Monday 8th December 2025

Coombe Hill Meadows     A drake RING-NECKED DUCK at 9am. (Nigel Workman/Greg Lee). Also five Ruff, six Tufted Ducks, 30 Shovelers, 21 Gadwalls, 22 Mallards, 236 Pintails, 409 Wigeon, 795 Teal, 17 Coots, a Moorhen, 37 Black-headed Gulls, 12 Herring Gulls, a Peregrine and a Chiffchaff. (Greg Lee).

Ring-necked Duck by Nigel Workman

Stonehouse     A garden juvenile BLACK REDSTART over the last few days at Great Oldbury. (Cathy & Peter Pugh).

Saul Warth     Early morning high tide, 29 Shelducks, 31 Curlews, 20 Lapwings flew S, 11 Cormorants, a Common Sandpiper, eight Fieldfares, a Chiffchaff, a Stonechat and 17 Chaffinches. Ten Cattle Egrets opposite Dunstalls Farm at 7:45am. (MK).

Common Sandpiper by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     1+ FIRECRESTS between Martin Smith hide tunnel and Robbie Garnett hide early morning  and a few Chiffchaffs. A BITTERN early morning in the South Finger filtration bed. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Forest of Dean     At Cannop ponds today two Marsh Tits, two Ravens and three Mute Swans. (Wendy Conway).

Ashleworth Ham     210 Canada Geese, 160 Greylags, a Bar Headed Goose, 24 Mallards and eight Wigeon at lunchtime. (Shaun Curtis).

Bar-headed Goose by Shaun Curtis

Witcombe Reservoirs     290 Mallards, seven Tufted Ducks, three Great Crested Grebes, three Grey Herons, five Cormorants, 1+ Moorhen, 31 Black-headed Gulls, a Common Gull, a Herring Gull, a Pied Wagtail, ten Goldfinches and six Linnets today. (Gord Avery).

Bentham     13 Coots, 1+ Moorhen, a Water Rail, two Green Woodpeckers, a Mistle Thrush and two male Song Thrushes singing. (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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