Friday 13th December 2024

WWT Slimbridge     A WHOOPER SWAN on the Rushy. Two DARK-BELLIED BRENT GEESE on the Dumbles viewed from the Estuary Tower. The juvenile SPOONBILL still on South Lake this morning. Also 11 Cattle Egrets, ten Avocets and a female Goldeneye. A Water Rail at Willow hide. The Little Stint still on the Dumbles and six Ruff on the Tack Piece today. (Dot Jones/Tim Jukes/Oliver Paisey/Paul Masters/Martin Price).

Haw Bridge     Eight Egyptian Geese today on the flood bank. (Robin Lewis).

Cotswold Water Park West     This morning on Pit 44, 15+Red Crested Pochards and a drake Goldeneye, on Pit 57, eight Goosanders, six Cormorants and 30+ Canada Geese dropped in. At Shorncote the hide inaccessible as the footpath was flooded but three Water Rails heard and a Cetti’s Warbler. (Steve Pullen).

Sharpness     From the picnic area two Curlews, three Redshanks, 20 Lapwings, a Little Egret, five Grey Herons, a pair of Wigeon, ten Mallards, c30 Black-headed Gulls, two Great Black-backed Gulls, two Lesser Black-backed Gulls and eight Cormorants. (Helen Bojaniwska).

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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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