Slimbridge    An OSPREY over Shepherds Patch at 4:48pm heading towards the N end of WWT. (M Brown/Tim McGrath).

Forest of Dean      A male PIED FLYCATCHER at Nagshead this morning. (Steve Thorogood). Also at Nagshead today a LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER, two Firecrests, a Goshawk and a late Brambling. (Mark Hobson).

WWT Slimbridge     A drake GARGANEY on the Tack Piece early morning. (Slimbridge Sightings). A drake Goldeneye on South Lake still. (Jonathan Bull).

Cotswold Water Park West     A Sedge Warbler singing at Shorncote. (Tim Salkeld). A SPOONBILL on Pit 6 behind the Gateway Centre this morning before if flew off. (Martin Wright).

Saul Warth     At high tide two Great White Egrets, five Avocets, seven Bar-tailed Godwits, 15 Ringed Plovers, 35 Dunlins, a Green Sandpiper, a Common Sandpiper, 85 Curlews, eight Oystercatchers, four Grey Plovers and five Redshanks. Also a Willow Warbler and a Swallow. (MK).

Great White Egrets by Mike King

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge a Sedge Warbler, four Cetti’s Warblers, 15+ Chiffchaffs, and a Willow Warbler. On the  river 70 Dunlins, 40 Curlews, seven Bar-tailed Godwits, four Grey Plovers, six Oystercatchers and six Redshanks (mostly same as Saul Warth records above). Two Great White Egrets, two Fieldfares, five Swallows, six Sand Martins, a House Martin and a Red Kite all flew N. (Gordon Hodgson). Around the pools a WHITETHROAT, three Willow Warblers, 52 Chiffchaffs, 23 Blackcaps, two House Martins, two Swallows, a Yellowhammer, eight Skylarks, a Meadow Pipit, five Cetti’s Warblers, two Oystercatchers, a Reed Bunting, 15 Song Thrushes, six Bullfinches, two Shelducks and two Ravens. (Nick Goatman). Several REED WARBLERS and a Sedge Warbler singing in the reedbed N of Splatt Bridge. By the cottage at the side of the Sailing Lake a GARDEN WARBLER singing. (Terry Grant).

Framilode Passage     A GREY SEAL close in to the nearside bank. (Terry Grant).

Grey Seal by Terry Grant

Leckhampton Hill     At least five male Wheatears this afternoon, also a Swallow over N. (Mark Dowie).

Cheltenham    A Peregrine circling above Boots Corner sending the Feral Pigeons up. (Howard Taylor). At Arle Grove near Dowdeswell Wood a singing Chiffchaff, a Blackcap, a Song Thrush, a Nuthatch, a drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Brimstone butterfly in Whittington and a few Common Gulls on the Boys College playing field in Cheltenham. (Keith White).

Haresfield Beacon    At least three Chiffchaffs and a Great Spotted Woodpecker today. (Howard Taylor).

Gloucester     At Alney Island two Buzzards, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, three Long-tailed Tits, two Blackcaps and three Chiffchaffs. (Paul Brunt).

Stroud     Along Stroud canal a Dipper on the River Frome, a Grey Wagtail and many Chiffchaffs. (Sarah Townsend).

Dipper by Sarah Townsend

Ashleworth Ham     Two Greylags, four Canada Geese, two Wigeon, four Teal, 15 Mallards, five Shovelers, 11 Tufted Ducks, two Little Grebes, a Buzzard, a Blackcap, several Chiffchaffs and a Reed Bunting today. (Mike Smart).

Hasfield Ham     Ten Mute Swans, two Shelducks, four Little Egrets, two Grey Herons, two Buzzards, four Curlews and 20 Carrion Crows today. (Mike Smart).

Hucclecote     A Peregrine flew over the garden this afternoon. (Sarah Townsend).

Painswick     A House Martin over the garden on and off throughout the day. Also a pair of Nuthatches on the same tree trunk. (Rob Crispin).

Quedgeley     Two Great White Egrets heading E over the garden at 7:40pm today, a garden tick. (Steve Pullen).