Gloucester     Belated news of two Swallows over Gloucester Quays at 3:30pm on the 2nd December. (Chris Slade).

Sharpness     A female/immature BLACK REDSTART in the hedgerow near the car park at the end of Dock Road today. (Alan Baxter).

Stroud     A Kingfisher on the Stroudwater canal where the river Painswick flows into it (just along from Lodgemore Lane, behind WSP textiles). Present for 3 weeks. (Glenn Lander).

Hawling     Late afternoon until dark birds included four Kestrels, a Buzzard, four Red Kites, a Stonechat, 200+ Linnets, four Greenfinches, three Chaffinches, two Goldfinches, a Fieldfare, 173 Lapwings, 150 Golden Plovers, 500+ Jackdaws and a Grey Heron over. (John Fletcher/Martin Greenish).