Sunday 19th January 2025

Berkeley    A GLOSSY IBIS flew over the road heading south between Hamfield Farm and Berkeley early afternoon. (David Creber). The female BLACK REDSTART still in the field directly opposite the entrance to Hamfield Farm at ST66475 99424. View from the gate. (Jeremy Holland/Vic Polley). Three Turnstones on the sea wall, a Common Sandpiper, at least one Rock Pipit, a Stonechat, a Peregrine, a male Sparrowhawk, Dunlin and Redshank. (Jeremy Holland). 

Cirencester    A female/juv MERLIN perched next to road near the old pig fields on the White Way from Cirencester towards Northleach around SP0302506212. (Dave Soons).

Duntisbourne Abbots     This morning c1000 Linnets, 750 Chaffinches and a minimum of 30 Bramblings in a set-aside field on the road from Duntisbourne Abbots to Jackbarrow Lane. (Duncan Dine).

WWT Slimbridge     The drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL on the Top New Piece still. The juvenile SPOONBILL still on South Lake. Also nine Avocets. A pair of WHOOPER SWANS with 68 Bewick’s Swans this morning. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Frampton pools     The adult Yellow-legged Gull, a male Goldeneye, seven Great Crested Grebes, 21 Gadwalls, four Shovelers, 122 Tufted Ducks, six Greylags, 39 Cormorants, a Peregrine, three Lesser Redpolls, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Blackcap, 150+ Fieldfares and 150+ Redwings today. (Nick Goatman/Peter Bryant). 35 Siskins feeding in alder trees at the eastern end of Court Lake. (Peter Bryant).

Rendcomb     Near the surgery, a Goshawk flew over west, a Great White Egret on the flooded field to the south, a Little Egret, a Grey Heron, a Marsh Tit, a small flock of Long-tailed Tits and two Nuthatches. (Steve Brown).

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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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