Bishops Cleeve A female type BLACK REDSTART very mobile on roofs and back gardens in Bramley Close and Mirabelle Road from late morning until 4:30pm at least. A garden tick. (Steve Rickard).

Black Redstart by Steve Rickard
WWT Slimbridge The TEMMINCK’S STINT on the Rushy again today. Also three Spotted Redshanks. A GLOSSY IBIS, a Curlew Sandpiper, a Little Stint and two BITTERNS from Zeiss hide. (Roy Kinchin/Martin Price/Dot Jones/Terry Stevenson).
Saul Warth Between 7:30-10am at high tide 192 Avocets, 89 Curlews, 82 Lapwings, a Common Sandpiper, a Redshank, 77 Shelducks, 120 Teal, four Little Egrets, two Chiffchaffs, a flock of 11 Magpies, a Raven, a Mistle Thrush, a male Stonechat, a small passage of ten Skylarks, 26 Meadow Pipits and 16 Linnets. (MK).
Chavenage Lane area A Whinchat again still this afternoon with six Stonechats. Also ten Red Kites and a flock of 21 Long-tailed Tits. (Terry Grant).
Halmore Around the woods today a Kestrel, a Buzzard, a Kingfisher, a Blackcap, a Nuthatch, two Greenfinches, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Song Thrush, eight Long-Tailed Tits, five Linnets, a flock of c25 Redwings at dusk and a male Muntjac. (Chris Newton).
Coombe Hill Meadows This morning a Kestrel, a Kingfisher, a Green Woodpecker, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, a Fieldfare, 20+ Redwings, 50+ mixed flock of Linnets and Goldfinches, 32 Canada Geese over, 6+ Skylarks, three Meadow Pipits, two Reed Buntings, 6+ Long-tailed Tits and 4+ male Willow Emerald damselflies. (Paul Clark). Five Redwings in Tewkesbury this morning. (Les Ditchburn).
Newnham-on-Severn A Firecrest and two Swallows along the river this morning. (Dan Watson).
Dudbridge Four Swallows over heading SE at 12:30pm. (Steve Pullen).
Stonehouse to Ebley Along the Stroudwater Canal this morning five Cormorants and a Kingfisher at Ebley wharf. A Little Grebe at Ryeford double lock and a Jay. A Cetti’s Warbler between Skew bridge and Wycliffe old boat house. A Sparrowhawk over Upper Mills bridge. A Kingfisher along the canal between St Cyr’s to the Ocean and a Cormorant at the Ocean. Around the Ocean area late afternoon a Kingfisher, a Buzzard and a Kestrel. (Paul Sutton).

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