Monday 14th April 2025

Cleeve Hill     A female RING OUZEL N of the heather enclosure at 4:15pm. (Steve Rickard).

Dymock    A male Pied Flycatcher in Betty Dawes Wood, Four Oaks, near Dymock this morning. (Steve Watts).

WWT Slimbridge     A Greenshank and a Green Sandpiper on the Rushy, 12 Bar Tailed Godwit roosting over high tide on Dumbles edge and a Wheatear on Middle Point fence. A Common Sandpiper, a Whimbrel and a White Wagtail on the Tack Piece. (Ian Hull/Paul Masters/Andy Chapman).

Forest of Dean    This morning in the Staple Edge area two Tree Pipits, two Firecrests, eight Crossbills and 7+ Willow Warblers. At Lower hide Nagshead, a male Pied Flycatcher still. (Mark & Emily Hobson).

Frampton     The drake RING-NECKED DUCK still on Court Lake today. (Nick Goatman).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This evening a Mute Swan, two Greylags, eight Shelducks, four Wigeon, eight Teal, 20 Mallards, six Grey Herons, a Great White Egret, two Oystercatchers, four Avocets, six Lapwings, two Curlews, two Redshanks, 20 Pied Wagtails and 15 Yellow Wagtails roosting, a Sedge Warbler, a Lesser Whitethroat, 29 Carrion Crows and a Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart & Shaun Curtis).

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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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