Eastleach Downs     The first-summer LONG-TAILED SHRIKE present again today again along the minor road near https://maps.app.goo.gl/2DtRwdBHmTe3Wio89?g_st=iw . It has almost completed its moult and will probably not be around much longer. Also ten Corn Buntings and ten Grey Partridges. (MK). This evening a Whinchat, a Redstart and a Marsh Harrier. (Andy Jordan).

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 Mike King

Long-tailed Shrike by Mark Dowie

Long-tailed Shrike by Nick Truby

Long-tailed Shrike by Mike King

Long-tailed Shrike by Mark Dowie

Frampton pools     Two Ringed Plovers over, a Green Sandpiper, 12 Cattle Egrets, four Great White Egrets, 150+ Sand Martins, 12 House Martins, 12 Swallows, a Hobby, two Yellow Wagtails, ten Mistle Thrushes and a Yellow-legged Gull today. (Nick Goatman).

Chavenage Lane area     40+ Corn Buntings, a small movement of Chiffchaffs (15+ birds), 30+ Goldfinches, 25+ Linnets, a Sparrowhawk and a Red Kite. (Terry Grant).

Clanna Country Park     A Hobby over this morning. (Paul Woolams).

Halmore area     Two patch ticks today a male and a female Redstart in hedges off of Slimbridge Lane, and at least two Lesser Whitethroats in the same area. Also three Whitethroats, two Blackcaps, a Willow Warbler, a Bullfinch, several Linnets, two Kestrels, a Jay, and a distant Hobby with prey in a bare oak tree. (Chris Newton).

Redstart by Chris Newton

WWT Slimbridge    On the Rushy 148 Black-tailed Godwits, four Greenshanks, 5+ Spotted Redshanks, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, a Green Sandpiper, a Snipe, 12 Ruff and five Little Grebes. A Garganey from Martin Smith hide. (Paul Clark).

Spotted Redshanks by Jon Mercer

Greenshanks by Jon Mercer