Cleeve Hill A BLACK REDSTART on a fence next to the radio masts this afternoon. (Alex Barclay). Pics by Alex.


Belas Knap Three male Redstarts singing from treetops along the footpath to the barrow at midday. (MK). Pic by Mike.

Cotswold Water Park West At Shorncote reed beds around Pits 85a and b early afternoon four Common Terns, 20 Black-headed Gulls, two Gadwalls, three Shovelers, two Greylags, four Grey Herons, two Little Egrets, two Cormorants, two Buzzards, a Hobby, a Lapwing, two Reed Warblers, 10+ Sedge Warblers, two Cetti’s Warblers, two Lesser Whitethroats, six Blackcaps, a Chiffchaff heard, five Swallows and five Reed Buntings. (John Fletcher). Pics by John.


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