Cheltenham    At 3:15pm 11 WAXWINGS in an Ash tree at the top of Wessex Drive, however they flew off in an easterly direction shortly afterwards. (Steve Kear). This afternoon at Pittville at 3:40pm, a pair of Mandarins, six Cormorants and a Kingfisher. (Ken Heron).

Prestbury    Still seven WAXWINGS in Apple Orchard  in large Willows/Alders by the side of the Racecourse at 9:15am but not this afternoon. (Roy Shilham/Andy Wiggins).

Sharpness     A female-type BLACK REDSTART by the old lighthouse ship in the docks late morning. (Paul Rich).

Highnam Woods     This afternoon two Marsh Tits, three Coal Tits, three Nuthatches, 15 Great Tits, two Goldcrests, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, four Chaffinches, ten Long-tailed Tits, two Pied Wagtails, 150+ Fieldfares and Redwings, a Sparrowhawk and two Ravens. (John Fletcher).

Marsh Tit by John Fletcher

WWT Slimbridge    A pair of Egyptian Geese from Kingfisher hide, a Water Rail from Willow hide and a Great White Egret from Hogarth hide. (Martin Price). The DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE on the Dumbles, a Grey Plover on the Bottom New Piece, 12 Avocets on South Lake and 180 White-fronted Geese on the Tack Piece. (Jeremy Squire).

Stroud     50 Siskins near Lodgemore Mill at lunchtime. Also a Jay, a Grey Wagtail and a Muntjac. (Richard Williams/Simon Ashley).

Tidenham Chase    Four JACK SNIPE, four WOODCOCKS, a pair of Yellowhammers, several each of Lesser Redpolls, Siskins and Goldcrests, numerous Redwings and Fieldfares and a Stonechat. (Martin Vaisey/Steve Thorogood).

Chedworth     Raucous corvid flocks over including three tumbling Ravens prior to afternoon snow flurries. (Harvey Sherwood).

Gloucester     At Castlemeads on flood water at Alney Island at midday viewed from the A430 causeway two Gadwalls (m & f), 70 Teal, ten Mallards, five Coot and a Moorhen. (Gordon Avery).