Sunday 25th January 2026

WWT Slimbridge     12 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE on the Dumbles today. A Firecrest in bushes between the Peng Observatory and the new gate. 17 Ruff on the Tack Piece. (Slimbridge Sightings). A drake Goldeneye on South Lake. (Oliver Paisey). A Water Rail from Zeiss hide. (Molly Gould).

Cotswold Water Park East     A female-type Marsh Harrier on Pit 131 with orange/black wing tags probably 3H. Also two Great White Egrets. (Duncan Dine).

Hazleton    Today c50 BRAMBLINGS and c10 Corn Buntings behind the usual 5-bar gate at SP 07438 18721. (Nick Truby/Mark Hobson/Kev Heath/Kyle Smith).

Brambling by Nick Truby

Corn Bunting by Nick Truby

Forest of Dean     A  Hawfinch at Parkend. At Cannop ponds a Coal Tit, a Marsh Tit, a Nuthatch, six Goosanders, two Mandarins, a Kingfisher, ten Little Grebes, a Grey Wagtail, three Ravens and a Buzzard. (Karle Burford).

Berkeley shore     This morning two Turnstones, 14 Dunlins, two Lapwings, 60 Common Gulls, 6+ Rock Pipits, 12 Meadow Pipits, five Skylarks and nine Linnets. (Oliver Paisey/MK).

Chedworth    A Hawfinch, two Marsh Tits, c60 Skylarks, a few Red Kites, c20 Fieldfares, a Treecreeper, a Nuthatch and a Grey Wagtail today. (Tom Mabbett).

Prestbury     A male Brambling with a small flock of Chaffinches in the hedges below Noverton Farm paddocks. (Ken Heron).

Wotton-Under-Edge     A Yellowhammer amongst the Chaffinch flock in the field at Westridge Woods this morning. (Tim Thompson).

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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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