Friday 24th January 2025

WWT Slimbridge     The GLOSSY IBIS again today in roadside fields along the approach road and later on the Rushy. The juvenile SPOONBILL still on South Lake with ten Avocets. Two WHOOPER SWANS and the Black Swan on the Rushy and two Little Stints from Estuary Tower. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Glossy Ibis by Steve Money

Glossy Ibis by Steve Money

Little Stint with Wigeon by Mike King

Coombe Hill Meadows     The drake RING-NECKED DUCK still present at lunch time today. (Steve Rickard).

Maisemore    A pair of WHOOPER SWANS with a juvenile at the Leadon Meadows near Maisemore today. Also at least 15 Shovelers and ten Pintails. (Andy Jayne).

Forest of Dean     A Hawfinch under garden bird feeders this morning in Coleford, 5th day. (Geoff Fawcett).

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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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