Wednesday 12th February 2025

Tresham     A female type BLACK REDSTART today, a patch tick. Also three Corn Buntings and two Red Kites. (Paul Rich).

WWT Slimbridge     The GLOSSY IBIS still in roadside fields today. On South Lake the SPOONBILL, a drake Goldeneye, two Oystercatchers and six Avocets. A Little Stint still on the Estuary Tower scrape. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Lydney     A MERLIN at 4pm this afternoon on farmland near Lydney. (Ant Dobbs).

Notgrove     From Diamond Way bridle path at Raspberry Brake near Notgrove SP0919 feeding in a field 110 Fieldfares, 90 Starlings, 29 Goldfinches, 34 Yellowhammers and a pair of Stonechats by the stream. Overhead ten Ravens, nine Red Kites, six Buzzards and two Kestrels. (Harvey Sherwood).

Berkeley shore     Turnstone and Rock Pipit on the river at Severn House Farm today. (Roberta Goodall).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning two Gadwalls, two Great White Egrets, 12+ Little Egrets, two Grey Herons, three Common Gulls, a Peregrine, a Marsh Harrier, three Bullfinches, four Skylarks and 13 Long-tailed Tits. (Paul Clark/John Fletcher/Jake King).

Stroud     At Stratford Park lake a pair of Mandarins and two Stock Doves. (Geoff Moyser).

Norton     Two Little Egrets on a flooded roadside field this morning. (John Fletcher).

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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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