Eastleach Downs     The first-summer LONG-TAILED SHRIKE still present today along the minor road near https://maps.app.goo.gl/2DtRwdBHmTe3Wio89?g_st=iw and showing well. Also two Wheatears, two Whinchats, a Redstart and four Grey Partridges. (Mark Coller).

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 The car park will be open 5am to 8pm tomorrow, £5 for charity in the collection box, which will be inside the car park on the left attached to a wooden post. (MK).

Long-tailed Shrike by Mark Coller

Long-tailed Shrike by Mark Coller

Long-tailed Shrike by Mark Coller

Saul Warth     107 Curlews, three Black-tailed Godwits, two Redshanks, seven Ringed Plovers, three Little Egrets, 12 Grey Herons, the escaped Greater Flamingo, a Marsh Harrier, two Whitethroats, three Chiffchaffs, a Reed Warbler, a Blackcap, a Wheatear, a Whinchat, two Rock Pipits, a Yellow Wagtail, a Roebuck, a Painted Lady and a Clouded Yellow. (MK).

Roe Deer by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     From Zeiss hide a SPOONBILL and two Wood Sandpipers. 17 Bar-tailed Godwits from Middle Point distantly. Five Spotted Redshanks, two on the Tack Piece and three on the Rushy. (Ian Ralphs/Ian Hull). Also around the grounds a Green Sandpiper, a Common Sandpiper, a Little Ringed Plover, a Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, a Redshank, a Snipe, a Water Rail, a Buzzard, a Peregrine, a Whitethroat, a Reed Warbler, a Sedge Warbler, several Chiffchaff families, a Hummingbird Hawkmoth, a Clouded Yellow, Southern Hawkers and a Willow Emerald damselfly. (Paul Sutton).

Willow Emerald damselfly by Paul Sutton

Hummingbird Hawk Moth by Paul Sutton

Clouded Yellow by Paul Sutton