Purton     A WOODLARK flew NE at 6:47am. Also this morning a Turnstone, 15 Sanderlings, a Little Ringed Plover, five Ringed Plovers, a Cuckoo, a Red Kite, a Yellow Wagtail and a Siskin. (Francis Steuck).

WWT Slimbridge     The GLOSSY IBIS was seen briefly at 7:50am between the canal and the WWT. (Slimbridge Sightings). A BITTERN flew S at 8:05am seen from Knott hide. (Tan Grigg).

Frampton     A near adult SPOONBILL on Splatt flashes this morning. (Gordon Hodgson). It wasn’t there early afternoon but returned at 3:45am. (Colin Greenfield). This afternoon a drake GARGANEY on the flashes. Also two Little Egrets, three Lapwings, four Redshanks, an Oystercatcher and a pair of Shovelers. 7+ Common Terns and an Oystercatcher on the sailing lake. (MK).

Epney    At least two Yellow-legged Gulls loafing in the roost this afternoon. (MK).

Forest of Dean     In Woorgreens car park a Wood Warbler at 8am. A Crossbill calling from a conifer over the road from Dilke Hospital. (Steve Brown). At Cannop Ponds today birds included a Mandarin, a pair of Little Grebes with young, a Kingfisher, Tufted Ducks, a Grey Wagtail, a Pied Wagtail, Mute Swans, a Treecreeper and Blackcaps. (Julie Loxley).

Coombe Hill Meadows    29 Mute Swans, 16 Greylags, eight Canada Geese, seven Gadwalls, c50 Mallards, three Shovelers, four Tufted Ducks, two Cormorants, a Great White Egret, two Cattle Egrets, three Grey Herons, 15 Coots, two Oystercatchers, eight Avocets, 10+ Lapwings, two Ringed Plovers, two Little Ringed Plovers, two Curlews, eight Redshanks, a Greenshank, a Buzzard, a Red Kite, a Peregrine, a Hobby, two pairs of Yellow Wagtails and song from Cuckoo, Skylark, Redstart, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and a Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart/Sam Walker).

Whitminster     A Red Kite flew over Hyde Lane circled then headed N at 3:30pm. (Tanya Allen).

Stonehouse     Two Cetti’s Warblers and a Sedge warbler on the Stroudwater canal. (Paul Sutton).

Cetti’s Warbler by Paul Sutton

Halmore     In and around the woods today a Cuckoo seen and calling, a Hobby over, a Goshawk in a tree being mobbed by Crows, after dark a Barn Owl hunting in a meadow and two Little Owls duetting. (Chris Newton).

Leighterton     Two Swifts, two Red Kites and three Corn Buntings E of the village this afternoon. (Terry Fenton).