Ashleworth & Hasfield Hams Five Mute Swans, ten Greylags, 50 Mallards, a male Tufted Duck, two Grey Herons, a Little Egret, two Coots, two Moorhens, a pair of Lapwings with two chicks about a week old and a full grown juvenile Lapwing, a Cuckoo singing and at least three Redstarts singing. (Mike Smart).
Forest of Dean At Speech House a Firecrest, two Goldcrests, a Nuthatch, eight Coal Tits, two Treecreeper, a Goshawk and a Buzzard. At Nagshead a Wood Warbler, two Goldcrests, three Nuthatches, three Redstarts ( 2m, 1f ), a male Pied Flycatcher, a Spotted Flycatcher, two Blackcaps, a Chiffchaff and a pair of Mandarins with five small ducklings. At New Fancy View a Siskin, a Garden Warbler, two Chiffchaffs, a Swift and two Willow Warblers. By the Rising Sun Inn a Willow Warbler, a Siskin, two Swallows nesting at the Inn and feeding young, a pair of Mandarins and a Blackcap. At Crabtree Hill three Tree Pipits, eight Linnets, a Garden Warbler, a Whitethroat, five Willow Warblers, a Mistle Thrush, four Stonechats (2m, 2f), six Swallows, a Hobby, a Grey Heron and two Jays. (John Fletcher/Jake King).

Wood Warbler by John Fletcher
Berkeley Two Red Kites and a Buzzard over Old Brookend at 2:55pm, heading towards Purton. (Clare Glanville).
Leighterton Two Red Kites circling with four Buzzards today. (Terry Grant).
Woodford Hay making attracting three Buzzards, two Red Kites and many gulls. (Geoff Poulton).
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