WWT Slimbridge     A WOOD SANDPIPER, a Ruff, a male Bar-tailed Godwit and a SPOONBILL on the Top New Piece this morning. Common Cranes have hatched young. (Slimbridge Sightings/Steve Money).

Common Cranes by Steve Money

Common Cranes by Steve Money

Common Cranes by Steve Money

Saul Warth     Early morning high tide seven Avocets, 11 Curlews, three Whimbrels, 16 Bar-tailed Godwits, five Grey Plovers, 25 Ringed Plovers, two Sanderlings, 20 Dunlins, four Oystercatchers, a Common Sandpiper, a Little Egret, 20 Shelducks,  three Mandarins (2m), a Red Kite, two Lesser Whitethroats, two Whitethroats, a male Blackcap, two Chiffchaffs, seven Swallows and a male Reed Bunting. (MK).

Lesser Whitethroat by Mike King

Maisemore    Two Greenshanks at the Leadon Meadows this afternoon. (Andy Jayne).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Six Greenshanks this morning. (Ian Ralphs).

Kingswood     A Goshawk flew from Nind reserve towards Ozleworth this evening. A steady arrival of Swallows today with c20 in and around the village. A Grey Plover in ploughed fields near Ash Path. Also a Stonechat, a Whitethroat and two Linnets and a Reed Bunting was a garden tick. (Tom McCarthy).

Forest of Dean     At Nagshead a pair of Mandarins, three Redstarts (1m), a male Pied Flycatcher, four Crossbills (2m), a Treecreeper , six Mistle Thrushes, a Grey Wagtail, a Garden Warbler, three Blackcaps, three Chiffchaffs, a Willow Warbler and male & female Beautiful Damselfly. (Stephen Curtis & Carol Rushton).

Lydney Harbour     Five Great Black-backed Gulls, a Cormorant,  two Whitethroats, a Cetti’s Warbler, three Chiffchaffs, six Shelducks, a Buzzard, three Swallows and a Moorhen with five chicks. Also a female Sparrowhawk from the main road by the Tidenham turning. (Stephen Curtis & Carol Rushton).