Thu 26th March 2026

Frampton     A WILLOW WARBLER singing in the garden today. (Gordon Hodgson).

Cleeve Hill     Three WHEATEARS, a WILLOW WARBLER and a Swallow today. (Mark Dowie).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A Marsh Harrier, a Peregrine, seven Buzzards, three Red Kites, a Great White Egret, five Little Egrets, two Grey Herons, seven Mute Swans, 250+ Shovelers, 650+ Wigeon and Teal, 15 Pintails, 31 Shelducks, eight Mallards, nine Tufted Ducks, six Curlews, 41 Lapwings, six Redshanks, four Black-tailed Godwits, five Greylags, two Moorhens, 40+ Coots and a Little Grebe. (John Fletcher/Kevin Kingscott).

Marsh Harrier by John Fletcher

Tewkesbury     The Abbey Peregrines mating this week. (Alan McIlquham).

Peregrines by Alan McIlquham

Wed 25th March 2026

Ashleworth Ham     Two Swallows this afternoon. (Bryony Fulcher).

Chavenage Lane area     A Swallow flew S at 1:15 pm. Also a male Goshawk, 5+ Red Kites and 6+ Buzzards, while at Barton End there were 40+ Linnets and 14 Corn Buntings. (Terry Grant).

Tue 24th March 2026

Ashleworth Ham     This afternoon 141 Wigeon, 56 Teal, 27 Shovelers, two Shelducks, 21 Tufted Ducks, 11 Gadwalls, 18 Mallards, 28 Canada Geese, five Greylags, a Grey Heron, 25 Mute Swans, a Buzzard and a Peregrine. (John Fletcher).

WWT Slimbridge     A Great White Egret from Zeiss hide late afternoon. (Joshua Hamblin).

Mon 23rd March 2026

Bishop’s Cleeve     A female BLACK REDSTART very briefly in the garden this morning. (Andy Oliver).

Rodley     A WHITE WAGTAIL at Wilmore Common today. (Andy Jayne).

WWT Slimbridge     A MERLIN on the Dumbles at midday. (Ian Hull).

Forest of Dean     From New Fancy View point three distant Goshawks, a Sparrowhawk,
two Ravens, five Buzzards, 12 Crossbills, 25+ Siskins, two Coal Tits and a male Tawny Owl heard. (John Fletcher/Kevin Kingscott).

Dursley     A partially leucistic Blackbird  at the top of Union Street this morning at 9:30am. (David Ashbee).

Leucistic Blackbird by David Ashbee

Sun 22nd March 2026

Aylburton Warth & Guscar Rocks     WeBS count today six Canada Geese, 32 Shelducks, 14 Wigeon, 40 Teal, four Mallards, two Grey Herons, six Oystercatchers, 420 Curlews, a Black-tailed Godwit, four Redshanks, 21 Turnstones, five Common Gulls, five Herring Gulls, ten Skylarks, 40 Fieldfares, a Cetti’s Warbler, 4+ Chiffchaffs and two Linnets. (Mike Smart).

Sat 21st March 2026

Sharpness     Two summer-plumaged BLACK-NECKED GREBES off of the picnic site at 9am. (Andy Jordan).

Wotton-under Edge     In Westridge Woods today c20 Crossbills feeding in ones and twos in the conifers, four Redpolls, two Marsh Tits, a Bullfinch, four Goldcrests, several Siskins, a pair of displaying Sparrowhawks, a Red Kite and four Buzzards. (Chris Newton).

Crossbill by Chris Newton

Crossbill by Chris Newton

Coombe Hill Meadows     WeBS count today three Mute Swans, ten Canada Geese, three Shelducks, 1400 Wigeon, 25 Gadwalls, 300 Teal, 20 Mallards, 30 Pintails, 225+ Shovelers, two Pochards, five Tufted Ducks, three Grey Herons, two Little Egrets, four Little Grebes, a Great Crested Grebe, 30 Coots, a Moorhen, a Red Kite, four Lapwings, 15 Black-tailed Godwits, four Redshanks, five Herring Gulls, five Skylarks, two Blackcaps, three Chiffchaffs, a Raven, a Linnet and five Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart).

Ashleworth Ham     WeBS count today seven Mute Swans, ten Greylags, 40 Canada Geese, three Shelducks, 110 Wigeon, two Gadwalls, ten Teal, 25 Mallards, ten Pintails, 30 Shovelers, eight Tufted Ducks, two Little Egrets, a Little Grebe, 30 Coots, a Curlew, two Herring Gulls and a Chiffchaff. (Mike Smart).

Cobney Meadows     22 Shelducks, four Little Egrets and two Curlews today. (Mike Smart).

Gloucester     Around Robinswood Hill birds included two Green Woodpeckers, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, two Stock Doves, two Jays and two Buzzards. (John Fletcher).

Fri 20th March 2026

Coaley Peak    An OSPREY heading N over Frocester at 5pm. (Tim McGrath).

Forest of Dean     A Hawfinch at Parkend and three Goshawks and two Siskins from New Fancy View. (Paul Masters).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Between 11:30am-1:30pm three Chiffchaffs, two Sand Martins, eight Buzzards, a Red Kite, three Little Egrets, a Curlew, a Redwing, three Common Gulls; large numbers of ducks including several hundred each of Wigeon and Teal, 50+ Shovelers, c30 Gadwalls, c20 Pintails, c10 Tufted Ducks, twp Pochards, two Shelducks; a Little Grebe singing, three Ravens, a singing Cetti’s Warbler, several Skylarks and Lapwings. (Rob Crofton).

Cotswold Water Park West     At Shorncote this evening birds included Cetti’s Warbler, Backcap, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting, Tufted Duck, Teal and Gadwall. (Bruce Kettle).

Thu 19th March 2026

Stroud     A Dipper on the River Frome today. (Alan McIlquham).

Wed 18th March 2026

Cotswold Water Park West     The GREAT NORTHERN DIVER still on Pit 87 today. (Mark Dowie).

Cleeve Hill      c17 pairs of Skylarks on the plateau, a pair of Stonechats, a male Kestrel, a Red Kite, two Buzzards, two pairs of Stock Doves, seven Common Gulls, 22 Peacock butterflies and six Brimstones. In the Thrift Wood area birds included a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Green Woodpecker, two Nuthatches and a Chiffchaff. On ancient pasture at Woodmancote 60 adult Common Gulls. (Paul Whitehead).

Frampton    15 Redwings by the sailing lake this morning and a newly arrived Oystercatcher. (Nick Goatman).

Tue 17th March 2026

WWT Slimbridge     Still an adult and a juvenile SPOONBILL today. (Gordon Wilcock).

Spoonbill by Gordon Wilcock

Spoonbill by Gordon Wilcock

Frampton     A JACK SNIPE flew S over the reedbed N of Splatt Bridge. (Les Ditchburn).

Ashleworth Ham     This afternoon 19 Coots, 12 Greylags, 18 Canada Geese, three Pintails, two Shovelers, 20 Tufted Ducks, 125 Wigeon, four Teal, two Gadwalls, 22 Mallards, two Chaffinches, two Long-tailed Tits, a Chiffchaff, a Reed Bunting, a Cormorant and ten Mute Swans. (John Fletcher).

Gloucester     In the Sudmeadow and Landfill Site and along the Severn Way a Grey Heron, a Cormorant, a Buzzard, a Red Kite, four Stock Doves, a pair of Stonechats, a Chiffchaff, a Raven, four Linnets, two Reed Buntings and three Roe Deer (Gord Avery).

Mon 16th March 2026

WWT Slimbridge     A SWALLOW over the Tack Piece. A TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE on the Rushy. The Dark-bellied Brent Goose still on the Dumbles. (Ian Hull).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A female Goshawk and a colour-ringed Little Egret today. (Ian Ralphs).

Sun 15th March 2026

WWT Slimbridge     A Little Ringed Plover and a Dark-bellied Brent Goose on the Dumbles. (Martin McGill). Three Knot on South Lake. (Paul Rich).

Coombe Hill Meadows     The first returning Avocet, Redshank, a bubbling Curlew, seven Black-tailed Godwit, a Little Grebe and a Great Crested Grebe. (Ian Hull).

Stonebench     30 Fieldfares this morning. (Mark Hobson).