Saturday 15th February 2025

Forest of Dean     At Cannop Ponds four Goosanders, 29 Mandarins, 37 Mallards, ten Coots, six Little Grebes, 21 Wigeon, six Tufted Ducks. At Parkend seven Hawfinches and 24 Chaffinches. (Paul Masters).

Sherborne     Two Common Cranes flew N following the River Windrush towards Bourton this morning at 11:30am. (Jeremy Trinder).

Bourton-on-the-Water     An Oystercatcher at Greystones Farm today. (Andy Lewis).

Ashleworth Ham     12 Greylags, 50 Canada Geese, 350 Wigeon, ten Gadwalls, 150 Teal, 40 Mallards, 15 Pintails, 75 Shovelers, four Tufted Ducks, a Great White Egret, a Grey Heron, 60 Lapwings, a Snipe, 100 Fieldfares and a Reed Bunting singing. (Mike Smart).

Cobney Meadows     Six Mute Swans, an Egyptian Goose, seven Shelducks, 200 Teal, ten Mallards, eight Shovelers, 40 Fieldfares and four Black-headed Gulls. (Mike Smart).

Leigh Meadows     Eight Mallards, a Great White Egret, three Little Egrets and a Grey Wagtail. (Mike Smart).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Hook two Mute Swans, 40 Canada Geese, a Shelduck, 50 Wigeon, a Teal, 20 Mallards, seven Shovelers, two Tufted Ducks, a Great White Egret, a Grey Heron, three Cormorants, a Buzzard, a Moorhen and three Lapwing. At Mitton a
Shelduck, 56 Wigeon, 35 Teal, eight Mallards, 15 Lapwings and a Kingfisher. (Mike Smart).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning 20 Canada Geese, 150 Greylags, an Egyptian Goose, 50 Pintails, 45 Mallards, 350 Wigeon, 500 Teal, 35 Shovelers, eight Gadwalls, six Tufted Ducks, six Mute Swans, two Oystercatchers, a Snipe, eight Lapwings, seven Coots, four Little Egrets, a Great White Egret, three Grey Herons, 30 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 100 Herring Gulls, four Black-headed Gulls and a Common Gull. (Ian Ralphs).

Unknown's avatar

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.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink.