Forest of Dean No sign of shrike sp from dawn-10:30 in the Woorgreens/Crabtree Hill area. Five Crossbills, 20+ Lesser Redpolls, 20+ Siskins, 50+ Goldfinches, four Stonechats, six Jays, seven Mistle Thrushes and three Ravens. (MK). A Marsh Tit at Cannop ponds. (Les Ditchburn).
Crossbill by Mike King
Lesser Redpoll by Mike King
Upper Cam A male Reeves’s Pheasant with a male Pheasant in a sheep field this afternoon. (Nigel Tucker).
WWT Slimbridge At Middle Point at 9:30am the SPOONBILL over, a Peregrine, Dunlin, Curlew, Little Egret and a Reed Bunting. (Jeremy Holland).
Frampton pools A Lesser Redpoll, nine Chiffchaffs, a Red Kite, two Water Rails, two Cetti’s Warbler, nine Jays, two Grey Wagtails, two Pochards, 16 Tufted Ducks, three Wigeon, 28 Gadwalls, two Kestrels and 24 Collared Doves around the farm. (Nick Goatman).
Charlton Kings A Hawfinch migrating high overhead this morning. (Tom Mabbett).
Witcombe Reservoirs A Shoveler, a Fieldfare, a Grey Wagtail, a White Wagtail, a Little Grebe, a Grey Heron, 33 Coots, two Great Crested Grebes, 26 Mallards, two Pheasants and a first-winter Black-headed Gull. (Eric Harris).