Monday 9th December 2024

WWT Slimbridge     The drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL on the Long Pool viewed from the Estuary Tower. The Little Stint on the Dumbles again. On South Lake the juvenile SPOONBILL, nine Avocets, two Cattle Egrets and a Goshawk hunting early morning. (Ian Hull/Slimbridge Sightings).

Saul Warth     Early afternoon 100+ Lapwings and 200+ Dunlins flew N, three Curlews, five Shelducks, 15 Common Gulls, a Little Egret, a Kestrel, 20+ Fieldfares, 6+ Redwings, a Mistle Thrush, a Meadow Pipit, two Rock Pipits and a Chiffchaff. (MK).

Kestrel by Mike King

Tidenham     Two Woodcocks flushed on Poor’s Allotment this morning. (Geoff Fawcett).

Sapperton     A Woodcock this morning. (Richard Tyler).

Woodcock by Richard Tyler

Chavenage Lane area     650+ Redwings, 280+ Fieldfares, 800+ Starlings, three Red Kites and a male Goshawk today. (Terry Grant).

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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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