WWT Slimbridge     Two SPOONBILLS still mobile around the grounds today. Two WHOOPER SWANS, 85 Bewick’s Swans and the female Mandarin on the Rushy again.  16 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE and a Pink-footed Goose on the Dumbles. The hybrid Tufted Duck x Red Crested Pochard on the Eider pen. (Martin Price/Roger Wasley/Thomas McClung).

Spoonbills by Roger Wasley

Hybrid Tufted Duck x Red Crested Pochard by Martin Price

Minsterworth Ham     Two Egyptian Geese, a male Pochard, 86 Shovelers, 300+ Wigeon, 450 Pintails, ten Teal, an Oystercatcher, a Curlew, four Grey Herons, five Buzzards, two Ravens and a Red Kite nearby over the A48. (Andy Jayne).

Leadon Meadows     Two Shovelers, 70 Teal and two Dunlins today. (Andy Jayne).

Sapperton/Bathurst Estate area     This morning two Buzzards, a Goshawk, seven Redwings, 40 Skylarks, two Meadow Pipits, three Nuthatches, a Corn Bunting, a Yellowhammer, 25 Chaffinches, two Linnets and six Goldfinches. (MK).

Dudbridge     Two Dippers on Redler millpond this morning. (Steve Pullen).

Longlevens     A Ring-necked Parakeet in the garden today. (Neil Jones).

Ring-necked Parakeet by Neil Jones

Forest of Dean     At Beechenhurst, a Goshawk calling and five Buzzards overhead. At Cannop ponds, eight Mandarins, seven Goosanders and a Little Grebe and a Marsh Tit with other tits and three Great Spotted Woodpeckers calling. (Rufus Dawson).

Halmore     Garden birds today included the first Siskin of the winter, a male, also two Coal Tits, four Long-tailed Tits, four Greenfinches and eight Chaffinches. (Chris Newton).

Siskin by Chris Newton