Shepherd’s Patch, Slimbridge    12 Cattle Egrets and ten Little Egrets today. (John Fletcher/Andy Jayne).

WWT Slimbridge    On the Rushy two WHOOPER SWANS and ten Bewick’s Swans and also a Spotted Redshank. Around the reserve a Ringed Plover, two Peregrines, a female Marsh Harrier and three unringed Common Cranes. (John Fletcher/Andy Jayne). The Scandinavian Rock Pipit again in front of Estuary Tower at high tide. (Tim Jukes).

Whooper Swan by John Fletcher

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning four Mute Swans, four Shelducks, 100+ Wigeon, ten Gadwalls, 700 Teal, 20 Mallards, 170+ Pintails, 70+ Shovelers, 60 Tufted Ducks, two Great Crested Grebes, two Little Grebes, a Cormorant, two Little Egrets, four Cattle Egrets, a Buzzard, a Red Kite, 15 Coots, two Oystercatchers, ten Lapwings, five Dunlins, 21 Black-tailed Godwits, nine Curlews (including one with yellow ring AJ which nests across the river and was observed in winter 2023/24 in Ireland), at least one Redshank, five Herring Gulls, 50 Black-headed Gulls, ten Skylarks, two Chiffchaffs singing and four Reed Buntings singing. (Mike Smart/Ian Hull).

Forest of Dean     A FIRECREST at Nagshead today. (Roy Kinchin).