WWT Slimbridge      The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showing on and off in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut today. Also a SHORT-EARED OWL showed well this morning, 26 Ringed Plovers, a Marsh Harrier and a Peregrine.(Ian Ralphs/Roberta Goodall/Dave Creber/Oliver Paisey/Slimbridge Sightings).

Nailsworth     A Crossbill over Shortwood at 9:40am, flying W. (Jon Haw).

Tresham     A Spotted Flycatcher showing well this morning. (Paul Rich).

Stroud     At Fromebanks NR an adult Dipper and a juvenile this morning. Also 3+ Grey Wagtails, two male Blackcaps singing, a Song Thrush, two Swifts and a Muntjac. (Mike Davis).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning 3+ Buzzards, 3+ Cuckoos, two Great White Egrets, two Little Egrets, a Redshank, ten Lapwings including four juveniles, a Yellow Wagtail, 6+ Reed Buntings, three Sedge Warblers, a Chiffchaff, 5+ Redstarts, 6+ Lesser Whitethroats, four Whitethroats, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers and four Swallow. (Paul Clark).  On the flashes Mute Swan, Greylags and a Red Kite seen. Dragonflies included Four-spotted Chaser, Broad-bodied Chaser and Black-tailed Skimmer. At the road junction at Coombe End 30 House Martins and a Swallow. (Keith White).

Minsterworth Ham     A Red Kite, a Buzzard, a Peregrine, four Curlews, five Black-headed Gulls, ten Herring Gulls and a Lesser Black-backed Gull, a Cuckoo, a Redstart, two Blackcaps, two Chiffchaffs and two Ravens. (Mike Smart & Juliet Bailey).

Rodborough Common     This morning four Chiffchaffs, two Blackcaps heard, two Swifts, two Meadow Pipits, four Skylarks, two Carrion Crows, two Jays, three Stonechat (1m, 1f, 1 juv), a Greenfinch and two Dunnocks. (Mil Petkovic).

Stonechat by Mil Petkovic

Bisley     Along the Wysis Way this afternoon two Yellowhammers seen carrying food into a stone wall under the hedges. (John Fletcher).

Yellowhammer by John Fletcher