Cleeve Hill     On West Down this morning, a Grasshopper Warbler at SP006240, with a Corn Bunting nearby and a Garden Warbler at Wontley Farm. (Richard Cawsey).

Gloucester     A loud BLACK REDSTART on St Michael’s Tower above H Samuel at The Cross. Confirmed by App. This is just a short distance from last year’s breeding site. (Tom Berry).

Awre     This evening seven Whimbrels, a Reed Bunting, three Whitethroats, 147 Shelducks, three Common Cranes and 14 Curlews. 78+ Ringed Plovers and c135 Dunlins distant on the Saul side. (Dan Watson).

Whimbrel by Dan Watson

Saul Warth     6-9am no tide a Mandarin, 66 Shelducks, two Bar-tailed Godwits, three Sanderlings, 80 Dunlins, 140 Ringed Plovers, ten Avocets, six Curlews, three Oystercatchers, a Common Tern, a Little Egret, a Cuckoo heard, 15 Swallows and 20 Goldfinches. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge     The DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE still on the Dumbles today. (Tim Jukes).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Five Grey Herons, a Little Egret, two Mute Swans, four Greylags, four Canada Geese, two Shovelers, a drake Teal,  five male Gadwalls,30+ Mallards including a female with eight ducklings, six Coots, including a pair with two young, a Curlew, a Little Ringed Plover, a Ringed Plover, two Redshanks, five Lapwings, two Oystercatchers, a Buzzard, a Red Kite, two Hobbies, two Swallows, two Swifts, five male Reed Buntings, 20+ Sedge Warblers, 16+ Blackcaps, 10+ Whitethroats, two Lesser Whitethroats, two Reed Warblers, a Yellow Wagtail, a Meadow Pipit and a Yellowhammer. (Eden Tanner/Shaun Curtis).

Ashleworth Ham     Nine Mute Swans, 30 Greylags, five Canada Geese, five Egyptian Geese had roosted and flew out early, two pairs of Shelducks with nine tiny ducklings, 30 Mallards, at least two females with one and three ducklings, a Little Egret, a Grey Heron, a male Lapwing, two Curlews, two Blackcaps and two Chiffchaffs. (Mike Smart).

Tewkesbury     On Severn Ham a Curlew, 5+ Skylarks, 2+ Yellow Wagtails, two Cetti’s Warblers, 5+ Sedge Warblers, two Blackcaps and 2+ Reed Buntings today. (Mike Smart).

Frampton     At the sailing lake this morning a  Garden Warbler singing, three Common Terns, a pair of Blackcaps carrying food and near the church a pair of Greenfinches with four newly fledged young. (Steve Pullen).

Lydney     At 12:30pm a Red Kite flew E high over the garden and two Greylags on the playing area opposite the house until disturbed when they flew E. (Stephen Curtis & Carol Rushton).

Nailsworth     A female Sparrowhawk drinking water for several minutes in the garden at Windsoredge today. (Terry Grant).

Sparrowhawk by Terry Grant

Sparrowhawk by Terry Grant

WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN seen in flight twice at Knott hide and also from Zeiss hide. Also a Cuckoo from Knott hide. (Paul Masters/Andy Chapman/David Creber). South Lake 33 Black-tailed Godwits, a male Marsh Harrier and a Swift. 88 Avocets on the Rushy. The DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE still on the Dumbles, also two Cattle Egrets. 13 Grey Plovers on the river. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Bittern by Andy Chapman

Saul Warth     From 6-9am no tide three Mandarins, 30 Shelducks, a Whimbrel, a Bar-tailed Godwit, four Sanderlings, 145 Dunlins, 61 Ringed Plovers, two Avocets, five Curlews, three Oystercatchers, two Common Terns, a late Wheatear, two House Martins, a Sand Martin, 24 Swallows and 16 Goldfinches. (MK).

Wheatear by Mike King

Mandarins by Mike King

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning a Buzzard, a Red Kite, four Grey Herons, six Gadwalls, two Oystercatchers, six Lapwings, a Curlew, two Redshanks, 5+ Redstarts (4m, 1f), three male Reed Buntings, 5+ Sedge Warblers, a Yellow Wagtail, a Raven, six Swallows and two Linnets. Also three Roe Deer. (Paul Clark).

Ashleworth Ham     The first CES ringing session of the year today caught 57 birds  including six Redstarts, 16 Sedge Warblers, 14 Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Bullfinch and four Reed Buntings. (Dave Kelly/Richard Billington/Mike Smart). Around the site eight Mute Swans, ten Greylags, six Canada Geese, six Shelducks and nine freshly hatched ducklings, 30 Mallards, a Little Egret, two Peregrines, two Curlews, a Redshank, a Cuckoo, 5+ Skylarks, 2+ Chiffchaffs and a Raven. (Mike Smart).

Saul Warth     Early morning no tide 41 Shelducks, nine Whimbrels, four Bar-tailed Godwits, a Greenshank heard, a summer plumaged CURLEW SANDPIPER, 215 Dunlins, 55 Ringed Plovers, a winter-plumaged Knot, a Grey Plover, 11 Curlews, six Oystercatchers, two Common Terns, two Common Cranes, six House Martins, two Sand Martins, 20 Swallows, two Whitethroats and 15 Linnets. Also two Painted Ladies. (MK/Ian Ralphs).

Curlew Sandpiper (record shot) by Mike King

Frampton    At Splatt Bridge early morning two Cuckoos, two Oystercatchers by the church, a Kingfisher and a Lesser Whitethroat by the bridge. (Steve Pullen). Along the canal between Fretherne and Splatt Bridges a drake Mandarin, a Whimbrel in flight calling, a Common Tern in a flock of mixed gulls, a male Whinchat on a bush singing and a Grasshopper Warbler reeled a couple of times. (Ken Heron).

Cotswold Water Park West     At midday at Pit 32 two Common Terns, two Swifts, 1+ Garden Warbler and a Blackcap. (John Holland).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Three Hobbies hunting over the scrapes this afternoon. Also a singing Reed Warbler at the start of boardwalk. (Ian Hull).

Ashleworth Ham     Two Egyptian Geese flew off this morning. (Les Ditchburn).

Aylburton Common     A pair of Bullfinches feeding on Dandelion seeds on the lawn this morning. (Martin Vaisey).

Winchcombe     A distinctive leucistic Blackbird, a frequent visitor to the garden. Also a male Great Spotted Woodpecker feeding daily on a fat slab. (Gill & Andrew Worthington).

Leucistic Blackbird

Beverston     Two Grey Partridges on Babdown Airfield early morning. (Shane Long).

WWT Slimbridge      On South Lake the Tundra Bean Goose the causeway. A SPOONBILL and a BITTERN flew from Zeiss hide toward the estuary tower at 1pm. This morning a Common Tern flew over the canal bridge at Shepherd’s Patch. (Mark Longland). A BITTERN from Knott hide/Estuary Tower this morning. (Geoff Moyser).

Frampton     At the sailing lake at 2pm five Common Terns, two Hobbies and c20 Swifts. (Mark Longland). A Garden Warbler singing at the sailing lake at 7am. A SPOONBILL flew N at Splatt Bridge at 6:40am. (Steve Pullen).

Saul Warth     Early morning no tide, 60 Shelducks, three Whimbrels, a Bar-tailed Godwit, two Grey Plovers, 135 Dunlins, 36 Ringed Plovers, nine Curlews, four Avocets, two Oystercatchers, eight Cattle Egrets, two Great White Egrets, four Common Terns, a Green Woodpecker, two Sand Martins, 23 Swallows and three Skylarks. (MK).

Cattle Egrets by Mike King

Skylark by Mike King

Wotton Hill     A Hobby over N at 11:15am. (Paul Rich).

Gossington    A Buzzard, a Kestrel, a flock of Linnets over and a distant Cuckoo heard. (Harrison Rowsell).

Stroud    Along the River Frome this morning a flyby Kingfisher, three Grey Wagtails and 3+ Dippers. (Paul Clark).

Coombe Hill Meadows     The evening a SPOONBILL on the scrapes. (Ian Hull). This morning four Mute Swans, 12 Greylags, four Canada Geese, two Shelducks, 4+ Gadwalls, 20+ Mallards, a pair of Shovelers, a Grey Heron, a Little Egret, three Coots, two Oystercatchers, a Little Ringed Plover, four Lapwings, two Curlews, a Black-tailed Godwit, four Redshanks, two Black-headed Gulls, five Skylarks, five Swallows, a Sand Martin, three Yellow Wagtails, 2-3 Redstarts, a Cetti’s Warbler, 5+ Sedge Warblers, two Lesser Whitethroats, 5+ Whitethroats, 2-3 Blackcaps, 3+ Chiffchaffs, ten Carrion Crows, 5+ Jackdaws and 5+Reed Buntings. At dusk a Tawny Owl and a Curlew came in from the Southern Meadows. (Mike Smart/Shaun Curtis). Also today a Hobby and a Kestrel circling over at 12:30pm. (Les Ditchburn).

Forest of Dean     Three Wood Warblers in Russell’s Enclosure this morning. (Geoff Fawcett). At Nagshead this afternoon a male Pied Flycatcher, a male Redstart and a Cuckoo. (Wendy Kennison & Sarah Adams). This morning at Nagshead three Garden Warblers, two male Pied Flycatchers and a pair of Spotted Flycatchers. (Mark Longland). Two Tree Pipits at Crabtree Hill today. (David Hastings).

Tree Pipit by David Hastings

WWT Slimbridge     A pair of BLACK-WINGED STILTS on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide today. The birds were seen mating. Also a Greenshank. (Martin McGill). A pair of second-summer Mediterranean Gulls and a first-summer Mediterranean Gull on the Rushy. (Tom Mabbett/Duncan Dine/Mark Dowie/MK).

Black-winged Stilts by Mark Dowie

Black-winged Stilts by Mike King

Mediterranean Gulls by Duncan Dine

Mediterranean Gull by Mike King

Witcombe Reservoirs     A singing Reed Warbler, a Common Sandpiper, a few Martins and Swallows, a pair of Grey Wagtails and a Pied Wagtail. (Paul Salmon).

Kingscote     Five Goldcrests, 23 Yellowhammers, eight Linnets, a Whitethroat, a Willow Warbler, a pair of Mistle Thrushes, 20+ Skylarks, four Greenfinches, a female Sparrowhawk and six Swallows collecting mud. (Joshua Hamblin).

Kingswood     On the lane to Hawpark Lane two Linnets, a Stonechat, a Redstart and a Whitethroat today. (Tom McCarthy).

Halmore     Around the fields this evening four Whitethroats, a Willow Warbler, a Bullfinch, two Linnets, and two Cuckoos calling. Butterflies included a faded Painted Lady. (Chris Newton).

Whitethroat by Chris Newton

WWT Slimbridge     A pair of Mediterranean Gulls on the Rushy from 8:30am until 3pm at least, with a wander up to Frampton early afternoon. (Molly Gould/Terry Stevenson). A BITTERN from Knott hide at 11am. (Oliver Paisey). Two Tundra Bean Geese, origin unknown, on South Lake on the causeway this afternoon. (Ken Mihill/Martin Price/Tan Grigg). A pair of Bullfinches from Knott hide. (Terry Stevenson).

Mediterranean Gulls by Terry Stevenson

Frampton     A pair of Mediterranean Gulls on the sailing lake early afternoon, presumably the same as the WWT birds, also a Cuckoo. (Oliver Paisey).

Saul Warth      Between 6-9:30am a Ross’s Goose, two Barnacle Geese, a male Gadwall, six Whimbrels, eight Bar-tailed Godwits, two Grey Plovers, 165 Dunlins, six Sanderlings, 87 Ringed Plovers, seven Curlews, five Avocets, four Oystercatchers, a Lapwing, three Common Terns flew N overland, eight Grey Herons, two Swallows, a Meadow Pipit and a new in Willow Warbler. (MK).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A Grasshopper Warbler reeling early morning only. Also two Dunlins. (Ian Ralphs). This evening a WOOD SANDPIPER on the North scrape. (Ian Hull). Also a Hobby flew over. (Steve Rickard).

Lower Apperley     A WHITE STORK, unknown origin, over at 1pm and again over Coombe Hill canal at 1:45pm. (Les Ditchburn).

Forest of Dean     At Nagshead this morning a few Pied Flycatchers and two Spotted Flycatchers near Lower hide. (Duncan Dine/Stephen Curtis & Carol Rushton).). A distant Wood Warbler heard from Speech House car park. Around Crabtree Hill another Wood Warbler heard, a Tree Pipit, two Green Woodpeckers, five Mistle Thrushes, six Garden Warblers, three Whitethroats, a pair of Stonechats, 12 Blackcaps, six Chiffchaffs, 15 Willow Warblers, 40 Crossbills, ten mixed House Martins and Swallows and two Swifts. Also a Common Blue butterfly. (Stephen Curtis & Carol Rushton).

Spotted Flycatcher by Duncan Dine

Elmore     Two Whimbrels still in the field by Wholly Gelato at Barhouse Farm. At Elmore Back three Red Kites, three Buzzards, a Cuckoo calling, three Reed Warblers, two Sedge Warblers and two Reed Buntings. (Steve Pullen).

Halmore     This evening in the Slimbridge Lane area a singing Lesser Whitethroat, a Garden Warbler, a Song Thrush and a Blackcap, a Hobby over heading east, a Red Kite and a Buzzard. (Chris Newton).

Bishop’s Cleeve     Four Swifts this afternoon at the Tithe Barn. (Yvonne Baxter).

Stowell     Late news for Friday 1st May, a STONE CURLEW was picked up in Stowell Park and taken to Vale Wildlife Centre. It’s under weight with a slightly damaged wing but it’s not broken. (per Duncan Dine).

Stone Curlew by Duncan Dine

Forest of Dean     At Nagshead two SPOTTED FLYCATCHERS, three Pied Flycatchers and Redstarts heard. At Cannop ponds a Dipper, a Mandarin and a pair of Grey Wagtails. (Sarah Townsend). Around the Crabtree Hill area Crossbills, five Garden Warblers, two Tree Pipits, two Redstarts, three Wood Warblers, several Willow Warblers and at least three pairs of Stonechats. (Steve Rickard).

Pied Flycatcher by Sarah Townsend

Grey Wagtail by Sarah Townsend

Broadoak     A Ring-necked Parakeet still this morning. (Steve Rickard).

WWT Slimbridge     Three Mediterranean Gulls on the Rushy. A Bittern dropped into the reedbed in front of Knott hide early afternoon. (Slimbridge Sightings/Paul Clark/Steve Pullen).

Frampton     This morning three Common Terns and a pair of Mandarins on the sailing lake and a Cuckoo calling. (Steve Rickard/Mike Davis). Two Cuckoos from Splatt Bridge this morning. (Steve Rickard). Mid morning three Hobbies over the 100-Acre viewed from Splatt Bridge. (Steve Pullen).

Saul Warth     From 6:15am for the high tide, fogged out 7-9am, a Ross’s Goose, two Barnacle Geese, six Whimbrels, four Grey Plovers, 57 Dunlins, nine Ringed Plovers, four Curlews, three Oystercatchers, a Little Egret, two Common Cranes, a distant Cuckoo calling, four Swallows, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Meadow Pipit, very scarce here this spring, a Yellow Wagtail and a Roebuck. (MK).

Roe Deer by Mike King

Sudgrove     A Siskin in song, three Redstarts and a Goshawk today. (Chris Furley).

Haresfield     This afternoon two Yellow Wagtails, two Yellowhammers and three Whitethroats opposite the garden centre. (Paul Masters).

Edge     This morning at Rudge Hill NR a Garden Warbler singing alongside Chiffchaffs, Willow Warblers, male and female Blackcap, Linnets, a Greenfinch and Skylarks. Also five Duke of Burgundy butterflies, three Green Hairstreaks and a Tiger Beetle. (Jon Dexter).

Stonehouse     A Swift over the town as the rain arrived this afternoon. (Jon Dexter).

Halmore     In the fields off Halmore Lane, three Red Kites, two Buzzards, a Green Woodpecker, a Garden Warbler, a Willow Warbler, two Skylarks, four Whitethroats, and many Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps. (Chris Newton).

Red Kite by Chris Newton

Horsley     A Cuckoo calling in the woods at ST 838977 at 11am. (Maggie Beggs per David Bullock).

Tewkesbury     On Severn Ham today eight Cormorants, a Grey Heron, a Herring Gull and a Common Tern. (Chris Vowles).

Common Tern by Chris Vowles

WWT Slimbridge     Two Mediterranean Gulls on the Rushy. Earlier from the Estuary Tower a Goshawk, the DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE still, four Red Kites, a Swift and a drake Mandarin flew by. Earlier the SPOONBILL on the river. A Spotted Redshank and a Greenshank from Zeiss hide and a Little Ringed Plover on the Tack Piece. (Ian Hull/Tim Jukes/Oliver Paisey).

Saul Warth     Early morning high tide, a drake Mandarin, five Avocets, eight Curlews, six Whimbrels, 45 Bar-tailed Godwits, nine Grey Plovers, 52 Ringed Plovers, a Sanderling, 46 Dunlins, four Oystercatchers, a Little Egret, a Common Crane, a Red Kite, seven Swallows, 4+ Skylarks and a pair of Grey Wagtails. (MK).

Grey Wagtail by Mike King

Frampton     A Grasshopper Warbler reeling straight out from the gate at Splatt Bridge at 5am. (Roberta Goodall/David Creber).

Forest of Dean     A Dipper on Cannop Brook opposite the cycle centre. c40 Crossbills over on Crabtree Hill. (Roberta Goodall/David Creber).

Stinchcombe Hill    Two Tree Pipits on the hill this morning, one singing. Also a Lesser Redpoll. (James Robinson).

Nailsworth     Four Swifts and a Hobby over Windsoredge this evening. (Terry Grant).

Ashleworth Ham     This evening a Great White Egret, three Shelducks, a drake Pintail, seven Canada Geese, two Greylags with 5 goslings, two Egyptian Geese, a Grey Heron, ten Teal, a female Wigeon, 23 Mallards including five ducklings, a Lapwing, four Coots, two Blackcaps, two Whitethroats and two Peregrines. (John Fletcher). Additionally in the morning 12 Mute Swans, two Little Egrets, a Cuckoo, 3+ Redstarts, 3+ Sedge Warblers, two Blackcaps, two Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroat and two Chiffchaff. (Mike Smart).

Hasfield Ham     At the bottom of Stank Lane a pair of Mute Swans, four Mallards, tw0 Peregrines, two Curlews, a Cuckoo, four Skylarks, 4+ Redstarts, a Wheatear, 4+ Sedge Warblers, four Whitethroats, two Chiffchaffs and two Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This evening four Mute Swans, ten Greylags, six Canada Geese, two Egyptian Goose, three Wigeon, five Gadwalls, 20 Mallards including five ducklings, a drake Pintail, two Little Egrets, two Grey Herons, three Cormorants, a Coot, two Oystercatchers, four Lapwings, four Curlews, four Redshanks, two Black-headed Gulls, a Cuckoo, five Skylarks, a Sedge Warbler and two Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart).

Gloucester     A Red Kite over Barnwood Bowling Club at 12:10pm. (Andy Browett).

Saul Warth    Early morning at high tide, three Mandarins, seven Teal, two Turnstones, seven Avocets, five Curlews, four Whimbrels, 35 Bar-tailed Godwits, five Grey Plovers, 20 Ringed Plovers, five Sanderlings, 40 Dunlins, eight Oystercatchers, five Little Egrets, a Common Sandpiper, a Lesser Whitethroat, five Swallows and a Yellow Wagtail. (MK).

Mandarins by Mike King

Turnstones by Mike King

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge three Hobbies, 1 possibly 2 Great White Egrets and at the nearby North Reedbed 4+ Reed Warblers. At the sailing lake a Common Tern and at Court Lake, a Hobby. (Terry Grant).

Epney     50+ Sand Martins and five Buzzards. (Terry Grant).

WWT Slimbridge     The DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE on the Dumbles, also ten Common Cranes and a Peregrine. A Greenshank and Bar-tailed Godwit on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide. (Roberta Goodall). A Little Ringed Plover and a Common Sandpiper on South Lake this afternoon. (Steve Pullen).

Stinchcombe Hill    A Whinchat and Yellow Wagtail over this morning. (James Robinson).

Gloucester     A Sedge Warbler singing from the bushes next to Gloucester railway station this morning. (Steve Pullen).

Haresfield     This morning, four Yellow Wagtails, four Yellowhammers, six Whitethroats a Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Red Kite. (Steve Pullen).

Yellow Wagtail by Terry Stevenson

Charlton Kings     A Tree Pipit at the E end of Ravensgate Common this morning. (Ian Ralphs).

Prestbury Hill     A Tree Pipit on the reserve at 8am. (Steve Rickard).

Wotton-Under-Edge     Three Swifts over the town this evening. One flew into a nest site in Old Town. (Mike Fisher).

WWT Slimbridge     A WOOD SANDPIPER, a Ruff, a male Bar-tailed Godwit and a SPOONBILL on the Top New Piece this morning. Common Cranes have hatched young. (Slimbridge Sightings/Steve Money).

Common Cranes by Steve Money

Common Cranes by Steve Money

Common Cranes by Steve Money

Saul Warth     Early morning high tide seven Avocets, 11 Curlews, three Whimbrels, 16 Bar-tailed Godwits, five Grey Plovers, 25 Ringed Plovers, two Sanderlings, 20 Dunlins, four Oystercatchers, a Common Sandpiper, a Little Egret, 20 Shelducks,  three Mandarins (2m), a Red Kite, two Lesser Whitethroats, two Whitethroats, a male Blackcap, two Chiffchaffs, seven Swallows and a male Reed Bunting. (MK).

Lesser Whitethroat by Mike King

Maisemore    Two Greenshanks at the Leadon Meadows this afternoon. (Andy Jayne).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Six Greenshanks this morning. (Ian Ralphs).

Kingswood     A Goshawk flew from Nind reserve towards Ozleworth this evening. A steady arrival of Swallows today with c20 in and around the village. A Grey Plover in ploughed fields near Ash Path. Also a Stonechat, a Whitethroat and two Linnets and a Reed Bunting was a garden tick. (Tom McCarthy).

Forest of Dean     At Nagshead a pair of Mandarins, three Redstarts (1m), a male Pied Flycatcher, four Crossbills (2m), a Treecreeper , six Mistle Thrushes, a Grey Wagtail, a Garden Warbler, three Blackcaps, three Chiffchaffs, a Willow Warbler and male & female Beautiful Damselfly. (Stephen Curtis & Carol Rushton).

Lydney Harbour     Five Great Black-backed Gulls, a Cormorant,  two Whitethroats, a Cetti’s Warbler, three Chiffchaffs, six Shelducks, a Buzzard, three Swallows and a Moorhen with five chicks. Also a female Sparrowhawk from the main road by the Tidenham turning. (Stephen Curtis & Carol Rushton).