Cotswold Water Park East At Pit 114 a Marsh Harrier hunting, 1000 Teal and Wigeon, a few Pintail and up to ten Goldeneyes. The escaped Scarlet Ibis showed well on Roundhouse lake from the hide in the left hand corner with three Little Egrets. (Duncan Dine).
Saul Warth This morning a strong SW wind had cleared out the site. 65 Shelducks, 161 Curlews, four Buzzards, three Kestrels, 150 Starlings and four Fieldfares. 15 Cattle Egrets and five Little Egrets opposite Dunstalls Farm. Nearby a Red Kite at Longney at 10:24pm. (MK).
WWT Slimbridge A Dark-bellied Brent Goose on the Dumbles again. (David Creber). The FIRECREST (below) taken on the 12th. (Gordon Wilcock).

Firecrest by Gordon Wilcock
Westonbirt 13+ Crossbills around the Silk Wood area of the arboretum this afternoon. (Jon Haw).
Frampton pools At the sailing lake a Yellow-legged Gull, a Great White Egret and four Stonechats in the weedy field still. (Nick Goatman). Also around the pools this morning a Little Grebe, a Great Crested Grebe, a Red Kite, a Goldcrest, a Linnet and a Meadow Pipit. (Peter Bryant). In the Court Lake roost late afternoon 33 Cattle Egrets, 19 Little Egrets, five Great White Egrets and 56 Cormorants. (Nick Goatman).
Hazleton Along the minor road towards Salperton, two BRAMBLINGS with 20 Chaffinches, c50 Fieldfares and a few Redwings. Near Hazleton Garage a singing Corn Bunting and a Kestrel. Just over the A40 on the road to Compton Abdale two Muntjacs. Several Red Kites and two Buzzards in the general area. (Steve Brown).
Chavenage Lane Four Red Kites and 25+ Corn Buntings, and a MERLIN diving several times at something in the grass at Barton End. (Terry Grant).
Elmore Court In the rewilding area c30 Snipe flushed near the waterlogged corner, also 20+ Skylarks, 10+ Meadow Pipits, two Stonechats, six Reed Buntings. 12 Stock Doves, c20 Pheasants and two Roe Deer. (Steve Pullen).
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