Sharpness     A male BLACK REDSTART showing well on Dock Road again today. (Dot Jones).

Gloucester     A BLACK REDSTART still on the E side of the Cathedral this morning. (Roy Kinchin).

WWT Slimbridge     A SPOONBILL on the Rushy 11:45am-12:30pm. (Sam Walker). Two Dark-bellied Brent Geese (adult and juvenile) on the Dumbles this morning, also 71 White-fronted Geese including at least two Greenland White-fronted Geese and 45 Bewick’s Swans on the Rushy. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Kingscote     At Ashel Barn. 2+ Bramblings with Chaffinches opposite beech trees feeding on sunflower seed-heads at ST800968. (Vic Polley).

Chavenage Lane/Calcot area     240+ Skylarks disturbed from a stubble field by a female Merlin this afternoon. Also 40+ Yellowhammers and still over 6000 Woodpigeons in the area. (Terry Grant).

Cotswold Water Park West     A female-type Marsh Harrier over Pit 79 and a Yellow-legged Gull on Pit 32, the Gloucestershire half of the lake. (Martine & Pete Fenn).

Yellow-legged Gull by Pete Fenn

Cotswolds     From Daglingworth to Stratton, 1000 Golden Plovers, 2000+ Starlings, large flocks of Linnets and Yellowhammers with some Reed Buntings, 15 Bramblings and a female Merlin hunting. (Andrew Morrison).

Uley     A Kingfisher, a Grey Heron, two Cormorants, two Little Grebes and a distant Red Kite at Rockstowes lake this morning. (Phil Pope).

Stonehouse     Two Chiffchaffs, a Goldcrest with a small Long-tailed Tit flock near the sewage works at Stanley Downton this afternoon. Also three Kingfisher sightings on the canal from the Ocean to Ryeford. (Paul Sutton).