WWT Slimbridge On the Rushy four Garganeys, two Spotted Redshanks, the WOOD SANDPIPER, a Snipe and the leucistic Lapwing. On the Tack Piece a red Knot and nine Green Sandpipers. A SPOONBILL from Zeiss hide. In the Decoy eight Mandarins and a Great White Egret. (Slimbridge Sightings/Roberta Goodall/Heather England/Lee Westwood/Ken Mihill/Eden Tanner).

Red Knot by Lee Westwood
Leucistic Lapwing by Heather England

Little Grebe by Eden Tanner

Green Sandpiper by Eden Tanner
Woodchester Park At Tinkley Gate c12 Crossbills flew down into the valley this afternoon. Also three Bullfinches, a Buzzard and two Chiffchaffs. (Elaine Arundel). Four Spotted Flycatchers, a Nuthatch, three Goldcrests, a Red Kite and a Green Woodpecker. (Harrison Rowsell).
Saul Warth Early morning no tide 167 Curlews, 44 Avocets, an Oystercatcher, a Redshank, three Black-tailed Godwits, 30 Dunlins, 110 Shelducks, two Great Crested Grebes, three Little Egrets, a Great White Egret, a Marsh Harrier, 32 Pied Wagtails, a Chiffchaff, a Willow Warbler, five Blackcaps and 36 Swallows. (MK).
Frampton pools This evening four Common Terns, the adult Yellow-legged Gull, a Swift, 30+ House Martins, 20+ Swallows, six Spotted Flycatchers, three Whitethroats, two Lesser Whitethroats and 25 Starlings. (Nick Goatman).
Elmore Court In the rewilding area two Whinchats with at least six Stonechats this morning. (Steve Pullen).
Cassey Compton A Little Egret on the river, a Green Woodpecker, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a family of Mistle Thrushes, four Swallows and two Buzzards heard. In the general area several Red Kites including two on a roadkill hare. (Steve Brown).
Rendcomb From the bridge, a Dipper feeding with a Robin on the weir, a Grey Wagtail, two Mistle Thrushes, a Red Kite, a Jay, a Grey Heron, two Nuthatches and c10 House Martins. A mix of species flycatching an emergence of insects including a juvenile Marsh Tit and a juvenile Goldfinch. (Steve Brown).
Stroud At Frome Banks N.R. two Dippers and two juvenile Kingfishers today. (Mike Davis).
Nailsworth A pair of food-carrying Swifts which are presumably still feeding young in a nest. Also a flock of 40+ tits, mainly Blue and Great in a bird-bathing area in the garden, and a Jersey Tiger moth this morning. (Terry Grant).


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