WWT Slimbridge     At Middle Point a breeding plumage Curlew Sandpiper, two Grey Plovers, two SPOONBILLS, three Whimbrels, 14 Curlews, eight Avocets, 62+ Dunlins, 21 Sanderlings, 82 Ringed Plovers, four Oystercatcher and 100+ Shelducks. A drake GARGANEY on the Top New Piece. A LITTLE GULL and five immature Mediterranean Gulls on South Lake causeway. Two Cuckoos from Kingfisher hide. (Slimbridge Sightings/Roy Kinchin/Magnus Carter/Neil Smart/Terry Stevenson).

Whitminster     A SPOONBILL flew over the cricket pitch this evening. (Martin McGill/Jeremy Squire).

Cotswold Water Park East    This morning two breeding plumage Dunlins and a Common Sandpiper. (Duncan Dine).

Quedgeley     A Kingfisher on the canal at Sims Lane bridge at 5:30pm. (Justin Collinge).

Kingfisher by Justin Collinge

Chaceley     A Little Owl on the gatepost next to the Chaceley oak at SO 8495 3001 at 7:15pm. (Andrew Sweetman).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This afternoon three Little Ringed Plovers, a Ringed Plover, four Redshanks, four Oystercatchers (2 ads, 2 juvs), seven Avocets (3 juvs), seven Lapwing, seven Canada Geese including five large goslings, five Mute Swans, five Greylags, two Shelducks, three Grey Herons, a Little Egret, 21 Mallards including five ducklings, a male Teal, nine Coots, five Moorhens, a male Reed Bunting, five Swallows, 11 Sand Martins, a Pied Wagtail, a Yellow Wagtail, a Cuckoo, two Whitethroats, two Blackcaps, a Cetti’s Warbler and five Sedge Warblers. (John Fletcher).

Longney     This afternoon two Shelducks, 12 drake Mallards together, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Whitethroat, a Reed Warbler, a Chiffchaff, two Yellow Wagtails, two each of Swifts, Swallows and House Martins. Also a Painted Lady, a Red Admiral, a Small Copper, Green-veined Whites and a Thick-legged Flower Beetle. (MK).

Painted Lady by Mike King

Thick-legged Flower Beetle by Mike King