Eastleach Downs     The first-summer LONG-TAILED SHRIKE still present today along the minor road near https://maps.app.goo.gl/2DtRwdBHmTe3Wio89?g_st=iw and showing well. Also four Wheatears, two Whinchats, male and female Redstart and ten Corn Buntings. (Paul Masters/Andy Chapman/Heather England).

Please do not park on verges, block gates or roads at this busy harvest time. Park in the car park at https://maps.app.goo.gl/iUUEaCKtkdimNaMRA?g_st=iw The car park will be open 5am to 8pm tomorrow, £5 for charity in the collection box, which will be inside the car park on the left attached to a wooden post. (MK).

Long-tailed Shrike by Heather England

Northleach     A juvenile Hobby near Northleach this morning. (Richard Tyler).

Hobby by Richard Tyler

WWT Slimbridge     On the Rushy two Little Egrets, a Great White Egret, four Greenshanks, five Spotted Redshanks, 6+ Ruff, eight Redshanks, 20+ Lapwings, two Snipe, 25 Black-tailed Godwits and five Little Grebes, three juveniles. Two Meadow Pipits from Robbie Garnett hide. Two Wood Sandpiper and Spoonbill on the Top New Piece and a Bittern from Zeiss hide. Two Cattle Egrets on South Lake. (Paul Clark/Roberta Goodall/Ian Ralphs).

Bittern by Ian Ralphs

Saul Warth     Early morning at low tide 130 Curlews, a Black-tailed Godwit, nine Avocets, c150 Dunlins, c150 Ringed Plovers, a Green Sandpiper, a Little Egret, five Grey Herons, the escaped Greater Flamingo, a Lesser Whitethroat, four Chiffchaffs, a Willow Warbler, a Wheatear, two Rock Pipits, a Grey Wagtail, 20 Pied Wagtails and eight House Sparrows, only the 2nd patch record. (MK).

Wheatear by Mike King

Frampton pools     This evening five Cattle Egrets, three Great White Egret, 20 Little Egrets, 50 Sand Martins, four House Martins, nine Swallows, a Peregrine, a Green Sandpiper, a Common Sandpiper, an adult Yellow-legged Gull and two Ravens. (Nick Goatman).

Eastleach Downs     The first-summer LONG-TAILED SHRIKE still present today along the minor road near https://maps.app.goo.gl/2DtRwdBHmTe3Wio89?g_st=iw and showing well.

Please do not park on verges, block gates or roads at this busy harvest time. Park in the car park at https://maps.app.goo.gl/iUUEaCKtkdimNaMRA?g_st=iw The car park will be open 5am to 8pm tomorrow, £5 for charity in the collection box, which will be inside the car park on the left attached to a wooden post. (MK).

Forest of Dean     At Woorgreens a Green Sandpiper and a Black Darter. (Andy Jayne). Two Red Kites flew down Lydbrook valley at 11:15am. A Clouded Yellow butterfly at Forge Hill in Lydbrook. (Chris Sullivan).

Walmore Common     A Hobby, a Peregrine and a Red Kite soaring together today. Also a Wheatear, two Yellow Wagtails and a Tree Pipit heard overhead. (Andy Jayne).

Saul Warth     Early morning 120 Curlews, a Black-tailed Godwit, 11 Avocets, 120 Dunlins, 100 Ringed Plovers, three Little Egrets, five Grey Herons, the escaped Greater Flamingo, two Lesser Whitethroats, four Whitethroats, three Blackcaps, five Chiffchaffs, 31 Swallows, a juvenile Green Woodpecker, a Rock Pipit and two Yellow Wagtails. (MK).

Lesser Whitethroat by Mike King

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning two Red Kites, 4+ Buzzards, a Kestrel, two Ravens, two Whitethroats, 6+ Chiffchaffs, a Redstart and a Green Woodpecker. Lots of Green-veined Whites and Clouded Yellow butterflies, a Brown Hawker, three Southern Migrant Hawkers and 10+ Migrant Hawkers. (Paul Clark). Also a Spotted Flycatcher today. (Ian Hull).

Minchinhampton    At Hampton Fields this morning birds included 40+ Common Gulls, ten Red-legged Partridges, 50+ Pheasants, four Ravens, 30 Canada Geese and 15+ Stock Doves all down in the stubble. Also two Corn Buntings, five Yellowhammers, a Sparrowhawk and a Weasel. (Steve Pullen).

Frampton pools     This evening three Swifts, a Green Sandpiper, 45 Gadwalls, 26 Mallards, two Shovelers, six Teal, three Cattle Egrets, 18 Swallows, eight House Martins and 23 Cormorants. (Nick Goatman).

Aston Magna     Seven Spotted Flycatchers in the garden today. (Jamie Brown).

Eastleach Downs     The first-summer LONG-TAILED SHRIKE still present today along the minor road near https://maps.app.goo.gl/2DtRwdBHmTe3Wio89?g_st=iw and showing well.

Please do not park on verges, block gates or roads at this busy harvest time. Park in the car park at https://maps.app.goo.gl/iUUEaCKtkdimNaMRA?g_st=iw The car park will be open 5am to 8pm tomorrow, £5 for charity in the collection box, which will be inside the car park on the left attached to a wooden post. (MK).

Saul Warth     Early afternoon at high tide 107 Curlews, four Black-tailed Godwits, four Little Egrets, five Grey Herons, the escaped Greater Flamingo, a Red Kite, a Grey Wagtail, a Willow Warbler, two Whitethroats, 100 Swallows, three Clouded Yellows, a Small Copper and Common Blues. (MK).

Clouded Yellows by Mike King

Willow Warbler by Mike King

Lydney to Aylburton Warth     Six Barnacle Geese, 12 Oystercatchers, a Whimbrel, a Bar-tailed Godwit, four Common Sandpipers, 13 Turnstones, a Dunlin, a Red Kite, two Ravens, a Kingfisher, five Stonechats, four Wheatears, five Yellow Wagtails, 100+ each of Linnets and Goldfinches and six Reed Buntings. (Andy Jayne).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area early this morning, a Whinchat, three juvenile Stonechats, 50+ Goldfinches, 10+ Linnets, two Skylarks, two Nuthatches, four Treecreepers, six Mistle Thrushes, three Grey Herons, a Kestrel, two Buzzards, a Fox and two Roe Deer. (Steve Pullen).

WWT Slimbridge    Five Spotted Redshanks on South Lake and a Little Stint on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide. (Warren Gill). A Garganey from Robbie Garnett hide this afternoon. (Les Ditchburn).

Frampton pools     First Greenshank of the year at the sailing lake this evening, also a Green Sandpiper, 11 Cattle Egrets, two Great White Egrets and two Spotted Flycatchers. (Nick Goatman).

To be posted later.

Eastleach Downs     The first-summer LONG-TAILED SHRIKE present again today again along the minor road near https://maps.app.goo.gl/2DtRwdBHmTe3Wio89?g_st=iw and showing well. (Martin Smyth/Terry Stevenson). Also a Grey Partridge, two Whinchats, two Corn Buntings and three Fallow Deer. (Steve Pullen).

Please do not park on verges, block gates or roads at this busy harvest time. Park in the car park at https://maps.app.goo.gl/iUUEaCKtkdimNaMRA?g_st=iw The car park will be open 5am to 8pm tomorrow, £5 for charity in the collection box, which will be inside the car park on the left attached to a wooden post. (MK).

Long-tailed Shrike by Terry Stevenson

WWT Slimbridge     Two Garganeys on the Rushy still, a Wood Sandpiper from Robbie Garnett hide still, a Sanderling with a few Ringed Plovers and Dunlins and a Greenshank at Middle Point. 10+ Yellow Wagtails, two Whitethroats, two Chiffchaffs and four Stonechats along the Summer Walkway. (Paul Masters).

Saul Warth     At 6:15am low tide 92 Curlews, two Avocets, seven Ringed Plovers, an Oystercatcher, a Great White Egret, six Little Egrets, 17 Grey Herons, the escaped Greater Flamingo, three Chiffchaffs, two Whitethroats, a Sedge Warbler, two Rock Pipits and two Stoats. (MK).

Aylburton     From the village to the Warth this morning six Reed Warblers, a Chiffchaff, adult and juvenile Buzzard, five Skylarks, eight Goldfinches feeding on teasels, a Lapwing, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, three Swallows and a field with 70+ Rooks, Carrion Crows and Black headed Gulls. Some Curlew feeding distantly on the sandbanks. Also House Martins are on second brood in a nest in the village. (John Meadows).

Leckhampton     A Peregrine calling near Moorend Road late afternoon. (Steve Brown).

Eastleach Downs     The first-summer LONG-TAILED SHRIKE present again today again along the minor road near https://maps.app.goo.gl/2DtRwdBHmTe3Wio89?g_st=iw and showing well. (Della & Hayden Lack/Tim Jukes/Mark Rosher). Also three Whinchat, a Lesser Whitethroat, 15+ Whitethroat, a Wheatear and a Willow Warbler. (Ewan Urquhart).

Please do not park on verges, block gates or roads at this busy harvest time. Park in the car park at https://maps.app.goo.gl/iUUEaCKtkdimNaMRA?g_st=iw The car park will be open 5am to 8pm tomorrow, £5 for charity in the collection box, which will be inside the car park on the left attached to a wooden post. (MK).

Long-tailed Shrike by Mark Rosher

Long-tailed Shrike by Ewan Urquhart

WWT Slimbridge     Two Garganeys on the Rushy this morning. (Ian Hull).

Walmore Common     A Cattle Egret, six Lapwings, two Snipe, eight Sedge Warblers, five Willow Warblers, six Whinchats, two Stonechats, a Yellow Wagtail and three Reed Buntings today. (Andy Jayne).

Saul Warth     At 6:15am low tide 88 Curlews, a Whimbrel, a Green Sandpiper heard, ten Avocets, two Great White Egrets, two Little Egrets, 14 Grey Herons, the escaped Greater Flamingo, three Chiffchaffs, three Whitethroats, two Blackcaps, six Skylarks and 23 Goldfinches. (MK).

Greater Flamingo by Mike King

Frampton pools     A Green Sandpiper on the sailing lake, a Great White Egret, four Cattle Egrets including a juvenile, five Little Egrets, five Grey Herons, two Spotted Flycatchers, two Lesser Whitethroats and an adult Yellow-legged Gull. (Nick Goatman).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Along the canal up to the bridge a Green Woodpecker and a Great Spotted Woodpecker. Butterflies included Clouded Yellow, Red Admiral and Small Tortoiseshell. Odonata included Southern Hawker, Brown Hawker, Southern Migrant Hawker, Migrant Hawker, Black-tailed Skimmer, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Common and Ruddy Darter. (Keith White).

Winchcombe     A confiding young Wheatear at Winchcombe Cricket Club this afternoon. (Roger Wasley).

Wheatear by Roger Wasley

Tresham     Four Wheatears, two Yellow Wagtails, three Whitethroats and a Corn Bunting today. (Paul Rich).

Ashleworth Ham     A CES ringing session caught 60 birds today including three Sedge Warblers, two Blackcaps, 15 Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroat, five Chiffchaffs, a Willow Warbler, a Kingfisher, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Treecreeper, five Bullfinches, two Goldfinches and five Reed Buntings. Other birds on the reserve included three Grey Herons, a Great White Egret, a Peregrine, a Skylark, ten House Martins and five Ravens. (Mike Smart & Ashleworth ringing team).

Eastleach Downs     The first-summer LONG-TAILED SHRIKE present again today again along the minor road near https://maps.app.goo.gl/2DtRwdBHmTe3Wio89?g_st=iw and showing well. (Roy Shilham/Christopher Teague/Jon Mercer).

Please do not park on verges, block gates or roads at this busy harvest time. Park in the car park at https://maps.app.goo.gl/iUUEaCKtkdimNaMRA?g_st=iw The car park will be open 5am to 8pm tomorrow, £5 for charity in the collection box, which will be inside the car park on the left attached to a wooden post. (MK).

Long-tailed Shrike by Roy Shilham

WWT Slimbridge     On the Rushy today a Wood Sandpiper, three Greenshanks, two Spotted Redshanks, a Ruff, a Redshank, a Black-tailed Godwit, a Snipe, two Common Terns, two Garganeys and a Sedge Warbler. On the Tack Piece a very brief Goosander (Andy Jayne), a Golden Plover, five Green Sandpipers, two Ruff, two Avocets and a Little Ringed Plover. A family of five Stonechats on the cross-fence off the Summer Walkway and three Sanderlings from Middle Point. A Mediterranean Gull on South Lake. (Andy Jayne/Paul Clark/Paul Masters/Roberta Goodall/MK).

Garganeys by Paul Clark

Wood Sandpiper by Mike King

Common Tern by Mike King

Saul Warth     At 6am low tide 96 Curlews, a Whimbrel heard, ten Black-tailed Godwits, 13 Avocets, two Great White Egrets, two Little Egrets, 11 Grey Herons, the escaped Greater Flamingo, 10+ Chiffchaffs, a Willow Warbler, two Whitethroats, five Skylarks and three Grey Wagtails. (MK).

Norton/The Leigh Water Meadows     At 10am today a Grey Heron, a Kestrel, a Cormorant, 20+ Skylarks, 24+ Linnets, 16+ Swallows, a Pied Wagtail and a Green Woodpecker. (Shaun Curtis).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area today a pair of Ravens, two Whinchats with six Stonechats, five Green Woodpeckers and at least 40 Mistle Thrushes. (Steve Pullen).

Eastleach Downs     The first-summer LONG-TAILED SHRIKE present again today again along the minor road near https://maps.app.goo.gl/2DtRwdBHmTe3Wio89?g_st=iw . (Ian Ralphs).

Please do not park on verges, block gates or roads at this busy harvest time. Park in the car park at https://maps.app.goo.gl/iUUEaCKtkdimNaMRA?g_st=iw The car park will be open 5am to 8pm tomorrow, £5 for charity in the collection box, which will be inside the car park on the left attached to a wooden post. (MK).

Long-tailed Shrike by Ian Ralphs

Saul Warth     At 6am low tide 89 Curlews, a Whimbrel, 14 Black-tailed Godwits, 15 Avocets, three Oystercatchers, six Ringed Plovers, two Dunlins, a Turnstone, a Great White Egret, three Little Egrets, the escaped Greater Flamingo, two Common Terns, a Peregrine, an unseasonal Rock Pipit, six Swallows, a Skylark, a Lesser Whitethroat, two Whitethroats, two Chiffchaffs and a pair of Greenfinches scarce here. (MK).

Greenfinch & Lesser Whitethroat by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     The Wood Sandpiper still on the Tack Piece today. (Terry Stevenson).

Frampton pools     Around the pools today 67 Chiffchaffs, two Willow Warblers, 15 Blackcaps, seven Whitethroats, 20 Swifts, 45 Sand Martins, four House Martins, eight Swallows, two Spotted Flycatchers, 93 Mallards, a Teal, 212 Coots, a Little Grebe, eight Great Crested Grebes with five young, a Great White Egret, two Sparrowhawks, five Buzzards, a Yellow-legged Gull and five Common Terns. (Nick Goatman).

Cotswold Water Park West     A Red Crested Pochard and three ducklings on Pit 32 today. (John Holland).

Nailsworth     Two Swifts, a Sparrowhawk family and a Jersey Tiger moth today. (Terry Grant).

Jersey Tiger by Terry Grant

WWT Slimbridge     A second-calendar year male MONTAGU’S HARRIER on the Dumbles from 8:30am showing very well until 10am when it flew N. It spent the rest of the day until early evening around Frampton 100-Acre and flashes and Saul Warth. (Ian Hull). Also today a Whimbrel on the river today, and around the grounds Yellow Wagtails, the Birdland escaped Greater Flamingo, a Wood Sandpiper, a Ruff, a Spotted Redshank and two Common Terns. (Mark Dowie/Ian Ralphs).

Montagu’s Harrier by Mark Dowie

Montagu’s Harrier by Mark Dowie

Montagu’s Harrier by Jon Mercer

Montagu’s Harrier by Jon Mercer

Greater Flamingo by Mark Dowie

Eastleach Downs     The first-summer LONG-TAILED SHRIKE present again today again along the minor road near https://maps.app.goo.gl/2DtRwdBHmTe3Wio89?g_st=iw . Also 15 Grey Partridges, a few Whinchats and a Clouded Yellow. (Adam Archer/Paul Sutton).

Please do not park on verges, block gates or roads at this busy harvest time. Park in the car park at https://maps.app.goo.gl/iUUEaCKtkdimNaMRA?g_st=iw The car park will be open 5am to 8pm tomorrow, £5 for charity in the collection box, which will be inside the car park on the left attached to a wooden post. (MK).

Long-tailed Shrike by Paul Sutton

Saul Warth     At high tide 40 Shelducks, 31 Avocets, three Oystercatchers, 16 Curlews, five Grey Herons, three Little Egrets, a Red Kite, a Buzzard, three Kestrels and 18 Swallows. (MK).

Frampton     Around the pools two Great White Egrets, a Hobby, a Whimbrel, Tufted Ducks with ducklings, Great Crested Grebes with chicks and three Common Terns. (Nick Goatman). From the towpath tonight two Whinchats, a Hobby, a Whimbrel and a Great White Egret. (Andy Jordan).

Cotswolds     At Chedworth Woods, along the road from Yanworth Mill towards Fosse Cross a family of 3/4 Spotted Flycatchers, 2/3 Coal Tits, two Bullfinches and a Buzzard. At Yanworth Mill c40 House Martins visiting nests and a juvenile Grey Wagtail from the bridge. Early along the track towards the Roman Villa three Spotted Flycatchers hunting from the fence, a Coal Tit dismantling a thistle seed head and both Nuthatches and Stock Doves heard. (Steve Brown).

Nailsworth     Four Swifts flying S and, in the garden, one of three young Sparrowhawks reared in a nearby nest, drinking and bathing in the garden pond. (Terry Grant).

Sparrowhawk by Terry Grant

Eastleach Downs     The first-summer LONG-TAILED SHRIKE present again today again along the minor road near https://maps.app.goo.gl/2DtRwdBHmTe3Wio89?g_st=iw . Also a Whinchat and a Wheatear. (MK).

Please do not park on verges, block gates or roads at this busy harvest time. Park in the car park at https://maps.app.goo.gl/iUUEaCKtkdimNaMRA?g_st=iw The car park will be open 5am to 8pm tomorrow, £5 for charity in the collection box, which will be inside the car park on the left attached to a wooden post. (MK).

Long-tailed Shrike by Mike King

Long-tailed Shrike by Mike King

Coombe Hill Meadows     This afternoon two Buzzards, a Kestrel, three families of Sedge Warblers, three Chiffchaffs, two Redstarts, a family of seven Pheasants, a family of four Reed Buntings and several families of Swallows. Also a Brown Hawker ovipositing and a male Southern Hawker. (Paul Clark). At midday along the canal Migrant Hawkers, Southern Migrant Hawkers, Emerald, Willow Emerald and Small Red-eyed Damselflies. (Ian Ralphs).

WWT Slimbridge     A BLACK TERN on the mud off of Middle Point early morning only. (Martin McGill). Wood Sandpiper and a Greenshank from Robbie Garnett hide and the escaped Birdland Greater Flamingo around the grounds. A Snipe on the Rushy. (Martin Price).