Eastleach Martin This afternoon in the fields N of Eastleach Martin, (SP206076 to the W of the county boundary, just in Gloucestershire ) a male RING OUZEL, a Wheatear and a Whitethroat. (Martine & Pete Fenn).
Cleeve Hill This morning birds included a male and a female RING OUZEL near the heather enclosure, also four Wheatears, six Yellowhammers, ten Skylarks, a Cuckoo calling, a Mistle Thrush singing, a male Kestrel, two Whitethroats, numerous Meadow Pipits, Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps and Willow Warblers. (Alan Hooper/Roy Shilham/Keith White/Dot Jones). Butterflies included Peacock, Brimstone, Small Tortoiseshell and Speckled Wood. (Keith White). Pic by Alan.

Stinchcombe Hill A male RING OUZEL, two Redstarts (1m) and four Wheatears this morning. (James Robinson/Paul Dunham). Pics by Paul.


Barnsley Warren, Fosse Way This afternoon at the GWT Pasque Flower reserve SP053066 a Willow Warbler, a Chiffchaff, a Yellowhammer, a Buzzard, two Linnets, two Swallows and a singing male Redstart. (Jeremy Soane).
Frampton A drake GARGANEY on the pool behind Splatt north reed bed, also a Greenshank, a Common Sandpiper and 33 Black-tailed Godwits through this morning. (Gordon Hodgson).
Coombe Hill Meadows Four Greenshanks today. (Ian Hull/Les Ditchburn).
WWT Slimbridge Three Little Ringed Plovers on the Rushy. (Paul Dunham). Also a drake GARGANEY on South Lake. (Ken Mihill). Pic by Paul.

Forest of Dean At Edge Hills and Haywood plantation this morning a Whitethroat, five Tree Pipits, a Garden Warbler calling, many Chiffchaffs, Willow Warblers, Blackcaps and a Cuckoo. (Owen Follis). A Cuckoo heard just S of road from Mallards Pike near Little Moseley SO63508). Also three Treecreepers, many Chiffchaffs and Willow Warblers. (Keith Williams). At Nagshead, a Pied Flycatcher near the Campbell Hide, a Redstart from the Lower Hide and a Garden Warbler. Between Woorgreens Lake and Speech House Road, a Redstart. At Crabtree Hill, three Stonechats, four Tree Pipits, three Siskins heard and a Whitethroat. (Vic Polley/Claire Halpin/John Ryman).
Cotswold Water Park West A Nightingale, at least three Garden Warblers, a Reed Warbler, 8+ Common Terns, a Common Sandpiper and several Cuckoos calling. (Paul Rich/Merv Carlyon).

Selsley At Bownhill Farm three Wheatears, a pair of Mistle Thrushes, a pair of Song Thrushes, a pair of Buzzards and eight Skylarks. (Keith & Lyn Perkins).
Stonehouse A male and a female Sparrowhawk circling together high over the garden at Bridgend at 5:15pm today, then headed W. (Paul Sutton).
Hempsted Four Swallows over the Car Boot Sale this morning. (Howard Taylor).
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