Coombe Hill Meadows This evening two WHITE STORKS until 7pm at least, ringed Knepp birds. Also two Egyptian Geese, 72 Shelducks, 55 Tufted Ducks, four Little Grebes, a Great Crested Grebe, 14 Whimbrels, three Curlews, a Bar-tailed Godwit, a Black-tailed Godwit, three Redshanks, an adult LITTLE GULL, nine Cattle Egrets, six Great White Egrets, 13+ Little Egrets, a Red Kite, a Raven, three Redstarts and two Yellow Wagtails. (Andy Jayne). Also this morning a Ruff, a Dunlin and a female Marsh Harrier. (Duncan Dine/Andy Lodge).
White Storks by Terry Stevenson
Saul Warth Early morning 50 Bar-tailed Godwits, seven Whimbrels, eight Avocets, five Oystercatchers, 16 Dunlins, a Lapwing, a Curlew, a Common Sandpiper, a pair of Black Swans on the river, 32 Swallows, 30+ House Martins, a Sand Martin and a Swift. (MK). A SHORT-EARED OWL flushed by a walker near Hock Cliff then flew S towards Splatt Bridge. Also a pair of Stonechats near Hock Ditch this morning. (Martin Price).
WWT Slimbridge Two Hobbies at the back of the Rushy then drifted S late morning. (Tim McGrath). A Little Grebe with two chicks from Knott hide. (Sam Walker/Mike Davis).
Bourton-on-the-Water An OSPREY at the lakes this afternoon. (Ben Hilder).
Frampton An OSPREY from Splatt Bridge over the flashes at noon. (Martin Green). From Splatt Bridge 6am-7am, a Common Sandpiper, a Great White Egret, 14 Little Egrets, a Cuckoo calling briefly, four Curlews, two Grey Herons, eight Swallows, four Gadwalls, two Reed Warblers, two Sedge Warblers, two Lesser Whitethroats, 11 Mute Swans and four Cormorants. (Steve Pullen). Around the pools a Yellow Wagtail, a Common Tern, five Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Common Sandpiper, two Swallows, three Oystercatchers, 44 Tufted Ducks, a Greylag with seven goslings and a Mallard with five ducklings. (Nick Goatman).
Kilkenny Viewpoint A Green Woodpecker, a Bullfinch and a Yellowhammer. (Steve Brown).
Chedworth Airfield A Wheatear and four Swallows, down the road towards Cassey Compton a Firecrest, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers drumming, a Bullfinch, a pair of Ravens, a Jay and a Buzzard. In the vicinity of the Fosse Cross recycling centre a Sparrowhawk and a Red Kite. (Steve Brown).
May Hill A Wheatear at the top of the Hill today. (Rob Guest).