Thursday 23rd January 2025

WWT Slimbridge     A BEARDED TIT just in front of Zeiss hide at 11:30am flying through the cut reeds north, towards the Canoe trail. (John Budd). Presumably the bird present on and off since 2nd November 2024 and now seen by Matt Fletcher, Jonathan Bull, John Budd and me, and heard by a few others. The GLOSSY IBIS arrived in the roadside fields at 8:30am and showed very well throughout the day. (MK). The juvenile SPOONBILL still around the site. Two WHOOPER SWANS on the Tack Piece, the Black Swan on the Rushy, an early Oystercatcher on South Lake and four Avocets. (Tim McGrath/Steve Pullen).

Glossy Ibis by Mike King

Glossy Ibis by Mike King

Coombe Hill Meadows     A drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL with 300-400 Teal today, flushed into view by a Marsh Harrier. (Ian Hull).

Berkeley     On the floods on the bypass 69 Wigeon, 38 Shovelers, 118 Teal, 28 Mallards, two Gadwalls, a Shelduck, two Green Sandpipers, an adult Peregrine, a Sparrowhawk, a Buzzard and two Grey Herons today. (Thomas McClung).

Kingscote     80 Golden Plovers in field at ST802961 mid morning again. (Vic Polley).

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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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