WWT Slimbridge    A WOOD SANDPIPER, eight Green Sandpipers, a Little Ringed Plover, two Great White Egrets and a Yellow Wagtail on the Tack Piece. A Knot and two Spotted Redshanks on South Lake. Two SPOONBILLS from Zeiss hide. A Great White Egret and two Mandarins in the Decoy. A Brown Hawker along South Finger. (MK/Donna Cook/Terry Stevenson).

Wood Sandpiper by Terry Stevenson

Knot by Mike King

Brown Hawker by Mike King

Saul Warth     Early morning visit 60 Curlews, 30 Avocets, six Dunlins, four Ringed Plovers, a Little Egret, three Grey Herons, three Kestrels, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, four Pied Wagtails, a Yellow Wagtail, a Grey Wagtail, a Willow Warbler, two Chiffchaffs, a Whitethroat, four Blackcaps, four Swallows and 20 Mistle Thrushes. (MK).

Halmore     Around the woods today birds included a juvenile Redstart, a patch tick, a Bullfinch, two Willow Warblers, several Chiffchaffs, a Spotted Flycatcher, a Nuthatch, two Goldcrests, two Coal Tits, a Raven, a Jay and seven Buzzards circling together up high. (Chris Newton).

Westonbirt     Today in the old arboretum two Firecrests, a family of c6 Spotted Flycatchers, a family of Sparrowhawks with at least three fledged young. In the afternoon four Spotted Flycatchers in Silk Wood (probably different ones). (Martine & Pete Fenn).

Firecrest by Pete Fenn

Spotted Flycatcher by Pete Fenn

Stroud     At Frome Banks NR today a Kingfisher, a Dipper, a Spotted Flycatcher and a Treecreeper. (Gerard Doran).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area 3+ Whinchats with at least six Stonechats this morning. Also 15+ Linnets, four Reed Buntings, three Skylarks, 20+ Goldfinches, five very vocal Buzzards, two Green Woodpeckers, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, two Treecreepers, a Nuthatch and six Greenfinches. (Steve Pullen).

Frampton    Five Swifts with 40+ Sand Martins over Court Lake this evening. . Also the Yellow-legged Gull and a Common Tern. (Nick Goatman).

Newent     15 Spotted Flycatchers feeding together and a nest with three young in a private wood. Also a Green Woodpecker. (Alan Hooper).

Spotted Flycatchers by Alan Hooper

Winchcombe     At Hayle’s fruit farm camp site and surrounding area two Tawny Owls heard, three Spotted Flycatchers, two Green Woodpeckers, seven Swallows, a Pied Wagtail, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Grey Heron, seven Mallards, four Moorhens, two Mute Swans, four Ravens, two Red Kites, a Kestrel and four Buzzards. (John Fletcher).