WWT Slimbridge A Cattle Egret on the Tack Piece and later from Zeiss hide this morning. A juvenile SPOONBILL on river from Middle Point and later on the Top New Piece, also a Great White Egret on the river. 21 Ruff from Zeiss hide. A Mediterranean Gull on South Lake. Four Spotted Redshanks on the Rushy. (Paul Masters/Neil Smart/Ian Hull).
Saul Warth Ten Grey Plovers, 70+ Curlews, 10+ Ringed Plovers, 250+ Dunlins, four Little Egrets, a Kestrel, a Sparrowhawk, 50+ Shelducks, ten Swallows, four Meadow Pipits, a Grey Wagtail and 80+ Goldfinches. (MK).

Curlew by Mike King
Cotswold Water Park East At Pit 132 two Dunlins, a Black-tailed Godwit, two Green Sandpipers, a Cetti’s Warbler, three Great White Egrets and a Water Rail calling. (Duncan Dine).

Black-tailed Godwit by Duncan Dine
Forest of Dean At Upper Cannop Pond 30+ Mandarins, 7+ Little Grebes, a pair of Ravens, a male Wigeon and a Dipper in the outflow. (Mike Ingleby).
Stinchcombe Hill This morning two Redwings, a steady movement of Meadow Pipits S with a few Siskins, Linnets and Chaffinches. A few Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps still. (James Robinson).
Southam This morning a male Sparrowhawk, a Buzzard, a Goshawk and two Ravens all circling over Queenswood. Also a first-winter Grey Wagtail at the garden pond in Prestbury. (Ken Heron).
Nailsworth A Grass Snake in the garden today. (Terry Grant).

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