Saul Warth     This afternoon at a very low high tide a Common Sandpiper, 50+ Curlews, 30+ Shelducks, a Sparrowhawk, three Kestrels, four Buzzards, a Wheatear, nine Swallows (seven at Longney). Nearby an OSPREY hovering over Gardener’s Pool at 4:10pm. (MK).

Osprey by Mike King

Frampton pools     32 Little Egrets roosting, 28 Cormorants, 31 Gadwalls, a male Pochard, eight Wigeon, four Tufted Ducks, two Little Grebes, two Kingfishers, 15 Meadow Pipits and a Reed Bunting this evening. (Nick Goatman). Midday at Court Lake, an OSPREY circled very high and drifted E. Also a Raven, five Buzzards, two Hobbies, two Little Grebes and  two young Great Crested Grebes. A Hobby over Splatt bridge at 1:15pm. (Paul Sutton).

Kingscote     Two Red Kites late afternoon. (Paul Sutton).

Cleeve Hill     This morning a Wheatear, a Whinchat, c20 Stonechats, 100 Linnets, 50 Swallows through and a double figure influx of Robins. (Duncan Dine).

Hardwicke     A Red Kite over Hardwicke Farm at 4:20pm. (MK).

Nailsworth     750+ House Martins and 70+ Swallows flew S between 8:10-9:20am. Small numbers of both species were moving over the Chavenage Lane area, where 13 Red Kites were seen. (Terry Grant).

Hartpury     At the college 42 House Martins, 14 Swallows, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Green Woodpecker, 50 Herring Gulls, 18 Pied Wagtails and three White Wagtails, a Buzzard, a Kestrel and four Long-tailed Tits. (Oliver Paisey).