Sunday 1st December 2024

WWT Slimbridge     A redhead Goosander on South Lake today. Also the SPOONBILL still and a Cattle Egret. The drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide again. (Roberta Goodall).

Frampton     On Court Lake this evening a male Goldeneye, 25 Little Egrets, 59 Cormorants, three Pochards, eight Shovelers, 51 Tufted Ducks, eight Gadwalls, 23 Mallards and three Great Crested Grebes. (Nick Goatman). On the Sailing Lake this afternoon 250+ Redwings, 40+ Fieldfares, 8+ Song Thrushes and 20+ Blackbirds with 15+ Pied Wagtails and three Buzzards. On the lake the Yellow-legged Gull and eight Great Crested Grebes. (Steve Pullen).

Cotswolds     At Whittington, a Tawny Owl hooting from Sandywell Park at 7:15am. At Brockhampton, 3/4 Bramblings feeding with Chaffinches on a field at the top of the steep road E of the village. At Hampen, where the bridle path to the E meets the road a Brambling, a Bullfinch, 100+ Linnets, 50+ Chaffinches, ten Redwings, two Fieldfares, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Red Kite. 50 Golden Plovers over the A40 E of Shipton Oliffe. At Kilkenny viewpoint two Red Kites, a Kestrel, five Fieldfares and three Redwings. (Steve Brown).

Tewkesbury     A Red Kite over today. (Chris & Phil Andrews).

Red Kite by Phil Andrews

Halmore     In the woods today birds included two Sparrowhawks flying together, two Buzzards, two Mistle Thrushes, a Nuthatch, two Goldcrests, a Green Woodpecker, a pair of Ravens and a pair of Bullfinches. (Chris Newton).

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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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