Forest of Dean     Last night the first Nightjar churring and wing clapping back at a traditional site. Also a Woodcock and two juvenile Tawny Owls calling. (Dominic Godfrey).

Stonehouse    A Common Tern over the Ocean/canal this morning just after 8am. (Simon Spedding).

Saul Warth     Between 6:15-8:15am post tide 34 Shelducks, two Sanderlings, 400 flighty small waders comprised c150 Dunlins and c250 Ringed Plovers, two Bar-tailed Godwits, 11 Curlews, 12 Oystercatchers, a Marsh Harrier, a Great White Egret, three Skylarks and 24 Swallows. (MK).

Frampton    From Splatt Bridge early this morning, three Cuckoos including a female chasing each other around the edge of the 100- Acre, four Common Cranes, five Swifts, a Redshank, two Oystercatchers, a Kingfisher and a Lesser Whitethroat. (Steve Pullen). At the pools this morning ten Oystercatchers, five Common Terns, a Garden Warbler and a Cuckoo calling. (Nick Goatman).

WWT Slimbridge    A BITTERN seen from the Estuary Tower flying down past the Zeiss hide again. A Mediterranean Gull on the Rushy this morning and a Lesser Whitethroat singing in the hedge by the Rushy. (Ian Ralphs).

Norton & The Leigh Meadows     At 9am 10+ Greenfinches, 5+ Blackcaps, 5+ Chiffchaffs, four Skylarks, three Yellow Wagtails, two Linnets, 20 Mallards, a Grey Heron, a Whitethroat, a Reed Bunting and a Raven. (Shaun Curtis).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This afternoon 10+ Sedge Warblers, four Chiffchaffs, two Blackcaps, four Skylarks, a Grey Heron, 40+ Mallards, 25+ Canada Geese, 15+ Greylags, four Lapwings, a drake Pintail, a drake Gadwall, a Little Ringed Plover, a Redshank, two Pied Wagtails, two Yellow Wagtails, a Redstart, a Mute Swan, an Oystercatcher, a Curlew, two Buzzards, a Kestrel and a Red Kite. (Shaun Curtis).

Cotswold Water Park West     At the Gateway Centre, singing birds including Garden Warbler, Cetti’s Warbler, Blackcap, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler and Chiffchaff. Also a Great Crested Grebe with two well grown young and a Jay. (Steve Brown).

Cheltenham     At Sandford Park a male Mandarin on the Chelt. (Steve Brown).

Forest of Dean    In the Woorgreens/Crabtree Hill area a Wood Warbler, a Spotted Flycatcher, two Firecrests, a Grey Wagtail, four Tree Pipits, four Stonechats, two Garden Warblers, four Redstarts, four Buzzards, a Treecreeper, two Siskins and 15 Crossbills. In the Cannop Upper Pond area a Dipper, two Grey Wagtails and two Mistle Thrushes. At Parkend in Crown Lane two Hawfinches and five Mistle Thrushes on the cricket pitch. At Nagshead two Pied Flycatchers, two Hawfinches, a Redstart, two Firecrests, a Raven, a Sparrowhawk, a Mistle Thrush, two Siskins and a Garden Warbler. (Roger Gillespie/Ian Sherriffs/Paul Masters/MK). In Russells Inclosure two Wood Warblers, two Crossbills, a Redstart and a Raven. In the Soudley Ponds area two Firecrests, eight Mandarin some with ducklings, two Grey Wagtails, a Raven and four Little Grebes. (Roger Gillespie). This afternoon at Nagshead a Garden Warbler heard, a Nuthatch, a pair of Jays and a male Redstart. 3-4 Wood Warblers heard in Kensleyridge Inclosure. A Swift seen from Cannop Stoneworks.  Several House Martins above Silver Street, Littledean at 11 am. (Andy & Sue Gibbons).

Wood Warbler by Mike King

Spotted Flycatcher by Mike King

Crossbill by Mike King

Pied Flycatcher by Mike King

Frampton     Around the pools this evening two Spotted Flycatcher, a Hobby and 30+ Swifts. This morning eight Common Terns, a Common Sandpiper, a Garden Warbler, an Oystercatcher and a Yellow-legged Gull. (Nick Goatman).

WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN showed well from Knott hide and the Estuary Tower this afternoon. (Terry Stevenson).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning a Red Kite, four Grey Herons, four Egyptian Geese, two Oystercatchers and three chicks, six Lapwings, three Stock Doves, three male Redstarts, five male Reed Buntings, a Reed Warbler, 12+ Sedge Warblers, five Chiffchaffs, four Whitethroats, three Shovelers and three Roe Deer. (Paul Clark).

Edge     At Rudge Hill N.R. today a Red Kite, a Buzzard, two Jays, a Song Thrush and a few Willow Warblers. Butterflies included Duke of Burgundy, Brown Argus, Painted Lady, Green Hairstreak, Small Heath and Small Copper, also a Common Heath, a Mint Moth and a Cardinal Beetle. (Paul Sutton).

Willow Warbler by Paul Sutton

WWT Slimbridge     Three first-summer Mediterranean Gulls on the Rushy today. (Ian Hull).

Saul Warth     Between 5:45-7:45am no tide, 68 Shelducks, four Sanderlings, 80 Dunlins, 160 Ringed Plovers, two Bar-tailed Godwits, 12 Curlews, four Oystercatchers, a Marsh Harrier, a Common Crane, and five distant at Middle Point, a Little Egret, a Cuckoo heard, a Grey Wagtail, four Skylarks, six Swallows, six House Martins and 25 Linnets. (MK).

Frampton     A Hobby flew over Watery Lane at 12:30pm today. Also 5+ Common Terns, a Yellow-legged Gull, 20 Sand Martins, ten Swifts, six Swallows, a Whitethroat and a family of Long-tailed Tits with several immatures. (Peter Bryant).

Hinton     A Cuckoo calling close to Kingshill Farm today. (Mike Fisher).

Aylburton     Two Red Kites 2 miles N of Hanley Farm Shop at 9:10am today. (Stephen Curtis).

Saul Warth     Between 5:30-8:30am no tide, a pair of Mandarins, a pair of Gadwalls, 40 Shelducks, three Sanderlings, 80 Dunlins, 175 Ringed Plovers, five Avocets, 12 Curlews, three Oystercatchers, two Little Egrets, a male Marsh Harrier, 30 Swallows, six Sand Martins, a House Martin and three Roe Deer. (MK).

Frampton     Around the pools four Common Terns, 100+ Sand Martins, 20+ Swallows, a few House Martins, two Shelducks, a Garden Warbler and the Yellow-legged Gull again. (Nick Goatman).

Whitminster     A Common Crane over the A38 roundabout at Whitminster at 2:20 this afternoon. (Julian Gould).

Elmore Court    In the rewilding area this afternoon birds included a Cattle Egret amongst the Longhorn Cattle, a Cuckoo calling, two Red Kites over, a pair of Stonechats, three Lesser Whitethroats, a Bullfinch, four Lapwings and a Green Woodpecker. (Steve Pullen).

Hasfield & Ashleworth Hams     Two Mute Swans, six Greylags including four small goslings, two pairs of Shelduck and nine ducklings, four Gadwalls, 20 Mallards, a Grey Heron, a Little Egret, a Peregrine, two Coots, a Cuckoo, two Skylarks, 2+ Sedge Warblers, 2+ Whitethroats, 2+ Chiffchaffs and two Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart).

May Hill     Two Tree Pipits this morning. (Andy Chapman).

Quedgeley     Three singing Cetti’s Warblers between Rea and Sellars Bridge early morning. (Mark Hobson).

Hardwicke     A SPOONBILL flew over heading towards Quedgeley at midday. (Nigel Young).

Spoonbill by Nigel Young

Saul Warth     Between 5:45-8:30am no tide, a pair of Mandarins, 62 Shelducks and the first five ducklings, six Sanderlings, 116 Dunlins, 162 Ringed Plovers, five Avocets, a Whimbrel heard, two Curlews, six Oystercatchers, a Little Egret, a Goshawk, a Kestrel, four Swallows and three Reed Buntings. (MK).

Shelducks by Mike King

Forest of Dean     Early morning at Nagshead, a male and a female Pied Flycatcher, a male Redstart and a Garden Warbler. (Danny Sturgeon & Rosy Heywood). Later three Redstarts, 2 or 3 Pied Flycatchers, a Nuthatch visiting a nest box, five Garden Warblers, four Siskins and a Green Hairstreak. At Cannop Ponds 11 Mandarins, four Grey Wagtails including a juvenile, three Ravens and a Dipper. At Minsterworth a Hobby over the A48 at 8pm and further on a Sparrowhawk being mobbed. (Stephen Curtis & Carol Rushton). A male Hawfinch seen under yew trees near the cricket pitch at Parkend today. (Oliver Densumbe).

Higham Woods     Two Nightingales heard, two Green Woodpecker, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers and two Garden Warblers. (Stephen Curtis & Carol Rushton/Mark Hobson).

Norton/The Leigh Meadows     Along the meadows down to the river this morning 10+ Chiffchaffs, 20+ Sedge Warblers, 15+ Blackcaps, 12+ Reed Buntings, eight Whitethroats, eight Skylarks, six Redstarts, six Linnets, four Yellow Wagtails, two Grey Herons, a Little Egret, two Swallows, four Sand Martins and 20+ Mallards. (Shaun Curtis).

Kempley    A Cuckoo calling at Kempley Green between midday and 1pm today. On the Kempley to Dymock Road between New Rock and Dymock a Skylark singing and opposite Pitt House Green nine Red Kites and a Buzzard over a silage field being cut. (Steve Watts).

Calcot    A pair of Mute Swans with seven, day-old cygnets on the River Coln near Calcot. A Great White Egret downstream at Winson. Also an Otter. (Andy Lewis).

Gloucester     At Horsbere Brook F.S.A. this afternoon four Sedge Warblers, a Reed Bunting, five Coots, four Moorhens, four Mallards, three Swallows, a male Blackcap, a Grey Heron, five Lesser Black-backed Gulls, two Mute Swans, 11 Magpies and a Kestrel. (John Fletcher).

Sedge Warbler by John Fletcher

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).

Forest of Dean     A Cuckoo at Upper Lydbrook this evening. (Dominic Godfrey).

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