WWT Slimbridge On the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide over high tide this morning four Little Stints (1 ad, 3 juvs), a juvenile Ruff, c125 Ringed Plovers, 30+ Dunlins, two Spotted Redshanks, a Great White Egret, a Marsh Harrier and an adult and a juvenile Buzzard. (Paul Masters).
Frampton pools A Cattle Egret, four Little Egrets, a Marsh Harrier, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, four Wigeon, a Teal, seven Tufted Ducks, 35 Gadwalls, 84 Coots, six Little Grebes, 54 Mute Swans, three Cormorants, a Grey Wagtail and 20 Greylags today. (Nick Goatman).
Witcombe Reservoirs 100+ House Martins and Swallows and a few Sand Martins through this morning. A Common Sandpiper and a pair Teal on south reservoir. A Little Grebe on west reservoir. (Sam Walker).
Winchcombe A substantial southerly movement of hirundines over between 10:45am and 11.15am. Mainly House Martins, just a few Swallows, must have been many hundreds of birds in total. (Peter Rodgers/Bob Shiret).
Upper Cam A Hobby chasing a small group of Swallows over fields at 1:30pm. (Nigel Tucker).
Batsford Arboretum This afternoon a Kestrel and a Jay at Seven Leys. (Andy & Sue Gibbons).
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