Gloucester An OSPREY flew over the house in Barnwood Avenue at 6pm this evening, a garden tick. (Rob Crofton).
WWT Slimbridge The DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE and a Wheatear on the Dumbles and six Common Cranes. A SPOTTED REDSHANK on the Rushy. Three Common Gulls, an adult Yellow-legged Gull and a Cattle Egret in breeding plumage on South Lake. Two Great Black-backed Gulls on the estuary. The SPOONBILL, initially on the Tack Piece and then flew off high S. A Goshawk from Zeiss hide. A pair of Kingfishers in the Decoy. Also around the site three Sedge Warblers, two Reed Warblers, a Willow Warbler, five Chiffchaff and three Blackcaps. (Rob Crofton/Andy Langley/Paul Masters).
Barnsley Warren A female RING OUZEL briefly, 24 Red Kites, 18 Buzzards, four pairs of Lapwings, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, many Skylarks, two Redstarts, three Blackcaps, a Chiffchaff, four Willow Warblers, two Long-tailed Tits, 12 Linnets, four Corn Buntings and plenty of Pasque Flowers. (Mick Jones).
Cleeve Hill At least two RING OUZELS still this morning. (Ian Hull/Terry Stevenson).
Saul Warth Early morning no tide 165 Avocets, 50 Black-tailed Godwits,four Oystercatchers, a Lapwing, 20 Curlews, 56+ Shelducks, a Marsh Harrier, a Kestrel, two Common Cranes, a Whitethroat, four Chiffchaffs, three Blackcaps and a male Wheatear. (MK).

Whitethroat by Mike King
Coombe Hill Meadows Today 6+ Buzzards, a Red Kite, a Raven, eight Cattle Egrets, a Grey Heron, two Little Egrets, two Shelducks, two Gadwalls, a Redshank, two Reed Buntings, 5+ Sedge Warblers, three Redstarts, a Green Woodpecker, two Treecreepers, four Skylarks, a Willow Warbler, 6+ Chiffchaffs and three Wheatears. (Paul Clark/Ian Ralphs).
Ashleworth Ham Two Mute Swans, six Greylags, four Canada Geese, two Egyptian Geese, two Shelducks, ten Gadwalls, 25 Teal, ten Mallards, six Pintails, two Shovelers, a Great White Egret, two Little Egrets, a Grey Heron, a Lapwing and three Blackcaps. (Mike Smart).
Woodchester Two Wheatears beside the lane to Woodchester Mansion car park at SO799013 and four Skylarks on territories. (Geoff Moyser).
Kingscote Three Corn Buntings, 25+ Yellowhammers, 14 Skylarks, two Coal Tits, two Bullfinches, 12 Linnets, a female Goshawk and two Nuthatches. (Joshua Hamblin).
Stinchcombe Hill 9+ Wheatears, six Lesser Redpolls, a Willow Warbler, 10+ Blackcaps and a male Redstart. (Craig Brookes/James Robinson).
Northleach Two pairs of Gadwall on the River Northleach. (Joe Hilliard).
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