Ashleworth Ham     From the GWT hide and along Meerend Thicket SO827263 this afternoon birds included a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, 255 Teal, 71 Wigeon, 64 Mallards, 67 Canada Geese, ten Pintails, 14 Shovelers, eight Greylags, 87 Lapwings, two Snipe, three Grey Herons, four Mute Swans, seven Chaffinches, 30 Fieldfares, six Redwings, 125 Starlings, 12 Pied Wagtails, 68 Carrion Crows and a Buzzard. (John Fletcher). Pic by John.

Forest of Dean     At 3pm today six Goosanders (1m, 5f) at Cinderford Linear Park. (Peter Boorman & Lynne Mayers).