Wednesday 15th January 2025

WWT Slimbridge    A pair of WHOOPER SWANS on the Rushy this afternoon. (Terry Stevenson). The Little Stint and a Dunlin from the Estuary Tower this afternoon. (Martin Price).

Chavenage Green     A female MERLIN hunting over the fields and three Red Kites nearby. (Terry Grant).

Berkeley     The female BLACK REDSTART still in the field directly opposite the entrance to Hamfield Farm at ST66475 99424. Seen from the gate feeding around the trough. (Roger Gillespie).

Saul Warth     This afternoon 22 Shelducks, two Curlews, 16 Snipe, a JACK SNIPE, a Rock Pipit, a Meadow Pipit, a Bullfinch, a Chiffchaff and a Stonechat. (MK).

Chiffchaff by Mike King

Frampton     At the sailing lake a female Marsh Harrier hunting the field S of the lake at 12:20pm, also two drake Goldeneyes, 100 Tufted Ducks and a Cetti’s Warbler. From Splatt Bridge N to Saul Warth three Curlews, a Buzzard, two Cormorants, a Little Egret and a Chiffchaff. (MK).

Cormorants by Mike King

Gloucester     A Meadow Pipit under an urban bird table in the Linden area today. (Megan Thornbury).

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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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