WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showed well briefly on sticks at Middle Point early morning. (Colin Gittins). An OSPREY high over the Severn flying S viewed from Middle Point. Also a Wheatear, 7+ Yellow Wagtails, Reed Buntings and a Whinchat. (Paul Rich/Mike Davis). On the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide two SPOONBILLS, four Cattle Egrets, seven Avocets and 451 Black-tailed Godwits. (Jeanne Vitkovskis).

White-spotted Bluethroat by Colin Gittins

Forest of Dean     An OSPREY circling over Sandford Terrace for five minutes before drifting off S at 10:20am. (Jonny Gentle). Birds along river from Lydney harbour included two Kingfishers, two Green Sandpipers, three Ringed Plovers, three Wheatears, a Peregrine with a kill, two Curlews, four Common Sandpipers, a Grey Wagtail and a Kestrel. (David Smith).

Sharpness     A Sanderling, two Whinchats and a Mediterranean Gull this morning. At SARA this evening 285 Curlews, 21 Knot all upriver and 350 Swallows mainly low upriver. (Andy Jordan).

Frampton     Around the pools this evening a Whitethroat, 42 Chiffchaffs, 16 Blackcaps, four Reed Warblers, a Yellow Wagtail, two Hobbies, a Cattle Egret, two Great White Egrets, 146 Swallows, 65 House Martins, 28 Sand Martins, ten Meadow Pipits, two Skylarks, 34 Wigeon, 38 Teal, 167 Greylags, eight Jays and four Cetti’s Warblers. (Nick Goatman).

Stinchcombe Hill     This evening a first-winter Wheatear, at least seven Spotted Flycatchers on the southern slopes, a few Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps and southerly moving Swallows. Also a Hummingbird Hawk Moth. (James Robinson).

Coombe Hill Meadows    This morning several Green Woodpeckers, a Hobby, a Grey Wagtail, a Kingfisher and a Wheatear. (Jeremy Holland).

Stroud     A narrow-winged ringtail Harrier species flew N over Stroud at 1:50pm. (Francis Steuck).

Cheltenham     A Yellow Wagtail flew over W at Benhall at 12:45pm, a garden tick. (Ian Ralphs).

Ashleworth Ham     A ringing session saw 160 birds caught including a Redstart, three Lesser Whitethroats, nine Blackcaps, a Whitethroat, 25 Chiffchaffs, two Willow Warblers, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 30 Long-tailed Tits, a Treecreeper, 50 Goldfinches and three Greenfinches. WeBS count included two Mute Swans, ten Canada Geese, ten Greylags, eight Mallards and 20 Swallows. (Mike Smart/Mervyn Greening/Barrie Mills).