Friday 09 May – Highnam Woods, Gloucester Leader: Gareth Roberts
May 9, 2025
Thirty members met at the RSPB car park on a perfect evening, the numbers being a testament to the allure of the Nightingale. In common with the picture in the rest of England, the number of singing males here has fallen from 20 in 2001, to only two in each of the last three years.
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