WWT Slimbridge From Zeiss hide a juvenile Goshawk flew through, a Red Kite circling, a juvenile Marsh Harrier, four Kestrels, three Common Cranes including a juvenile, five Black-tailed Godwits and a Spotted Redshank. Another Spotted Redshank from Hogarth hide. (Paul Clark). A juvenile Cuckoo hiding in the willows at the back of the Arctic Adventure this morning being fed by Reed Warblers. (Mike Davis).
Broadoak/Westbury Strand This evening a Common Sandpiper, a Yellow-legged Gull, four Little Egrets, a Raven, a Hobby, 50+ Swallows, five Reed Warblers, four Yellow Wagtails and four Reed Buntings. (Andy Jayne).
Walmore Common Six Whinchats today. (Andy Jayne).
Frampton Along the canal and on the flashes early morning four Little Egrets, a Kestrel, a Kingfisher, four Lesser Whitethroats, a Whitethroat, three Chiffchaffs, a Willow Warbler, three Blackcaps, three Skylarks and a Reed Bunting. (MK/Gordon Hodgson).
Coombe Hill Meadows 12 Mute Swans, five Canada Geese, two Teal, a Gadwall, 20 Mallards, an unringed Great White Egret, a Little Egret, a Grey Heron, a Buzzard, a Red Kite, ten Lapwings, a Reed Warblers and two Sedge Warblers today. (Mike Smart).
Winchcombe At Hayles Fruit Farm birds included 31 House Martins, five Swallows, three Green Woodpeckers, three Great Spotted Woodpeckers, three Blackcaps, two Song Thrushes, two Greenfinches, a Grey Heron, five Mallards, four Moorhens, five Buzzards, three Red Kites, two Ravens and two Tawny Owls calling after dark. (John Fletcher).
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