Friday 6th December 2024

WWT Slimbridge     The drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL on the Tack Piece today. (Chris Stone). The SPOONBILL still on South Lake. Also seven Avocets and a female Goldeneye. A Water Rail at Willow hide. The Little Stint and a Ringed Plover from Estuary Tower. (Dot Jones/Ian Hull/Tim Jukes/Paul Masters).

Shepherds Patch     At least four Cattle Egrets in the field next to the Tudor Arms. (Mike Davis).

Saul Warth     At high tide 33 Shelducks, 14 Curlews, 18 Golden Plovers flew S, a Kestrel, 22 Redwings, 35 Fieldfares, a Rock Pipit, five Meadow Pipits, a Stonechat, ten Long-tailed Tits and 12+ Chiffchaffs at the sewage works. (MK).

Rock Pipit by Mike King

Long-tailed Tit by Mike King

Stonechat by Mike King

Chavenage Lane area     A northerly movement of 5750 Woodpigeons this afternoon between 12:40-1:45 pm. Also 450+ Redwings, 130+ Fieldfares and 130+ Chaffinches, 9+ Red Kites and two Kestrels. (Terry Grant).

Kingscote     At Ashel Barn c1700 Golden Plovers resting in a newly sown field mid morning at ST802961. (Vic Polley).

Stonehouse     A Kingfisher mid morning continually diving for fish at the Ocean. (Vic Polley).

Hartpury College     Two drake Shovelers new for the site. Also two Mistle Thrushes, 70+ Common Gulls, four Pied Wagtails, 25 Mallards, two Greylags, a Buzzard, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, four Mute Swans and a Meadow Pipit. (Oliver Paisey).

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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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