WWT Slimbridge A Green Sandpiper this morning on the Tack Piece. Three Avocet chicks on the Rushy, on the river 20 Sanderlings, a Cuckoo in the Decoy wood and two Little Grebes on the Decoy pond. Also from Martin Smith hide early morning, a male Kingfisher and a Fox cub. (Neil Smart/Mike Davis/Dave Tait).

Fox cub by Dave Tait
Saul Warth At high tide this morning a Marsh Harrier on the Warth hunting, flushing ducks, then resting. Just nine Curlews, nine Oystercatchers, a Dunlin, 30+ Shelducks and a pair with 17 ducklings, 25+ Mallards, a pair of Gadwalls, two Little Egrets, a Lesser Whitethroat, two Whitethroats, 50+ Swifts apparently still arriving and a male Reed Bunting. (MK).

Marsh Harrier by Mike King
Hartpury Birds today included a Little Egret, a pair of Ravens, three Buzzards, four Greenfinches, ten Goldfinches and two Stock Doves. (Oliver Paisey).
Slad Valley Birds included a Chiffchaff, a Goldcrest, Buzzards, a Red Kite, a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and a Tree Pipit at Swifts Hill. (Paul Sutton).

Tree Pipit by Paul Sutton
Ashleworth Ham This evening birds included a Spotted Flycatcher, a Redstart, four Yellow Wagtails, Whitethroats, Sedge Warblers, Chiffchaffs, Willow Warblers, Reed Buntings, a Red Kite, Skylarks and Song Thrushes. (Richard Humphrey/Go Wild In Ashleworth Group).

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