Saturday 22nd February 2025

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning four Mute Swans, four Canada Geese, four Shelducks, 200 Wigeon, four Gadwalls, 600+ Teal, 90 Mallards, 75 Pintails, 50 Shovelers, a male Tufted Duck, a Little Egret, two Grey Herons, three Buzzards, two Coots, ten Lapwing, distant bubbling of Curlews from the southern meadows, 17 Snipe, a JACK SNIPE, four Skylarks singing and 10+ Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart). Also a Marsh Harrier, a Great White Egret, two Redwings and 50+ Fieldfares. (Paul Clark).

Forest of Dean     From New Fancy View three Goshawks, four Buzzards, a Raven, a female Sparrowhawk, a Mistle Thrush, a Crossbill, a Siskin and a Bullfinch. Five Hawfinches at Parkend. (Carol Rushton/Tim Jukes). At Cannop ponds a Goshawk, a Red Kite, 14 Mandarins, 23 Wigeon, a Goosander, three Ravens, five Coal Tits, three Nuthatches, two Grey Wagtails, four Canada Geese, ten Little Grebes, 12 Chaffinches and three Mute Swans. (Oliver Paisey).

Hazleton     At least one Brambling still at the regular spot (SP074187) in the line of beech trees today. (Andy Lewis).

Snowshill     In the Snowshill CP, Stanton CP and Littleworth Wood four Buzzards, two Ravens, 115 Jackdaws, a Jay, two Nuthatches, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Green Woodpecker, two Marsh Tits, two Song Thrushes, a Pied Wagtail, four Stock Doves, two Skylarks, four Yellowhammers and two Linnets. (Paul Whitehead).

Kempley     A Hawfinch in the garden again today. (Steve Watts).

Winchcombe    In the garden today, 25 Goldfinches in birch trees, a male Sparrowhawk on the fence, a Greenfinch and a Red Kite overhead. (Andrew & Gill Worthington).

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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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