Thursday 12th March 2026

WWT Slimbridge     The SPOONBILL still on the Tack Piece today. Also 111 White-fronted Geese. 144 Avocets and 182 Black-tailed Godwits on South Lake. Two Kingfishers from Kingfisher hide. (Duncan Dine/Slimbridge Sightings).

Spoonbill by Duncan Dine

Frampton    From Splatt Bridge at first light three Buzzards, a female Mandarin on the canal, two Common Cranes low over the flashes and six Cormorants together on the canal. At the sailing lake 30+Sand Martins. (Steve Pullen).

Halmore     A male and a female Blackcap, a Redwing and a Song Thrush feeding on ivy berries in the garden and three Siskins, four Greenfinches and a Great Spotted Woodpecker on the feeders. (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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