Monday 22nd December 2025

WWT Slimbridge     The drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL from Robbie Garnett hide at 8:30am. On the Rushy 35 Bewick’s Swans, eight Ruff and 63 Redshanks. (Martin McGill).

Sharpness     Two SHAGS still present on SARA pool this morning and later along the canal. (Oliver Paisey).

Saul Warth     Early morning at high tide a displaying male Goldeneye (2nd patch record), an Egyptian Goose flew E with three Canada Geese, 30 Shelducks, 85 Curlews, 50 Lapwings S, a Little Egret, four Chiffchaffs, a Cetti’s Warbler in Hock Ditch, 30 Fieldfares, seven Redwings, five Meadow Pipits and 20 Cattle Egrets opposite Dunstalls Farm. (MK).

Goldeneye by Mike King

Meadow Pipit by Mike King

Forest of Dean     A Peacock butterfly at Staple Edge today. (Emily & Mark Hobson).

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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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