Friday 22nd November 2024

WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER on the Tack Piece late morning but elusive. (Ian Hull). The drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL from the Van den Bovenkamp hide. (Jonathan Bull). A Coal Tit from Kingfisher hide, a site scarcity, and the SPOONBILL still on South Lake. 16 White-fronted Geese on the Tack Piece. (Dot Jones/Paul Clark).

Saul Warth     At a very low high tide at midday 25 Curlews, a Redshank, two Little Egrets, a Kestrel, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Fieldfare, five Redwings, three Song Thrushes, two Mistle Thrushes, a Grey Wagtail, a Rock Pipit, six Meadow Pipits, three Reed Buntings, a Stonechat, 12 Long-tailed Tits and a Chiffchaff. (MK).

Kestrel by Mike King

Haw Bridge     A pair of Little Grebes on the river this morning. (Robin Lewis).

Chavenage Lane area     400+ Redwings, 130+ Fieldfares,  12+ Buzzards, two Sparrowhawks, three Kestrels and eight Red  Kites today. (Terry Grant).

Forest of Dean      Two Marsh Tits in a mixed Tit flock near Mireystock Bridge near Brierley this morning. (Geoff Fawcett).

Cleeve Hill     A Short-eared Owl, a Raven, a Kestrel, a Red Kite and Redwings and Fieldfares late afternoon. (Ian Coote).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Two Mute Swans, five Greylags, 20 Canada Geese, 105 Wigeon, two Gadwalls, 400 Teal, 40 Mallards, 30 Pintails, 48 Shovelers, five Tufted Ducks, a Little Egret, a Grey Heron, a Water Rail, 45 Black-headed Gulls, a Common Gull, a Stonechat and 15 Fieldfares today. (Mike Smart).

Ashleworth Ham     20 Mallards, seven Snipe and three Jack Snipe today. (Mike Smart).

Cobney Meadows     11 Mute Swan, a Shelduck, 120 Wigeon, 180 Teal and a Snipe. (Mike Smart).

Chedworth     A first winter male Blackcap on garden feeders today and a flock of Redwings and Blackbirds stripped all the red berried shrubs. (Harvey Sherwood).

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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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