Sunday 7th December 2025

Frampton pools     The first male Goldeneye of the winter, eight Cattle Egrets, three Great White Egrets, 14 Shovelers, 49 Cormorants, 47 Tufted Ducks, seven Teal, two Pochards, 29 Mallards, 36 Mute Swans, 361 Coots, two Wigeon, 21 Gadwalls, 14 Great Crested Grebes, two Blackcaps and three Stonechats today. (Nick Goatman).

Aylburton Warth & Guscar Rocks     Two Shelducks, 150 Wigeon, 450 Teal, 12 Grey Heron, a Lapwing, 69 Dunlins, 11 Snipe, a Jack Snipe, 150 Curlews, 46 Redshanks, four Turnstones, 100 Black-headed Gulls, 15 Herring Gulls, 21 Meadow Pipits, two Grey Wagtails and a Stonechat. (Barrie Mills/Mike Smart).

Walmore Common     The Tundra Bean Goose of unknown origin. Also 155 Canada Geese, 90 Greylags, a Shelduck, 11 Shovelers, 110 Wigeon, 300 Teal, 50 Mallards, a Water Rail heard, 150 Lapwings, 12 Snipe and a Black Swan today. (Andy Jayne).

WWT Slimbridge     A FIRECREST in Welly Boot Land at 10:30am and another near the Willow hide. 27 Bewick’s Swans on the Rushy this morning. (Roberta Goodall/Oliver Paisey/Steve Pullen).

Berkeley shore     On today’s WeBS count birds included eight Teal, 204 Mallards, 37 Wigeon, eight Shelducks, four Grey Herons, a Little Egret, five Redshanks, 17 Curlews, nine Lapwings, four Turnstones, three Dunlins, 33 Black-headed Gulls, 134 Common Gulls and 12 Cormorants. Also a Yellowhammer, 150+ Fieldfares, 300+ Redwings and 25 Song Thrushes including 6+ in song. (Jon Haw).

Nympsfield     300+ Golden Plovers on fields between the Newark Park turn off and Nympsfield. (Jon Haw).

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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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