Recent news
Sightings – August 2005
Sudmeadow (30 August, contributed by Gordon Avery) A superb Barn Owl hunting around the marsh at Sudmeadow early in the morning and a passage Curlew heard. Also 3 Jays were…
Sightings – July 2005
Coombe Hill (29 July, contributed by Robert Homan) Single Curlew, Green Sandpiper and Snipe and 6, possibly 7, Little Egrets this afternoon. GLS (27 July, contributed by Gordon Avery) This…
Sightings – June 2005
River Severn: Haw Bridge – Forthampton (24 and 26 June, contributed by Mike Smart) The Sand Martin colony near Forthampton is doing really well with at least thirty birds present…
Sightings – May 2005
Severn Hams (28 – 31 May, contributed by Mike Smart) Great Hay Meadow, Twyning (Upham Meadow), 28 May: Rather an unpleasant windy day, not very suitable for birdsong or display:…
Sightings – April 2005
Tewkesbury (28 April, contributed by Gordon Avery) A male Whinchat on Severn Ham this morning and a displaying Curlew. Ashleworth Ham (27 April, contributed by Mike Smart) Nothing very unusual…
Sightings – March 2005
“Daffodil Country” (27 March, contributed by Robert Homan) Plenty of Wild Daffodils in the Dymock and Kempley Green area, including those above in the GWT Gwen and Vera’s Fields Reserve….
Sightings – February 2005
Forest of Dean (18 February, contributed by Andy Jayne) A pair of Goshawks at Oakenhill Wood/Parkend Church together with two Sparrowhawks, 12 Buzzards and two Ravens, with all but the…
Sightings – January 2005
Gloucester (30 January, contributed by Robert Homan) c.130 Waxwings in the poplar trees near the mini-roundabout entrance to Watts commercial vehicles in St Oswald’s Road at 10.50 this morning. Gloucester…
Sightings – December 2004
Coombe Hill and Uckington (30 December, contributed by Robert Homan) Still many Fieldfares feeding on hawthorn berries along the canal. 3 or 4 Water Rails heard in the willows around…
Wintering Chiffchaffs in the Cotswold Water Park – 2004
The BTO is looking for reports of all wintering warblers such as Chiffchaff and Blackcap during winter 2004/05, contributing to both BTO co-ordinated survey work as well as a PhD…
Some Gloucestershire Mosses – 2004
During 2004 the Moss Group has organised an identification competition. As can be seen on this page, this has built up into a good introduction to the wealth of bryophyte…
Sightings – November 2004
Sudmeadow and Whiteway (29/30 November, contributed by Gordon Avery) A Small Tortoiseshell in the morning sunshine on the 29th in the Sudmeadow area with 2 Chiffchaffs by the R Severn…