Tuesday 21st January 2025

WWT Slimbridge     A GLOSSY IBIS on the Tack Piece briefly early afternoon before flying off south. The wild male Goldeneye in the Eider Pen again. (Thomas McClung). Later the Ibis seen circling the Trust from Awre at 3:30pm. Also four Whooper Swans. (Dan Watson). The juvenile SPOONBILL still on South Lake. (Slimbridge Sightings). Two Little Stints from the Estuary Tower again. Also a pair of Bullfinches at the Estuary Tower. (Martin Price).

Coombe Hill Meadows    The drake RING-NECKED DUCK with Tufted Ducks again today but difficult to see at the north end on a strip of water straight out from Grundon hide and tight against the willows in the distance. Wellies essential. (Ian Hull/Paul Masters). This evening birds included 11 Mute Swans, 75 Greylags, 85 Canada Geese, 500 Wigeon, 1500 Teal, 30 Mallards. 343+ Pintails, 161+ Shovelers, a male Pochard, 15 Tufted Ducks, a Grey Heron, 20 Coots, two Common Gulls, 50+ Woodpigeon and 100+ Fieldfares. (Mike Smart).

Berkeley     The female BLACK REDSTART still in the field directly opposite the entrance to Hamfield Farm at ST66475 99424. View from the gate. (Dot Jones/Terry Stevenson).

Black Redstart by Terry Stevenson

Hazleton    On the approach road from the Salperton direction on the corner by a gateway at SP0744518704 two Bramblings with Chaffinches. (Roy Shilham).

Forest of Dean     Three Teal at Woorgreens. 4+ Hawfinches at Parkend. A ringed Dipper behind the Fountain Inn. 10+ Mandarins, two Siskins and a Marsh Tit at Cannop Stoneworks. 6+ Little Grebes, a Raven and three Grey Wagtails at Cannop Ponds. (Paul Clark).

Hartpury     c20 Lesser Redpolls flew over with a few Goldfinches, 15 Common Gulls, two Mistle Thrushes, a Pied Wagtail and 12 Long-tailed Tits today. (Oliver Paisey).

Cam     A Dipper today on the River Cam at the junction with Everlands and Kingshill Lane, by the road bridge. (Geoff Moyser).

Frampton pools     At the sailing lake male and female Goldeneyes, 300 Redwings and 50 Fieldfares. On Court Lake just before dusk three Little Egrets, a male Goldeneye and 28 Cormorants. (Nick Goatman/MK).

Longney     An adult Yellow-legged Gull in the roost this afternoon. (MK).

Yellow-legged Gull by Mike King

Wotton-Under-Edge     At 1:15pm c100 Lapwings over a field harassed by a Red Kite at ST7906094927. (Mike Tranter).

Awre     This morning at high tide two Buzzards, four Common Cranes, 500 Common Gulls, a Rock Pipit and four Stonechats. (Dave Paynter/Gordon Kirk/Mike Smart). An adult and a first-winter Yellow-legged Gull on the estuary this evening. Also 28 Fieldfares, 14 Linnets, 32+ Curlews, 800+ each of Lapwings and Golden Plovers. (Dan Watson).

Charlton Kings     A Tawny Owl hooting at 7pm in Sandy Lane Road. (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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