WWT Slimbridge The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT singing at Middle Point again this afternoon. (Roberta Goodall). At least six Kingfishers on site today from Kingfisher hide and Martin Smith hide. (Roberta Goodall/Terry Stevenson/Paul Clark). A drake Garganey on the Tack Piece today. (Slimbridge Sightings). Four Great White Egrets on the Tack Piece this morning. (Terry Stevenson).
Frampton From Splatt Bridge this morning a female Cuckoo, 100+ Swifts hawking low over the reedbeds, a Lesser Whitethroat, four Reed Warblers, 6+ Redshanks, eight Gadwalls, two Little Egrets and a Grey Heron. (Steve Pullen).
Forest of Dean At Nagshead birds today included a Kingfisher, a Redstart, three Spotted Flycatchers, five Pied Flycatchers, a Bullfinch, a Garden Warbler, 13+ Siskins, a Sparrowhawk, a Nuthatch, a Jay, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, two Pied Wagtails and two Coal Tits. (Oliver Paisey). A male Kestrel in Lower Mitcheldean, unusual there. (Chris Keeling).
Brookthorpe This evening four Swifts over at 9:10pm. (Ian Elphick).
Tewkesbury At Mitton on a flooded field 17 Mute Swans, 13 Greylags, two Gadwalls, 50 Mallards with at least five broods of ducklings, a male Shoveler, two Grey Herons, two Moorhens, four Lapwings, a Curlew, a Redshank and 30 House Martins collecting mud. (Mike Smart).
Coombe Hill Meadows 32 Mute Swans, a Greylag, three Canada Geese, eight Teal, at least 44 Mallards with at least five broods of ducklings, three Shovelers, four Tufted Ducks, a Great White Egret, two Little Egrets, three Grey Herons, 15 Coots, five Avocets, two Little Ringed Plovers, four Lapwings, five Curlews, a Redshank, two Ringed Plovers, a Lesser Black-backed Gull, a Cuckoo, a Yellow Wagtail and 1+ Reed Warbler singing. (Mike Smart).
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