Saturday 3rd January 2026

WWT Slimbridge     15 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE on the Tack Piece close to Stephen Kirk hide this morning. A Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming in the Decoy. (MK). Two PINK-FOOTED GEESE on the Dumbles viewed from Estuary Tower, one long-stayer of unknown origin and the other apparently wild that arrived with White-fronts. (Chris Moore). The BITTERN showed well again from Van de Bovenkamp hide. (Jon Mercer/Ian Sherriffs/Martin Price). A Firecrest along the Estuary Tower walkway near the tunnel. (Mike Davis). From Zeiss hide a Peregrine and a Marsh Harrier fighting over a female Shoveler. A Firecrest and a Sparrowhawk from the Decoy boardwalk. A Water Rail from Knott hide and another from Kingfisher hide, also a Siskin heard. A Kingfisher and a Chiffchaff in the collection. (Harrison Rowsell).

Bittern by Ian Sherriffs

Pink-footed Geese by Mike King

Tundra Bean Geese by Mike King

Slimbridge     Four Cattle Egrets in the fields on the right hand bend by the substation at 11am. (MK).

Tewkesbury     A female-type BLACK REDSTART flycatching from sunny guttering on the rear SW corner of Tewkesbury Abbey at midday. (Les Ditchburn).

Cotswold Water Park West     The drake RING-NECKED DUCK in the SW corner of Pit 31 with the Pochard flock. (Ian Sherriffs). The juvenile GREAT NORTHERN DIVER still on Pit 16 from 9:45am. (Mark Hobson). The Diver still present late afternoon and the YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER again. (Richard Baatsen/Ian Sherriffs).

Ring-necked Duck by Ian Sherriffs

Stonehouse     25 Redwings, three Bullfinches, two Jays, three Song Thrushes, three Great Spotted Woodpeckers, two Blackcaps, five Great Tits, three Blue Tits, a Buzzard and a Wren, all at Doverow Hill. (Matt Neale).

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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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