Wednesday 7th May 2025

WWT Slimbridge    The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showing on and off in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut today. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Forest of Dean     At Crabtree Hill this morning Garden Warblers in good numbers, two Tree Pipits, a Treecreeper, two Nuthatches, two Whitethroats, two Stonechat, lots of Willow Warblers, a few Chiffchaffs and a Mistle Thrush. North of North of Crabtree Hill two Wood Warblers and a Spotted Flycatcher. (Greg Anderson).

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge early morning, a female Cuckoo calling as it flew over the canal with a male calling close by, two Redshanks, a Common Crane, six Teal and a drake Mandarin over the flashes. At the sailing lake, six Common Terns and another Cuckoo calling. (Steve Pullen).

Longney     Late afternoon five Swallows, seven Goldfinches, four Sedge Warblers, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, four Chaffinches, five Chiffchaffs, three Blackcaps, three Song Thrushes, five Mallards, a Kestrel and 17 Common Gulls. (John Fletcher).

Gloucester     Two Red Kites soaring over Abbeymead for 10 minutes, then drifted off quite high west. (Ken Hurcombe).

Wotton-Under-Edge     Six Swifts over the town car park today. (Paul Sadley).

Stoke Orchard     A leucistic Buzzard on the tip at 12:15pm today. (Alan Hooper).

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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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