Saul Warth     Early morning no tide 41 Shelducks, nine Whimbrels, four Bar-tailed Godwits, a Greenshank heard, a summer plumaged CURLEW SANDPIPER, 215 Dunlins, 55 Ringed Plovers, a winter-plumaged Knot, a Grey Plover, 11 Curlews, six Oystercatchers, two Common Terns, two Common Cranes, six House Martins, two Sand Martins, 20 Swallows, two Whitethroats and 15 Linnets. Also two Painted Ladies. (MK/Ian Ralphs).

Curlew Sandpiper (record shot) by Mike King

Frampton    At Splatt Bridge early morning two Cuckoos, two Oystercatchers by the church, a Kingfisher and a Lesser Whitethroat by the bridge. (Steve Pullen). Along the canal between Fretherne and Splatt Bridges a drake Mandarin, a Whimbrel in flight calling, a Common Tern in a flock of mixed gulls, a male Whinchat on a bush singing and a Grasshopper Warbler reeled a couple of times. (Ken Heron).

Cotswold Water Park West     At midday at Pit 32 two Common Terns, two Swifts, 1+ Garden Warbler and a Blackcap. (John Holland).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Three Hobbies hunting over the scrapes this afternoon. Also a singing Reed Warbler at the start of boardwalk. (Ian Hull).

Ashleworth Ham     Two Egyptian Geese flew off this morning. (Les Ditchburn).

Aylburton Common     A pair of Bullfinches feeding on Dandelion seeds on the lawn this morning. (Martin Vaisey).

Winchcombe     A distinctive leucistic Blackbird, a frequent visitor to the garden. Also a male Great Spotted Woodpecker feeding daily on a fat slab. (Gill & Andrew Worthington).

Leucistic Blackbird