Farmcote At Farmcote Woods between dawn and 9am a Grasshopper Warbler at SP038290. In the afternoon a Wheatear off the Cotswold Way, four Yellowhammers (3m, 1f), four Linnets, two Corn Buntings, six Skylarks, two Yellow Wagtails, a Meadow Pipit and two Ravens flying NE. At 8:45pm a singing Nightingale in Lidcombe Wood. (Michael Cook).
Frampton pools This evening a LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER, a Cuckoo, three Yellow Wagtails, four Common Terns, two Cetti’s Warblers and an Oystercatcher. (Nick Goatman).
WWT Slimbridge A SPOONBILL and two GARGANEY from the Safari today. The SPOONBILL visible distantly from the Sloane Tower this afternoon with a scope. (Roberta Goodall).
Coombe Hill Meadows Three Cuckoos (2m, 1f), three Blackcaps, Whitethroat (pic by Les) and Chiffchaffs feeding chicks in nests, a Cetti’s Warbler, 11 Canada Geese flew in, three Grey Herons, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers and five Sedge Warblers. (Les Waring).
Chedworth A Redstart at Calmsden Manor Farm today, unusual here. (Andy Lewis/NCOS meeting).
Tirley Sandpits Six Blackcaps, nine Skylarks, nine Whitethroats, a Red-legged Partridge, 13+ House Martins, 9+ Swallows, a Reed Bunting, five Stock Doves, two Bullfinches, six Chiffchaffs, four Yellowhammers, 19 Greylags over and a Green Woodpecker. (Mark Grieve).
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