WWT Slimbridge A Ringed Plover and a SPOONBILL on the Tack Piece this morning. Three Little Stints, a Sanderling and a Peregrine on the Dumbles. Two WHOOPER SWANS and a female Mandarin on the Rushy. 92 Avocets and 25 Black-tailed Godwits on South Lake. c120 White-fronted Geese flew over the car park into the reserve at 10:30am. (MK/Roberta Goodall/John Budd). A MERLIN on the southern cross fence of the Dumbles. A drake Goldeneye on South Lake and an Egyptian Goose briefly. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Ringed Plover by Mike King
Frampton pools Two Common Cranes, a MERLIN, two Oystercatchers, 13 Barnacle Geese, eight Greylags, eight Canada Geese, two Great White Egrets, 70 Tufted Ducks, 78 Coots, six Blackcaps, a Chiffchaff, 14 Grey Herons, two Kingfishers, three Stonechats, 50+ Golden Plovers and seven Curlews over. (Nick Goatman).
Halmore In the garden today, birds included two male Siskins, a Nuthatch, four Greenfinches, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers and a singing Song Thrush. (Chris Newton).

Nuthatch by Chris Newton
Cheltenham This afternoon, at Park Campus lake, a drake Mandarin, two leucistic female Mallards and a Grey Wagtail. (David Norman).

Grey Wagtail by David Norman
Bisley Between the village and Calfway Farm this afternoon birds included male and female Stonechat, three Fieldfares, two Pied Wagtails, 45 Carrion Crows, two Pied Wagtails and two Buzzards. (John Fletcher).
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