Cirencester     Three Bramblings, 2 males and a female, in a flock 30+ Chaffinches feeding and bathing in the puddles in the gate to the polo field at SO994029 and 100+ Redwings and a few Fieldfares along with numerous Great, Blue, Coal and Long-tailed Tits feeding in a large holly tree along the track heading back towards Cirencester just SE of Ewe Pens Farm. (Trevor & Sue Clayson).

Ullenwood     At dawn a Woodcock, a Barn Owl, a Green Woodpecker, a Buzzard and a Redwing. (Jeremy Holland).

Walmore    A Great White Egret flew low over the A48 at Walmore heading SE towards the Severn at 10:45am. (Lewis Thomson).

WWT Slimbridge     Two Little Stints from the Zeiss hide. (Roy Kinchin). From the Estuary Tower the putative Todd’s Canada Goose showing well early afternoon, a Peregrine, three Russian White-fronted Geese, two Greenland White-fronted Geese and 14 Bewick’s Swans. (Jonathan Bull). A BITTERN took off from the reedbed by the Zeiss hide this morning and flew low towards the Kingfisher hide. (Roger Wasley).

Bittern by Roger Wasley

Coombe Hill Meadows     From Grundon hide large flocks of Fieldfares and Redwings, eight Mute Swans, four Grey Herons, ten Shovelers, 12+ Wigeon, two Stock Doves, a Redshank, a Dunlin, a Raven, a Reed Bunting, 20+ Lapwings, a Skylark, two Pied Wagtails, a Water Rail and a Cetti’s Warbler. (Les Ditchburn).

Ozleworth     A Brambling with c30 Chaffinches, a pair of Stonechats and c100 Linnets this morning. (Phil Pope).

Forest of Dean     At Woorgreens/Crabtree Hill six Siskins, three Goldcrests, a male Reed Bunting, three pairs of Stonechats, a Raven, a Jay, 50+ Redwing and five female Roe Deer. Also a male Bullfinch at Cannop Ponds Stoneworks. (Paul Clark).