Tidenham     A male Marsh Harrier just N of Sturch Pill near Tidenham this morning. (Andy Jayne).

WWT Slimbridge     Three Goldeneye (2m, 1f) on South Lake. Also the SPOONBILL still. (Jonathan Bull). An Oystercatcher on South Lake. (Martin Price). The GLOSSY IBIS still in roadside fields today. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Forest of Dean    At Parkend cricket ground a Nuthatch, two Ravens and Coal Tit and at the church Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Coal Tits and a Nuthatch. At Mallards Pike a Fallow Deer, at least eight male Mandarins and five females and four pairs of Goosanders. (Alan McIlquham). A Hawfinch and a male Bullfinch at Parkend and two Dippers at Cannop ponds. (Tom Berry). At Cannop Upper Pond this morning, a Kingfisher at the causeway end, six Little Grebes, male and female Mandarin, five Moorhens and two Ravens. (Chris Keeling).

Mandarin by Alan McIlquham

Goosander by Alan McIlquham

Coombe Hill Meadows     100 Wigeon, 1500 Teal, 50 Mallards, 100 Pintails, 200 Shovelers, ten Tufted Ducks, 20 Coots, 100 Lapwings, 30 Snipe, a drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker, five singing Skylarks, a male Stonechat, two Song Thrushes, ten Fieldfares, a Chiffchaff, 30 Linnets, 20 Bullfinches and a Reed Bunting. (Juliet Bailey/Mike Smart).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Hook 200 Canada Geese, 150 Wigeon, two Teal, a Grey Heron, 330 Lapwings, three Golden Plovers and a Stonechat. (Juliet Bailey/Mike Smart).

Stroud     A Dipper on the River Frome today. (Clive Scarlett).

Dipper by Clive Scarlett

Moreton Valence     A Barn Owl near Parkend at 4:30pm today. (Annie Heron).

Stonehouse    Along the canal Upper Mills to Hoffmann’s dam this morning three Cormorants, male and female Kingfishers, a Water Rail, a Little Grebe and a Buzzard. (Paul Sutton).

Water Rail by Paul Sutton