Westbury-on-Severn    An OSPREY fishing unsuccessfully off Garden Cliff this afternoon. (From Twitter @severnpiscator). Then an OSPREY seen at Broadoak at 6pm. (Steve Jayne). This is undoubtedly the bird that has lingered on the river/Forest since early June.

Saul Warth     From Hock Ditch two SPOONBILLS early morning feeding near the shore. Also two Avocets, two Common Sandpipers and a Kestrel. (Mike Davis).

Purton     This evening, a Kestrel soaring very high over the river, c15 House Martins, at one point chased by a Hobby, c10 Swallows and a juvenile Little Owl. (Chris Newton).

Juvenile Little Owl by Chris Newton

Tewkesbury Ham     8+ Red Kites following haymaking tractors some eventually drifting off high over the town, also three Buzzards and c20 gulls. (Les Ditchburn).

Twyning     At Upham Meadow an adult male Curlew with a half-grown chick and an adult male Curlew with a fledged chick. Also a Reed Warbler and a Reed Bunting both still singing. (Mike Smart).

Forest of Dean     At Woorgreens four Tree Pipits and a flyby of a juvenile Goshawk. At Cannop ponds a Raven, a Mandarin, a Little Grebe, three Grey Wagtails and a Treecreeper. (Jonathan Bull).

Cirencester    Ten Swifts flying around Gloucester Street today. (Felicity Cobb).

Winchcombe     Two Red Kites and nine Swifts overhead. Only a few swifts seen in the area this summer. (Gill & Andrew Worthington).

Hinchwick     At Crab’s Corner (SP138296) 3/4 Silver-washed Fritillaries on bramble and along the bridle path a Small Tortoiseshell, a Large Skipper, a Gatekeeper and many Large Whites, Small Whites, Meadow Browns and Ringlets. A Jay, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and two Nuthatches. (Steve Brown).

Leckhampton     In the trees alongside Merlin Way a Green Woodpecker and a Nuthatch. Also Greenfinches and Bullfinches heard. (Steve Brown).

Painswick     A white Blackbird seen today. (Sally Abbott).

White Blackbird by Sally Abbott