Saul Warth     An ARCTIC SKUA sat on the mud upriver from Hock Ditch at 10:05am. (Martin Harrison/John Casswell). It was seen flying downriver from Middle Point around 10:30am. (Geoff Moyser). Also today At least five Stonechats, a female Kestrel, eight Meadow Pipits, six Linnets, two Ravens, a Jay, 100+ Curlews, three Common Sandpipers,  eight Grey Herons, two Cormorants and a Buzzard. (Steve Pullen). The first Snipe of the winter today, a Kingfisher and a Grey Wagtail in Hock Ditch, 14 Swallows, 16 Goldfinches, two Chiffchaffs, five Little Egrets, a Bar-tailed Godwit and two Avocets. (MK). From Hock Ditch at 5:43pm 20 Grey Plovers, five Dunlins and 50 Curlews. (Mike Smart).

Wheatear by Mike King

Stonechat by Mike King

Frampton     On Court Lake early afternoon, a Hobby, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, a Kingfisher, two Cetti’s Warblers, seven Cormorants, a male Kestrel, two Chiffchaffs and a Jay. Also good numbers of Migrant Hawkers, Southern Hawkers and Common Darters. (Steve Pullen).

Hobby by Steve Pullen

Great White Egret by Steve Pullen

Epney     This morning on the mud opposite the Anchor Inn 52 Lapwings, eight Ruff and three Dunlins, three Cormorants, four Grey Herons, a Little Egret, two Curlews, six Teal and two Canada Geese and a Muntjac ran across the road at the edge of the village. (Steve Pullen/MK).

Ruff by Mike King

Berkeley Pill     On the rising tide ten Wigeon, a Cormorant caught an eel and a flounder, a Goshawk flew over high to the E, 50 Dunlins, three Black-tailed Godwits, ten Redshanks, 60 Common Gulls and four Meadow Pipits. (Mike Smart).

Cotswold Water Park East     A Spotted Redshank on Pit 132 at the S end at 4:30pm. (Jon Mercer).

Minchinhampton Common     This morning two Wheatears on the Common. (Martin & Michelle Greenish).

Wotton-Under-Edge     A Red Kite circling over Gloucester Street then Wotton Hill at 10:15am. (Morag Hughes).

Winchcombe     A Treecreeper climbing an old apple tree today. Also a Coal Tit and juvenile Goldfinches. (Andrew & Gill Worthington).

Quedgeley    A Red Kite S over M5/J12 at 4:09pm. (MK). In the garden in Shelduck Road this morning, two Chiffchaffs passed through with 11 Long-tailed Tits, 30+ House Sparrows, 10+ Starlings, 12 Goldfinches and four Greenfinches. (Steve Pullen).