Hooded merganser,penduline Tits & many Goshawk.

Another bonus trip with Brian off work for the day, we head to Gloucester for the Penduline Tits.
On the way we pop in to tick the Hooded Merganser just in case it gets excepted later on.
On reaching the lake we have been beaten there by John P & a small group that already had the Hooded Merganser in sight, so we are onto it with out any trouble although it was parked up on the far bank for a long time before it moved a bit closer for the big lens cameras to get some good shots,I just about get a bad record shot before it takes to flight back over the over side again.
We don't hang about long as we hope to get the Penduline Tits at Horsebere Pool.
The Premier Inn is found & we park in the layby on the A417 opposite, where we can see a small group looking over the pool as it is only a few yards away from the road.
Once again we are onto the birds within minutes, very hard to pin them down for any worth while photos but we get some nice views of them & spend over an hour looking at them.
While here a large group of maybe 90 or more Common Snipe the most I have ever see in one group fly up & head away from the pool.
Off now to New Fancy in the forest of Dean & once on the viewing platform it's not long before we see Goshawk flying back & forth across the valley, this has to be one of the best views that we have had of this many Goshawk really great. Three Raven pass over head for a nice view.
At the church in Parkend we meet up with a nice group that we see from time to time & they put us onto a pair of Crossbill a nice & easy year tick.

Brian's photo Hooded Merganser

Jimmy's Hawfinch photo

Not hanging about we find the cricket pitch just a few roads away & get to see a nice Hawfinch feeding on the ground. So a really nice day spent doing what we like doing but now the long trip home.

One of the Raven