WWT Slimbridge     Six GREATER SCAUP flew from upstream, circled Middle Point, then went back upriver and were lost to view near Hock Cliff. (Martin McGill). On the Rushy a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, two Greenshanks, 3+ Spotted Redshanks, six Ruff, two Green Sandpipers, 20+ Black-tailed Godwits, 8+ Snipe, a Kingfisher, a Sparrowhawk and a Grey Wagtail. A Wood Sandpiper and three Knot on South Lake. (Paul Clark/Roberta Goodall). 13 Grey Plovers and a Wheatear at Middle Point. (Ian Ralphs). A female Pintail and a Little Grebe in the Eider pen. (Steve Pullen). From Zeiss hide this afternoon, two Marsh Harriers occasionally hunting together, a Peregrine on the far end of the cross fence and a Sparrowhawk. Several Cetti’s Warblers calling from the reeds. (Chris Newton).

Marsh Harriers by Chris Newton

Saul Warth     450 Dunlins, two Little Stints, a Sanderling, a Common Sandpiper, a Curlew Sandpiper, a Knot, 100 Curlews, 50 Ringed Plovers, six Grey Plovers, 84 Shelducks, 11 Grey Herons, four Little Egrets, the escaped female Greater Flamingo, two Kestrels, five Wheatears together, four Stonechats, two Skylarks, 20 Meadow Pipits, eight Pied Wagtails, two Chiffchaffs, nine Linnets and a Reed Bunting. (MK).

Dunlins by Mike King

Wheatear by Mike King

Frampton    56 Cattle Egrets in Court Lake roost this evening. Also three Great White Egrets, 11 Little Egrets, five Grey Herons, a Water Rail, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, a female Pintail and a Grey Plover over. (Nick Goatman).

Rendcomb     A Kingfisher from the bridge today. (Steve Brown).

Elkstone     Viewing South from Sparrowthorn, 13 Ravens, five Red Kites and two Buzzards up together in a stiff breeze, several Red Kites and Buzzards distantly. Also two male Kestrels, a House Martin over, a Nuthatch and a Yellowhammer. (Steve Brown).