Forest of Dean    At Woorgreens/Crabtree Hill two Grey Herons, two female Mandarins, a Buzzard, a Raven, a Hobby, 50-60 House Martins, three Swifts, 10+ Stonechats (2 juv), six Linnet and many Dragonflies and Damselflies including 80+ Emerald Damselflies. (Paul Clark). At Flaxley Pool eight Little Grebes, two pairs of Tufted Ducks with 5 and 6 ducklings, three Buzzards, two Mute Swans and many Moorhens. In the Woorgreens area in the evening two Spotted Flycatchers, three Grey Herons, a juvenile Little Grebe and a Great Spotted Woodpecker. (Andy Jayne/John Fletcher).

WWT Slimbridge     A WOOD SANDPIPER from Zeiss hide. Also eight Green Sandpipers. On South Lake four Green Sandpipers, 110 Avocets, two Spotted Redshanks and a Mediterranean Gull. A Greenshank on the Rushy. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Nailsworth     A Peregrine flew S high over Windsoredge. A Hummingbird Hawk Moth in the garden at Windsoredge this lunchtime. (Terry Grant).

Frampton      Around the pools this evening a Spotted Flycatcher with at least two young, two Siskins over, a Common Sandpiper, two Common Terns, four broods of Great Crested Grebes 2, 2, 2 and 1, 40+ Swifts, 20+ Sand Martins, a Cetti’s with young, two Kingfishers and 80 Mute Swans including five cygnets. (Nick Goatman). A Cattle Egret and a juvenile Little Egret on Court Lake this afternoon, also the Ross’s Goose and a pair of Pied Wagtails carrying food.  (Terry Grant).

Cattle Egret by Terry Grant

Newnham-on-Severn     A pair of Spotted Flycatchers in the garden for the last month.(David Smith).