WWT Slimbridge     Two SPOONBILLS on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide. From Estuary Tower 20 Curlews, a Whimbrel, two Ruff, 25 Sanderlings, 103 Dunlins, 90 Ringed Plovers and two Oystercatchers. Three breeding plumage Cattle Egrets on South Lake. (Slimbridge Sightings/Terry Stevenson).

Saul Warth    A Short-eared Owl at 6:30am between Hock Ditch and Hock Cliff. A Mandarin flew from Hock Ditch towards Dunstalls Farm at 6:15am. On the river at high tide  40 Shelducks and four ducklings, 18 Curlews, a Bar-tailed Godwit, three Grey Plovers, 30 Dunlins, 11 Ringed Plovers, six Sanderlings and three Oystercatchers. (MK/Gordon Hodgson).

Short-eared Owl by Mike King

Frampton     At the pools 50+ Swifts, two pairs of Great Crested Grebes with young, a Spotted Flycatcher, 80+ Sand Martins with a few House Martins and Swallows, an Oystercatcher feeding young, four breeding plumage Cattle Egrets, two Little Egrets and two Grey Heron juveniles nearly ready to fly. (Nick Goatman).

Sharpness     This morning a Lesser Black-backed Gull with white primaries, a Whimbrel, a Lapwing, three Oystercatchers, a Mistle Thrush, a Reed Warbler, 16 Shelducks, two Stock Doves, two Little Egrets, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Pied Wagtail and a Buzzard. (Oliver Paisey).

Halmore     In the woods today birds included a Cuckoo, two Bullfinches, several Spotted Flycatchers, two Nuthatches, two Coal Tits, two Blackcaps and a Little Egret. (Chris Newton).

Spotted Flycatcher by Chris Newton

Leckhampton     A Red Kite snatched a Magpie chick from the nest in the neighbour’s garden today. (Chris Furley).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Five Mute Swans, 30 Mallards, a Grey Heron, a Little Egret, a Coot, a pair of Oystercatchers with two chicks, five Lapwings, a Snipe, a pair of Redshanks with three small chicks, three Cuckoos, three Skylarks, a Redstart, a Reed Warbler, two Sedge Warblers, two Blackcaps, three Whitethroats, two Chiffchaffs and three Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart/Les Ditchburn).

Tewkesbury Abbey     Both adult Peregrines feeding a chick on the breeding platform this afternoon. (Roger Wasley).

Peregrines by Roger Wasley

Peregrine by Roger Wasley