WWT Slimbridge     A DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE on the Top New Piece today. (David Creber).  The first-winter drake SCAUP on the Rushy again. A MERLIN from Zeiss hide. A SPOONBILL on the Top New Piece. (Roberta Goodall). Also today the Snow Goose, six Cranes, a Buzzard and a female Goldeneye on South Lake. (Sarah Townsend).

Saul Warth     At least one KITTIWAKE still this afternoon. Also the Common Sandpiper, 29 Golden Plovers over, 50+ Curlews and two Mistle Thrushes. Four Little Egrets and two Grey Herons in the field next to the road. (Steve Pullen).

Frampton pools     Three Goldeneyes (2m, 1f), 200+ Golden Plovers over, 50+flock of Lesser Redpolls and Siskins, two Chiffchaffs, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Blackcap, a Raven and a Greylag today. (Nick Goatman).

Guiting Power     A male HEN HARRIER today. (Duncan Dine).

Chalford     A Grey Wagtail at Chalford Wharf, a Goldcrest and a Wren in the same bush behind the Lavender Bakehouse. A Dipper and two Ravens behind the New Red Lion, alos ten Long-tailed Tits. (Tim Thompson).

Saul     From Saul Marina towards Whitminster and back, a Little Egret, two Great Crested Grebes, a Little Grebe, 20+ Redwings, 50+ Starlings, a female Blackcap and two Mistle Thrushes. (MK).

Little Egret by Mike King

Hazleton     A few Bramblings feeding with a Chaffinch flock along the lane to Hazleton at SP 07142 18836. Nearby a Red Kite. (Chris Snook).

Brambling by Chris Snook

Whittington     This morning ten Corn Buntings, c50 Fieldfares, c15 Yellowhammers, a few Skylarks, c15 Linnets, three Red Kites and a Kestrel. (Tom Mabbett).

Forest of Dean     Three Red Kites circling together above Forge Hill, Lydbrook at 12:40pm. (Chris Sullivan).

Sharpness     From Sharpness to Berkeley Pill this morning at high tide two displaying Buzzards, five Stonechats, c50 Meadow Pipits, c130 Wigeon on the river, and in Dock Road a flock of c12 female/immature Linnets. (Chris Newton).

Linnets by Chris Newton

Highnam      70 Redwings by the Church this afternoon. Also Green Woodpeckers heard. A Coal Tit and three visits from a Great Spotted Woodpecker on the feeders this week in the garden. (Clare McLeod).

Stonehouse     An adult Peregrine on a pylon in the meadows below Bonds Mill, towards the mill end from 10:30 -12 noon at least. Also a Grey Heron and a female Sparrowhawk over. (Paul Sutton).

Peregrine by Paul Sutton

Saul Warth     At high tide today a GUILLEMOT, at least five probably seven KITTIWAKES (2 1st winters) 12 Grey Plovers, 73 Curlews, six Dunlin, an Oystercatcher, c80 Pintails and 40 Wigeon over towards WWT. A Rock Pipit just W of Hock Ditch. (Gordon Hodgson/Martin McGill/MK).

Guillemot by Mike King

Guillemot by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     From the Estuary Tower a SPOONBILL flying over the Dumbles at 2:55pm. The first-winter drake SCAUP on the Rushy again today. Two female Goldeneyes on South Lake. (Dot Jones/Helen Bojaniwska).

Prestbury     A MERLIN flying very low and fast at 9:52 this morning up by Noverton Farm. (Ken Heron).

Cirencester Park     A Marsh Tit, a Nuthatch, a Coal Tit, six Hawfinches in the top of tree and c15 Bramblings flying around calling down the main path today. (David Creber). Five Hawfinches in Oakley Wood  around the yews at SO 9716 0307 this afternoon. (Martine Fenn).

Forest of Dean     At Brierley parish this morning 150+ Chaffinches, 37 Bramblings, Crossbill, Siskin, Lesser Redpoll and Hawfinches starting setting up territories. (Dan Watson).

Michael Wood     Two Woodcocks in the wood this afternoon. (Matt Scott).

Daglingworth     A Barn Owl perched on a roadside fence then hunting along the Overley Road 2 miles W of Daglingworth at 1pm. (Peter Jackson).

Saul Warth     At high tide five KITTIWAKES (four adults and a first-winter), 11 Grey Plovers, 350+ Curlews, 25 Lapwings, a Raven, a Rock Pipit and a Grey Wagtail. (Martin McGill/Mike Davis/MK).

Kittiwake by Mike King

Sharpness     Two adult Kittiwakes flew up river, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, 22 Dunlins, a Raven, a Curlew, two Wigeon, two Shelducks and along the foreshore two Rock Pipits flew S. (Neil Smart). Adult and juvenile Peregrine from midday today, on the big silo. Also two sinensis Cormorants. (Steve Sutton).

Peregrine by Paul Sutton

Gloucester     The male BLACK REDSTART still on the Cathedral this afternoon. (Roberta Goodall/Steve Deeley/Magnus Carter).

Frampton     A Barn Owl from the towpath at Splatt Bridge at 4pm. (Paul Sutton).

Barn Owl by Paul Sutton

WWT Slimbridge     The first-winter drake SCAUP and the drake Mandarin on the Rushy again today. Male and female Goldeneye in the Eider Pen. An Oystercatcher in the Curlew roost from Estuary Tower. (Dot Jones/Tim Jukes/Jonathan Bull).

Longlevens     A Red Kite over very low at 1:30pm. (Dave Stone).

Cotswold Water Park East    At Whelford Pools this afternoon at Pit 111 two Goosanders, 39 Gadwalls, six Shovelers, 27 Tufted Ducks, three Great Crested Grebes, five Coots, a Moorhen, a Treecreeper, two Long-tailed Tits, seven Cormorants and four Mallards. At Pit 111a eight Red Crested Pochards, 16 Coots, two Moorhens and four Mallards. At Pit 111b two Great Crested Grebes, five Gadwalls, 17 Tufted Ducks, six Cormorants and two Mallards. At Pit 126 85 Wigeon, 90 Teal, three Shovelers, 31 Gadwalls, five Great Crested Grebes, 29 Tufted Ducks, three Canada Geese, two Mute Swans and 116 Black-headed Gulls. (John Fletcher). At Pit 127 a pair of Great Crested Grebes displaying. (Martine Fenn).

Treecreeper by John Fletcher

Forest of Dean     A female Goosander at Lydney Park lake this afternoon. (Steve Young).

Goosander by Steve Young

Leigh Meadows     16 Little Egrets feeding along meanders of the River Chelt today. (Mike Smart).

Badgeworth     At The Park two Green Woodpeckers heard, eight Long-tailed Tits, two Jays and a Raven calling. Also a female Roe Deer. (Howard Taylor).

Minchinhampton Common     20 Common Gulls this morning near Tom Long’s Post. (Helen Bojaniwska).

Sharpness     From the Lifeboat Station by the public car park from 10:30-11:45am when the tide began ebb a FULMAR flew upstream on the tide being harassed by an adult Yellow-legged Gull at 10:52am. Also two Great Black-backed Gulls and four Cormorants on the dock arms. Three Ravens in the area, a pair flew past the dock entrance and one came from over the river. A Rock Pipit seen several times on the dock arms. (Gord Avery).

Saul Warth     An adult KITTIWAKE flew N over Hock Ditch at 10am, then back downriver at 11:15am. An immature KITTIWAKE flew through S at 12:20pm. The FULMAR relocated on the water at midday, it couldn’t take off and eventually went down on the tide. Also the Common Sandpiper for the first time since Jan 2nd, a Lapwing, three Curlews, seven Common Gulls, a Shelduck and two Meadow Pipits. (MK).

Fulmar by Nigel Young

Kittiwake by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     The first-winter drake SCAUP on the Rushy today. (Roberta Goodall/Mike Davis). An adult KITTIWAKE upriver at 9:58am seen from the Estuary Tower. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Coombe Hill Meadows    The Grundon Hide was just accessible with thigh-length waders today, but water still rising. Rough counts of 1000+ Wigeon, 1400 Teal, 80 Shovelers, 31 Gadwalls, 200 Pintails, six Tufted Ducks and a Red Kite. (Andy Jayne).

Leigh Meadows     At least eight Little Egrets feeding alongside the meanders in the River Chelt today. (Mike Smart).

Forest of Dean    Today at Cannop lower pond near the Stoneworks, five male and two female Goosanders at 2pm. Two male and 11 female Goosanders at Lydney Park lake at 4pm. (Steve Young).

Daglingworth      At least 12 Ravens feeding on a sheep carcass this morning alongside Buzzards and a Red Kite. (Andrew Morrison).

Cheltenham     A Cormorant on the superstructure at Dowdeswell Reservoir. (Howard Taylor).

Rodley    Two Green Sandpipers at the flood at Wilmore Common today. (Andy Jayne).

WWT Slimbridge     A WATER PIPIT from Estuary Tower flew low towards South Finger. (Slimbridge Sightings). On South Lake the first-winter drake SCAUP on the deep lake still. (Roy Shilham). At high tide a KITTIWAKE going down on the tide, 377 Curlews, ten Grey Plovers, 35 Great Black-backed Gulls, two Peregrines, the Ross’s Goose and the Snow Goose and a distant BITTERN over the reedbed. (Neil Smart).

Greater Scaup by Roy Shilham

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge, 32 Shelducks, a Marsh Harrier, two Kestrels, a Buzzard, 37 Lapwings, a Stock Dove, a Mistle Thrush and a male Blackcap. (Paul Masters/MK). On Court Lake, 32 Coots, 29 Tufted Ducks, 28 Gadwalls, three Shovelers, six Mallards, 26 Mute Swans, 78 Black-headed Gulls, a Herring Gull, four Great Crested Grebes and 13 Cormorants. On the Sailing lake, 140 Coots, 40 Tufted Ducks, a drake Pochard, two Great Crested Grebes, 70 Black-headed Gulls, two Common Gulls and a Herring Gull. (Paul Masters).

Forest of Dean     At least four Hawfinches at Parkend Cricket pitch this morning at 8am and a Dipper nearby. Lots of Mandarins at Cannop and a Little Grebe. (Jeremy Holland). 20 Goosanders at Soudley Ponds this morning. (David Smith).

Guscar Rocks/Aylburton Warth     Four Shelducks, 20 Wigeon, 600 Teal (on Cone Pill and pools inland of railway), a Grey Heron, a Buzzard, a Kestrel, 150 Golden Plovers, 150 Curlews, 80 Redshanks (on Cone Pill), a Green Sandpiper, 1 or 2 Skylarks and 1 or 2 Meadow Pipits. (Mike Smart).

Cotswold Water Park East     A female Peregrine sat in early sunshine on the Church at Kempsford this morning. (Duncan Dine).

Cheltenham     At Pittville Lawn a Tawny Owl calling regularly from 1am to 1:10am at least this morning and another in the distance. (Howard Taylor).

WWT Slimbridge     A LITTLE GULL from Estuary Tower at 2:30pm. (Roy Kinchin).

Frampton     This afternoon at the Sailing Lake a drake Pochard, two Little Grebes, 200+ Redwings and 20+ Fieldfares. A MERLIN shot through N, just E of the lake at 2:35pm. (MK).

Cotswold Water Park East     At lunchtime at Whelford Pools 84 Teal, 33 Tufted Ducks, 31 Gadwalls, 17 Shovelers, 15 Cormorants, a Goosander and a Chiffchaff. On Pit 126 173 Teal, 110 Wigeon, 20 Gadwalls, six Shovelers and the Black Swan is back. On Pit 111a three Red Crested Pochards with 43 Coots. (Ian Sherriffs).

Cheltenham    At Naunton Park at 2:30am two Tawny Owls hooting and calling in back
gardens, the first garden record for three decades. (Steve Brown).

WWT Slimbridge    The first-winter drake SCAUP still on South Lake this afternoon. (Lisa Hume). An adult winter Mediterranean Gull with Black-headed Gulls along the approach road in fields at 8:45am and later on South Lake. (Mark Dowie). From the Estuary Tower birds over the flooded Tack Piece included several thousand Lapwings, Golden Plovers and Black-tailed Godwits, also many Dunlins, Wigeon and Greylags and smaller numbers of Shelducks, Ruff and Redshanks. A Peregrine made repeated attacks. (Chris Newton).

Forest of Dean     This morning two Hawfinches and a Dipper behind The Fountain Inn at Parkend. At Cannop ponds three Bullfinches, six Goosanders, seven Tufted Ducks, a Wigeon, a female Gadwall and 15+ Mandarins on a flooded area to the side of the upper lake. Also a Marsh Tit on the feeders. (Alan Waterman/Roy Kinchin). 15 Goosanders (7 males), three Snipe, two Ravens and two Buzzard at Woorgreens this morning. ⁦(Paul Clark). Four Goosanders by the Stoneworks and a Coal Tit and a Nuthatch. (Roy Shilham). A Hawfinch feeding on the leaf litter with the Chaffinch flock on Serridge Ridge this afternoon. (Geoff Fawcett).

Guscar Rocks/Aylburton Warth     Eight Shelducks on a flooded pool on the Warth and 200 Teal on Cone Pill. (Mike Smart).

Frampton     On the Sailing Lake this afternoon an adult and an immature Goldeneye and a drake Pochard. The Great White Egret still on Court Lake. From Splatt Bridge at 4:30pm a MERLIN, a Buzzard and a Kestrel. (MK).

Kingscote area     This morning a Red Kite, two Buzzards, a Kestrel and lots of Fieldfares. (Mike Davis).

Quenington     Eight Corn Buntings in a roadside tree and two Red Kites on roadkill nearby. (Ian Sherriffs).

Highnam Woods     This morning at least four Marsh Tits and two Nuthatches, four Great Spotted Woodpeckers, three Mistle Thrushes, 45 Redwings, four Jays, two Buzzards and a barking dog Fox. (Steve Pullen).

Marsh Tit by Steve Pullen

Nuthatch by Steve Pullen

Gloucester     The male BLACK REDSTART still on the Cathedral this afternoon. Also a Peregrine on the Tower. (Steve Pullen). Late afternoon at Lower Parting by 4:30pm at least 2500 Starlings had dropped into the old Osier at Sudmeadow to roost. Also a Buzzard and three Roe Deer. (Gord Avery).

Black Redstart by Steve Pullen

Cotswold Water Park West     At Pits 43/65 a male Goosander and three Goldeneyes (2m), at Pit 57 two female Goldeneyes, at Pit 58 six Goosanders (5m), at Pit 44 c10 male Red Crested Pochards. Along the Thames three Bullfinches, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Jay and a mixed flock including c20 Long-tailed Tits, a Nuthatch and a Goldcrest. (Steve Brown).

Longney      This afternoon 500+ Lapwings, 200+ Fieldfares, two Chiffchaffs, five Chaffinches, two Ravens, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, three Buzzards, a Song Thrush and 47 Starlings. (John Fletcher).

Tewkesbury     A large Starling murmuration early this morning at the Odessa Pub on A38 to Tewkesbury. (Dawn Ballinger).

Prestbury     At 2:29pm a Kingfisher flew towards Shaw Green Lane from Mill Street. It landed in the copse at the E end of Shaw Green Lane near the almost dried up pool, then flew N. (Ken Heron).

Westbury-on-Severn     Five Goosanders went down river, two Great Black-backed Gulls and nine Chiffchaffs at STW Treatment Works. (Dan Watson).

Walmore Common     c100 Teal, c1 00 Wigeon, 47 Shovelers, 17 Shelducks, 12 Pintails, a Peregrine and a WATER PIPIT. (Dan Watson).

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning 304+ Golden Plovers, 441+ Lapwings and 74 Dunlins all flew S, five Meadow Pipits, a Grey Wagtail, two Fieldfares and 28+ Redwings. (MK).

Tresham     Early morning a Little Owl, a Peregrine, a Red Kite and four Corn Buntings. (Paul Rich).

Stonehouse    The female Goosander on the canal by Boakes Drive at 11am but gone by midday, also a Treecreeper in willows by Hoffman’s dam. (Paul Sutton).

Treecreeper by Paul Sutton

Forest of Dean    At Parkend at 8:30am ten Hawfinches in the tall trees near the cricket
ground. At Nagshead, around the meadow a Green Woodpecker, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, two Jays, a Nuthatch and three Bullfinches. (Steve Brown). 7 or 8 Bullfinches a third of the way up the path to the top of New Fancy View at 9:30am. (Kevin Jones).

Cheltenham     At Pittville Park c100 Black-headed Gulls on the lake this morning. (Howard Taylor).

WWT Slimbridge     A SPOONBILL on the Dumbles at 11:05am and then the Tack Piece until 1pm when it flew out onto the estuary. (Dot Jones/Craig Reed). The first-winter drake SCAUP still on South Lake, also a second-winter Mediterranean Gull and two female Goldeneyes. (Paul Masters/Andy Chapman). A Water Rail at Willow hide. (Steve Pullen).

Spoonbill by Paul Masters

Saul Warth     The SPOONBILL flew past Saul Warth at 1:20pm, turned over Awre and headed down the W bank towards Sharpness. Also this afternoon at low tide a Rock Pipit at Hock Cliff,  200+ Wigeon and 20+ Pintails flew S, a Buzzard, a Sparrowhawk, eight Fieldfares, a Mistle Thrush, three Meadow Pipits and a Moorhen in Hock Ditch. (MK).

Rock Pipit by Mike King

Buzzard by Mike King

Frampton pools     A pair of Goldeneyes, 86 Tufted Ducks, 62 Gadwalls, 24 Teal, 12 Mallards, 214 Coots, 32 Moorhens, 80+ Redwings, six Fieldfares and 22 Little Egrets came in to roost. (Nick Goatman).

Forest of Dean     At Cannop Ponds 58 Mandarins, three Little Grebes, a Dipper, a Raven and singing Mistle Thrush. Two Grey Wagtails at the Stoneworks. Three Hawfinches at Parkend. (Ian Sherriffs).

Nailsworth     This afternoon at Ruskin Mill a Kingfisher and a Little Egret. (Vic Polley).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning at least 2000 Teal, 1000+ Wigeon, less than 100 each of Pintails and Shovelers, 100 Mallards, 20 Gadwalls, nine Tufted Ducks, a Shelduck, 30 Coots, 20 Lapwings, two Snipe, 200+ Canada Geese and 100 Greylags. (Mike Smart).

Gloucester     At Saintbridge Pond two Teal, 30 Mallard, a Moorhen, two Chiffchaffs, two Goldcrests, three Chaffinches, a Treecreeper and mixed flock of Long-tailed Tits, Blue Tits and Great Tits. (Paul Brunt). Birds seen this morning in Bittern Avenue, Abbeydale, by the entrance to The Clock Tower greenspace 6+ Redwings and a Goldfinch with them on the ground and 6+ Goldfinches in the trees above. (Lorraine Besent).

Prestbury     A Grey Wagtail in the garden most of the day and at 10:58am a Chiffchaff in the garden. (Ken Heron).

Ozleworth Park area     Two Red Kites, seven Buzzards, two Sparrowhawks, an adult Goshawk, a Raven, a Kestrel, 16 Greenfinches, 12 Chaffinches, two Goldcrests, 23 Linnets, 400+ Carrion Crows, 200+ Woodpigeons, 45 Fieldfare, a Corn Bunting and five Red-legged Partridges. Near Pike Quarry, a Kestrel and a Brambling briefly at the edge of Owlpen Wood and a Buzzard. (Paul Sutton).

Goshawk by Paul Sutton

Ashleworth Ham     An immature Russian White-fronted Goose this afternoon. Also 19 Shovelers, 37 Gadwalls, 33 Pintails and a male Tufted Duck. (Andy Jayne).

Frampton    From Splatt Bridge a Barn Owl hunting 7:30-7:55am. (Alan Jeffcutt/MK). Also 19 Shelducks, 75 Golden Plovers S, 55 Curlews, a Marsh Harrier over the 100-Acre flushed four Bewick’s Swans and 100+ Lapwings, a Kestrel, a Buzzard, a Cetti’s Warbler heard, 15 Goldfinches, 20+ Linnets, two Greenfinches and a Roe Deer. (MK).

Kestrel by Matty England

Stonehouse    The redhead Goosander diving for fish on the Stroudwater Canal still today close to the Ryeford Road bridge. (Terry Stevenson).

WWT Slimbridge     On South Lake the first-winter SCAUP, a female Goldeneye still, 16 Avocets and 68 Common Gulls. (Ian Hull/Tim Jukes). A Water Rail and a Reed Bunting at Willow hide. (Jonathan Bull). A Snipe from the Martin Smith hide this afternoon. (Bob Shiret).

Snipe by Bob Shiret

Forest of Dean     c20 Mandarins on Cannop ponds, including the flooded area on the E side of the access road. Four Wigeon (3m, 1f) and four Little Grebes on the upper pond; also several Coal Tits, a Marsh Tit and a Nuthatch at the feeders. A drake Goosander on the lower pond, and a Grey Wagtail at the Stoneworks. (Andy & Sue Gibbons).

Cotswold Water Park West     On Pit 41 12 Goosanders, on Pit 65 three Goldeneyes, on Pit 31 26 Red Crested Pochards and on Pit 16 two Goldeneyes. (Paul Rich). Three Goosanders (2m, 1f) on the lake behind Tetbury Road in Cirencester Park this afternoon. (Jon Mercer).

Aylburton Warth/Guscar Rocks    Two Shelducks; 15 Wigeon, 600 Teal, two Buzzards, five Lapwings, 150 Dunlins, 187 Curlews, at least 15 Redshanks, two Meadow Pipits, 20+ Fieldfares, 40+ Redwings and two Ravens. (Mike Smart).

Cirencester area     Several hundred Starlings feeding on muddy outdoor pig fields S of Down’s Farm (SP033065) and c250 Lapwings resting on adjacent wet grassland. Flocks of >80 Redwings/Fieldfares on the last hawthorn berries and scores of Goldfinches foraging in nearby winter bird seed plots. (Harvey Sherwood).

Taddington     At lunchtime today, six Skylarks calling, at least 24 Fieldfares and a Buzzard. (Andrew Worthington).

Bourton-on-the-Water    In St Lawrence churchyard birds included a Robin collecting nesting material, four Long-tailed Tits and a Chaffinch. (Howard Taylor).