Sunday 22nd February 2026

WWT Slimbridge    A Ringed Plover and a SPOONBILL on the Tack Piece this morning. Three Little Stints, a Sanderling and a Peregrine on the Dumbles. Two WHOOPER SWANS and a female Mandarin on the Rushy. 92 Avocets and 25 Black-tailed Godwits on South Lake. c120 White-fronted Geese flew over the car park into the reserve at 10:30am. (MK/Roberta Goodall/John Budd). A MERLIN on the southern cross fence of the Dumbles. A drake Goldeneye on South Lake and an Egyptian Goose briefly. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Ringed Plover by Mike King

Frampton pools     Two Common Cranes, a MERLIN, two Oystercatchers, 13 Barnacle Geese, eight Greylags, eight Canada Geese, two Great White Egrets, 70 Tufted Ducks, 78 Coots, six Blackcaps, a Chiffchaff, 14 Grey Herons, two Kingfishers, three Stonechats, 50+ Golden Plovers and seven Curlews over. (Nick Goatman).

Halmore     In the garden today, birds included two male Siskins, a Nuthatch, four Greenfinches, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers and a singing Song Thrush. (Chris Newton).

Nuthatch by Chris Newton

Cheltenham     This afternoon, at Park Campus lake, a drake Mandarin, two leucistic female Mallards and a Grey Wagtail. (David Norman).

Grey Wagtail by David Norman

Bisley     Between the village and Calfway Farm this afternoon birds included male and female Stonechat, three Fieldfares, two Pied Wagtails, 45 Carrion Crows, two Pied Wagtails and two Buzzards. (John Fletcher).

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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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