Monday 29th December 2025

Cotswold Water Park West     The drake RING-NECKED DUCK again on Pit 31 Keynes Park this morning with c250 Pochards. 51 White-fronted Geese on Pit 201b (beside the old railway line at Cerney Wick on the left hand side) this morning. (Duncan Dine).

Ring-necked Duck by Duncan Dine

WWT Slimbridge     The drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL from Hogarth Hide at 12:10pm. (Martin McGill). A Goshawk flew across the Tack Piece towards Decoy Wood and a Little Stint on the Tack Piece. (Warren Gill). A FIRECREST from the Decoy boardwalk at 1:50pm. (Seb Buckton).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Three White-fronted Geese and five Egyptian Geese today. (Ian Ralphs).

Wotton-Under-Edge    18 Crossbills and eight Yellowhammers in Westridge Woods today. (Tim Thompson).

Berkeley     A Bewick’s Swan on Berkeley Castle flood again today. Also three Mute Swans, a Grey Heron, a Little Egret, 16 Mallards, a Buzzard and a Stonechat. From the bypass 20+ Teal, 20+ Mallards and four Shovelers. Six Chiffchaffs and a Blackcap at Scott Law. (Thomas McClung/Jacob Jenkins).

Frampton pools    198 Shovelers on Court Lake, also nine Teal, a Pochard, 32 Gadwalls, 89 Tufted Ducks and 18 Wigeon. 48 Cormorants, a Great White Egret and 19 Little Egrets in to roost. (Nick Goatman).

Gloucester    A Water Rail at Horsebere FSA this afternoon. (Simon Hart).

Cotswolds    4+ Bramblings at Notgrove in hedge by game crop at SP 10497 19475. A Brambling at the usual Hazleton corner but very disturbed by shooting. 17 Golden Plovers at Hill Farm, Upper Slaughter. (MK).

Bramblings by Mike King

Bourton-on-the-Water     A murmuration of about 800 Starlings over the GWT Greystones/Roman Way area at 4pm. Regular over the last week. (Andy Lewis).

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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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