Frampton At the pools a Hawfinch over, the Whooper Swan and adult Yellow-legged Gull still, a Chiffchaff, a Grey Wagtail, ten Siskins, two Lesser Redpolls, 76 Gadwalls, three Shovelers, a Pochard, 16 Teal, four Little Grebes and nine Great Crested Grebes. (Nick Goatman). At the shore two Hawfinches, a Brambling, a WATER PIPIT still, a Water Rail, a Kingfisher, a Snipe, two Green Woodpeckers, a Kestrel and a Sparrowhawk. (Neil Smart).
Cotswold Water Park West This afternoon at Shorncote Reedbeds two Little Egrets, 14 presumed feral Barnacle Geese, 40 Teal, 30 Wigeon, three Water Rails, 130+ Lapwings, a Green Sandpiper, a Kingfisher, a Grey Wagtail, c70 Fieldfares, c30 Redwings, five Song Thrushes, 50+ Linnets, c20 Reed Buntings, 800+ Rooks and Jackdaws flying W to roost, a murmuration of 5000-10,000 Starlings, a female Sparrowhawk and five Roe Deer. (Jon mercer).
Sharpness A male Peregrine on the Silo at the Docks at 11:30am today. (Gord & Margaret Avery).
Gloucester At Port Ham and Castlemeads this evening a Sparrowhawk, two Kestrels, a Water Rail, a Barn Owl, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Chiffchaff, a pair of Stonechats and 50 Reed Buntings coming in to roost. (Andy Jayne). At Horsebere Brook Flood Storage Lake three Mute Swans, a male Wigeon, a Teal, ten Mallards, six Coots, four Moorhens, a Snipe, two Meadow Pipits and 1 or 2 Stonechats. (Mike Smart).
Forest of Dean Three male Bramblings in the garden at Blaize Bailey today and six 6 Wigeon at Cannop Ponds at midday. (Peter Boorman & Lynne Mayers).
Walmore Common 10+ Bullfinches, 15+ Blackbirds, two Jays, a Stock Dove, two Sparrowhawks, 45+ Fieldfares, a Treecreeper, 15+ Redwings, a Buzzard, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Goldcrest, a female Stonechat, two Meadow Pipits, a female Peregrine and 12 Teal. (Mark Grieve).
Longlevens At 10:30 this morning a Little Egret flying W over the allotments at the back of Park Avenue. (Frank Bryant).
Coombe Hill Meadows 35 Wigeon, 125 Teal, ten Mallards, three Pintails, a Grey Heron, a Coot, three Moorhens, two Meadow Pipits, two pairs of Stonechats, ten Fieldfares, 20 Redwings and a Reed Bunting today. (Mike Smart/GNS meeting).
Arlingham c20 Fieldfares in an orchard N of Arlingham, nearby a Buzzards and on the river c7 Great Black-backed Gulls, four Grey Herons, c35 Lapwings, five Cormorants, c15 Goldfinches, c10 Chaffinches and two Greenfinches and a Buzzard. (Antony Seabright).
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