Eastleach Downs The first-summer LONG-TAILED SHRIKE was present all day again along the minor road at https://maps.app.goo.gl/2DtRwdBHmTe3Wio89?g_st=iw Please do not park on verges, block gates or roads at this busy harvest time. Park in the car park at https://maps.app.goo.gl/iUUEaCKtkdimNaMRA?g_st=iw £5 for charity. The car park will be open 6:45am to 9pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday. (MK). Also around the site today 14 Grey Partridges, a Whinchat and a Stonechat. (Roger Gillespie).
Saul Warth Early morning, no tide, 51 Shelducks (25 juvs), 80 Avocets, four Oystercatchers, 20 Lapwings, 81 Curlews, 102 Black-tailed Godwits, two Sanderlings, 12 Dunlins, two Little Egrets, two Red Kites, 20 Swallows, four Mistle Thrushes, a Grey Wagtail and eight Pied Wagtails. (MK).

Red Kite by Mike King
WWT Slimbridge Four red Knots on the Rushy at lunchtime today. Also Spotted Redshank, a leucistic Lapwing and Common Tern. (Roberta Goodall/Terry Stevenson).
Walmore Common Two Wheatears, 20+ Yellow Wagtails, a Little Egret and a Red Kite at Walmore Common this morning. Nearby a Dunlin, five Common Sandpipers and a Little Egret at Westbury Strand. Single Jersey Tiger moths at both sites. A Ring-necked Parakeet at Quay Lane, Broadoak. (Andy Jayne).
Elmore Court In the rewilding area this morning, two Whinchats with five Stonechats, a family of four Spotted Flycatchers, a Tawny Owl, five Green Woodpeckers, three Grey Herons, five Buzzards, a Sparrowhawk, two Ravens and good numbers of Reed Warblers, Sedge Warblers, Skylarks and Reed Buntings. (Steve Pullen).
Charlton Abbots At Waterhatch two Green Woodpeckers calling, two Red Kites over and 25+ House Martins. Also butterflies included Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Comma and Red Admiral. (Andrew & Gill Worthington).
Winchcombe In the garden today, a Treecreeper, 6+ Long-tailed Tits, a Red Kite over and seven Swifts overhead. (Andrew & Gill Worthington).
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