WWT Slimbridge     Two WOOD SANDPIPERS briefly on the Tack Piece then flew high N. Also a Whimbrel on the Tack Piece. (Paul Masters). Later a WOOD SANDPIPER from Zeiss hide. The DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE on the Dumbles again. A Spotted Redshank on the Rushy. (Ian Ralphs). Later three Greenshanks and a Spotted Redshank, possibly the same from Zeiss hide. (per Roberta Goodall).

Saul Warth     Early morning at high tide, 22 Avocets, eight Curlews, seven Whimbrels, 11 Bar-tailed Godwits, five Grey Plovers, 14 Ringed Plovers, 20 Dunlins, a Common Sandpiper, seven Oystercatchers, 50 Shelducks and 39 Swallows. (MK).

Avocets by Mike King

Frampton     This morning a Common Tern and a Garden Warbler at the sailing lake. This evening 20+ Swifts, 30+ Swallows, 12 House Martins, 100+ Sand Martins and four Oystercatchers. (Nick Goatman).

Ashleworth Ham     This evening three Egyptian Geese, a Little Egret, three Shelducks, 34 Mallards including 5 ducklings, eight Canada Geese, five Greylags, a drake Pintail, four Coots, three Teal (2m), a drake Wigeon, a Lapwing, a Grey Heron, five Lesser Black-backed Gulls and eight Mute Swans. (John Fletcher).

Egyptian Goose by John Fletcher

WWT Slimbridge     A TEMMINCK’S STINT initially on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide then relocating to the Tack Piece until this afternoon at least. (Martin McGill). A pair of Mediterranean Gulls on the Rushy and later South Lake. A BITTERN from Knott hide this afternoon. (Ian Hull).

Temminck’s Stint (record shot) by Mike King

Saul Warth     22 Avocets, two Whimbrels, seven Curlews, a Bar-tailed Godwit, an Oystercatcher, 38 Dunlins, 24 Ringed Plovers, six Sanderlings, two Grey Plovers, a Common Sandpiper, a distant Cuckoo, five Whitethroats, a male Blackcap, a Sedge Warbler, a Chiffchaff, a Yellow Wagtail, a Grey Wagtail, a Roebuck and a Muntjac. (MK). This evening 69 Avocets, 26 Whimbrels, eight Curlews, nine Bar-tailed Godwits, four Grey Plovers, 29 Dunlins, 11 Ringed Plovers, two Sanderlings, two Knots and five Oystercatchers. (Gordon Hodgson).

May Hill     Two Tree Pipits and a Garden Warbler this morning. (Owen Follis).

Coombe Hill Meadows      This afternoon two Oystercatchers, two Redshanks, 4 Lapwing, 8+ Skylark, 10+ Sedge Warbler, four Whitethroats, two Lesser Whitethroat, a distant Cuckoo, two Linnets, three Roe Deer and a Broad-bodied Chaser (Paul Clark). Also two Redstarts, four Reed Buntings , a Little Ringed Plover, a Redshank, a Little Egret, a Buzzard, a Red Kite and a Great Spotted Woodpecker. (Luke Jones & Gareth Jones). Additionally this evening 12 Canada Geese, 20 Greylags, two Pied Wagtails, two Yellow Wagtails, four Redshanks, four Shovelers, five Mute Swans, two Grey Herons, a drake Pintail, two drake Wigeon, two Cuckoos, two male Gadwalls, 50+ Mallards, two Chiffchaffs and a Curlew. (Shaun Curtis).

Ebworth     Two Yellow Wagtails amongst the cattle along the Ebworth drive this morning.  Also three Wheatears. (Tom Griffin).

Cleeve Hill     At Warden’s Wood this morning a Whitethroat, a Chiffchaff, a Blackcap and a Song Thrush. Butterflies included Holly Blue, Brimstone, Large White, Green-veined White and a Mother Shipton moth. Between the car park and the trig point near the aerials four  female and two male Wheatears, three pairs of Stonechats, three Whitethroats, a Willow Warbler and two Red Kites. Butterflies included Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell and Small Heath. (Keith White).

Highnam Woods      This afternoon a Treecreeper, a Nuthatch, two Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Marsh Tit, four Song Thrush, three Willow Warblers, a Sparrowhawk, two Buzzards and a Green Woodpecker and a Bullfinch both heard. (Harrison Rowsell).

Gloucester     Four Swifts over Kingsholm this morning. (Bryony Fulcher).

Prestbury Hill Reserve     A Tree Pipit, a Green Woodpecker, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, Stock Dove, Linnet, Yellowhammer, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff and Song Thrush today. Butterflies included Brimstone, Holly Blue, Speckled Wood, Orange Tip and Green Hairstreak. (Cottia Howard).

Tree Pipit by Cottia Howard

Saul Warth     Early morning 44 Avocets, three Whimbrels, 18 Ringed Plovers, ten Dunlins, three Oystercatchers, a Little Egret, a Tawny Owl calling, a Red Kite, seven Swallows, two Sand Martins, a Yellow Wagtail, two Blackcaps, a Lesser Whitethroat, four Whitethroats and three Chiffchaffs. Nearby 50 Sand Martins and a pair of Red-legged Partridges at Epney at 6am. (MK).

Elmore Court    35 Whimbrels in a recently cultivated field next to Wholly Gelato’s car park with 12 Stock Doves this afternoon. In the rewilding area five Reed Warblers, three Sedge Warblers, eight Whitethroats, six Stonechats, four Lapwings, four Grey Herons, a Little Egret and two Canada Geese. (Steve Pullen).

May Hill     Eight Crossbills, two Garden Warblers, a Blackcap, ten Linnets, two Stonechats and two Meadow Pipits today. (Eden Tanner).

Crossbill by Eden Tanner

Garden Warbler by Eden Tanner

Sapperton Park     This morning a mixed flock of c20 Corn Buntings and Yellowhammers, two Hawfinches, a singing Redstart, two Garden Warblers and several singing Marsh Tits. (Steve Kear).

Nailsworth     At least six Swifts over Windsoredge, with four Swallows, also two Red Kites, two Sparrowhawks and 7+ Buzzards. (Terry Grant).

Coln St Dennis     Two Swifts over at 1:10pm. (Nigel Bayliss).

Halmore     Between Halmore Lane and Redwood, a Cuckoo calling around lunchtime and again from 7:30 this evening. A Goshawk, a Sparrowhawk, a Red Kite and three Buzzards over, three singing Willow Warblers, many Blackcaps and Whitethroats, a Garden Warbler, a Jay, a Green Woodpecker, two Greylags and two Shelduck. (Chris Newton).

Jay by Chris Newton

Cleeve Hill     A female RING OUZEL and 12 Wheatears near the radio masts this morning. Also a Cormorant over. (Ian Ralphs/Duncan Dine).

Forest of Dean     In Cadora Woods, NW of St Briavels a Hawfinch and a Pied Flycatcher. Also believed to be an OSPREY flying overhead which was confirmed a little later when it was seen flying between the western edge of the woods and the River Wye at Bigsweir. (Jeff Wheeler).

Saul Warth     This morning seven Whimbrels, a Common Sandpiper and 40+ Avocets. (Steve Pullen).

Frampton     Two Common Terns on the sailing lake this morning. At Splatt Bridge a Whinchat, c25 Bar-tailed Godwits, a Common Sandpiper, a Kingfisher, a Peregrine, two Common Cranes, a Lesser Whitethroat, four Whitethroats, eight Swallows and six House Martins. (Tom Mabbett/Steve Pullen).

WWT Slimbridge     16 Avocets on the Rushy. The Tundra Bean Goose on the Long Ground pool. The DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE on the Dumbles. A BITTERN booming at South Finger. An adult summer Mediterranean Gull on South Lake. A Little Ringed Plover on the Tack Piece. A Greenshank on the Top New Piece. (Tim McGrath/Paul Clark/Mark Dowie).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Birds today included three Wigeon, three Little Egrets, two Grey Herons, four Oystercatchers, two Avocets, a Little Ringed Plover, six Lapwings, 4+ Redshanks, a Cuckoo, a Swallow, 3+ Redstarts, 5+ Sedge Warblers, 3+ Blackcaps, 6+ Whitethroats, 3+ Chiffchaffs, five Linnets and two Reed Buntings. Also a Whinchat reported today. (Mike Smart). Also a two Hobbies circling together overhead, a Sparrowhawk, a Buzzard and a Red Kite. (Rachel Thomas).

Uley     Four Swifts over at 8:20 am today. (Nigel Hewston).

WWT Slimbridge     At 8:20am an OSPREY flew low over the Rushy heading towards Saul. (Tim McGrath). A LITTLE GULL and two adult summer Mediterranean Gulls on South Lake late morning. (Seb Buckton). The DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE and the Tundra Bean Goose on the Dumbles. The Spotted Redshank on South Lake from Hogarth hide.  (Slimbridge Sightings). Eight Greenshanks on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide. (Paul Masters/Andy Chapman).

Saul Warth     The WWT OSPREY flew through upriver at 8:30am, also 30 Shelducks, two Cranes, 19 Ringed Plovers, five Whimbrels, four Curlews, two Sanderlings, 32 Dunlins, two Little Egrets, a Kestrel, ten Swallows, a Chiffchaff, a Blackcap, four Whitethroats and a Yellow Wagtail. (MK). Also a Mediterranean Gull through at 9:30am. (Martin McGill). The OSPREY then seen flying N between Whitminster and Hardwicke at 9:15am. (Jeff Wheeler).

Frampton    14 BLACK TERNS on the sailing lake from 10am. Also two LITTLE GULLS dropped in briefly at 10:40am.  Also three Swifts and a Common Sandpiper. The BLACK TERNS were present throughout the day in varying numbers with 24 passing through at 6pm. (Steve Rickard/Craig Brookes/Paul Masters/Andy Chapman/Nick Goatman/Mark Coller/Jon Dexter). 50 LITTLE GULLS high N through Splatt Bridge at 6:30pm. Also 20 Whimbrels NE. (Gordon Hodgson).

Sharpness     A flock of 42+ LITTLE GULLS flew N at 11am, and c18 Common Terns. Also a Red Kite, eight Whimbrels, a Peregrine, 11+ mixed flock of Dunlin and Ringed Plovers. (Oliver Paisey). Early afternoon 10+ LITTLE GULLS through, a BLACK TERN and a Grey Plover. (Ian Ralphs/Oliver Paisey).

Westbury-on-Severn     A Whinchat at lunchtime today. (Dan Watson).

Halmore     In the fields off Slimbridge Lane today a Hobby, a Red Kite, two Buzzards, a singing Garden Warbler, a singing Willow Warbler and several Whitethroats and Blackcaps. Also many Orange Tips and Holly Blues, several Brimstones, Peacocks and Speckled Woods and a Comma. (Chris Newton).

Hobby by Chris Newton

Hobby by Chris Newton

Coombe Hill Meadows     Today 5+ Buzzards, a Red Kite, a Raven, a Cattle Egret, three Little Egret, four Grey Herons, two Oystercatchers, a Curlew heard, 7+ Redstarts, 16+ Sedge Warblers, two Cuckoos, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, three Linnets, four Whitethroats, two Lesser Whitethroats, two Reed Buntings, six Lapwings, two Gadwalls and a Whinchat. (Paul Clark).   Also Shoveler, Redshank, three Yellow Wagtails, Chiffchaff and Bullfinches. (Les Ditchburn/Alan McIlquham/Richard Cawsey).

Redstart by Richard Cawsey

Yellow Wagtail by Richard Cawsey

Ashleworth Ham     This afternoon a Great White Egret, two Little Egrets, two Grey Herons, three Shelducks, two Greylags, three Canada Geese, ten Teal, four Gadwall, a drake Pintail, two Cormorants, 33 Mallards, six Mute Swans and a Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming. (John Fletcher).

Great White Egret by John Fletcher

Broadwell     Two Swifts back today, earlier than usual. (Henry Keller).

Rodborough Common     This afternoon a Swift, five Sand Martins, a Swallow, a House Martin, two Willow Warblers, a Whitethroat and two Chiffchaffs. Butterflies included two Duke of Burgundy, a Small Heath, several Dingy Skippers and Green Hairstreaks and good numbers of Holly Blue. (Rob & Petra Crofton).

Duke of Burgundy by Rob Crofton

Sharpness     At 9:15am a PALLID HARRIER flew through S of the picnic site and headed W across the estuary and dropped near Lydney harbour. (Andy Jordan).

Pallid Harrier by Andy Jordan

Pallid Harrier by Andy Jordan

Pallid Harrier by Andy Jordan

Saul Warth     Early morning on patch 15 LITTLE GULLS, four Mandarins (3m, 1f) feeding from the cattle feed troughs, 115 Bar-tailed Godwits, 14 Whimbrels, ten Curlews, 12 Avocets, nine Oystercatchers, 20 Dunlins, seven Grey Plovers, 12 Ringed Plovers, a male Marsh Harrier, seven Swallows, three House Martins, two male Whinchats and a Yellow Wagtail. (MK).

Whinchat by Mike King

Frampton     22 BLACK TERNS on the sailing lake from late morning until 7:35pm when they flew off high NE. (Neil Sumner). Also two HOBBIES, a Common Sandpiper, a Cuckoo, three Swifts and the Black Swan still. (Ian Ralphs/Mark Dowie/Nick Goatman/MK).

Black Terns by Mike King

Black Terns by Mike King

Awre    Three adult LITTLE GULLS flew downriver on the N side of Awre at 1:10pm. (Andy Jayne/Dave Paynter & WWT Awre Volunteers).

WWT Slimbridge     An OSPREY caught a fish on the Fleet at Zeiss hide at 12:30pm. (Julie Ottley/Roberta Goodall/Paul Clack). On the Tack Piece two Little Ringed Plovers, a Greenshank and the SPOONBILL still. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A male Redstart in the trees along the canal close to the car park at 2pm. Also many Sedge Warblers and a two Whitethroats. (David Douglas). Also today two Avocets and a Wheatear in the meadows W of the Long Pool. (Ian Ralphs).

Redstart by David Douglas

Gloucester    At lunchtime today a Wheatear, a Yellow Wagtail and a Pied Wagtail on the muck heap at Zoons Court Farm. At Horsbere two Reed Buntings near the lake, a Buzzard, a Whitethroat, a Lesser Whitethroat and Greenfinch heard. (Simon Hart).

Stinchcombe Hill     A male RING OUZEL by the 9th tee this morning. (James Robinson).

Saul Warth     Early morning no tide three Whimbrels, 100 Avocets under the mud shelf, six Curlews, a Little Egret, a male Marsh Harrier hunting at Awre, 62 Sand Martins, four Swallows, two House Martins, two Yellow Wagtails, a Lesser Whitethroat, two Whitethroats and a Roebuck. (MK).

Lesser Whitethroat by Mike King

Whimbrel by Mike King

Frampton     Two Swifts over the sailing lake late morning. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge    The SPOONBILL, three Greenshanks and two Whimbrels on the Tack Piece. The DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE in front of the Estuary Tower. Six Swifts flew up river. The Spotted Redshank and five Greenshanks on the Top New Piece. (Ian Ralphs).

Forest of Dean     6+ Pied Flycatchers at Nagshead. Two Grey Wagtails, a Kingfisher, 15+ Mandarins, two Little Grebes and two Ravens at Cannop Ponds. A drake Goosander, a Raven, two Grey Herons and 6+ Large Red Damselflies at Woorgreens. (Paul Clark).

Leckhampton Hill     A Yellowhammer, three Willow Warblers, a Whitethroat, a Red Kite, a Kestrel and two Swifts. (Sophie Headland).

Yellowhammer by Sophie Headland

Rodborough Common     A Whitethroat, a Wheatear, three Chiffchaffs, 10+ Skylarks, five Meadow Pipits, a Great Black-backed Gull and a Pasqueflower. (Gerard Doran).

Gloucester     Along the Severn Way and on the sheep down at the landfill site a Cormorant, a pair of Shelducks, two Buzzards, a Green Sandpiper still, a Curlew, 12 Stock Doves, two Skylarks, a male White Wagtail on the Severn Way pools, three Wheatears a male, a female and a stunning female Greenland bird and a Whitethroat today. (Gord Avery). At Zoons Court Farm a Yellow Wagtail and a Pied wagtail on the manure pile. At Horsbere a Blackcap, a Reed Warbler, a Whitethroat and a Lesser Whitethroat heard. (Ken Hurcombe).

Cotswold Water Park East     On Whelford pools this afternoon a Cuckoo heard, 16 Red Crested Pochards, 25 Tufted Ducks, seven Great Crested Grebes, nine Coots, a Greylag, two Moorhens, two Mute Swans, 16 Mallards, two Grey Herons, a Willow Warbler, six Blackcaps, a Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, a Red Kite and two Buzzards. (John Fletcher).

Stinchcombe Hill     Early morning a WOODLARK flushed from 14th tee and flew towards the club house. (Craig Brookes).

Gloucester     Along the Severn Way by Hempsted tip two Shelducks, four Curlews, a Green Sandpiper, a Sand Martin, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Grasshopper Warbler, a Lesser Whitethroat, seven Whitethroats, a pair of Stonechats, four Wheatears, a Yellow Wagtail and a Reed Bunting. (Andy Jayne).

Saul Warth     Early morning no tide 91 Bar-tailed Godwits flew in for a rest stop at 7:35am, an Avocet, the rest of the flock hidden under the mud shelf, four Whimbrels, 20 Curlews, two Oystercatchers, two Dunlins, 20 Swallows, 40 Sand Martins, three House Martins, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Whitethroat, two Chiffchaffs, a male Blackcap and six Skylarks. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge     The SPOONBILL on the Tack Piece and two Bar-tailed Godwits. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Cam     A Wheatear on the west side of Cam Long Down this morning. (Sophie Headland).

Wheatear by Sophie Headland

Frampton      Around the pools this morning a Yellow-legged Gull on the sailing lake. Also a Whitethroat, a pair of Mandarins, two Skylarks and a Swift. A Common Sandpiper on the canal. (Nigel Young/Paul Masters/Andy Chapman).

Whitethroat by Nigel Young

Mandarins by Nigel Young

Coombe Hill Meadows     A summer plumage Golden Plover in front of Grundon hide this morning. A Lesser Whitethroat in the car park and a Swift over. (Ian Ralphs/Ian Hull).

Forest of Dean     A pair of Pied Flycatchers at Nagshead today. (Rachel Thomas).

Twyning     At Upham Meadow this morning two pairs of Greylags, 94 Canada Geese, four Mallards, five Curlews, a Snipe, two Stock Doves, five Skylarks, three Swallows, a Mistle Thrush, two Blackcaps, two Chiffchaffs, two Ravens, ten Carrion Crows and a Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Hook two Mute Swans, 15 Canada Geese, two Egyptian Geese, five Mallards, a pair of Tufted Ducks, two Oystercatchers, two Sand Martins and a Sedge Warbler. (Mike Smart).

Hucclecote     A garden Sparrowhawk took the resident Robin this evening. (Terry Fenton).

Sparrowhawk by Terry Fenton

Coombe Hill Meadows     This afternoon a breeding plumage WOOD SANDPIPER, but flushed by a helicopter, two Dunlins, a Little Ringed Plover, a Red Kite, a Sedge Warbler, two Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroat, two Blackcaps, two Redstarts and a Swallow. (Alan Baxter & Rob East). Also this afternoon three Cattle Egrets, two Little Egrets, three Grey Herons, two Oystercatchers, four Redshanks, two Common Sandpipers, 20+ Lapwings, five Redstarts, two Reed Buntings, 8+ Sedge Warblers, 6+ Chiffchaffs, two Treecreepers and three Bullfinches. (Paul Clark). Additionally this evening five Mute Swans, 12 Greylags, 16 Canada Geese, two Egyptian Geese, five Shelducks, three Wigeon, ten Gadwalls, eight Teal, 25 Mallards, a drake Pintail, five Shovelers, three Coots, four Curlews, a Snipe calling at dusk, a Cuckoo, three Pied Wagtails and three Yellow Wagtails. (Shaun Curtis/Mike Smart).

Tewkesbury     Singing Redstarts at Haw Bridge East and Lower Lode this evening. (Mike Smart/Shaun Curtis).

Gloucester     At Horsebere Brook two Yellow Wagtails and a Greenland Wheatear today. (Alan Baxter & Rob East/Mark Dowie). Also here on the WeBS count two Mute Swans, five Mallards, 1+ Moorhen, two Coots, a Snipe, three Herring Gulls, 20 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a male Kestrel, male and female Stonechat, a Whitethroat and four male Reed Buntings. (Gord Avery).

Cotswold Water Park East     A WHITE STORK over Pit 104 mid-morning. (Mick Jones).

Frampton     Around the pools three Wheatears, two Whinchats, a White Wagtail, two Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroats, 12 Sand Martins and a Cuckoo. (Nick Goatman). A Swift over the church this morning. (Steve Pullen). A Yellow-legged Gull on the sailing lake again. (Mark Dowie).

WWT Slimbridge     The SPOONBILL on the Top New Piece and the DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE on the Estuary Tower scrape. A Whinchat on the summer walkway hedge and c43 Bar-tailed Godwits and a Whimbrel on the foreshore. (Ian Hull).

Forest of Dean     A Tree Pipit on Crabtree Hill today. (Geoff Fawcett). Three redhead Goosanders on Newent Lake this morning. (Paul Masters). Six Goosanders (1m) at Cannop ponds early afternoon. (Andy Jayne).

Tresham     This evening four Wheatears, five Stock Doves and four Corn Buntings. (Paul Rich).

Saul Warth     At high tide 95 Avocets, two Bar-tailed Godwits, three Whimbrels, 40 Curlews, 27 Dunlins, a Common Sandpiper, a Great White Egret, a drake Mandarin, five Swallows, two Blackcaps, a Lesser Whitethroat, two Whitethroats, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Reed Warbler and two Chiffchaffs. (MK). A Swift over at 9am. (Martin Wightman).

Mandarin by Mike King

Witcombe Reservoirs     WeBS count two Canada Geese, two Mute Swans, c100 Mallards, 11 Tufted Ducks, ten Great Crested Grebes, six Cormorants, 4+ Moorhens, a Coot, a Common Sandpiper, 38 Herring Gulls, 28 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, two Red Kites, a pair of Grey Wagtails, a Pied Wagtail, a Mistle Thrush, two Chiffchaffs, a Blackcap and two Muntjacs. (Gord Avery).

Berkeley shore     Two Grey Herons, 12 Shelducks, 14 Mallards, two Teal, two Wigeon, six Canada Geese, five Redshanks, three Oystercatchers, three Curlews, five Common  Sandpipers, a Ringed Plover, four Dunlins, three Common Gulls, 166 Black-headed Gulls, two Peregrines, a male Sparrowhawk, a Yellow Wagtail, seven Reed Warblers, four Sedge Warblers and three Whitethroats. A WHITE STORK circling beyond Lydney over Aylburton then drifted NE but lost to sight around 10:45am. (Jon Haw/James Robinson).

Stinchcombe Hill     A HOBBY over at 2:30pm. (James Robinson).

Cotswold Water Park West     A Grasshopper Warbler at Shorncote this morning by the first hide. (James Robinson).

Highnam Woods     A Nightingale still singing 6:15am until 12:40pm at least today. Please note the car park is usually closed. If approaching from Gloucester there is pull-in parking for 3 cars on the left c200m after the reserve entrance. (Ken Hurcombe/Oliver Paisey/Ian Ralphs).

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning 67 Avocets, two Whimbrels, ten Curlews, ten Oystercatchers, ten Dunlins, a Lapwing, a Common Sandpiper, 30 Shelducks, three Common Cranes, a male Marsh Harrier, a Wheatear, three Swallows, 145 Sand Martins, two Whitethroats, a Willow Warbler, a Chiffchaff, a Blackcap and a Roebuck. (MK). 16 Whimbrels this afternoon. (Steve Pullen).

Frampton     Around the pools a Tawny Owl, a Cuckoo, a Lesser Whitethroat, four Whitethroats, a Willow Warbler, six Reed Warblers, two Swallows, 50+ Sand Martins, 43 Blackcaps, 32 Chiffchaffs, two Siskins, two Shelducks, 48 Tufted Ducks and the first Greylag gosling. (Nick Goatman). This morning at Splatt Bridge 38 Bar-tailed Godwits through N, also a Yellow Wagtail N, a Cuckoo calling in the village, a Common Sandpiper on the canal, a least three Sedge Warblers, two Reed Warblers, five Whitethroats and a Lesser Whitethroat. (Gordon Hodgson).

WWT Slimbridge    A Spotted Redshank and a Common Sandpiper on the Rushy. The Tundra Bean Goose around the grounds. From the Estuary Tower a reeling Grasshopper Warbler in hedge scrub below the hide. The DARK-BELLIED BRENT on the scrape, two Marsh Harriers and Peregrine. (Slimbridge Sightings). A BITTERN from Willow hide. (Ian Hull).

Coombe Hill Meadows     3+ Cattle Egrets, two Redstarts and a Little Ringed Plover this morning. (Oliver Paisey).

Tewkesbury     In the Severn Ham area today birds included two Cormorants, a Grey Heron feeding on elvers, a Buzzard, 34 Mallards, a Gadwall, two Curlews, a Skylark, three Garden Warblers, two Blackcaps, a Willow Warbler, two Chiffchaffs, two Swallows, a Sand Martin, two Sedge Warblers, three Cetti’s Warblers, two Greenfinches and two Bullfinches. Butterflies included Brimstone, Comma, Red Admiral, Peacock and Orange Tip and localised to rare beetles Anthribus fasciatus and Phytoecia cylindrica. (Paul Whitehead).

Gloucester     At Horsebere Brook FSA two Yellow Wagtails on the manure pile at the top of the slope. (Ken Hurcombe).

Prestbury     At 12:25pm today a Green Sandpiper was heard and seen high up flying N over Prestbury. (Ken Heron).

Guscar Rocks/Aylburton Warth     Two Canada Geese, 26 Shelducks, two Mallards, two Grey Herons, four Oystercatchers, a Ringed Plover, four Dunlins, a Sanderling, 74 Curlews, a Whimbrel, five Bar-tailed Godwits, two Redshanks, a Common Sandpiper, ten Herring Gulls, a Black-headed Gull, 10+ Skylarks, a Cetti’s Warbler, three Reed Warblers, two Chiffchaffs, 50 Carrion Crows, ten Linnets and a Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).