Rodborough Common 30+ WAXWINGS throughout the day about the Common. At 4pm, 20+ WAXWINGS at the rear of Rodborough Fort. Most flew off W, in the direction of Kingscourt, but three roosted in a tree on the perimeter wall at the rear of the Fort. (Lise Presland/Elaine Arundel/Steve Pullen/Neil Smart/Simon Ashley/Martin Price). Also a female Sparrowhawk, near to The Bear. (Elaine Arundel).
Sharpness Two BLACK REDSTARTS, an adult male and the female type, around the lightship in Dock Road again this morning. Also a pair of Peregrines on the silo tower. (Paul Masters/Andy Chapman).
Saul Warth At high tide 250+ Curlews, 300+ Dunlins, a Black-tailed Godwit, six Redshanks, a Green Sandpiper, 16 Shelducks, a Kingfisher, three Rock Pipits, two Meadow Pipits, 20+ Fieldfares, five Redwings and 12 Goldfinches and six Chiffchaffs in the sewage works. (MK).

Dunlins by Mike King
Forest of Dean Two Kingfishers (m & f) and three Little Grebes at Soudley Ponds this morning. (Angela Carswell).
Ashleworth Ham Opposite Colways Farm from the Ham Road birds included 400+ Wigeon, 150+ Teal, 90 Greylags and 100+ Canada Geese, 15 Pintails, six Shovelers and 50+ Mallards. Also two Egyptian Geese in the field below the farm, 50 Fieldfare and six Redwings today. (John Fletcher).

Egyptian Geese by John Fletcher
Berkeley shore This afternoon 211 Golden Plovers, 132 Lapwings, 26 Dunlins, four Teal, six Wigeon, 50+ Mallards, a Raven, a Mistle Thrush, 60+ Redwings, 50+ Fieldfares and a Buzzard. (Thomas Weston).
Frampton The Sailing Lake and Court Lake nearly iced over. Birds included a Goldeneye, two Pochards, 96 Gadwalls, 48 Mallards, six Shovelers, 48 Tufted Ducks, 33 Teal, four Wigeon, seven Great Crested Grebes, a Little Grebe, 36 Greylags, four Canada Geese, a Chiffchaff, 11 Common Gulls, a Herring Gull and 74 Black-headed Gulls. (Nick Goatman).
Tewkesbury Two Peregrines displaying in the sun around the Abbey Tower today. Between the Red Lion at Wainlode and Coombe Hill Meadows, five Little Egrets and a Great White Egret on the frozen wet fields. (Les Ditchburn).
Stonehouse A Kingfisher, a Snipe flushed near the canal, a male Stonechat, a Little Egret, a Sparrowhawk, six Redwings, three Song Thrushes, a small mixed flock of tits with several male Chaffinches and a male Bullfinch. (Paul Sutton).

Kingfisher by Paul Sutton
Wotton-Under-Edge At Swinhay House ST72758 93458 in the lake and grounds nine Shovelers, two Tufted Ducks, 15+ Mallards, 150+ Canada Geese, 30+ Greylags, 90+ Black-headed Gulls on the ice and a few Herring Gulls, Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Coots and Moorhens. (Mike Tranter).
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