WWT Slimbridge On the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide a GLOSSY IBIS, a BITTERN, a Great White Egret, three Cattle Egrets, a Hobby, a juvenile Curlew Sandpiper, nine Wigeon and a Pintail. Five SPOONBILLS around the site. From Middle Point four Golden Plovers, a Turnstone, 14+ Curlew Sandpipers, five Little Stints, 27 Avocets, eight Knot, 211+ Ringed Plovers, 300 Dunlins, 9+ Sanderlings, a Whimbrel and a Bar-tailed Godwit. On the Rushy seven Knot, four Spotted Redshanks and two Garganeys. (Slimbridge Sightings/Dot Jones/Julian Gould/Steve Pullen).

Spoonbills by Nigel Gardener
Saul Warth Early morning no tide 104 Curlews, six Bar-tailed Godwits, a Grey Plover, two Redshanks, 20 Avocets, 22 Shelducks, five Little Egrets, a Cattle Egret, 15 Common Cranes, a Hobby, three Kestrels, a male Stonechat, a Grey Wagtail, a Yellow Wagtail, 16 Pied Wagtails, seven Meadow Pipits, four Blackcaps, a Lesser Whitethroat, five Chiffchaffs, 50 Swallows, 50 Linnets and 20 Goldfinches. (MK).

Stonechat by Mike King
Nailsworth Visible migration over the house today in Walkley Wood 50+ House Martins, ten Swallows, a Hobby chasing the hirundines, five Buzzards, two Red Kites, two Sparrowhawks, 20+ Meadow Pipits, five Siskins, two Bullfinches, three Chiffchaffs and two Ravens. (Jon Haw).
Gossington Four Spotted Flycatchers, two Wheatears, two Buzzards, a Red Kite, Little Owls heard and a Yellowhammer. (Harrison Rowsell).
Minchinhampton At the Golf Club at 9am between the 12th and 13th fairways on the Cherington course four female Wheatears, present for c2 weeks. Also a Red Kite flew over and two Ravens. (Mil Petkovic).

Wheatears by Mil Petkovic
Cheltenham A pair of Ravens in the tall conifers between Westdown Gardens and Eldon Road. (Arthur Ball).

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