Walmore Common     This evening nine Whinchats, at least three Stonechats and two Yellow Wagtails. (Andy Jayne).

Tresham     A Spotted Flycatcher, a Little Owl, an abundance of Skylarks, a few Corn Buntings and 8+ Swallows over the village. (Geoff Moyser).

Forest of Dean     Two Peregrines over Coleford, presumably an adult with a noisy youngster in pursuit. Three Common Sandpipers on the River Wye at Lydbrook. (Geoff Fawcett). A juvenile Buzzard mewling this afternoon SW of the Lydbrook valley. c20 Swifts circling this evening high above Forge Hill, Lydbrook. Also a Gatekeeper butterfly there. (Chris Sullivan).

WWT Slimbridge    From Kingfisher hide the pair of Kingfishers were busy taking fish to the nest hole. From the start of the Kingfisher Walkway a Treecreeper. From Robbie Garnett hide four juvenile Little Ringed Plovers. A Bittern was reported from Kingfisher hide. (Geoff Bryant). A Goshawk flew over South Lake at 12:20pm. (Warren Gill).

Stonehouse     Along the canal from Bridgend to Bond’s Mill a Migrant Hawker, lots of Emperors and Black-tailed Skimmers. A Sedge warbler at Hoffmann’s Dam and a Red Kite over Nutshell bridge for the 2nd day running. Also ten Swifts, 15 House Martins and eight Swallows together over the field below St Cyr’s church and all coming in to drink on the canal. (Paul Sutton). A Hobby through Stonehouse at 4pm this afternoon chased by Swifts. (Jon Dexter).

Red Kite by Paul Sutton

Sedge Warbler by Paul Sutton

Frampton    Around the pools two Hobbies, a Spotted Flycatcher, three Common Sandpipers, three Grey Herons, four Little Egrets, three Oystercatchers, 16 Tufted Ducks, five Cormorants, 109 Barnacle Geese, 23 Greylags, 88 Mute Swans, three Canada Geese, a Kingfisher, four Common Terns and 14 Pied Wagtails. (Nick Goatman). From Splatt Bridge this morning a Kingfisher, a Grey Wagtail, a Grey Heron and eight Mute Swans (2 ads, 6 juvs) on the canal. Around the flashes lots of Reed Warblers and Reed Buntings, mainly juveniles, also a juvenile Kestrel and two Little Egrets and two Treecreepers and eight Greenfinches by the church. (Steve Pullen).