Saturday 21st February 2026

WWT Slimbridge     96 Avocets and 59 Black-tailed Godwits on South Lake. (Dot Jones). On the Dumbles two Little Stints, four Sanderlings, two Oystercatchers, a Peregrine, a Marsh Harrier, The SPOONBILL, a Ringed Plover and the aberrant Tufted Duck on the Tack Piece. Two WHOOPER SWANS and a female Mandarin still on the Rushy. (Dot Jones/Paul Clark/Paul Masters/Andy Chapman/MK).

Whooper Swans by Mike King

Saul Warth    Five Avocets, six Oystercatchers, an adult Mediterranean Gull and a pair of Goosanders today. (Gordon Hodgson).

Newnham-on-Severn     Two Ring-necked Parakeets by the Silver Fox café this morning. (David Smith).

Berkeley shore     This afternoon 12 Turnstones, two Rock Pipits, 11 Redshanks, seven Oystercatchers, three Curlews, 30+Wigeon, 15 Shelducks, 100+ Common Gulls, six Meadow Pipits and two singing Blackcaps. (Steve Pullen).

Sapperton     This morning 43 Corn Buntings, 6+ Yellowhammers and Skylarks, Linnets and Goldfinches. (David Creber).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Birds were scattered across the reserve and outlying flooded areas 20 Mallards, eight Moorhens, 452 Wigeon, 34 Canada Geese (Northern Meadows and Staplins), 72 Greylags (Staplins), 14 Tufted Ducks, 16 Coots, six Teal, 16 Shovelers, a Little Grebe, ten Pied Wagtails, 80 Redwings, 16 Chaffinches, three Greenfinches, two Green Woodpeckers, a Buzzard and a Red Kite. (Shaun Curtis).

Chelt (Leigh) Meadows     19 Little Egrets, ten Mallards, two Grey Herons, 50 Black-headed Gulls and 12 Herring Gulls today. (Shaun Curtis).

Cobney Meadows     Two Mute Swans, 12 Mallards, two Moorhens, four Stonechats, two Pied Wagtails, 40 Redwings and 80 Chaffinches today. (Shaun Curtis).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Hook on heavily flooded fields along Mythe Brook, five Mute Swans, five Greylags, 60 Canada Geese, three Egyptian Geese, 470 Wigeon, two Gadwalls, 60 Teal, 20 Mallards, 93 Pintails, 21 Tufted Ducks, a Cormorant, two Coots, 140 Lapwings and 30 Black-headed Gulls. (Mike Smart).

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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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