Hampton Fields     A QUAIL calling this afternoon at 5pm until 5:25pm at least at https://what3words.com/freshest.dominate.adopt. (Simon Ashley).

Cotswold Water Park East     An OSPREY hunting over Pit 114 at 9am. (James Robinson).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A pair of Little Ringed Plovers, a pair of Oystercatchers with three young, three Egyptian Geese, a Yellow Wagtail and a Red Kite over. (Paul Masters).

Saul Warth     From 6:30am to high tide 88 Shelducks including six ducklings, a Grey Plover, seven Oystercatchers, ten Curlews, two Redshanks, two Little Egrets, two Kestrels, eight Swallows including at least three juveniles, a Lesser Whitethroat, three Whitethroats, a Chiffchaff, a Reed Warbler, a pair of Grey Wagtails feeding unseen young and a male Reed Bunting. (MK).

Swallows by Mike King

Grey Plover by Mike King

Purton     A BITTERN dropped into north side of the timber ponds at 8:10am. It flew out again at 9:08am towards WWT. Then it returned again at 9:30am. (Andy Jordan).

Frampton     Around the pools today a Goshawk, a second summer Mediterranean Gull, five Common Terns, two Spotted Flycatcher, a Cuckoo, 16 Swifts, a Hobby, a Nuthatch feeding four young and a juvenile Grey Heron. An Oystercatcher feeding with gulls on the Green at 7am. (David Ashbee).

Leckhampton     At 7am an Oystercatcher calling while circling high then flying W, a garden tick. (Steve Brown).

Gloucester     The male BLACK REDSTART singing from the top of St Michael’s Tower again this morning. (David Lawrence/Nick Earl).

WWT Slimbridge     A Barn Owl briefly inside the nest box at Kingfisher hide at 11:36pm for a few minutes. Also around the grounds a 2cy Mediterranean Gull, two Hobbies, a Sparrowhawk, a Jay, a Mistle Thrush and a Grass Snake. A BITTERN flew towards Purton at 12:53pm. (Oliver Paisey).

Saul Warth     At 6am for high tide 67 Shelducks including seven ducklings, a Grey Plover, a Whimbrel flew off N, two Avocets, five Oystercatchers, 14 Curlews, a Ringed Plover, a Redshank, two Little Egrets, eight Swallows, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Grey Wagtail, a Meadow Pipit, scarce this year, and a male Reed Bunting. (MK).

Haw Bridge to Chaceley     This morning a Grey Heron, a Curlew, QUAIL flushed from underfoot, 1+ Cuckoo, three Skylarks, two Swallows, a House Martin, a Sand Martin, 3+ Redstarts, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Sedge Warbler, 3+ Whitethroats, 2+ Lesser Whitethroat.s, 5+ Blackcaps, two Chiffchaffs, 20 Carrion Crows, 20 Jackdaws, two Linnets and 5+ Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart).

Coombe Hill Meadows     From 6:30 to 9am four Little Ringed Plovers, a drake Pintail, a drake Wigeon, Gadwall, Mallard, Mute Swan, Redstart, 5+ Sedge Warblers, 3+ Reed Buntings, two Yellow Wagtails, four Whitethroats, four Chiffchaffs, six Blackcaps, a Little Egret, a Grey Heron, two Oystercatchers with four young, a Lapwing with young, a Curlew heard bubbling, two Redshanks, a Treecreeper and a Great Spotted Woodpecker. (David Lawrence).

Woodchester Park     Two Firecrests, a Nuthatch, two Treecreepers bringing grubs in and out of tree hollow, a Redstart heard and a Whitethroat and a Lesser Whitethroat in the shrubs near Twinkley Gate car park. (Harrison Rowsell).

Randwick     A Spotted Flycatcher today feeding from a dead tree in the woods at the top of Randwick. A probable second bird was calling to it nearby but not seen. (Rosy & Mrs Kear per Steve Kear).

Cleeve Hill     At the two butterfly reserves by the Cleeve Hill aerials this afternoon, two Ravens on the aerials, a singing Tree Pipit in each reserve, also a few Chiffchaffs and Willow Warblers. Butterflies included good numbers of Small Heath, Small Blue and Common Blue with a few Adonis Blues. Also seen two Marsh Fritillaries, a worn Duke of Burgundy, a Brown Argus, a Painted Lady, a Red Admiral and a Speckled Wood. Moths included a few Chimney Sweepers and Six Spot Burnets, a Small Yellow Underwing, a Burnet Companion and a Lace Border. (Keith White).

Frampton     Three adult LITTLE GULLS circling high over the sailing lake heading SE at 7:30pm. Also two Great White Egrets and nine Little Egrets and many Painted Ladies this evening. (Nick Goatman).

WWT Slimbridge     A LITTLE GULL on the Tack Piece this afternoon at 2pm. On South Lake two Common Terns, 79 Avocets and 27 Black-tailed Godwits.  (Ian Hull). Also a Greenshank on the Tack Piece. (Dot jones).

Purton     At 2pm a BITTERN flew south over the canal towards the Timber Ponds. (Mike Davis).

Saul Warth     Early morning high tide 57 Shelducks including eight ducklings, a Grey Plover, eight Oystercatchers, 12 Curlews, a Ringed Plover, 15 Sanderlings, two Dunlins, two Redshanks, five Little Egrets, two Cuckoos, seven Swallows, four Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Grey Wagtail and a Muntjac came out of the river and made it ashore. (MK).

Muntjac by Mike King

Skylark by Mike King

Coombe Hill Meadows     10+ Reed Buntings, four Sedge Warblers, two Reed Warblers, three Whitethroats, 4+ Yellow Wagtails, 6+ Skylarks, three Grey Herons, two Oystercatchers, a Redshank, a Little Ringed Plover and two Cuckoos. Also two male Scarce Chasers, 10+ Common Darters and 10+ Ruddy Darters and dozens of Painted Ladies. (Paul Clark).

Haresfield     Opposite the garden centre this afternoon, four Yellowhammers and at least two Yellow Wagtails. (Nigel Young).

Northleach    17 Red Kites over Northleach today. (Joe Hilliard).

Avening     On Minchinhampton Golf Course a Little Grebe in breeding plumage at the pond at the 10th hole and another at the 12th hole. Between these two ponds 30 Greylags with three goslings and four Blackcaps around the course. (Mil Petkovic).

Little Grebe by Mil Petkovic

Batsford Arboretum     A Redstart and a Spotted Flycatcher today. Day ticket £12. (Stuart Priest).

Gloucester     The male BLACK REDSTART singing loudly this morning on Eastgate Street above Starbucks. It could be heard from Kings Square and New Inn Lane too. (Craig Brookes).

Frampton     At the sailing lake a Garden Warbler singing, two Hobbies, a Kestrel, a Sparrowhawk, a Red Kite, a Buzzard, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Cuckoo heard, a Black Swan, a Great Crested Grebe and 25+ Painted Ladies. (Oliver Paisey).

Saul Warth     At 6am over high tide 70 Shelducks, eight drake Tufted Ducks flew N, a Grey Plover, four Oystercatchers, a Whimbrel, ten Curlews, 25 Ringed Plovers, five Sanderlings, ten Dunlins, nine Little Egrets, nine Swallows, four Whitethroats, a Reed Warbler, a Grey Wagtail feeding young and a Green Woodpecker. Also a Silver-Y moth, a Painted Lady and two Roe Deer. (MK). Also a Spotted Flycatcher near the treatment works and an adult Mediterranean Gull on the river. (Martin Wightman/Bill Church).

Grey Wagtail by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN flew in to Knott pool at 1:42pm then back towards Zeiss hide at 1:55pm. (Mark Hobson). 7+ juvenile Avocets on the Rushy, 5+ Red Kites over the canal side of the Bottom New Piece from the Estuary tower, two Marsh Harriers, new Shelduck brood of six on the Decoy pond and 16 large juveniles in the Rushy creche, a male Kingfisher took fish into the nest in the Decoy. Painted Lady butterflies all over the site. (Paul Clark/Roberta Goodall).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A Spotted Flycatcher 100 metres W of the bench in the hedge this morning. Two Greenshanks and a Ringed Plover on the main scrape. Also three Hairy Dragonflies on the Snipe Pool, with at least three Scarce Chasers on the canal, many Painted Ladies and Silver-Y moths. (Ian Ralphs/Ian Hull).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area late morning, a Red Kite, two Tawny Owls hooted and two Jays, lots of Butterflies about including 15+ Painted Ladies, Large Skippers and Small Skippers. (Steve Pullen).

Haresfield     Opposite the garden centre this morning, seven Yellowhammers including four singing males, three Yellow Wagtails, three Lesser Whitethroats, five Skylarks, four Linnets, two Red Kites, four Buzzards and a Stoat. (Steve Pullen).

Saul Warth      At high tide at 6am 60 Shelducks, three Turnstones, a Greenshank, a Grey Plover, 14 Oystercatchers, a Whimbrel, 15 Curlews, a Ringed Plover, four Sanderlings, a Little Egret, seven Swallows, a Jay, scarce here, ten Long-tailed Tits, two Lesser Whitethroats and three Whitethroats. Also two Roe Deer and a Painted Lady. (MK).

Roe Deer by Mike King

Upper Coscombe & Farmcote area     A male Redstart, a Tree Pipit and a Spotted Flycatcher along the escarpment near Coscombe Corner. Numerous Blackcaps, Skylarks, Chiffchaffs and a Mistle Thrush. Butterflies included Painted Lady, Small Copper, Small Heath, Red Admiral and Holly Blue. (Ali Clifton Barnard).

Cheltenham     At Park Campus lake this morning an aberrant Moorhen chick, a Great Tit visiting a nest in a hollow branch and a Grey Heron trying to steal goose eggs. (David Norman).

Aberrant Moorhen chick by David Norman

Clanna Country Park     On garden feeders today two Chaffinches, two Greenfinches, two Siskins, four Goldfinches, and a Bullfinch. (Paul Woolams).

Tewkesbury     Two Skylarks on Severn Ham this morning. (Rebecca Stanley).

Gloucester     The male BLACK REDSTART audible from New Inn Lane again, at 6:30am, but not seen. (Andy Jayne). Later this morning the male BLACK REDSTART seen singing on rooftops from the top of King’s Walk car park. (Keith Colcombe).

Forest of Dean     In the Woorgreens/Crabtree Hill area this morning a Wood Warbler, a Tree Pipit, two Spotted Flycatchers, 4+ Stonechats and a Raven. Many Odonata including an Emperor, Downy Emerald, Broad-bodied Chaser, Four-spotted Chaser, many newly emerged damselflies and a Beautiful Demoiselle. (Paul Clark).

WWT Slimbridge     The DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE still from Zeiss hide today. (Dot Jones).

Saul Warth     Early morning post tide, 60 Shelducks including ten ducklings, 40 Canada Geese and two goslings, a Turnstone, four Grey Plovers, 12 Oystercatchers, nine Avocets, 14 Curlews, five Ringed Plovers, four Common Cranes, a Little Egret, four Grey Herons, a pair of Grey Wagtails feeding young, five Swallows and a Cuckoo heard. (MK).

Bourton Downs      A Tree Pipit and four Redstarts singing, and a Stonechat calling. (Andy Lewis).

Batsford Arboretum     Nesting Redstarts, Goldcrests and Firecrest, in two locations and Spotted Flycatchers have just arrived. Day ticket £12. (Stuart Priest).

Sherborne Water Meadows     Three Spotted Flycatchers, two Marsh Tits, a Goshawk, two Lesser Whitethroats, a Garden Warbler, a Stonechat, 13 Whitethroats, three Red Kites, a Green Woodpecker and two Great Spotted Woodpeckers today. (Rogan Wolhuter).

Saul Warth     Early morning, no tide, 90 Shelducks including ten ducklings, ten Oystercatchers, 16 Avocets, ten Curlews, a Whimbrel, three Ringed Plovers, five Common Cranes, a Little Egret, a Reed Warbler, a Lesser Whitethroat and four Whitethroats. Also a Large Skipper and a Small Copper. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge     Around the grounds today a Cuckoo, a Cattle Egret, a male Kingfisher, a Ruff, a Kestrel, 2+ Red Kites and a BITTERN distantly flying inland towards Purton at 10:40am. (Oliver Paisey).

Gloucester     A Barn Owl flew across the road at 3:30am. (Terry Grant).

Forest of Dean     Early morning at Crabtree Hill 2 + Wood Warblers, a Tree Pipit, two Crossbills and two Hawfinches. At Nagshead, 5+ Redstarts, two Spotted Flycatchers, a pair of nesting Pied Flycatchers, two Garden Warblers and five Mandarins. (Terry Grant).

Pied Flycatcher by Terry Grant

Haresfield     This morning opposite the garden centre four Yellow Wagtails, six Yellowhammers, six Skylarks, two Linnets, a Little Owl briefly, two Buzzards, four Stock Doves and several Painted Lady butterflies. (Steve Pullen).

Frampton     Around the pools today two broods of Tawny Owlets, two Spotted Flycatchers and a Cuckoo. Butterflies included 33 Painted Ladies, two Orange Tips, 12 Common Blues, three Brimstones, two Speckled Woods, a Peacock, a Red Admiral and three Holly Blues. (Nick Goatman).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This evening four Mute Swans, two Canada Geese, a Shelduck, a drake Wigeon, four drake Gadwalls, 30 Mallards, a drake Pintail, a Little Egret, three Grey Herons, three Coots, a pair of Oystercatchers with three chicks, two Little Ringed Plovers, four Lapwings, four Redshanks, a Cuckoo. and four Yellow Wagtails. (Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN high over Top New Piece heading N at 11:13am, a Barn Owl from Kingfisher hide and a Marsh Harrier over the Dumbles. (Julian Gould/Molly Gould).

Ashleworth Ham     A male Pied Flycatcher reported between Hasfield and Ashleworth today. (per Paul Sutton).

Saul Warth     Early morning, no tide, fogged out until 8:30am, 21 Shelducks, a Whimbrel, nine Curlews, eight Oystercatchers, a Little Egret, four Swallows, three Whitethroats, a Reed Warbler, four Skylarks, a Grey Wagtail and two Reed Buntings. (MK).

Highnam Woods     From the bench on the left hand path from the car park, a Nightingale singing briefly at 9am, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Garden Warbler, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, a Green Woodpecker and a Raven over. Also two Muntjacs heard. (Steve Brown).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area this morning, two Spotted Flycatchers on the edge of the treehouse wood, a female Cuckoo, five Red Kites and four Buzzards following a mower, also 8+ Painted Lady butterflies. (Steve Pullen).

Oxenton    11 Red Kites and a Buzzard over a field being mowed at 1:15pm. (MK).

Cleeve Hill     At the Bill Smyllie and mast reserves a Red Kite, two Ravens, a Redstart singing, two Buzzards, a family of Stonechats, Stock Doves, Chaffinches, Wrens, Robins, Blackcaps singing and Whitethroats heard. Butterflies included a Marsh Fritillary, Duke of Burgundy, Dingy and Grizzled Skippers, Common Blue, Brown Argus, Small Heath, Brimstone, Green-veined White and many Small Blues. (Chris & Phil Andrews).

Marsh Fritillary by Phil Andrews

Duke of Burgundy by Phil Andrews

Small Blues by Phil Andrews

Aylburton Common     A Goshawk flushed from woods this morning by two Crows. A male Greenfinch in the garden for a 3rd day and a pair of Bullfinches around the garden pond several times this week. (Martin Vaisey).

Kilkenny      At the Kilkenny viewpoint and picnic area this afternoon a Chiffchaff, a Blackcap, a Willow Warbler, a Song Thrush and a Yellowhammer. Good numbers of Small Heath, Small Blue and Common Blue butterflies; also Grizzled Skipper, Comma, Meadow Brown and Large White and a Mother Shipton moth. (Keith White).

Forest of Dean     5+ Painted Lady butterflies in a Forge Hill garden, Lydbrook today. (Chris Sullivan).

Stone     Eight BEE-EATERS over the garden at 4:45pm with House Martins and Swallows. They drifted off E/NE and no further sign in Stone or neighbouring valleys. (Paul Taylor).

Frampton     A LITTLE TERN on the sailing lake briefly at 11:06am before getting harassed by Common Terns with no further sign after. Also a pair of Bullfinches, two Cuckoos including a calling female and two Spotted Flycatchers. (Oliver Paisey). A Grasshopper Warbler reeling loudly at Splatt Bridge for 15 minutes at least early this morning. (Steve Pullen).

Little Tern by Oliver Paisey

Saul Warth     Early morning, no tide, hampered by fog for an hour, new in Whinchat and Reed Warbler, 80 Shelducks, ten Avocets, 19 Ringed Plovers, a Dunlin, eight Oystercatchers, nine Curlews, a Whimbrel heard, a Little Egret, a male Marsh Harrier, four Skylarks, a Swallow and a male Reed Bunting. (MK).

Whinchat by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge    From Zeiss hide 14 Avocets, two Black-tailed Godwits and a male Ruff with a white ruff. On the Rushy 58 Avocets, and a Shelduck with a brood of 12. (Paul Clark/Dot Jones).

Forest of Dean     At Wenchford today a Garden Warbler, a Hawfinch, a Dipper gathering food and a Goshawk. (Joshua Hamblin).

Chedworth     Ten Red Kites and a Buzzard flying over a newly cut hay/silage field this morning. (Chris Berens).

Winchcombe     A Lesser Whitethroat up Stancombe Lane at 9am this morning. (Rosy Heywood & Danny Sturgeon).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This evening eight Yellow Wagtails, a Great White Egret and three Little Ringed Plovers. (Mark Hobson).

Ashleworth Ham     A ringing session caught 62 birds including three Redstarts, 12 Sedge Warblers, ten Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroat, nine Long-tailed Tits and seven Reed Buntings. Other birds on the GWT reserve included six Mute Swans, a pair of Greylags with four goslings, two Canada Geese, a pair of Shelduck with six ducklings, 20 Mallards,  three Grey Herons, a Red Kite, a Buzzard, a Goshawk, a Hobby, a Coot, a Lapwing, two Curlews, two Cuckoos, five Skylarks, two Blackcaps and a Chiffchaff. (Mike Smart/Dave Kelly/Rich Billington).

Saul Warth     Early morning 85 Shelducks, two Gadwalls, 23 Avocets, c100 Ringed Plovers, c50 Dunlins, two Bar-tailed Godwits, four Oystercatchers, five Curlews, four Little Egrets, two Common Terns, a Lesser Whitethroat, two Whitethroats, four Skylarks and four Swallows. (MK).

Frampton     This morning at Court Lake a Hobby flew towards the village. Also two showy Reed Warblers, a pair of Oystercatchers and the Ross’s Goose. (MK). Early morning two Spotted Flycatchers, a Marsh Harrier and a Cuckoo over the sailing lake, two Grey Herons, four Common Terns and a family of Cetti’s Warblers. (Steve Pullen). Around Court Lake late evening four Hobbies, six Cattle Egrets, five Little Egrets at least five active Grey Heron nests with large young being fed. (Nick Goatman).

Reed Warbler by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge      From Estuary Tower six unringed Common Cranes on the Dumbles, a male Marsh Harrier flew S, a Grey Plover, 38+ Sanderlings, the DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE, a Cuckoo calling and a Whimbrel. From Zeiss hide 24 Avocets and 28 Black-tailed Godwits with two of the race “islandica“. 56 Avocets and three Mediterranean Gulls on the Rushy. (Ian Hull/Dot Jones/Oliver Paisey).

Coombe Hill Meadows    This morning two Buzzards, two Curlews, three Lapwings, two Oystercatchers, 6+ Redstarts (4m), three male Reed Buntings, 6+ Sedge Warblers, four Chiffchaffs, three Whitethroats, a male Great Spotted Woodpecker and two Yellow Wagtails. (Paul Clark).

Tewkesbury     A Spotted Flycatcher at the Mythe just by the old railway bridge. (Ian Ralphs).

Bullo Pill     A Cuckoo flew over the A38 at 5:45am. (Dan Watson).

Painswick    Between 6:30am and 9:30am, this morning,  223 Swifts  headed N over the house. Also five Swallows and four House Martins. (John Fleming).

Stonehouse     A Reed Warbler along the canal W of the Ocean and railway bridge this morning. (Simon Spedding).