Friday 7th February 2025

Coombe Hill Meadows     The drake RING-NECKED DUCK still today from Grundon hide with Tufted Ducks and later moving to the Short Pool. (Ian Ralphs).

WWT Slimbridge     Five unringed adult Common Cranes from Robbie Garnett hide this morning, including a pair mating. An Egyptian Goose from Van de Bovenkamp hide. (Dot Jones). The GLOSSY IBIS still in roadside fields today. The SPOONBILL and ten Avocets on South Lake. A Water Rail from Willow hide. From Estuary Tower two Little Stints and 50 White-fronted Geese. (Tim Jukes). Two wild drake Goldeneyes in the Eider Pen again. (Oliver Paisey).

Slimbridge     16 Cattle Egrets in a field off of Kingston Road on the sharp bend by the substation this morning. (Oliver Paisey).

Forest of Dean     Two pairs of Goosanders on Speech House lake this morning. (Geoff Fawcett).

Northleach     A Red Kite over the A40 roundabout early afternoon. (Gord Avery).

Highnam     In the Lynton Farm area 127. Fieldfares, 75 Starlings, 240 Wood Pigeons, three Chaffinches, 21 Jackdaws, 26 Mallards, two Herring Gulls and two Shelducks. (John Fletcher).

Frampton pools     A Black Swan on the sailing lake at 2pm, for its 2nd day. (MK).

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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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