Thursday 12th December 2024

Frampton pools     At lunchtime a SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF, three Chiffchaffs, a Reed Bunting, the adult Yellow-legged Gull, a Great White Egret, 46 Shovelers, 24 Wigeon and six male Pochards. (Nick Goatman).

WWT Slimbridge     The juvenile SPOONBILL still on South Lake this morning. Also 12 Avocets. Two Water Rails at Willow hide. The Little Stint still on the Dumbles and 54 Bewick’s Swans today. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Forest of Dean     Two Dippers at Cannop ponds and two Marsh Tits at the feeders, also four Treecreepers and four Ravens. At Woorgreens 12 Crossbills, six Siskins and four Bullfinches feeding in the trees next to the lake. Seven Goosanders (3m, 4 redheads), two Cormorants and a Grey Heron on the lake. On Crabtree Hill c120 Siskins with c30 Redpolls. (Steve Pullen). A pair of Crossbills on Crabtree Hill this morning. (Geoff Fawcett).

Dipper by Steve Pullen

Crossbill by Steve Pullen

Leadon Meadows, Maisemore     Two Mute Swans, 15 Shelducks, three Wigeon, 15 Mallards, a Little Egret, five Common Gulls, a Little Owl in pollarded willows along the Leadon and 50 Goldfinches today. (Mike Smart).

Maisemore Ham     15 Mallards, a male Tufted Duck, three Cormorants, a Little Grebe, three Coots, a Buzzard, seven Long-tailed Tits and a Raven. (Mike Smart).

Minsterworth Ham     Two Mute Swans, five Mallards, three Grey Herons, 60 Golden Plovers, 150 Lapwings, five Snipe, a Green Sandpiper, 15 Skylarks and two Meadow Pipits. (Mike Smart).

Prestbury     A male Goosander flew over Noverton Farm at 10:48am heading south. (Ken Heron).

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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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