Tewkesbury     A Short-eared Owl flying above fields off Walton Cardiff Lane early this morning. A Cormorant also landed in same fields. A Curlew low over Tewkesbury Nature Reserve heading across the bypass towards Coombe Hill. (Pete Long).

WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN showing well from Zeiss hide again today. (Ian Hull/Neil Smart).

Woodchester Park     Birds today included five Coal Tits, four Nuthatches, two Bullfinches, a Goldcrest, a male Sparrowhawk, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Stock Dove, a male Tawny Owl calling, three Marsh Tits, four Cormorants, four Little Grebes, 28 Mallards, nine Moorhens, two Coots, a Grey Heron, three Jays, two Buzzards, two Song Thrushes and 15 Meadow Pipits. (Jake King).

Gloucester     At Alney Island six Shovelers (4m, 2f), ten Teal, five Mallards, 13 Redwings, a Mistle Thrush, a Water Rail heard in reeds by the pond. (Paul Brunt/Nickey Brickley).

Cheltenham     At Pittville Park today birds included a male Kingfisher, a Grey Wagtail, a pair of Blackcaps and two Goldcrests. (Alan McIlquham).