Thursday 1st January 2026

Cotswold Water Park West     The GREAT NORTHERN DIVER on Pit 16 all day. The drake RING-NECKED DUCK on Pit 31 this morning but flew off high S at 9:30am. 30+ Red Crested Pochards on Pit 44 including an aberrant female. A Great White Egret and nine Little Grebes on Pit 79. (MK/Paul Rich/David Creber/Jon Mercer). A Great White Egret, a Cattle Egret, a Little Egret, a Grey Heron and five Redpolls at Shorncote. (David Creber).

Great Northern Diver by Ian Sherriffs

Ring-necked Duck with Pochards by Mike King

Red Crested Pochards by Mike King

Cotswold Water Park East    Pit 114 seven White-fronted Geese, three Goldeneyes, two Green Sandpipers, 80+ Red Crested Pochards, 500+ Teal and a Sparrowhawk today. (Ian Sherriffs).

Frampton     The YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER early morning only in the hedge on the south side of the sailing lake. Constantly looked for throughout the day but not seen, heavy public holiday disturbance on site today. Also a drake Goldeneye, a Black Swan, four Chiffchaffs and two Blackcaps. At Court Lake this afternoon a Firecrest, 17 Cattle Egrets, two Great White Egrets, 32 Little Egrets and 500+ Starlings. (Nick Goatman).

WWT Slimbridge    12 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE on the Bottom New Piece early morning but flew off at 10:20am and not relocated. Two Firecrests at the start of the Estuary Tower walkway near Martin Smith hide early morning. A Little Stint on the Tack Piece again. (Mark Hobson/Slimbridge Sightings). The drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL on the Tack Piece at 1:25pm. (Paul Masters). Early afternoon an adult PINK-FOOTED GOOSE with 71 White-fronted Geese on the approach field adjacent to South Lake. This is a wild bird, the Pink-footed Goose of unknown origin remained on the Tack Piece with feral geese. (Jeremy Squire). A BITTERN from Van de Bovenkamp hide late morning. (Martin Price).

Slimbridge     22 Cattle Egrets in the large field next to Kingston Road from the right angled bend. (Les Ditchburn/Paul Masters).

Sharpness     A SHAG still on the pool at SARA this afternoon. (Andy Jordan).

Dursley     A Dipper and a Grey Wagtail on the River Cam by Vale Hospital today. (Geoff Moyser).

Stow-on-the-Wold     A JACK SNIPE today. (Richard Tyler).

Jack Snipe by Richard Tyler

Nailsworth     At Windsoredge a male Blackcap and a Green Woodpecker in the garden, and a Great White Egret flew S in the morning. (Terry Grant).

Chavenage Lane area     63 Lapwings, 25 Collared Doves, 60+ Fieldfares and a Red Kite. At nearby Barton End, 26+ Corn Buntings and a Red Kite. (Terry Grant).

Gloucester     At Kingsholm at 10:35am a parakeet, presumably Ring-necked, seen flying in a south-easterly direction. Also a Goldcrest and a female Blackcap in the garden. (Laurence Lucas). A murmuration of c10,000 Starlings at Port Ham late afternoon. (Andy Jayne).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A female and a juvenile Marsh Harrier and 850 Pintails today. (Ian Ralphs).

Forest of Dean     At least two woodpeckers, presumed Great Spotted, drumming in earshot of Yorkley Community Centre today. (Dave Sanderson).

Didbrook     A flock of at least 50 Fieldfares at this morning. (Andrew Worthington).

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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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