Thursday 27th November 2025

WWT Slimbridge     A FIRECREST, two Chiffchaffs and a Goldcrest by Robbie Garnett hide. Three Little Stints on the Dumbles scrape. 35+ White-fronted Geese, a Marsh Harrier and five Ruff on the Tack Piece. A Water Rail from Martin Smith hide. 300+ Dunlins on the Rushy. A Great White Egret from Zeiss hide. Near Kingfisher Hide three OTTERS at 11:55am, also a Little Grebe, a Cetti’s Warbler and a Sparrowhawk took a Blue Tit. A Spotted Redshank on South Lake. (Slimbridge Sightings/Paul Clark/Andy Chapman/Paul Masters).

Saul Warth     Early morning, no tide, 254 Wigeon migrating S in 2 flocks, 108 Shelducks, 30 Avocets, 106 Curlews, 60 Dunlins, two Kestrels, eight Fieldfares, a Meadow Pipit and a Rock Pipit. 20 Cattle Egrets opposite Dunstalls Farm at 9:30am. (MK).

Tewkesbury     At the Mill Avon a Kingfisher flying back and forth between Healings & Abbey Mills today. (Les Ditchburn).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A pair of Mute Swans, 100+ Greylags, 200+ Canada Geese, five Egyptian Geese, two Shelducks, 1700 Wigeon, five Gadwalls, 1000 Teal, 50+ Mallards, 240+ Pintails, 30+ Shovelers, four Pochards, 45 Tufted Ducks, a Grey Heron, ten Coots,  10+ Lapwings, 300 Black-headed Gulls, ten Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 20 Herring Gulls, five Skylarks, 20 Meadow Pipits, eight Pied Wagtails, five Fieldfares, a Mistle Thrush, a Song Thrush and 50 Starlings today. (Mike Smart).

Gloucester    Along the Severn Way at Sudmeadow and the Landfill Site two Cormorants, a male Sparrowhawk, a Buzzard, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10+ Pied Wagtails feeding on the old tip dislope, male and female Stonechat, a Raven, 13 Goldfinches, 12 Linnets and three Roe Deer. (Gord Avery).

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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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