Monday 7th April 2025

Forest of Dean    A PIED FLYCATCHER and a Redstart from Lower hide at Nagshead today. (Roy Kinchin).

Cleeve Hill     A RING OUZEL flew in from the E and landed in tree just below the Heather Enclosure at 12:35pm. (Mark Dowie).

Coombe Hill Meadows     An OSPREY flew over from S to N at 1pm. Also a Sedge Warbler and a Swallow. (Paul Clark).

Frampton     The drake RING-NECKED DUCK still on Court Lake today. (Lisa Hume). From Splatt Bridge 6:15am-7am today, a REED WARBLER quietly singing in the reeds, two Mandarins over the canal, a Willow Warbler, a Greenshank, three Redshanks, three Oystercatchers, a Common Crane over, a Kingfisher, two Great White Egrets, two Little Egrets and a Marsh Harrier. (Steve Pullen).

Cotswold Water Park East     The drake LESSER SCAUP still on Pit 111 at Whelford today. Also c20 Sand Martins and a Marsh Harrier. (Tom Griffin).

WWT Slimbridge     An adult MEDITERRANEAN GULL on the Rushy this morning (Tim McGrath) and on South Lake this afternoon. (Roberta Goodall). A REED WARBLER from Knott hide today. A Little Stint on the Estuary Tower scrape. (Ian Hull). A wild drake Goldeneye on the Eider pool. (Oliver Paisey).

Southam     A distant OSPREY flew from Southam then over Queenswood and up to Cleeve Hill at 11:20am. (Ken Heron).

Saul Warth     Early morning 42 Shelducks, 39 Curlews, a Grey Plover, two Oystercatchers, a female Marsh Harrier, a Buzzard, three Swallows, eight Goldfinches, a male Blackcap, a Willow Warbler, three Chiffchaffs and a male Reed Bunting. (MK).

Reed Bunting by Mike King

Ebworth     Four Wheatears on the Ebworth drive this morning. (Tom Griffin).

Chedworth     Three Wheatears, a pair of Linnets and a Swallow on the airfield. (Harvey Sherwood).

Calmsden     A House Martin over farmland today. (Harvey Sherwood).

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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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