Sunday 13th April 2025

WWT Slimbridge     A GLOSSY IBIS over the Tack Piece at 1:40pm, then on South Lake and then mobile around the grounds. (Julian Gould). On South Lake the Spotted Redshank and a SPOONBILL, later on the Tack Piece, also 98 Avocets, 65 Black-tailed Godwits and a Common Sandpiper. (Slimbridge Sightings). 20+ Sand Martins feeding in front of the Robbie Garnett hide. (Martin Price). Six Golden Plovers on the Bottom New Piece. (Martin McGill).

Cotswold Water Park East     The drake LESSER SCAUP still on Pit 111 at Whelford today. (Greg Mabbett).

Saul Warth     At high tide 48 Shelducks, 26 Curlews, 26 Bar-tailed Godwits, a Grey Plover, two Redshanks, eight Ringed Plovers, 11 Dunlins, five Oystercatchers, a Red Kite, a Sparrowhawk, a Buzzard, a Whitethroat, three Chiffchaffs and two Reed Buntings. (MK).

Frampton      Three Common Sandpipers on the canal at Splatt Bridge this morning. Also 35+ Swallows, 10+ Sand Martins and 5+ House Martins over the canal and flashes. (Steve Pullen).

Berkeley shore    Nine Shelducks, 24 Mallards, a female Wigeon, 18 Redshanks, three Common Sandpipers, a male Wheatear, 100+ Meadow Pipits passing over N, a good passage of hirundines, two Reed Warblers and a Cetti’s Warbler today. (Jon Haw).

Halmore    A Redwing, a Goshawk and a Red Kite over, many Chiffchaffs and a good number of Willow Warblers, several Blackcaps, several Long-tailed Tits, two Treecreepers and two Ravens. (Chris Newton).

Twyning     A Cetti’s Warbler on a small pond at Church End today. (Leonie Parker).

Aylburton Warth/Guscar Rocks     A Canada Goose, 15 Shelducks, two Mallards, two Tufted Ducks, a Grey Heron, two Oystercatchers, 170 Curlews, two Whimbrels, four Redshanks, a Greenshank, five Skylarks, three Swallows, a Wheatear, three Cetti’s Warblers, a Whitethroat, three Chiffchaffs, 35 Carrion Crows and 20 Linnets today. (Mike Smart).

Leigh Meadows     A Grey Heron, a Snipe, a Yellow Wagtail, a Redstart and a Blackcap today. (Mike Smart).

Batsford Arboretum     Two Goldcrests and a Firecrest, a Willow Warbler, a Tree Pipit, a large flock of Goldfinches, three Red Kites, four Buzzards, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Green Woodpecker and a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming. (Stuart Priest). A Firecrest singing today. Also a Willow Warbler singing on 11th April. (admission charge). (Michael Hunt).

Avening     At Nags Head Lane, close to the rear entrance gate to Minchinhampton Golf Club a male Blackcap, a male Mistle Thrush and a Chiffchaff this afternoon. (Mil Petkovic).

Blackcap by Mil Petkovic
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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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