Gloucester A male BLACK REDSTART on the rooftops of the terraced houses on St Mary’s Square to the W of Gloucester Cathedral at midday. (Geoff Bryant). At the university campus at Oxstalls a Chiffchaff in trees along Wootton Brook this morning, a Green Woodpecker, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, c30 Redwings, a Jay, a Song Thrush, c9 Chaffinches, c14 Greenfinches and a c40 Goldfinches feeding in the alders behind the Business School. This afternoon at Alney Island a Buzzard near Castlemeads car park, two Pheasants calling in the fields along the Severn at dusk, six Reed Buntings in the reedbed by the electricity substation, a male Kestrel on the pylons nearby and only a small flock of c30 Starlings. (Caroline Quinn).
Forest of Dean 22 Hawfinches at Crown Lane, Parkend high in the treetops at 9:30am. (Tim Jukes).
Hazleton By the gate on the bend 100+ Bramblings and a few Goldfinches and Chaffinches all feeding on seed on the farm track. (Duncan Dine).