WWT Slimbridge     A pair of RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS on the Severn off of the Dumbles at 8am, always quite distant and eventually lost to view. On South Lake two MEDITERRANEAN GULLS, a pair of Little Ringed Plovers and the breeding plumage Spotted Redshank. A very mobile Cuckoo singing all over the reserve. (Martin McGill). Two ARCTIC SKUAS on the mud off of the Dumbles at 12:15pm briefly then flew back down past Purton. (Ian Hull). This afternoon 14 ARCTIC TERNS briefly bathing at Middle Point then headed S downstream at 3:10pm gaining height. (Neil Smart).

Saul Warth     At high tide 56 Bar-tailed Godwits, two Grey Plovers (1 in summer plumage), six Ringed Plovers, eight Dunlins, three Oystercatchers, two Whimbrels, 22 Curlews, a Common Sandpiper, 16 Swallows, two Yellow Wagtails flew W, four Common Cranes flew across to Awre, two Whitethroats and a Blackcap. (MK).

Whitethroat by Mike King

Purton     This afternoon 65 Bar-tailed Godwits, 14 Whimbrels, 70 Swallows and two Swifts all through NE. (Francis Steuck).

Coombe Hill Meadows    At 4:30pm 30-35 ARCTIC TERNS flew straight through. Also a Cuckoo calling, 55 Black-tailed Godwits and six Great White Egrets. (Duncan Dine). In flooded fields S of Coombe Hill two Bar-tailed Godwits with 34 Black-tailed Godwits, nine Whimbrels and 12 Yellow Wagtails. (Dan Gornall).

Hasfield Ham     A male Whinchat and two Wheatears today. (Dan Gornall).

Forest of Dean     At Nagshead a pair of Redstarts, a pair of Pied Flycatchers, a Treecreeper, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Garden Warbler today. (Roy Kinchin).

Stanley Downton     This afternoon three calling Green Woodpeckers, six singing Chiffchaffs, c160 Woodpigeons over and smaller flocks later all heading NE, a Red Kite circling low, drifted towards Leonard Stanley, a mixed flock of c40 Swallows and c20 House Martins over fields E of the sewage works. (Paul Sutton).

Coln Rogers     Four Swallows at the bridge today. (Harvey Sherwood).

Winchcombe     A Tawny Owl calling at 10pm. (Gill Worthington).