Saul Warth At high tide 40+ Curlews, 76 Lapwings S, 40 Dunlins, two Little Egrets, four Grey Herons, a Peregrine, 10+ Meadow Pipits, a Rock Pipit, a Grey Wagtail, five Pied Wagtails, a Stonechat, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and a distant Marsh Harrier over Frampton 100-Acre. (MK/Paul Masters/Mark Hobson). Later a KITTIWAKE and the Common Sandpiper still. (Paul Masters/Mark Hobson). The KITTIWAKE also seen distantly from WWT. (Molly Gould).
Frampton pools Today a BITTERN, six Chiffchaffs, 60+ Siskins, 57 Fieldfares, eight Redwings, adult Yellow-legged Gull, a Grey Wagtail, a Kingfisher, 32 Teal, eight Shovelers, 25 Gadwalls, 54 Tufted Ducks, a Cetti’s Warbler and three Treecreepers. (Nick Goatman). From Splatt Bridge this evening a murmuration of 20000+ Starlings, also two Marsh Harriers, a Buzzard, a Kestrel and several hundred Lapwings and Golden Plovers over the estuary. (Steve Pullen).
Forest of Dean 11 Goosanders at Woorgreens Lake early this morning. At Crabtree Hill a Crossbill over, a pair of Stonechats, small flocks of Siskins, Jays, Ravens and three Wild Boar. Coal Tit and Marsh Tit at Cannop ponds. (Mike Davis). This afternoon a large Wild Boar at Cannop ponds. (Michael King).
Gloucester This morning at 9:40am a male BLACK REDSTART on the grass outside the South Aisle feeding briefly and then flew up the South Transept wall. Later it was on the wall of the Ambulatory. (Geoff Bryant). Still present this afternoon. (Terry Stevenson).

Black Redstart by Terry Stevenson

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