WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT at Middle Point again today. Also a Green Sandpiper on the Tack Piece and a young Yellow Wagtail on the Summer Walkway. (Geoff Fawcett). A female Shoveler with a brood of least seven ducklings from Martin Smith hide. (Martin McGill).

Forest of Dean     At Nagshead today birds included a Pied Wagtail, Pied Flycatchers, a Spotted Flycatcher, a Jay, four Treecreepers, two Blackcaps, three Siskins, four Goldfinches, a Goldcrest and an adult Hawfinch feeding a juvenile. (Eden Tanner).

Hawfinches by Eden Tanner

Siskin by Eden Tanner

Pied Flycatcher by Eden Tanner

Ashleworth Ham     Birds caught in a ringing session today included an adult Redstart, a Sedge Warbler, seven Whitethroats, five Chiffchaffs, 16 Long-tailed Tits and three Reed Buntings. On the reserve at least six Greylags and two goslings, a Canada Goose, 170 Mallards, a Grey Heron, a Great White Egret, a Sparrowhawk, a Buzzard, a Cuckoo singing, ten House Martins, a male Yellow Wagtail, at least five Skylarks, three Sedge Warblers, five Whitethroats, a Willow Warbler, a Raven and at least five Reed Buntings. (Mervyn Greening/Mike Smart).

Coombe Hill Meadows    This evening until dusk ten Mute Swans, four Gadwalls, four Teal, c50 Mallards, a pair of Shovelers, a Great White Egret, a Grey Heron, a Cormorant, ten Coots and five chicks on canal, a Water Rail squealing, an Oystercatcher, five Avocets, three Ringed Plovers, two Little Ringed Plovers, 10+ Lapwings and a female with two tiny chicks just off reserve, six Curlews, a Cuckoo singing, a Yellow Wagtail carrying food and a Reed Warbler singing. (Mike Smart).

Whitminster     Along the canal near Fromebridge mid afternoon four Cetti’s Warblers, three Blackcaps, two Whitethroats, 20+ House Martins, 6+ Swallows and eight Swifts. (Paul Sutton).

Blackcap by Paul Sutton

Framilode     A Shelduck took nine chicks downstream from Epney, past Framilode and then kept going. (Paul Sutton).