Thursday 4th December 2025

Saul Warth     Early morning post tide, 74 Shelducks, ten Curlews, eight Dunlins, 12 Redshanks, ten Cormorants, a Little Egret, three Fieldfares, a singing Mistle Thrush, a Grey Wagtail, a Rock Pipit, 25 Chaffinches and eight Reed Buntings. 26+ Cattle Egrets and three Little Egrets at Fretherne in the field opposite the end of Hock Ditch. (MK).

Grey Wagtail by Mike King

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area today, 300+Redwings with 50+Fieldfares and 15+Song Thrushes feeding on berries. Also ten Siskins, 12 Reed Buntings, 20+ Skylarks, two Bullfinches, three Stonechats, a Cetti’s Warbler and two Chiffchaffs. (Steve Pullen).

WWT Slimbridge     A Red Kite over the Rushy today. (Terry Stevenson).

Ashleworth Ham     This afternoon 200+ Greylags and various hybrids, 150 Canada Geese, a Swan Goose, 200+ Wigeon, 100 Mallards, eight Teal, 30 Lapwings, two Tufted Ducks, two Gadwalls, a Grey Heron, ten Shovelers and a Green Sandpiper. (Shaun Curtis).

Swan Goose by 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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