Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning a first summer SPOONBILL from Grundon hide at 8am. Also a pair of Mute Swans with four cygnets, three Gadwalls, 40 Mallards, three Little Egrets, two Grey Herons, a pair of Oystercatchers with two chicks, two female Lapwings with four and two chicks respectively, and a small group of nine more, a Green Sandpiper, two Redshanks, three Curlews, a Cuckoo and a Cetti’s Warbler singing by boardwalk. (Les Brown/Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge     Two drake GARGANEYS from Zeiss hide today and a Little Ringed Plover on South Lake.  (@slimbridge_wild).

Forest of Dean     At Crabtree Hill two male Cuckoos, seven Willow Warblers, a Garden Warbler, three Tree Pipits, two Linnets and a Whitethroat. From New Fancy Viewpoint a Crossbill over, two Tree Pipits, a female Bullfinch and two Swifts. (Derek Hale).

Cherington     At Cherington Lake today two Grey Wagtails, a female Kestrel, five Blackcaps, a Nuthatch, three Swallows and a Green Woodpecker. (John Fletcher).

Bussage     A pair of mating Small Red Damselflies on the new garden pond. (Michael Cook).