Thursday 19th December 2024

WWT Slimbridge     A male BEARDED TIT by the dragonfly pools at South Finger this morning, then flew towards Kingfisher hide. (Jonathan Bull). On South Lake a SPOONBILL, 22 Cattle Egrets, a pair of Goldeneyes, a Great Crested Grebe and 28 Avocets. (Mike Davis). From Zeiss hide the drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL displaying to a female Eurasian Teal. Six Lesser Redpolls in the alders on the boardwalk. (Oliver Paisey). The Little Stint still from the Estuary Tower. (Paul Clark). 57 Bewick’s Swans and the Whooper Swan on the Rushy early morning and 42 White-fronted Geese from Stephen Kirk hide. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Bearded Tit by Jonathan Bull

Tewkesbury     At Lower Lode early evening two Mute Swans, eight Mallards, two
Grey Herons, 82 roosting Cormorants and a Tawny Owl calling at 4:40pm. (Mike Smart).

Stroud     In the Bowbridge Lock area three Mandarins, a Buzzard and a Little Egret. (Paul Sutton).

Little Egret by Paul Sutton
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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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