Author Archives: The Gloster Birder

WWT Slimbridge     A WHOOPER SWAN, 28 Bewick’s Swans and 103+ White-fronted Geese on Tack Piece. 15 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE, 12 Common Cranes, 100’s of Canada Geese, 100+ Greylags and Barnacle Geese, a Ross’s Goose and a PINK-FOOTED GOOSE on … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     15 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE on the Tack Piece close to Stephen Kirk hide this morning. A Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming in the Decoy. (MK). Two PINK-FOOTED GEESE on the Dumbles viewed from Estuary Tower, one long-stayer of … Continue reading →

Cotswold Water Park West    The juvenile GREAT NORTHERN DIVER still on Pit 16 this morning. Also a YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER with a Long-tailed Tit flock at 8:30am. (Andy Jayne). A drake Goldeneye on Pit 16. (Steve Pullen). In the Pit … Continue reading →

Cotswold Water Park West     The GREAT NORTHERN DIVER on Pit 16 all day. The drake RING-NECKED DUCK on Pit 31 this morning but flew off high S at 9:30am. 30+ Red Crested Pochards on Pit 44 including an aberrant … Continue reading →

Cotswold Water Park West     A GREAT NORTHERN DIVER on Pit 16 late afternoon and present until dusk. (Mark Dowie). On Pit 41, 25 Goosander (17 drakes), a female Goldeneye, on Pit 42 a pair of Goosanders and on Pit … Continue reading →

Frampton     The YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER now joined by a Siberian Chiffchaff, also five Pochards, a drake Goldeneye and a Great White Egret at the sailing lake today. (Gordon Hodgson/Nick Goatman). Yellow-browed Warbler by Gordon Hodgson Siberian Chiffchaff by Gordon Hodgson … Continue reading →

Cotswold Water Park West     The drake RING-NECKED DUCK again on Pit 31 Keynes Park this morning with c250 Pochards. 51 White-fronted Geese on Pit 201b (beside the old railway line at Cerney Wick on the left hand side) this … Continue reading →

Cotswold Water Park West     The drake RING-NECKED DUCK again on Pit 31 Keynes Park this morning at 11am with the Pochard flock. (David Creber). WWT Slimbridge     Four TUNDRA BEAN GEESE on the Tack Piece from Robbie Garnett hide … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge     Four TUNDRA BEAN GEESE showing well on the Tack Piece from 11:45am. (Dot Jones). The drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL showing well on South Lake this morning. (Slimbridge Sightings). Also today a Red Kite, a female Marsh Harrier, a … Continue reading →

WWT Slimbridge    Three TUNDRA BEAN GEESE distantly on the Lower Dumbles this morning. Later at 12:20pm five from Kingfisher hide which flew NW over the river and were lost to view. Also 63 Bewick’s Swans on the Rushy, a … Continue reading →