Chavenage Lane & Chavenage Green area     A male MERLIN, 720+ Redwings, 400+ Fieldfares, 7+ Stonechats (4m, 3f), 13 Pied Wagtails, 110+ Meadow Pipits, 350+ Linnets, 650+ Chaffinches, 100+ Yellowhammers and 750+ Starlings today. (Terry Grant).

Longford/Sandhurst     20 Teal, a Red Kite, a Sparrowhawk, two Kestrels, a Peregrine, two Woodcocks, two Ravens, 65 Skylarks, a Marsh Tit, a Chiffchaff, three Blackcaps, four Treecreepers, 180+ Fieldfares, 120+ Redwings, six Stonechats, 50 Pied Wagtails, two Lesser Redpolls, two Grey Wagtails and nine Reed Buntings today. (Andy Jayne).

Cheltenham     A drake Mandarin in Hatherley Park at lunch time. (Mike Beer).

Forest of Dean     A FIRECREST bathing in the garden pond, then preening and feeding in the pyracanthas in Coleford. (Frank Williams). Today at Cannop Upper Pond 13 Mandarins (7 males) and a Little Grebe. A Marsh Tit still at the feeders. (Chris Keeling).

Hempsted Meadows N.R.     Three Mute Swans (1ad, 2 yearlings), a Little Egret, a Grey Heron, a Buzzard, two Snipe, up to six Ravens commuting back and forth from GLS to Minsterworth Ham, c200 Redwings and c60 Fieldfares. (Gordon Avery).

Quedgeley/Hardwicke     A Little Egret along the Dimore Brook again this morning, also a Kingfisher and male and female Grey Wagtail. (Paul Masters).

Syreford     A Little Egret fishing in a stream this morning. (Duncan Dine).

Eastcombe     At the Eastcombe end of Accommodation Road 1 or 2 Goldcrests and at least 50 Chaffinches back and forth between fields and trees. (Michael Phelps).

Ampney St Mary     Nine Fieldfares, a Red Kite and a Great Spotted Woodpecker today. (Liz & Colin Kilpatrick).