 Gadwalls, 700+ Teal, 150 Mallards, 173 Pintails, 222 Shovelers, 20 Tufted Ducks, a Great White Egret, six Little Egrets, two Grey Herons, 40 Coots, 1+ Water Rail calling, a Marsh Harrier, 196 Lapwings, a Golden Plover, seven Dunlins, 15 Snipe, a Curlew heard calling, a Green Sandpiper, ten Fieldfares, ten Redwings, two Chiffchaffs and two Reed Buntings this morning. (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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