Saul Warth     The very late first-winter Wheatear for it’s 4th day. 70+ Shelducks, a Redshank, 30+ Curlews, a Common Sandpiper, a Great White Egret again in the private field behind Fretherne church, three Little Egrets, three Redwings, two Stonechats, 22 Meadow Pipits, a Chiffchaff, 32 Linnets, four Reed Buntings and a Nuthatch. (MK).

Stonechat by Nigel Young

Common Sandpiper by Mike King

Frampton pools     Late afternoon a Firecrest with a tit flock, eight Chiffchaffs, three Siskins, 26 Redwings, 18 Fieldfares, 30 Starlings, two male Pochards, six Wigeon, four Shovelers, six Teal, ten Gadwalls, 43 Tufted Ducks, 47 Cormorants and 17 Little Egrets. (Nick Goatman).

Gloucester     At Horsbere Brook Flood Storage Area today a Cetti’s Warbler, probably a new species for the site, Also two Water Rails calling, four Snipe, a female Stonechat and two Reed Buntings. (Andy Jayne).

Plusterwine     This morning at high tide between Plusterwine and Woolaston Grange, three Grey Herons, two Buzzards, a Kestrel, 14 Greylags, two Canada Geese, 11 Shelducks, 49 Wigeon, 17 Redshanks, 55 Lapwings, a Snipe, a Green Sandpiper, two Collared Doves, a Skylark, a Reed Bunting, nine Long-tailed Tits and a Raven. Congregating by the maize stubble, 440 Carrion Crows, 290 Jackdaws, 150 Starlings, 40 Redwings, 25 Goldfinches, four Song Thrushes and four Greenfinches. (lain Crawford).

Maisemore     This afternoon two Little Grebes, 22 Mallards, six Moorhens, a Grey Heron,
two Cormorants, a Raven, two Goldfinches, five Long-tailed Tits, a Buzzard and 91 Canada Geese flew over towards Sandhurst. (John Fletcher).

Hucclecote     This morning 20+ Goldfinches in the garden. (Harold Smith).