Thursday 24th April 2025

Redmarley     Late news of a HOOPOE in a private garden in Compton Green yesterday 23rd at 4:40pm. (per Rich Baatsen).

Frampton     Early morning from the towpath N of Splatt Bridge, the GLOSSY IBIS again, a Great White Egret, two Little Egrets, two Redshanks, three Oystercatchers, 45 Sand Martins, a Kingfisher, three Lesser Whitethroats, two Whitethroats, three Cetti’s Warblers and a Mistle Thrush. At the sailing lake two Common Terns, a Garden Warbler, a pair of Pochards, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Whitethroat, three Sand Martins, two House Martins, a Swallow and nesting Robins this morning. (MK).

Garden Warbler by Mike King

Common Terns by Mike King

Mistle Thrush by Mike King

Cotswold Water Park West     Around Pits 57/41 at least ten Garden Warblers, seven Common Terns, two Cuckoos, two Egyptian Geese and a Swift. (Paul Rich).

WWT Slimbridge     A SPOONBILL still on the Tack Piece, a Spotted Redshank from Zeiss hide and two Common Sandpipers on South Lake. (Roberta Goodall/Paul Clark/Andy & Sue Gibbons).

Over     A Yellow Wagtail in with the sheep at Over Farm. (Tom Berry).

Forest of Dean     A Whitethroat and a Garden Warbler on Crabtree Hill this morning. (Geoff Fawcett).

Chipping Campden     Two House Martins back on breeding territory today. (David Bingley).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This evening two Grey Herons, a Great White Egret, six Teal, four Gadwalls, 12 Mallards, six Avocets, two Canada Geese, three Greylags and 5+ goslings, six Shelducks, an Oystercatchers, two Mute Swans, six Pied Wagtails, five Yellow Wagtails, three Curlews, 15+ Carrion Crows, 10+ Lapwings, three Little Ringed Plovers, 5+ Swallows, 5+ House Martins, 5+ Skylarks, and Whitethroat, Willow Warbler and Sedge Warbler heard. (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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