Friday 23rd January 2026

WWT Slimbridge     16 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE on the Dumbles. A young male Goshawk from Kingfisher hide this morning. 73 Avocets on South Lake. (Ian Hull/Paul Masters/Dot Jones).

Berkeley shore     A WATER PIPIT this morning S of the power station. (Paul Rich).

Water Pipit by Paul Rich

Coombe Hill Meadows     The paths are flooded so no access to the hides. Seen from distance 1000+ Wigeon, 500+ Teal, 200+ Pintails, 100+ Shovelers, 100+ Mallards and two Mute Swans. (Shaun Curtis).

Cobney Meadows     52 Mallards, two Little Egrets, two Mute Swans and an Egyptian Goose this afternoon. (Shaun Curtis).

Halmore    Garden birds today included male and female Lesser Redpoll, four Greenfinches, six Chaffinches, two Coal Tits, six Long-Tailed Tits, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, two Collared Doves, two Stock Doves, a Redwing, and a Red Kite over. (Chris Newton).

Lesser Redpoll by Chris Newton
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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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