Haw Bridge    Definitely four, possibly five QUAIL calling in the field at SO 84233 26632 early morning. Also a Little Owl calling in Tirley village. (Robin Lewis).

Saul Warth    Early morning for high tide an early returning male Wheatear and a juvenile Stonechat. Also 61 Avocets, ten Oystercatchers, 30 Black-tailed Godwits, a Common Tern, two Little Egrets, three Yellow Wagtails, a Grey Wagtail and nine Swallows. (MK).

Wheatear by Mike King

Stonechat by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     This morning two adult summer plumaged Spotted Redshanks and at least two male Ruff in a tightly packed flock of roosting waders on South Lake. (MK). A BITTERN showing well in a tree from Estuary Tower early morning. (Ian Hull).

Frampton     In the field S of the sailing lake a Garden Warbler collecting insects, two families of Whitethroats being fed, a family of Goldfinches, six Swifts, on the lake the Yellow-legged Gull again and four Common Terns. (Nick Goatman).

Blaisdon    A silent Wood Warbler in Blaisdon Woods today, possibly a Forest bird dispersing. (Andy Jayne).