Tuesday 30th December 2025

Frampton     The YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER now joined by a Siberian Chiffchaff, also five Pochards, a drake Goldeneye and a Great White Egret at the sailing lake today. (Gordon Hodgson/Nick Goatman).

Yellow-browed Warbler by Gordon Hodgson

Siberian Chiffchaff by Gordon Hodgson

Charlton Kings    75 White-fronted Geese over the house at 8:25 this morning. (Tom Mabbett).

Chavenage Lane area     Seven Buzzards, two Red Kites and at Barton End a distant MERLIN sat on a wall. (Terry Grant).

Merlin by Terry Grant

Wotton-Under-Edge     At Westridge Wood at least 20 Crossbills in small groups around the SE corner of the wood, mostly red males with a few females, feeding on pine cones. Also three Goldcrests, three Siskins and a Bullfinch. (Chris Newton).

Crossbill by Chris Newton

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area this afternoon 50 Teal, 15 Mallards, two Snipe, two Grey Herons, three Buzzards, three Kestrels, two Ravens, 12 Skylarks, 12 Redwings, four Fieldfares, two Stonechats, six Linnets, 40 Goldfinches and three Reed Buntings. (MK).

Stonechat by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     51 Bewick’s Swans on the Rushy/Tack Piece, ten White Fronted Geese on the Tack Piece, 15 Common Cranes on the Dumbles, most unringed, 1+ Snipe and the Ross’s Goose with the Barnacle Goose flock. (John Holland).

Prestbury    A male Stonechat again in the lower fields of Noverton Farm and 11 Redwings near the Farm. (Ken Heron).

Cherington     This afternoon a Kingfisher, a Little Grebe, two Cormorants, two Mallards, a Moorhen, a Buzzard, a Kestrel, a white Pheasant, a Grey Heron and two Green Woodpeckers. (John Fletcher).

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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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