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  1. Hello JDog, all the best with your move, I don't know where you are moving to in the Cotswolds, but I am sure you will find some shooting easy enough, When you have settled in give me a shout, my son is a keeper on a game shoot near Tetbury, so I am in that area a fair bit of my time, welcome back.
  2. Putting my SGC renewal in tomorrow, hopefully Gloucestershire FLD will be as efficient 🤞
  3. How much is your budget for a spinner ?
  4. A COLLARED PRATINCOLE at WWT Slimbridge, since 20/10/22.
  5. Yeah, the seasons seem to be merging into each other more and more, Been reports of Brambling and Pink Footed Geese in the past couple of weeks as well, plus a Snow Goose, (possible collection escapee).
  6. They don't tend to use ditches (but I am not saying they wouldn't), preferring puddles and pools with flat gradient edges.
  7. With our dry summer, did you still have areas of damp mud in your vicinity? Studies have shown that damp mud within 300metres, (preferably 150 metres) is a requisite. A new nest can take 1000 beakfulls of mud over the ten days of construction, and or repairs. House Martins are in rapid decline (BTO), and are amber listed in the birds of concern. They have declined by 16% from 2001. and 65% from 1965
  8. Still plenty of Swallows and House Martins up on the Cotswolds during the past week, they were congregating on the overhead lines, and hawking the recently drilled fields, and the cover crops.
  9. Say hello to him from me, next time you see him, if you would..........Thanks.
  10. Spotted a Merlin yesterday (28/9/22) near Tetbury. 10 Redwing reported over Painswick (Glos) yesterday as well
  11. A Common Redstart and a Wheatear spotted near Tetbury yesterday (16/8/22).
  12. CASPIAN TERN around Epney sands ( River Severn ), for the last few days.
  13. Oh, maybe Gloucester Council will do the same, haven't had anything yet, will keep you informed. All the best.
  14. Still waiting for my Council tax refund as well ( Gloucester Council), but I don't pay by Direct Debit, but monthly electronically, surely they could just suggest I pay £150 less next month, or is that too simple.
  15. A TURTLE DOVE spotted at Epney (GLOS), yesterday (11/7/22).
  16. Cracking looking birds aren't they. A breeding attempt along the banks of the River Wye took place in 2005 by a pair of Bee Eaters, unfortunately the Chicks were predated by a fox, all under the 24 hour watch of the RSPB.
  17. Swifts appearing more as well now...........Tracked cuckoos already reported as leaving these shores on their return to Central Africa.
  18. Returning male, WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT, in the reedbeds at WWT Slimbridge (22/6/22).
  19. Also c55 million birds killed by cats each year in UK, The RSPB is, however," aware of peoples feelings about this issue ", and takes their concerns seriously !
  20. A pair of Common Cranes have produced two chicks on the South Lake at WWT Slimbridge, Glos.(31/5/22).
  21. That's brilliant.......lovely photo 👍
  22. That's a stunning array of sightings.............had a cock greenfinch on the sunflower feeder today, first I've seen in the garden for over a year.
  23. First QUAIL of the year heard yesterday (26/5/22), at Duntisbourne, nr Cirencester.
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