Not sure if or when Ill have anything to post in the future, but thanks to all the local birds and others from further afield for their news and support. At sundown yesterday a Tawny Owl calling heard from Gloucester Hospital the view from there this morning Hanging up my Bins for the foreseeable

My first Hair Ice of this Winter seen today and prehaps the most stunning and biggest example I've ever seen From Google ""Hair ice is a rare, hair-like ice formation that grows on rotting wood from broadleaf trees when the air is moist and the temperature is below freezing""

From the Isle of Mull, brilliant wildlife seen, but can someone identify the caterpillar for me please

Juvenile Crossbill in the #ForestofDean recently

Nice to see 2 Adders in the #ForestofDean this morning... this one photographed at distance with imaged cropped and the snake left to bask in peace #snake

Purple Hairstreak flutterby Only the second I've knowingly seen and bizarrely within 20mtrs of where I saw my other ! #ForestofDean

Stunning afternoon at Symonds Yat Rock watching these young Peregrines tallon grappling

Humming Bird Hawk moth feeding on Red Valerian at Symonds Yat Rock today One of at least 3 different ones whizzing around

Highlight of an unplanned trip to a Dorset Heath yesterday was 2 female Sand Lizards

That'll do nicely

After Forestry England #ForestofDean scraped clean my best area of Broad-leaved helleborine with no plants showing there yet this year.... it was nice to discover 7 spikes in a new to me location this morning

Grasshopper Warbler in the #ForestofDean this morning #Glosbirds

I don't as a rule twitch birds... preferring to visit spots I know to see what's there and if there's an unusual bird, that's a bonus... But with 4 relatively long staying Dotteral an hour from home. I thought I ought to visit them.... Definitely not disappointed

Nightjar churring at a traditional Forest of Dean site at 20.55 this evening Woodcock over as well #Glosbirds

Dark Edged Beefly and Rose Chafer in the Wye Valley this morning.... Happy to be corrected though

Seems a little early but my first Cinnabar Moth of the year Coleford, Gloucestershire

Exhibitors arriving for the Coleford Carnival of Transport...... Bit grey and damp, but for now, at least it's not raining... Here's hoping it's a successful day for stall holders, exhibitors, local traders and the organisers

2 m Pied Fly disputing a hole near the CTH paving area Gropper reeling between the Crem and CTH Wood Warbler briefly calling in mixed woodland (1st heard 2 days ago) on my 5 mile wander with Polly this morning #GlosBirds

Heard from CTH but distantly to the north Cuckoo calling at 07.49am today #Glosbirds

Not a bad morning's wander in the #ForestofDean Fallow Buck Fallow Does with last years fawns Wild Boar Male Crossbill

Easily my best sighting and photo of the year so far Weasel in the #ForestofDean this morning

Shush, don't move the paparazzi are out again Roe bucks in the #ForestofDean

As part of the redevelopment of the of Coleford. This is the chosen design of the new clock tower. There will be numbers incorporated into the paved areas & the shadow cast by the tower will show the time. The town needs to be closed twice a year overnight to move the numbers forwards / backwards

Is it a bird ? Is it a plane ? No it's Super Boar!

Spectacular scenes today as the Yew trees release clouds of pollen

Fallow does and fawns in the last of the day's sun Roe Buck deep in the Oak wood Wild Boar warming up after a cold night. Common Buzzard All in the #ForestofDean

Birding in the 80's meant seeing a Red Kites was a truly special moment & generally meant travelling mid Wales Seeing these 2 drift towards my garden as I was stood at my kitchen sink in Coleford, today. washing up had me dashing for the camera & outside for a better view #Glosbirds

Remembering the Battle of Coleford this morning

I left a #trailcam out in the #ForestofDean for a couple of days. I had hoped for more but pleased with these results, considering I hadn't used my camera in over 3 years Wild #Boar &Fallow #Deer

Don't forget flours and a card for your loved one today

Every day is an adventure walking Polly, there's no guarantee on what you might see.... But watching 2 Fallow bucks sparing while a sounder of Wild Boar rooted in the foreground. Certainly didn't rank high on the what might be seen in February in the #ForestofDean Phone footage

Brambling have been thin on the ground, locally for me, this winter. It was nice to see a male (only the second on patch this winter) associating with 6 Chaffinch and 3 Reed Bunting CTH/WGL FoD #Glosbirds

Nice of the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust to provide bins for the lazy b'stards who can't carry their energy drink cans home

@julianthomas19.bsky.social Thought this might interest you It's about the building of the seawall at Portland Cov youtu.be/Z424LNfjOyk?...

Long Tailed Tits at roost filmed using a Thermal Imaging camera in the #ForestofDean

Two years ago using a recently acquired Thermal Camera I found some roosting Long Tailed Tits. I've checked a few times but never been able to reconnect, but tonight in the same tree they were back ! #Glosbirds

I accept it's not the greatests of photos. Hawfinch and Crossbills sat together in the same tree just after dawn the other morning in the #ForestofDean

Various Fallow Bucks, seen in the ##ForestofDean during the recent cold spell

The magical frozen #ForestofDean

Fallow Buck in the frosty #ForestofDean this morning

Lords Hill Orange Marmalade with Lime Lemon and Root Ginger....

My first Hair Ice of 2025 Seen in several spots on this mornings frosty wander around the #ForestofDean #hairice

Let's hope 2025 is even more Boaring

Has Spring, sprung already.. ? Seen today in Highnam Gloucestershire Snowdrop, Lesser Celandine and Primroses in flower

Thought the garden seemed quiet this morning

Surprising find on this mornings wander At least 12, probably more Hawfinch seen/heard leaving what I presume is a roost at 07.50 this morning along with many Chaffinch & plenty unseen Crossbill in the same general area central in the central FoD area (not WGL/CTH) #Glosbirds

Fallow Doe and fawn in the #ForestofDean this morning

Roe Deer in tbe #ForestofDean this morning

Stunning sunrise in the #ForestofDean this morning