Tidenham Chase An influx of 40+ Willow Warblers today. Also four Buzzards, a Green Woodpecker, five Stonechats and a Tree Pipit. (Andy Jayne).

Forest of Dean    A juvenile Marsh Harrier at Stowe Green Quarry today. Also three Teal, two Red Kites, two Buzzards, a Hobby, a pair of Little Grebes with five chicks, a Spotted Flycatcher, a Whinchat, seven Stonechats and a Tree Pipit. (Andy Jayne).

Saul Warth     This afternoon a Wheatear and a Whinchat at Hock Ditch, two Buzzards and two Kestrels. (Nigel Young). Two Spotted Flycatchers this evening and a Yellow Wagtail over. (Gordon Hodgson).

Whinchat by Nigel Young

Buzzard by Nigel Young

Stinchcombe Hill     This morning a male Redstart, a Yellow Wagtail, a Swift amongst the House Martins, and a few Willow Warblers amongst the noisy Chiffchaffs, one singing and c100 Goldfinches. (James Robinson).

WWT Slimbridge     From Middle Point 12 Little Egrets, a Great White Egret, a Peregrine, 130 distant small waders including Ringed Plovers, Dunlins, Sanderlings and a Little Stint, a breeding plumage Grey Plover, two Greenshanks and a female Wheatear. Around the grounds three Spotted Redshanks and seven Green Sandpipers. (Tim Jukes/Dot Jones/Oliver Paisey).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning nine species of dragonflies and damselflies but no sign of Willow Emeralds. Southern and Migrant Hawkers the most abundant. Also a Kingfisher, a Raven, 2+ Chiffchaffs, a Whitethroat, a Blackcap, 30+ Goldfinches and a Bullfinch calling. (Paul Masters/MK). This afternoon a Kingfisher, a Redstart, a Sedge Warbler with three young, a Reed Bunting, three Willow Warblers, three Grey Herons and a Great White Egret. (Paul Clark).

Southern Hawker by Mike King

Gloucester     A Peregrine flew N over Walham ponds at 8:30am. (Paul Masters/MK).

Elmore Court    This morning in the rewilding area viewed from the public footpath along Broadmeadow Bank birds included a Great Spotted woodpecker, a Kestrel, a Hobby, six Buzzards, a Grey Heron, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, Sedge Warblers and three Linnets. Dragonflies included Emperor, Common Darters, Black-tailed Skimmers and Southern Hawker. (Paul Sutton).

Great White Egret by Paul Sutton

Bourton-on-the-Water     Around the Fieldbarn camp site area birds included 27 Goldfinches, seven Yellowhammer, a Green Woodpecker, a Grey Heron, two Red Kites,
two Buzzards and a Kestrel. Around the lakes birds included 31 Canada Geese, six Great Crested Grebes, three Cormorants, two Mute Swans, a Grey Heron, three Long-tailed Tits. two Grey Wagtails, a Little Egret, two Blackcaps, five Mallards and a Buzzard. (John Fletcher).

Leigh Meadows     Two Grey Herons, a Green Sandpiper, a Swallow, a Sedge Warbler, two Chiffchaffs and five Linnets today. (Mike Smart).

Cobney Meadows     Seven Mute Swans, a Teal, 20 Mallards, a Grey Heron, two Buzzards, two Whinchats sitting on fence posts along the Old Parish Drain, a Sedge Warbler, two Chiffchaffs and two Jays. (Mike Smart).