WWT Slimbridge    The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showing on and off in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut today. Two BITTERNS showing well from Zeiss hide. Two Red Kites over the car park. (Phil Pope/Warren Gill/Martin Price). The GLOSSY IBIS on South Lake. (Dot Jones).

Ashleworth Ham     During a ringing session 40 birds caught including nine Sedge Warblers, 13 Whitethroats, two Long-tailed Tits, four Linnets and seven Reed Buntings. On the reserve a Curlew bubbling, singing Redstart, Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff. Also a Roe Deer. (Mike Smart).

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge early morning, two Cuckoos calling, a Common Sandpiper on the bridge, eight Common Cranes flew from the direction of the pools towards the river and a Kingfisher on the canal. (Steve Pullen). Five Hobbies over Court Lake this morning. (Andy Chapman).

Crickley Hill     Three Tree Pipits, two Whitethroats, a Stock Dove, a Mistle Thrush, a Willow Warbler, Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps and several Early Purple-orchids. (Paul Masters).

Bentham     A Cetti’s Warbler singing from dry bramble bushes, Four Little Grebes and broods of Coots and Mallards, a Grey Heron, many Whitethroats and Blackcaps and a passing Red Kite. (Terry Fenton).