Forest of Dean     From New Fancy View c5 Greylags, a male Crossbill, eight Siskins and two Stock Doves in the morning. There again from 4-4:30pm 15 WAXWINGS flew up the valley and landed in a tree top, stayed for a minute then flew to another nearby tree showing well. Also another Crossbill. At Cannop ponds/Stonework’s feeders 1130-1200
a Marsh Tit, two Siskins, a Grey Wagtail, a Little Grebe and a Greylag. At Nagshead a Blackcap, a Chiffchaff and eight Fallow Deer. At Parkend near the cricket pitch in the afternoon six Siskins, a Stock Dove and a Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming. Nearby at Parkend church 50 Siskins, two FIRECRESTS in the graveyard, two Hawfinches, a Marsh Tit, a Buzzard and a Redwing. (Nick Page/Bristol Ornithological Club). Four Bramblings on Serridge Ridge. (Rob Hargreaves/Anne Crowe).

Guscar Rocks/Aylburton Warth     WeBS count today 12 Canada Geese, 31 Shelducks, 137 Wigeon, two Mallards, 140 Teal, five Oystercatchers, 80 Dunlins, a Black-tailed Godwit, 202 Curlews, 24 Redshanks, 100 Black-headed Gulls, 50 Common Gulls, five Lesser Black-backed Gulls and two Herring Gulls. Also a male Peregrine, 10+ singing Skylarks, a Fieldfare and a singing Chiffchaff. (Mike Smart).

Berkeley shore/Pill     WeBS count today two Canada Geese, a Grey Heron, 23 Shelducks, 26 Mallards, three Teal, 134 Wigeon, four Oystercatchers, three Turnstones, 25 Dunlins, six Redshanks, a Curlew, two Avocets floating down river with the tide with the gulls, 522 Common Gulls and 60+ Black-headed Gulls, a Great Black-backed Gull, three Herring Gulls, two Moorhens, a Water Rail, a SHORT-EARED OWL at 8:30am and then flushed and flew across the estuary towards Lydney, a Stonechat, 12 Reed Buntings, a Sparrowhawk and two Chiffchaffs singing. (Jon Haw).

Frampton pools     300+ Redwings, 100+ Fieldfares, an Egyptian Goose, two Oystercatchers, two Kingfishers, five Cetti’s Warblers, six Chiffchaffs, three Blackcaps, 80+ Siskins, two Little Grebes, four Great Crested Grebes, 88 Tufted Ducks, three Gadwalls, 32 Greylags, 21 Little Egrets and three Tawny Owls today. (Nick Goatman).

Walmore Common    A leucistic Lapwing today, probably the one seen at Slimbridge earlier this year. Also eight Shelducks, a Shoveler, five Gadwalls, 28 Wigeon, 200 Teal, 10+ Mallards, 23 Lapwings, three Curlews, 14 Dunlins, a JACK SNIPE, 12 Snipe, four Grey Herons, five Little Egrets and 110 Redwings. (Andy Jayne).

Hucclecote     A juvenile Sparrowhawk in the garden today. (Harold Smith).