WWT Slimbridge The PECTORAL SANDPIPER on the Tack Piece today but sometimes elusive in the vegetation. From Middle Point three SPOONBILLS, ten Little Egrets, 14 Common Cranes, a Marsh Harrier, a Curlew Sandpiper, a juvenile Ruff, two Golden Plovers, nine Grey Plovers, 14 Bar-tailed Godwits, 200+ Ringed Plovers, two Common Sandpipers, ten Knot, 53 Curlews, seven Turnstones, three Yellow Wagtails and a Harbour Seal. (Martin McGill/Neil Smart/MK). The Grey Partridge at Middle Point again this afternoon and four Greenshanks and a Whimbrel. (Jonathan Bull). Five CATTLE EGRETS still on South Lake. (Mark Hobson).
Frampton pools 50+ Linnets, four Swifts, 200 Sand Martins, 70 House Martins, 10+ Swallows, a Great White Egret, a Common Sandpiper, the Yellow-legged Gull and two Yellow Wagtails today. (Nick Goatman/Richard Williams).
Chavenage Lane area Late morning two Wheatears, a Whitethroat, a juvenile Whinchat and a Sparrowhawk. (Paul Rich).
Winchcombe At Hayles camping site two Tawny Owls heard, five Ravens, three Buzzards, a male Kingfisher, six Mallards, four Moorhens, two Grey Herons, three Nuthatches, two Green Woodpeckers, 37 Goldfinches, two Marsh Tits, six Swallows and seven House Martins. (John Fletcher).

Raven by John Fletcher
Forest of Dean A Green Sandpiper at Blakeney sewage treatment works this afternoon. (Owen Follis).
Cam A Dipper on the River Cam at Littlecombe this afternoon. (Mike Davis).
Stonehouse A Kingfisher around the Bonds Mill area over the last few days. The first here for c4 months. (Paul Sutton).

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