WWT Slimbridge     A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER this afternoon on South Lake and showing well. (Martin McGill).

This is the 6th County record. There have been five previous Gloucestershire records, all in the Frampton–Slimbridge area of the Severn Estuary:
1976: one on November 14th.
1986: an adult on August 21st and 22nd, during an exceptional passage of shorebirds.
1988: an adult on 2nd October, thought to have been the same individual that had been in the Wiltshire section of the Cotswold Water Park for a few days previously.
2004: a moulting adult at the high-tide roost on August 15th, and a juvenile there on October 4th.

White-rumped Sandpiper by Mike King

White-rumped Sandpiper by Mike King

The first-winter drake SCAUP and the male Mandarin still on the Rushy this afternoon. (Roy Kinchin/MK).

Scaup by Mike King

Mandarin by Mike King

Frampton     A pair of Oystercatchers on Court Lake, also three Goldeneyes, 36 Gadwalls, 64 Greylags, 65 Tufted Ducks and two Ravens. (Nick Goatman). Around Splatt Bridge a female Mandarin flew S from Splatt, a Kingfisher, a male Bullfinch, three Kestrels, two males and a female, mixed flock of c120 Redwings, Fieldfares and Song Thrushes, a Chiffchaff, a Goldcrest, c200 Lapwings over the river, two Great Spotted Woodpecker, six6 Cormorants over, a Grey Heron and a Barn Owl at sunset and a Little Owl. (Paul Sutton).

Hawling area     Two Corn Buntings over, eight Yellowhammers, 20+ Skylarks, 20+ Linnets, two Meadow Pipits, 30 Golden Plovers over, four Ravens, four Red Kites, three Buzzards, two Kestrels and five Roe Deer. (Steve Pullen).

Hazelton area     20+ Bramblings with 50+ Chaffinches feeding in the roadside beech trees just outside the village, also a Yellowhammer, three Red Kites, 500+ Woodpigeons and three Roe Deer. (Steve Pullen).

Brambling by Steve Pullen

Stonehouse     A male Bullfinch on the wooded cycle track opposite Wycliffe College. (Paul Sutton).

Cheltenham     In the High Street a pair of Goldfinches continue nest building outside Regents Arcade. (Howard Taylor). A Cormorant on the dam superstructure at Dowdeswell Reservoir. (Keith White). At the Park Campus a pair of Ravens back at the traditional nest site nearby. In Naunton Park, in the garden three Siskins (one singing), two male Blackcaps singing and three Long-tailed Tits. A pair of Greenfinches have been visiting on and off over the last two weeks, unusual here. (Steve Brown).

Upham Meadow     21 Canada Geese, a Peregrine, at least 15 Skylarks, a Meadow Pipit, 55 Carrion Crows and a singing male Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

Epney     A Barn Owl along Castle Lane this evening. (Jeremy Squire).

Forest of Dean     At Parkend a Hawfinch high up in the tall trees alongside Folly Road near the cricket ground. At New Fancy View a Crossbill singing from a treetop by the viewpoint. (John Elley).

Prestbury     At 2:16pm a male Goshawk to the NNE of The Plough being mobbed by Herring Gulls. (Ken Heron).

Cherington     Around the lake and surrounding woodland this afternoon three Little Grebes, four Nuthatches, two Song Thrushes, seven Chaffinches, eight Redwings, four Mallards, two Moorhens, a Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, a Grey Heron and three Buzzards. (John Fletcher).

Wotton-Under-Edge     At Cotswold Edge Golf Club today a Red Kite, two Buzzards, a Raven, a Goldcrest, a Red-legged Partridge and 16+ Mallards. (Mike Tranter).

Tewkesbury to Twyning     Along the River Avon, just inside the Glos county boundary a Great White Egret, a Little Egret and four Oystercatchers late afternoon. (Steve Owen).

Gloucester     A Peregrine over Gloucester Royal Hospital this afternoon viewed from London Road. (Howard Taylor).

Sapperton     In the woods next to All Saint’s Church a drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Red Kite above the approach road. (Keith White).

Chedworth     A female Blackcap in the garden for the last two days. (Chris Berens).