WWT Slimbridge A SPOONBILL circled over the Rushy at 11:15am then headed off N. (In Focus Slimbridge).
Coombe Hill Meadows Five Whinchats, a pair of Mute Swans with four cygnets, a juvenile Shelduck, a Redshank, three Grey Herons, three Little Egrets, a Curlew, three Little Ringed Plovers (1 ad, 2 juvs), two Dunlins, 21 Lapwings, a Tawny Owl calling, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10+ Long-tailed Tits, a Kingfisher, four Whitethroats, five Chiffchaffs, two Willow Warblers, four Blackcaps, four Sedge Warblers, a Cetti’s Warbler, six Reed Buntings, a Sand Martin, six Swifts, 15+Swallows and 12+ Goldfinches. (Les Waring/Mark Grieve/Mike Smart). Pic by Les.
Cherington At Cherington Lake seven Swifts, two Grey Wagtails, a Buzzard, a Nuthatch, two Bullfinches, a Goldcrest, seven Coots, four Mallards and a female Tufted Duck today. (John Fletcher).
Tirley Sandpits A Bullfinch, five Chiffchaffs, a Grey Heron, 7+ Swallows, six House Martins, a Blackcap, a Raven, 20+ House Martins, 1+ Yellow Wagtail, four Whitethroats, a Yellowhammer, a Stock Dove and a Great Spotted Woodpecker. (Mark Grieve).
Selsley West On edge of the common 17 House Martins, a male Kestrel, six Goldfinches, two Greenfinches, five Swallows and three Long-tailed Tits today. (John Fletcher).
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