WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN showed well from Zeiss hide today. (Dot Jones/Mike Davis/Nigel Gardener).

Bittern by Nigel Gardener

Bittern by Nigel Gardener

Bittern by Dot Jones

Saul Warth     Early morning, no tide, 50 Avocets, 50 Curlews, four Grey Plovers, 14 Lapwings, 150 Dunlins, the escaped Greater Flamingo, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, 16 Redwings, 17 Fieldfares, 11 Skylarks, two Stonechats, a showy Cetti’s Warbler at the sewage works, two Chiffchaffs and three Reed Buntings. (MK).

Cetti’s Warbler by Mike King

Frampton pools    Around the pools today eight Chiffchaffs, two Blackcaps, three Cetti’s Warblers, 66 Cattle Egrets, six Little Egrets, four Great White Egret. six Grey Herons, eight Siskins, five Redpolls, ten Pochards, 14 Tufted Ducks, 13 Great Crested Grebes, a Little Grebe, 52 Cormorants, 65 Shovelers, 18 Teal, 45 Gadwalls, two Wigeon, a Green Sandpiper, a Yellow-legged Gull, a Peregrine, two Sparrowhawks, two Stonechats, a Reed Bunting, 62 Fieldfares and 38 Redwings. (Nick Goatman).

Epney     280 Lapwings at 7:11am. (MK).

Stroud     In the Slad Valley this morning between 6:45-7:37am birds included 6600+ Woodpigeons flew SSW, four Fieldfares, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Greenfinch, 120+ Jackdaws, a Jay, two Pied Wagtails, a Red Kite and 26+ Redwings. (Elaine Arundel).

Forest of Dean     Up to 200 Woodpigeons wheeling in and above the Lydbrook valley today. Yesterday c300 flew W down the valley and over Coppett Hill in a matter of minutes. (Chris Sullivan).