Friday 18th April 2025

Highnam Woods     Two Nightingales singing and showing well, two Hawfinches and an adult male Goshawk today. (Mike Prior).

Nightingale by Mike Prior

Frampton     A SPOONBILL and two Little Egrets at Splatt Bridge at 5pm. The SPOONBILL flew off NE at 5:10pm. (Pete Chappell). The SPOONBILL flew over the pools at 6:30pm towards the 100-Acre. The drake RING-NECKED DUCK was back on Court Lake this evening. Also today two Lesser Whitethroats, 14 Whitethroats, two Garden Warblers, a Sedge Warbler, three Reed Warblers, two Cetti’s Warbler, 57 Chiffchaffs, 45 Blackcaps, a Common Sandpiper, four Oystercatchers, 100s of Sand Martins, 10+ Swallows and a Common Crane. (Nick Goatman).

WWT Slimbridge     A juvenile SPOONBILL and two Egyptian Geese on the Tack Piece at midday. (Dot Jones).

Cotswold Water Park West     At Shorncote Reedbeds a Grasshopper Warbler, a Cuckoo and a Garden Warbler this morning. At Pit 57 this evening a COMMON TERN and a House Martin. (Dave Creber).

Priors Norton     At 4:40pm 11 Cattle Egrets feeding amongst cattle near Priors Norton at SO870250. (Gus Ariss).

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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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