WWT Slimbridge    A juvenile PECTORAL SANDPIPER on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide. (Martin McGill). A Red Kite low over South Lake towards Purton. (Tim McGrath). The BARRED WARBLER still from the Estuary Tower today. (Jake King).

Pectoral Sandpiper by Paul Rich

Frampton     The OSPREY still at Court Lake today. Also a Great White Egret, two Little Egrets and three Grey Herons, seven Swallows and five Curlews. (Mike Davis/Nick Goatman/Christopher Teague).

Forest of Dean     The OSPREY still at Cannop ponds today. (Liz Drewitt). At Woorgreens E of Speech House Woodlands carpark two Ravens, c6 Crossbills over calling and several parties of Siskins feeding high. On the heath two Green Woodpeckers, a pair of Stonechats and a Buzzard, also a Treecreeper beside the main W side track. At Cannop upper pond birds included a drake Gadwall and a Little Grebe with 3-4 Coal Tits, a Marsh Tit and a Nuthatch visiting the feed tray. At the lower pond c12 Mandarins, also a Marsh Tit heard along the E waterside path. At the Stoneworks a pair of Dippers and a Grey Wagtail below the outfall. (Andy & Sue Gibbons).

Chavenage Lane     18 Corn Buntings, two Red Kites and 50+ Skylarks today. (Terry Grant).

Purton     A WATER PIPIT and seven Rock Pipits in the silage bales area at high tide. Also five Bramblings flew W and 11 Swallows. (Francis Steuck).

Cirencester     An oddly placed Grey Partridge walking about at 7am at the bottom of Gloucester Street. (Colin Knight).

Stroud    Around Fromehall Mill  at lunchtime a Dipper, a Treecreeper and a Jay. (Richard Williams/Simon Ashley).