WWT Slimbridge     A GREAT SKUA off of Middle Point early morning but flew off S at 8:45am and not relocated. A MANX SHEARWATER floated up on the tide past Frampton breakwater at midday. (Martin McGill). An OSPREY from Estuary Tower circling high over the river at 9:35am then flew S. (Paul Masters).

Sharpness     From SARA a GUILLEMOT close in at 1:30pm. Also 13-14 ARCTIC TERNS flew S at 9:20am and two Peregrines. (Oliver Paisey).

Guillemot from Oliver Paisey

Saul Warth     Between 9am-1:30pm the WWT MANX SHEARWATER in the middle of the river briefly at 12:35pm. Also 60 Avocets, 142 Curlew, two Bar-tailed Godwits, 150 Dunlin, 100 Ringed Plovers, six Sanderlings, two Curlew Sandpipers, two Knots, three Little Stints,  60 Shelducks, two Hobbies, three Little Egrets, four Cattle Egrets, 14 Common Cranes, 15 Swallows, a House Martin, a Wheatear, a Rock Pipit, three Meadow Pipits, a Lesser Whitethroat, six Chiffchaffs, a Grey Wagtail, ten Goldfinches and a Migrant Hawker. (MK).

Little Stint by Mike King

Wheatear by Mike King

Goldfinches by Mike King

Frampton pools     This evening a flyover Sanderling, 42 Cattle Egrets, 11 Little Egrets, 26 Swallows, six House Martins, eight Meadow Pipits, a Willow Warbler, a Green Sandpiper, a Yellow-legged Gull, 17 Teal, 38 Gadwalls, two Shovelers, nine Teal and five Little Grebes. (Nick Goatman).

Aylburton Warth/Guscar Rocks     WeBS count today 198 Canada Geese, nine Shelducks, a Wigeon, 42 Teal, three Pintails, five Grey Herons, a Kestrel, 440 Curlews, 11 Black-tailed Godwits, a Bar-tailed Godwit, 180+ Black-headed Gulls, three Common Gulls, eight Herring Gulls, 50 Swallows, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Chiffchaff, a Raven and 50+ Carrion Crows. (Mike Smart).

Saul Warth     Between 6:50-10:30am at low tide 40 Avocets, 114 Curlews, ten Dunlins, 40 Ringed Plovers, 108 Shelducks, a Greenshank, ten Grey Herons, two Little Egrets, a Common Crane, the escaped Greater Flamingo, three Swallows, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Sedge Warbler, two Blackcaps, three Chiffchaffs, a Jay, two Skylarks, five Meadow Pipits and a Clouded Yellow. (MK).

Blackcap by Mike King

Sedge Warbler by Mike King

Forest of Dean     Around the Crabtree Hill area this morning, birds included five Ravens, two Jays, a Sparrowhawk, a Green Woodpecker, a Buzzard, several flocks of Goldfinches and two pairs of Stonechats, also many Clouded Yellows. (Martin Price).

Cotswold Water Park East     This morning around Pits 125, 126 and 127, and the three 111 pits birds included five Cetti’s Warblers, three Egyptian Geese and Water Rail on Pit 125, seven Red Crested Pochards on Pit 111a and 22 young Tufted Ducks on Pit 111b. (Ian Ralphs).

Eastleach Downs     Three Wheatears this afternoon. (Ian Ralphs).

Wheatear by Ian Ralphs

WWT Slimbridge     27 Knots on the Rushy and five Greenshanks, at least six Spotted Redshanks, 22 Ruff, a Green Sandpiper and four Garganeys. Also around the site several Curlew Sandpipers, 14 Sanderlings, two Little Stints and a Wheatear. (Paul Masters/Martin Price/Warren Gill).

Garganeys by Paul Masters

Knots by Paul Masters

Saul Warth     Over high tide between 10am-12:30pm 47 Avocets, 120 Curlews, a Curlew Sandpiper, 150 Dunlins, three Sanderlings, 100 Ringed Plovers, a Common Sandpiper, 191 Shelducks, two Little Egrets, 21 Cattle Egrets, the escaped Greater Flamingo, two Swallows, a Willow Warbler and two Clouded Yellows. (MK/Les Ditchburn).

Ringed Plover by Mike King

Frampton    On Court Lake this evening 42 Cattle Egrets, 12 Little Egrets, two Great White Egrets, a Spotted Flycatcher, a Willow Warbler, two Tawny Owls and two Kingfishers. (Nick Goatman).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning three Buzzards, a Sparrowhawk, a Kestrel, three Grey Herons, two Ravens, three Meadow Pipits, two Bullfinches, two Greenfinches, three Chiffchaffs, a juvenile Reed Warbler, 30+ Clouded Yellow butterflies, 10+ Migrant Hawkers and 10+ Willow Emerald damselflies. (Paul Clark).

Willow Emerald damselflies by Paul Clark

Beachley Point     Birds this afternoon included 40 Teal, 12 Oystercatchers, a Ringed Plover, 18 Curlews, three Redshanks, a Little Egret, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, five Coal Tits, a Swallow, two Chiffchaffs, 20 Long-tailed Tits, a Blackcap, two Firecrests, a Treecreeper, two Bullfinches and eight Linnets. (Michael Hoit).

Nailsworth     At Barton End five species of raptors in less than 10 minutes two Buzzards, a Hobby, a Goshawk, a Kestrel and a Red Kite. (Terry Grant).

WWT Slimbridge     An OSPREY from Middle Point heading SE at 9:30am. (Paul Rich). 20 Knot roosting on South Lake and 24 Sanderlings, 14 Curlew Sandpipers and two Little Stints on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide. Seven Bar-tailed Godwits from Middle Point earlier. (Ian Ralphs).

Saul Warth     Between 10am-12:15pm over high tide a Spotted Redshank, very scarce here, 81 Avocets, five Curlews, 100 Dunlins, 100 Ringed Plovers, a Common Sandpiper, 235 Shelducks, a Hobby, six Little Egrets, five Cattle Egrets, the escaped Greater Flamingo, 32 Swallows, 13 Meadow Pipits and four Jays flew SW. Only six Ringed Plovers and a Dunlin roosted close in. (MK).

Spotted Redshank by Mike King

Greater Flamingo by Mike King

Cattle Egret by Mike King

Sharpness     From SARA two Common Terns and a Wheatear this morning. (Steve Rickard).

Cotswold Water Park West    At Pit 201B this morning three Great White Egrets and a Green Sandpiper. Two Common Terns at Pit 16 and two Sedge Warbler at Shorncote. (Duncan Dine).

Nailsworth     A late SWIFT over the Newmarket valley and a Hobby hawking insects today. (Jon Haw).

WWT Slimbridge     A MANX SHEARWATER flew upriver past Middle Point at 11am. It was not relocated and may have been taken by a Peregrine. (Paul Rich). Also four Garganeys on the Rushy and a Kingfisher from Martin Smith hide. (Steve Liptrot).

Sharpness     A FULMAR drifted up on the tide past the picnic site at 9:30am. (Oliver Paisey). It was later seen distantly from Middle Point.

Saul Warth     Between 6:30-12:30pm 81 Avocets, 133 Curlews, five Curlew Sandpipers, 150 Dunlins, 100 Ringed Plovers, two Turnstones, a Common Sandpiper, 190 Shelducks, a Peregrine, a Hobby, a Sparrowhawk, two Kestrels, two Great White Egrets, two Little Egrets, the escaped Greater Flamingo, 14 Swallows and five Stonechats. Much reduced numbers and variety of waders, only 16 Ringed Plovers roosted close today. (MK).

Frampton pools     This evening a Reed Warbler, a Lesser Whitethroat, 77 Swallows, 16 House Martins, six Sand Martins, a Green Sandpiper, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, a Stonechat and four Reed Buntings. (Nick Goatman).

Berkeley shore     On the WeBS count 35 Turnstones, 11 Dunlins, 24 Ringed Plovers, five Common Sandpipers and a Snipe all on the salt marsh south of the power station. 84 Mallards, two teal and 51 Redshanks at Berkeley Pill. Also five Yellow Wagtails, 30 Swallows,  a lae SWIFT, seven Reed Buntings, four Stonechats, a Cetti’s Warbler and two Whitethroats and three Clouded Yellows between the showers. (Jon Haw).

Bourton-on-the-Water     Two young Hobbies hawking over the south pits and a flock of c15 Mandarins. (Andy Lewis).

Saul Warth     6:15-10am very rough over high tide 70 Avocets, 162 Curlews, two Knots, four Curlew Sandpipers, a Little Stint, three Sanderlings, 250 Dunlins, 150 Ringed Plovers, a Turnstone, a Common Sandpiper, 194 Shelducks, a Peregrine, a Sparrowhawk, two Kestrels, two Little Egrets, nine Grey Herons, a Common Crane and the escaped Greater Flamingo. (MK/Martin McGill/Ian Ralphs). Also the GUILLEMOT floated up again over the top of the tide. (Gordon Hodgson). A Hobby and two Commic Terns. (Ian Ralphs).

Little Stint with Dunlins by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge    An OSPREY flew over the river south before cutting in towards South Finger at 10:50am. (Oliver Paisey). From Zeiss Hide over high tide a large mixed flock of mainly Dunlins and Ringed Plovers along with nine Knots, at least ten Sanderlings, five Curlew Sandpipers, two Little Stints and a Curlew. 75 Avocets along the Dumbles edge. At least eight Knots and seven Cattle Egrets on South Lake. (Roberta Goodall/Paul Masters/Andy Chapman/Jon Mercer).

Cotswold Water Park West     Four BLACK TERNS flew over Pit 57 at 9:40am. (David Creber).

Coombe Hill Meadows     WeBS count today, the canal at the wharf, Snipe Pool and Long Pool all completely dry. Two Teal, eight Mallards, 14 Moorhens, two Buzzards, 14 Stock Doves, six Swallows, six Yellow Wagtails and four Chiffchaffs. (Mike Smart & Shaun Curtis).

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 ringtail Harrier briefly, probably a Hen Harrier, three Wheatears, two Stonechats, 20+ Corn Buntings and three Grey Partridges. (Carl Cornish).

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 Carl Cornish

Sharpness     A juvenile GANNET heading NE than cut inland at 7:30am. (Andy Jordan).

Gannet by Andy Jordan (BoC record shot)

Saul Warth     Early morning high tide 6:15-10am 76 Avocets, 148 Curlews, two Knots, four Curlew Sandpipers, two Little Stints, 20 Sanderlings, 200+ Dunlins, 100 Ringed Plovers, a Turnstone, two Hobbies hunting over the river in tandem, 167 Shelducks, two Little Egrets, two Rock Pipits, five Meadow Pipits, two Ravens, four Sand Martins and 26 Swallows. (MK/Martin McGill/Steve Rickard).

Little Stint by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge    18 Knot on South Lake this morning. Two Marsh Harriers from Zeiss hide. Five Curlew Sandpipers, three Little Stints and 24 Sanderlings on the Top New Piece. Two Spotted Flycatchers along the Summer Walkway just past the pill box above the newly mown fence line. (Ian Hull/Ian Ralphs/Ian Sherriffs/Paul Rich).

Frampton pools     42 Cattle Egrets, three Great White Egrets, a Wheatear, two Yellow Wagtails, a Hobby, a Sparrowhawk, six Buzzards, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, 65 Robins, 36 Swallows, 12 House Martins, 18 Sand Martins, 31 Chiffchaffs, 11 Blackcaps and two Clouded Yellows and three Brown Argus. (Nick Goatman).

Cleeve Hill     Between 11:45am-3:15pm, on a circular walk from the Radio Masts via Wontley Barn, Postlip Hall and back, three Ravens, three Whinchats, 15 Stonechats, four Goldfinches, c30 Linnets, c70 Meadow Pipits, c70 Skylarks, three Yellowhammers, c10 Chiffchaffs, ten Long-tailed Tits, three Red Kites, two Swallows, c40 migrating House Martins, two Blackcaps, a Kestrel, a Nuthatch, a Coal Tit, a Goldcrest, a Marsh Tit, eight Chaffinches, eight Pied Wagtails, 20 Jackdaws, 20 Rooks, a Green Woodpecker, an adult male Redstart near the heather enclosure and a Song Thrush. (Rob & Petra Crofton).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Hook 13 Mute Swans, five Canada Geese, two Egyptian Geese, two Teal, 35 Mallards, a Tufted Duck, two Cormorants, a Grey Heron, a Moorhen, a Buzzard, a Cetti’s Warbler, two Chiffchaffs, 20 Linnets, 20 Goldfinches, five Greenfinches and two Reed Bunting. (Shaun Curtis/Mike Smart).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning 3+ Buzzards, two Red Kites, two Ravens, a Green Woodpecker, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10+ House Martins, 6+ Swallows, three Meadow Pipits, two Bullfinches, 30+ Clouded Yellow butterflies, 10+ Migrant Hawkers and 5+ Willow Emerald damselflies. (Paul Clark).

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 (Martin Price). 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     At high tide early this morning 101 Avocets, 118 Curlews, six Knots, three Curlew Sandpipers, 20 Sanderlings, 100+ each Dunlin and Ringed Plovers, a Common Sandpiper, a Peregrine, a female Pintail, 20 Teal, four Cattle Egrets, two Little Egrets, the GUILLEMOT again, a male Yellow Wagtail, a Wheatear and 25 Swallows. (MK).

Sanderling by Mike King

Dunlin by Mike King

Guillemot by Mike King

Yellow Wagtail by Mike King

Sharpness     An OSPREY flew through S towards Berkeley power station at 7:20am. (Andy Jordan).

Osprey by Andy Jordan

WWT Slimbridge     An OSPREY on the Top New Piece at 9:45am then flew S towards Sharpness. Possibly the same bird. (Ian Hull). A ringtail Harrier mobbed by crows over the Tack Piece viewed from Martin Smith hide at 12:10pm, flew towards South Lake and lost to view to the right of the hide. Probably a Hen Harrier. (Paul Masters/Andy Chapman).

Tresham     This morning a Whinchat, three Wheatears, a Red Kite and ten Red-legged Partridges. (Paul Rich).

Cleeve Hill     At the western end, including the Wontley loop 7:30am to 12:30pm 17 Stonechats, three Redstarts, three Whinchats, three Wheatears, 14 Corn Buntings and a Grey Wagtail in the Dew Pond. Also a Whitethroat and a few Chiffchaffs and a steady passage of Swallows and Meadow Pipits. (Ian Ralphs).

Lydney-Aylburton Warth     A Whimbrel, 30+ Black-tailed Godwits downriver off the harbour, two Kestrels, two Ravens, 11 Sand Martins, two Whinchats, six Wheatears and a Rock Pipit today. (Andy Jayne).

Winchcombe     On the River Isbourne at Riverside a Grey Wagtail this afternoon. Later a Dipper flew upstream under the road bridge, the first here for years. (Peter Rodgers).

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 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     At high tide early this morning 80 Avocets, 200 Curlews, four Knots, a Curlew Sandpiper, a Turnstone, 30 Sanderlings, 250+ each Dunlins and Ringed Plovers, six Cattle Egrets, seven Little Egrets, five Grey Herons, a Raven, a female Pintail, 93 Shelducks, six Meadow Pipits and six Swallows. Also four Clouded Yellows, including two of the pale helice form. (MK). Also two Little Stints. (Mark Hobson/Steve Pullen).

Sanderlings by Mike King

Curlew Sandpiper by Mike King

Turnstone by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     A Kingfisher and two Garganeys from Martin Smith hide. 4+ Stonechats and two Wheatears on the fence line off the Summer Walkway. 9+ Spotted Redshanks (3 juvs), a Greenshank, two Green Sandpipers, a 3rd Garganey, 3+ Snipe and a Sparrowhawk from Rushy hide. The escaped Greater Flamingo from Middle Point this morning. (Paul Clark/Ian Ralphs).

Guscar Rocks     On the evening high tide, 63 Canada Geese, a Wigeon, two Cormorants, four Grey Herons, 20 Ringed Plovers, 228 Curlews, five Turnstones, 200 Black-headed Gulls, 20 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, five Common Gulls, 20 Swallows and 50+ Carrion Crows. (Mike Smart).

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  (Nigel Gardener). 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 Nigel Gardener

Saul Warth     Early morning at high tide 17 Avocets, 128 Curlews, a Ruff, a Greenshank, a Curlew Sandpiper, three Sanderlings, 50 each of Dunlins and Ringed Plovers. Also six Teal, three Little Egrets, 12 Grey Herons, two Skylarks, a Wheatear and two Blackcaps. (MK).

Wheatear by Mike King

Rodley     A Hobby in a private garden today, eating a House Martin. (Rachel Thomas).

Hobby by Rachel Thomas

WWT Slimbridge     A Garganey and a Curlew on the Rushy this morning. (Martin Price). Eight Spotted Redshanks on the Rushy this afternoon. (Terry Stevenson).

Frampton    35 Cattle Egrets, four Great White Egrets and five Little Egrets in Court Lake roost. At the sailing lake this morning a Stonechat, two Garden Warblers, a Lesser Whitethroat and a Reed Bunting. (Nick Goatman).

Halmore     This evening around the fields, a Redstart, two Lesser Whitethroats, a Willow Warbler, a Green Woodpecker, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and at least 20 Swallows. (Chris Newton).

Lesser Whitethroat by Chris Newton

Lydney-Aylburton Warth     11 Knot, a Bar-tailed Godwit, 50+ Black-tailed Godwits, 360 Curlews, a Green Sandpiper, a Common Sandpiper, a Red Kite, a Sparrowhawk, three Kestrels, a Peregrine, a Hobby, two Kingfishers, three Whinchats, seven Stonechats, nine Wheatears, 65+ Yellow Wagtails and 120 Goldfinches. (Andy Jayne).