WWT Slimbridge     An OSPREY flew S past Middle Point at 2pm. This morning three SPOONBILLS on the Top New Piece. From Middle Point three Pintails, a Great White Egret, 18 Knot, 14 Sanderlings, 12 Dunlins, seven Redshanks, 163 Ringed Plovers and two Ruff. (Martin McGill). Six Cattle Egrets on South Lake. (Roy Kinchin).

Saul Warth     At high tide early morning 18 Knot, 12 Sanderlings, four Avocets, two Oystercatchers, a Ringed Plover, 140 Curlews, a Common Sandpiper, ten Grey Herons, eight Little Egrets, three Little Owls, 14 Swallows, a Whitethroat, two Chiffchaffs, five Mistle Thrushes and a Harbour Seal. (MK). Late morning four Turnstones off of Hock Ditch. (Nigel Young).

Turnstones by Nigel Young

Frampton pools     Two Swifts, 100+ Sand Martins and House Martins, a Hobby, a Yellow Wagtail, a Marsh Tit, eight Reed Warblers, five Willow Warblers, 67 Chiffchaffs, 27 Blackcaps, 47 Robins, ten Goldcrests, four Nuthatches, three Treecreepers, eight Little Grebes, the adult Yellow-legged Gull and six Bullfinches. (Nick Goatman).

Cotswold Water Park West     At Cerney Wick this afternoon three Yellow-legged Gulls, two adults and a first-year bird. Also eight Curlews and a Green Sandpiper. (Duncan Dine/Jeremy Squire).

Stinchcombe Hill     This morning a Tree Pipit perched on bushes at the 7th tee and a juvenile Redstart. (James Robinson).

Clapton-on-the-Hill     A female Marsh Harrier at Newbridge today. (Keith Jennings).

Selsley Common     A Redstart this afternoon. (Colin Greenfield).

Cheltenham     At Pittville Gates a Buzzard beginning to soar mobbed by Herring Gulls. (Howard Taylor).

WWT Slimbridge    14 Knot on the river and two SPOONBILLS and three Spotted Redshanks on the Rushy. (Terry Grant/Nigel Young).

Spoonbill by Terry Grant

Spotted Redshank by Nigel Young

Saul Warth     Early morning four distant Turnstones, three Common Sandpipers, 60+ Curlews, nine Grey Herons, eight Little Egrets, a Kestrel, two Little Owls, a Sparrowhawk hunting a flock of 100+ Goldfinches and 5+ Linnets, two Whitethroats, three Chiffchaffs, a Blackcap, three Stock Doves and seven Swallows. (MK). Later nine distant Knot on the river. (Steve Pullen). Also a Yellow Wagtail over, a Wheatear, a Green Woodpecker and Grey Wagtail (David Lawrence) and a Lesser Whitethroat. (Nigel Young).

Lesser Whitethroat by Nigel Young

Wheatear by Nigel Young

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge early morning two Redstarts, a Whinchat, eight Whitethroats, two Lesser Whitethroats and a Willow Warbler. A Snipe and six Yellow Wagtails flew S, four Avocets over the river and a Marsh Harrier hunting the foreshore. (Gordon Hodgson). Around the pools a Marsh Harrier, five Little Grebes, three Willow Warblers, two Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroat, 70 Chiffchaffs, 26 Blackcaps, two Cetti’s Warblers, four Bullfinches, three Nuthatches, three Kingfishers, 19 Mistle Thrushes, the adult Yellow-legged Gull, a Common Sandpiper and a Grey Wagtail. (Nick Goatman).

Epney     The Pink-footed Goose back on the sands just S of the Anchor Inn at 11:45am with 150+ Canada Geese. (Steve Pullen).

Elmore Court     At the Rewilding Project from the public footpath along Broadmeadow Bank Ditch birds today included two Greenshanks, 25+ Lapwings, a Mute Swan, a Yellow Wagtail, four Stonechats, four Blackcaps, six Chiffchaffs, 25+ Swallows, five Grey Herons, five Buzzards, a Little Owl heard, four Jays, two Ravens and eight Mistle Thrushes. (Steve Pullen). Also three Green Sandpipers, a Whinchat and a Little Grebe. (Mark Hobson).

Greenshank by Steve Pullen

Uley     A Hobby took a young House Martin over the village this evening. (Richard Baatsen). A Wheatear on a neighbour’s roof in South Street at 3:30pm. (Nigel Hewston).

Wheatear by Nigel Hewston

Netheridge Farm     16 Buzzards over the Severn at Hempsted, a Swift and a female Redstart at the Barn Owl Centre this morning. (Mark Hobson).

Lydney    At least 309 Curlews on the sands W from New Grounds. Also three Willow Warblers and a Great White Egret. (Dan Watson). A Spotted Flycatcher on the path between Lydney station and the docks. 200+ Canada Geese and ten Barnacle Geese at the docks. (Geoff Fawcett).

Eastleach     Five Spotted Flycatchers, one at Sheepbridge and four in a hedge near Winter Pool. Also a few Whitethroats. (Ian Ralphs).

Stonehouse     A male Kingfisher between St Cyr’s and Bonds Mill today. (Paul Sutton).

Kingfisher by Paul Sutton

Gloucester     c500 Swallows roosting at Horsbere Brook Flood Storage Area this evening. (Andy Jayne).

Wotton-Under-Edge     At Cotswold Edge Golf Club eight Red-legged Partridges, 4 adults and 4 juveniles, and a female Tufted Duck with a juvenile. Belated news of 25+ Ravens flying together on the 24th. (Mike Tranter).

Epney    The Pink-footed Goose, of unknown origin, again on the sands S of the Anchor Inn again until 9:45am at least with 170+ Canada Geese. (Geoff Moyser/Steve Pullen/MK).

Pink-footed Goose by Steve Pullen

Saul Warth     Earlymorning two Little Egrets, three Grey Herons, 57 Curlews, 11 Knot, a Grey Plover, a Ringed Plover heard, six Shelducks, two Little Owls, four Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroat, six Chiffchaffs, a Blackcap, 47 Swallows aand ten House Martins. Two Spotted Flycatchers at 7am only. (MK/Mike Davis).

Spotted Flycatcher by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge    On the Top New Piece a Wood Sandpiper still. On South Lake two Mediterranean Gulls and 12 Cattle Egrets. Four SPOONBILLS on the river. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Gloucester     At Saintbridge pond birds included a Grey Heron, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, six Moorhens and c20 Mallards. (Paul Brunt).

Barnsley Warren SSSI     In the Fosse Way spur and adjacent Ampney Downs farmland, a Whinchat, 10+Yellow Wagtails, six Buzzards, two Red Kites, a Yellowhammer, ten Linnets and a moderate flow of Swallows. Also Chalkhill Blue butterflies. (Steve Brown).

Elmore Court     At the Rewilding Project from the public footpath along Broadmeadow Bank Ditch, a Little Grebe on the long scrape, a Green Sandpiper, ten Lapwings, a Spotted Flycatcher, a Whinchat and a Redstart. (Mark Hobson).

Ryeford     A female Mandarin and two juveniles this morning. (Paul Sutton).

Mandarin by Paul Sutton

Bourton-on-the-Water     An OSPREY over Birdland this evening. (Keith Jennings).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning a Marsh Harrier, a Green Sandpiper, a Great White Egret, three Little Egrets, two Little Grebes, nine Lapwings, two Shovelers, four Gadwalls and three Cormorants. (Sam Walker). Also a Spotted Flycatcher and a Redstart. (Ian Ralphs).

Frampton     At Splatt Bridge this morning a male Redstart, a juvenile Whinchat, a Hobby, a SPOONBILL on the river and 17 Yellow Wagtails and two Tree Pipits through. (Gordon Hodgson). A Marsh Harrier and a Peregrine over the 100-Acre, a Kestrel around the church and two Kingfishers on the canal. (Paul Sutton).

Epney    The Pink-footed Goose, of unknown origin, asleep on the sands S of the Anchor Inn again at 11am with 120+ Canada Geese. (MK).

Saul Warth     Early afternoon two Common Sandpipers, 66 Curlews, five Little Egrets and around the sewage works two Lesser Whitethroats, two Whitethroats, three Chiffchaffs, a Blackcap and 12 Swallows. (MK). Later this afternoon a Nuthatch, a Treecreeper, five Chiffchaffs, a Goldcrest, a Jay, 10 Swallows, two Little Owls, nine Little Egrets, six Common Sandpipers, 95 Curlews, a Ringed Plover, six Dunlins, five Great Black-backed Gulls, a Reed Warbler, a juvenile Marsh Harrier, a Kestrel, two Mistle Thrushes, a Whitethroat and a juvenile Hobby over. (Rob & Nina Crofton).

WWT Slimbridge    Two WOOD SANDPIPERS from Zeiss hide. Nine Cattle Egrets on South Lake again. 12 Common Cranes on the Dumbles, including a juvenile and five unringed adults. (Helen Bojaniwska/Dot Jones).

Elmore Court     At the Rewilding Project from the public footpath along Broadmeadow Bank Ditch, ten Lapwings, a Greenshank, a Raven, two Lesser Whitethroats, two Spotted Flycatchers, a Redstart and Yellow Wagtail. (Andy Jayne).

Gloucester     At Horsbere Brook Flood Storage Area a Grey Heron, three Moorhens, 16 Mallards, c40 Stock Doves, a Sedge Warbler, a Whitethroat, a Chiffchaff, seven Goldfinches and three Reed Buntings. (Paul Brunt).

Epney     The Pink-footed Goose, of unknown origin, on the sands S of the Anchor Inn again this morning with 120+ Canada Geese. (MK). Also two adult Yellow-legged Gulls still in wing-moult and an adult Mediterranean Gull. (Mark Dowie).

Frampton pools     The adult Yellow-legged Gull still on the Sailing Lake early afternoon. (Mark Hobson).

Saul Warth     Early morning four Grey Herons, two Little Egrets, a juvenile Black-tailed Godwit, a Common Sandpiper, 81 Curlews, two Little Owls, 50 Starlings, 20 Swallows, four Chiffchaffs, a Whitethroat, a Lesser Whitethroat and a Yellow Wagtail. (MK).

Little Owl by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     Four SPOONBILLS, two Great White Egrets, four Little Egrets and a Turnstone from Middle Point and two Garganeys and four Spotted Redshanks on the Rushy. (Tim Jukes/Jonathan Bull).

Halmore     Two Pied Flycatchers seen from the garden briefly, a garden tick. Also a Spotted Flycatcher, a Willow Warbler and a Kestrel. (Chris Newton).

Slimbridge     A Peregrine on St John’s Church tower again today. (Tim Jukes).

Cotswold Water Park East     At Pit 132 this morning two Marsh Harriers, 50 Lapwings, two Great White Egrets and a Lesser Emperor. (Duncan & Becky Dine).

Great White Egret by Duncan Dine

Saul Warth     At high tide early afternoon a SPOONBILL, 14 Little Egrets, five Avocets, 117+ Curlews, 60+ Shelducks, four Yellow Wagtails, a Wheatear, eight Swallows, a Redstart, a Whitethroat, a Chiffchaff and three Skylarks. (MK).

Yellow Wagtail by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     A juvenile WOOD SANDPIPER on the Rushy this morning. (Terry Stevenson). Four SPOONBILLS this morning feeding in the tidal pools off Middle Point. (Neil Smart/Geoff Bryant). Six CATTLE EGRETS on South Lake. (Geoff Bryant).

Spoonbills by Geoff Bryant

Cattle Egrets by Geoff Bryant

Gloucester     A Whinchat at Horsbere Brook Flood Storage Area this afternoon. (Andy Jayne).

Maisemore     This afternoon eight Ravens together, a Whitethroat, five Chiffchaffs, a Green Woodpecker, four Swallows, a Jay, five Moorhens and two Mute Swans. (John Fletcher).

Walmore Common     This morning a Tree Pipit flushed twice, very unusual here. Also a Hobby harassing a Buzzard, a Kingfisher, a Lesser Whitethroat, four Whinchats, three Stonechats and three Yellow Wagtails. (Andy Jayne).

Bourton-on-the-Water     The female Marsh Harrier at Bourton Pits South this morning. (Richard Tyler).

Marsh Harrier by Richard Tyler

WWT Slimbridge    The WOOD SANDPIPER from Zeiss hide this morning. (Geoff Moyser). Also a Great White Egret and two Little Grebes from Zeiss hide. (Steve Pullen). Four SPOONBILLS together at Middle Point late morning. Three Spotted Redshanks, two Great White Egrets, a Garganey and eight Ruff on the Rushy. A Great Black Backed Gull and seven Cattle Egrets on South Lake. (Slimbridge Sightings/Steve Pullen/Sam Walker).

Ashleworth Ham     A ringing session this morning caught 62 birds including three Redstarts, a Reed Warbler, 14 Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Blackcap, two Willow Warblers, six Chiffchaffs, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Treecreeper, a Bullfinch and two Reed Buntings. Other the reserve a Buzzard, a Tree Pipit over early, c150 Carrion Crows and two Ravens. (Mervyn Greening/Mike Smart/Erin Taylor).

WWT Slimbridge     A drake COMMON SCOTER came up at pre-high tide at 11:15am, drifted up to Saul Warth and drifted past Hock Cliff towards Arlingham at 12:20pm. (Warren Gill). Also from Middle Point a Turnstone, three Knot and a Whimbrel. A juvenile WOOD SANDPIPER, 15 Ruff and four Green Sandpipers on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide. Three SPOONBILLS and a Great White Egret around the grounds and the Grey Partridge still at Middle Point today. 11 Cattle Egrets on South Lake 1:30pm. (Slimbridge Sightings/Mark Hobson/Keith Davies/Paul Clark). Four Goosanders took off from the river heading towards canal at high tide. (Jonathan Bull).

Frampton pools     A QUAIL calling briefly in a the unharvested corn field at the top end of the Sailing Lake but flushed by a Land Rover. Also the adult Yellow-legged Gull, 50+ Sand Martins, 20+ Swallows, 10+ House Martins, 53 Chiffchaffs, 14 Blackcaps, three juvenile Reed Warblers, 16 Gadwalls, two Kingfishers, a Cetti’s Warbler, two Treecreepers and a Bullfinch. (Nick Goatman).

Saul Warth     At high tide 82+ Shelducks, five Little Egrets and seven in Bullo Pill roost, four Grey Herons and four in Bullo Pill roost, a female Marsh Harrier hunting cropfields at Awre, a Common Sandpiper, a Bar-tailed Godwit, 98+ Curlews, a Little Owl, a Kestrel, a Wheatear and a Harbour Seal fishing off of Hock Cliff. (MK).

Common Sandpiper by Mike King

North Cerney to Rendcomb     This morning three Whinchats, two Redstarts and a Spotted Flycatcher. (Dave Soons).

Brockworth     A Little Owl perched up in oak tree S of Merlin Close play area at Cooper’s Edge today. (Sam Walker).

Gloucester    Between Longford and Abbot’s Lodge this afternoon a Hobby, a Green Woodpecker, a Lesser Whitethroat, two Redstarts, a Whinchat and 50+ Goldfinches. (Andy Jayne).

Cheltenham     A Tawny Owl calling at Pittville Lawn at 3:30am. (Howard Taylor). A noisy Tawny Owl on Hatherley Road at 10:41pm. (Eric Harris).

Halmore     A Hobby over Halmore Lane this evening harrying a small group of House Martins. (Chris Newton).

Cam    A Hobby over the fields at Ashmead chasing Martins and Swallows. Also six Buzzards and a Raven soaring over the farmland. Hedgerows very quiet, just a Chiffchaff, a Coal Tit and a Great Spotted Woodpecker heard. (Neil Smart).

Cherington     A Hobby and a Red Kite over the Aston Farm area this afternoon. (Vic Polley).

Charlton Abbots     From Charlton Abbots crossroads W to Westwood House 20 Carrion Crows, two Nuthatches, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Bullfinch and a mixed flock of Goldfinches, Blue and Great Tits with at least one Chiffchaff. Also a Muntjac seen and another heard. Butterflies seen were Silver-washed Fritillary, Red Admiral, Brimstone, Common Blue, Gatekeeper, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown and Large White. Also a few Migrant Hawkers and a Helophilus pendulus hoverfly. (Keith White).

Epney    A PINK-FOOTED GOOSE on the sands on the far bank just S of the Anchor Inn at 4:45pm with 174+ Canada Geese. Also two Greenshanks, which flew S, and two Common Sandpipers. (MK).

Pink-footed Goose by Mike King

Forest of Dean     A Tree Pipit WSW over the garden near Littledean this morning. (Dan Watson).

Saul Warth     This afternoon a Wheatear, a Redstart, a Chiffchaff, a Kestrel, a Little Owl, six Swallows, 25 Shelducks, seven Little Egrets on the foreshore, 20 Curlews and a pair of Collared Doves. (MK).

Wheatear by Mike King

Stow-on-the-Wold     A recently fledged Hobby today. (Richard Tyler).

Hobby by Richard Tyler

WWT Slimbridge    At Middle Point c800 Sand Martins resting on the sands early morning, two SPOONBILLS, two Turnstones, three Greenshanks, a Sanderling, the Grasshopper Warbler reeling occasionally and the Grey Partridge still. (Slimbridge Sightings). At least three Snipe, 12 Cattle Egrets, a SPOONBILL for a while and an eclipse Garganey on South Lake. (Esther Rumsey/Matt Lathan/Martin Price). A Great White Egret from Zeiss hide. (Matt Lathan).

Elmore Court     At the Rewilding Project from the public footpath along Broadmeadow Bank Ditch this afternoon three Greenshanks flew up from the main scrape, also a Grey Heron, six Lapwings, a Whitethroat, a Chiffchaff, a juvenile Stonechat, juvenile Linnets and Goldfinches and three Buzzards. (Paul Masters). Nearby at Elmore Back a garden Yellow Wagtail today. (Nicki Barker).

Nailsworth     A Swift flew S in a small movement of Swallows, also a garden Hummingbird Hawkmoth. (Terry Grant).

Near Babdown     At least seven Red Kites and 60+ Stock Doves today. (Terry Grant).

Uley     At Rockstowes/Shadwell at ST780977 at midday five Spotted Flycatchers and a juvenile PIED FLYCATCHER. (Nigel Hewston). 30+ House Martins over the Crawley Valley this morning. (Tim Thompson).

WWT Slimbridge     At Middle Point three Knots, two Greenshanks, 200 Ringed Plovers, three Dunlins, five Whimbrels, a Bar-tailed Godwit, three SPOONBILLS, a Great White Egret, 5+ Little Egrets, 100+ Sand Martins and a Yellow Wagtail. (Paul Masters/Andy Chapman/Mark Hobson). The Grey Partridge on piles of hay viewed from the summer walkway viewpoint still. (Julian Gould/Paul Masters/Andy Chapman/Mark Hobson). Also a juvenile Little Stint from Middle Point. On the Top New Piece viewed from Zeiss hide the WOOD SANDPIPER still and 12 juvenile Ruff. A Garganey from Kingfisher hide. (Slimbridge Sightings). Two Arctic Terns flew downriver at Middle Point. (Jake King).

Purton    418 Ringed Plovers, a Little Stint, a Sanderling and 18 Dunlins feeding around Tite’s Point this evening. Also a Redstart, a Garden Warbler, a Marsh Harrier and a Great White Egret. (Francis Steuck).

Bourton-on-the-Water     An adult and a young Hobby hawking over the South Pit today. (Andy Lewis).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Four Gadwalls, c10 Teal, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Sedge Warbler and two Reed Buntings today. (Derek Hale).

Forest of Dean     At Cannop Ponds a Dipper, three Grey Wagtails and a Siskin today. At Parkend Church three Spotted Flycatchers (1 juv) and four Mistle Thrushes. (Derek Hale).

Dipper by Derek Hale

Spotted Flycatchers by Derek Hale

Cam     Six Swifts headed S over Cam Longdown this afternoon. (Magnus Carter).

Guscar & Aylburton Warth     WeBS count at high tide 83 Canada Geese, ten Shelducks, ten Mallards, four Grey Herons, a Cormorant, a Grey Plover, a Ringed Plover, 480 Curlews, a Whimbrel, a Common Sandpiper, three Skylarks and two Yellow Wagtails. (Mike Smart).

Berkeley/Sharpness shore     A Whinchat and a Wheatear this afternoon. Also 12 distant Godwit sp, 10+ Redshanks, a Common Sandpiper and a Kestrel. The Harbour Seal was hauled out near Purton. (Mike Davis).

Frampton pools    At least eight Spotted Flycatchers, a Greenshank, a Garganey, three Teal, 14 Gadwalls, five Reed Warblers, a Whitethroat, a Cettis Warbler, 40 Chiffchaffs, six Blackcaps, seven Bullfinches, 50+ Sand Martins and a Kingfisher. (Nick Goatman). The adult Yellow-legged Gull on the Sailing Lake, also 15 Sand Martins, 12, Linnets, 16 Pied Wagtails and a Yellow Wagtail. On Court Lake a Barnacle Goose, six Cormorants, 25 Swallows and a Nuthatch. (Steve Pullen).

Tiltup’s End     A male Peregrine flew over the A46 layby at 4pm. (Jake King).

Wotton-Under-Edge     At least three Spotted Flycatchers (1 adult and 2 juvs) in the garden this morning. (Paul Rich).

Cheltenham     At Naunton Park from 9:30pm a Tawny Owl hooting in the Rose Garden and 1/2 Pipistrelles. (Steve Brown).