Saturday 6th December 2025

Saul Warth     At high tide in very poor conditions five Shelducks, 170 Lapwings flew S, five Cormorants,nine Fieldfares, two Redwings and 14 Chaffinches. 45 Cattle Egrets and two Little Egrets opposite Dunstalls Farm at 10am. (MK).

Cattle Egrets by Mike King

Newnham-on-Severn     Eight Ring-necked Parakeets this morning in the trees just north of The Silver Fox café. (David Smith).

WWT Slimbridge    27 Bewick’s Swans and 5+ Water Rails on site today. Also 500+ Pintails, 1000+ Wigeon, 41 Redshanks, 12 Ruff, 500+ Lapwings, a Buzzard and 40 Golden Plovers on the Tack Piece. (Paul Clark).

Coombe Hill Meadows     1088 Canada Geese, 742 Greylags, 990 Pintails, 1020+ Wigeon, 1350+ Teal, 72 Shovelers, 250 Mallards, seven Mute Swans, 12 Coots, 39 Lapwings, four Ruff, a Snipe, 30 Gadwalls, five Tufted Ducks, a Great White Egret, a Water Rail, a female Ruddy Shelduck, a Swan Goose and a Cetti’s Warbler. (Shaun Curtis/Ian Ralphs).

Ashleworth & Hasfield Hams     140 Canada Geese, 80 Wigeon, 220 Teal, 140 Mallards, five Shovelers, a Water Rail and 20 Fieldfare. (Mike Smart).

Cobney Meadows     Five Mallards and ten Fieldfares. (Mike Smart).

Leigh Meadows     A Grey Heron, five Black-headed Gulls, 25 Common Gulls, five Herring Gulls, 50 Fieldfares and six Pied Wagtails. (Mike Smart).

Tirley     A Red Kite soaring near the village. (Mike Smart).

Winchcombe     A leucistic Magpie feeding in the garden on fat block feeders for a couple of days. (John Kime).

Leucistic Magpie by John Kime
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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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