Coombe Hill Meadows Two Grey Plovers still this morning also GREAT WHITE EGRET, a Redstart and a Whinchat along the towpath. (Andy Lodge). Also a Little Egret, two Little Ringed Plovers, five Avocets, c25 Black-headed Gulls, a pair of Gadwalls, a pair of Wigeon, a Redstart, three Lesser Whitethroats, five Whitethroats and three Sedge Warblers. (Eric Harris). Also a Redshank, an Oystercatcher, a Lapwing, Yellow Wagtails and a Kingfisher. (Les Ditchburn).
Saul Warth At high tide nine Turnstones, three red Knot, c150 Dunlins, c50 Ringed Plovers, ten Grey Plovers (4 in summer plumage), an Oystercatcher and four Whimbrels. Also a first-summer LITTLE GULL flew N past Awre, a Common Tern, a Cuckoo heard, a Yellow Wagtail, 87+ Swallows and a Peregrine made a kill. The waders all flew S by 7am. A drake Mandarin and three Tufted Ducks (2m, 1f) on Saul Lodge pond. (MK).
Frampton pools 100+ Swifts, a Hobby, a Cuckoo, ten Common Terns, two Common Sandpipers, six Yellow Wagtails, a Whimbrel, a Garden Warbler, three Lesser Whitethroats, ten Whitethroats, a Willow Warbler, ten Reed Warblers, two Sedge Warblers, three Cetti’s Warblers, 25 Blackcaps, 13 Chiffchaffs and an Oystercatcher today. (Nick Goatman).
Cambridge A Hobby flying over Rosie’s Wood towards Frampton. (Dave Abrams).
May Hill A Wheatear in a village garden this afternoon. (Rob & Gillian Guest).
Wheatear by Dave Nutter
WWT Slimbridge At Mid Point a breeding plumage CURLEW SANDPIPER. (Martin McGill). A male Greenland Wheatear on Mid Point cross-fence and a female Wheatear on the Tack Piece and at least three Sanderlings at Mid Point. (Paul Masters).
Bourton-on-the-Water A Hobby hawking over the north pits this afternoon and seen on Greystones nature reserve. Also a Reed Warbler heard. (John Pike).
Cirencester A Grey Wagtail near Riverside Walk, a Grey Heron in a stream by the Holiday Inn and by Ewepens c50 Swallows flying from a barn. (Felicity Cobb).
Winstone A Hobby over at midday then drifted W. Swifts, House Martins and Swallows over Winstone/Daglingworth. (Jon Mercer).
Cotswold Water Park East Two summer-plumaged Dunlins on Pit 132 this morning. (Duncan Dine).
Witcombe Reservoirs A Lesser Whitethroat, a Little Grebe, four Great Crested Grebes, four Tufted Ducks, four Cormorants and a Pied Wagtail today. (Eric Harris).
Edge At Rudge Hill NNR this afternoon a Tree Pipit, two Meadow Pipits, two male Bullfinches, two Nuthatches, five Linnets, three Swallows, a Long-tailed Tit, four Blackcaps, two Goldfinches, five Chiffchaffs, two Skylarks, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, two Green Woodpeckers and a Buzzard. (John Fletcher).
Cleeve Hill A Cuckoo hunting caterpillars on the Bill Smyllie Butterfly Reserve this afternoon. (Duncan Dine).
Forest of Dean A Dipper family at Parkend this morning. Also Pied Flycatchers, a pair of Redstarts and a Spotted Flycatcher at Nagshead. (Sam Walker).
Standish Woods Stock Doves, a Mistle Thrush, a Goldcrest and a Treecreeper. A displaying Whitethroat and eight Sand Martins flying W towards Horsemarling Lane. (Jon Dexter).