Aylburton Warth    At 3pm a PALE-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE flew up the estuary and landed distantly on the mud flats. After a brief rest it took off again and flew on upstream. (John Sanders).

Pale-bellied Brent Goose by John Sanders

Pale-bellied Brent Goose by John Sanders

Withington    A HONEY BUZZARD at 12:55pm heading steadily NW over the River Coln towards Withington at SP042148. Also a Hobby. (Rob Crofton).

WWT Slimbridge    On South Lake seven 2nd calendar-year Mediterranean Gulls this afternoon. (Ian Hull).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Today two Great White Egrets, two Little Egrets, five Grey Herons, four Avocets with three chicks, a Lapwing with a chick, an Oystercatcher with a chick, three Little Ringed Plovers, a Curlew, four Redshanks, a Hobby, two Cuckoos, a Yellow Wagtail, a Garden Warbler, Sedge Warblers, Chiffchaffs feeding young, many Whitethroats carrying food, male and female Redstarts, Reed Buntings, a pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers taking food into a nest hole, a Buzzard and a Hobby over mid afternoon. (Jeremy Holland/Paul Sutton).

Sedge Warbler by Paul Sutton

Saul Warth     At high tide at 6am seven Oystercatchers, two Curlews, three Whitethroats, five Stock Doves and a Little Owl. (MK).

Frampton     At Splatt Bridge at 8am a Common Tern, a Whimbrel heard, a Cuckoo, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, a Cetti’s Warbler and two Swallows. On the Sailing Lake nine Common Terns, a Jay, a Cetti’s Warbler and two Swifts. (MK).

Forest of Dean     Just below Ruardean near Ragman’s Lane Farm a Sparrowhawk overhead with two Buzzards and four Ravens and a Grasshopper Warbler seen creeping through the undergrowth. (John Lewis).