Breadstone An OSPREY at lunchtime today cruising slowly south over the woods towards Berkeley Heath and circling briefly with three Buzzards. Also a hunting Goshawk, a Bullfinch, many Goldcrests, Coal Tits, Siskins and Nuthatches and a Mistle Thrush, also many Brimstones, four Peacocks, a Holly Blue and a male Orange Tip. (Chris Newton).

Osprey by Mike King
WWT Slimbridge Four White-fronted Geese and a Dark-bellied Brent Goose on the Dumbles. A Green Sandpiper briefly on the Rushy at 12:45pm. (Geoff Fawcett).
Saul Warth At high tide the first patch Wheatear, 146 Avocets, two Black-tailed Godwits, two Bar-tailed Godwits, 55 Curlews, 20 Redshanks, a Common Sandpiper, three Dunlins, four Oystercatchers, two pairs of Wigeon, a Little Egret, 35 Fieldfares, three Skylarks, a Willow Warbler and a Chiffchaff. (MK/Steve Rickard).

Wheatear by Mike King
Frampton The TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE still on Splatt flashes this morning. Three Sand Martins on the sailing lake. (Steve Rickard).
Moreton-in-Marsh A Swallow at Draycott this morning. (Sue Harrison).
Cleeve Hill At 8am c150 Golden Plovers until flushed by a dog walker and flew off high E. Also a Wheatear. (Roger Gillespie).
May Hill This morning 15 Crossbills, a Siskin and a Goshawk. (Paul Masters).
Chedworth Airfield A Wheatear today. (Duncan Dine).

Wheatear by Duncan Dine
Coombe Hill Meadows This morning 2+ Buzzards, a Peregrine, five Grey Herons, 8+ Little Egrets, two Ravens, a Stock Dove, four Pintails, four Shovelers, four Wigeon, six Shelducks, five Redshanks, two Oystercatchers, seven Mute Swans, a Curlew, 6+ Chiffchaffs, a Greenfinch, 6+ Bullfinches, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and 5+ Lapwings. (Paul Clark). Also two Greylags, 12 Gadwalls, 30 Mallards, 2+ Little Grebes, 30 Coots, 18 Snipe, ten Skylarks, two Fieldfares, six Chiffchaffs, a Raven and 5+ Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart/Ian Ralphs).
Leigh Meadows Two pairs of Mute Swans, ten Mallards, 15 Snipe, two JACK SNIPE, two Curlews, five Skylarks and a Chiffchaff. Also a Roe Deer. (Mike Smart).
Cobney Meadows This afternoon a pair of Canada Geese, 17 Shelducks, 20 Teal, 30 Mallards, a Coot, a Curlew, 60 Fieldfare and two Chiffchaffs. (Mike Smart).
Gloucester On Alney Island two Grey Herons, ten Mallards including a brood of 3 ducklings, four Teal, male and female Shoveler, a Buzzard, five Coots, four Moorhens, a JACK SNIPE, a Snipe, a Mistle Thrush, a male Blackcap, four Chiffchaffs and Orange Tip and Brimstone. (Gord Avery).
Ashleworth Ham This afternoon 190 Teal, 45 Wigeon, 35 Shoveler, seven Pintail, two Shelducks, five Tufted Ducks, 51 Coots, seven Lapwings, five Gadwalls, 34 Mallards, five Canada Geese, four Greylags, a Grey Heron, a Little Egret, seven Mute Swans, a Buzzard, two Chiffchaffs, a Stock Dove and a Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming. (John Fletcher).
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