Frampton     At Splatt Bridge at dawn a female Marsh Harrier flew N towards Saul Warth, two Kestrels, 15 Lapwings S, three Redshanks, four Curlews, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers drumming and a Little Egret. (MK). On Court Lake this morning a drake Red Crested Pochard, a drake Goldeneye, a Great White Egret and a Little Egret. (Eric Harris/Neil Smart).

Epney     S of the Anchor Inn, 61 Curlews, 31 Lapwings and a pair of Great Black-backed Gulls on a sheep carcase. (MK).

Saul Warth     This morning a few Curlews on the mud and four Shelducks. A pair of Stonechats, c20 Meadow Pipits, a few Goldfinches, Redwings and Fieldfares. (Paul Sutton/Nigel Young).

Stonechat by Nigel Young

Sharpness    A male BLACK REDSTART still around tallest building at the docks. (Andy Jordan).

Hartpury     A female Goosander on the lake at Hartpury University, present for a few days. (Anthony Lowney).

Ryeford     A female Goosander on the Stroudwater canal still between Ryeford and Ebley today. (Paul Masters).

Coombe Hill Meadows     1200 Teal, 142 Pintails, 150 Lapwings, a Black-tailed Godwit, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, a Cetti’s Warbler and a Chiffchaff. (Ian Ralphs). Three Goosanders this afternoon, two males and a female. (Ged Cassell).

Cotswolds     At Andoversford in a field on the junction between the A40/A436 a Buzzard and a Red Kite and a Kestrel in a tree just before the Hawling turn. Another Red Kite by Notgrove burial mound. At Bourton-on-the-Water at Jubilee Lodge three Redwings feeding in the grounds and four Goldfinches. (Howard Taylor).