WWT Slimbridge A WHOOPER SWAN on the Rushy from mid-afternoon, also a Green Sandpiper. (Terry Stevenson). Ten Avocets on the Estuary Tower scrape, seven unringed Common Cranes flew across the Tack Piece, two Kingfishers from Kingfisher hide and the long staying juvenile SPOONBILL still from Robbie Garnett hide. (Paul Clark).

Whooper Swan by Terry Stevenson

Green Sandpiper by Terry Stevenson
Saul Warth At Grey Plover, 160 Avocets, 35 Black-tailed Godwits, three Oystercatchers, six Redshanks, 26 Curlews, three Common Cranes, two Kestrels, four Skylarks, 22 Fieldfares and a Chiffchaff. (MK).
Forest of Dean Two Goshawks in the Staple Edge area. Also two Buzzards and two Crossbill. (Rachel Thomas).

Crossbill by Rachel Thomas
Leckhampton At St Peter’s Church a Green Woodpecker, a Nuthatch, two Greenfinches singing. Stock Doves heard and a pair of Blackcaps nearby. At Pilley Bridge reserve a Sparrowhawk, a Buzzard through low, a Red Kite over W, two Jays, two Greenfinches and two singing Blackcaps. (Steve Brown).
Coombe Hill Meadows Four Swallows, an Oystercatcher, four Redshanks and four Fieldfares for the 3rd day. (Ian Hull).
Cleeve Hill Two Wheatears at the masts early afternoon. (Mark Hobson).
Ketford A pair of Mandarins on the River Leadon today. (Ian Ralphs).
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