WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER still on South Lake today. The adult SPOONBILL and the first-winter drake SCAUP on the Rushy. (Slimbridge Sightings).

White-rumped Sandpiper by Martin Price

Dudbridge     30 Siskins along the cycle track near Dudbridge Meadow today. (Megan Adamou).m

Tresham     A Little Owl at 4:30pm today. (Vic Polley).

May Hill     A Hawfinch in the garden a couple of times in the past week. (Robert Castle per Rob Guest).

Winchcombe     10+ Redwings at the entrance to Sudeley Castle this morning. At New Meadow Farm SP029266 a Treecreeper, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Green Woodpecker calling and 3+ Chaffinches. (Gill & Andrew Worthington).

Twyning     At Upham Meadow this morning ten Greylags, 176 Canada Geese, four Mallards, two Grey Herons, a male Peregrine, two Oystercatchers, four Curlews, ten Skylarks, two singing, a female Stonechat, 28 Carrion Crows and a Raven. (Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER still on South Lake early and later on the scrape viewed from Estuary Tower. Also an adult SPOONBILL around the grounds again today. The first-winter drake SCAUP still on the Rushy. (Slimbridge Sightings). A Water Rail and a Treecreeper from Willow hide this afternoon. (Steve Pullen).

Spoonbill by Martin Price

Saul Warth     58 Avocets this morning. (Nigel Young).

Avocets by Nigel Young

Ashleworth Ham     Birds today included 36 Teal, nine Wigeon, 15 Mallards, a Little Egret, a Grey Heron, a Pied Wagtail, a  Red-legged Partridge and two Mute Swans. (John Fletcher).

Frampton pools     A pair of Goldeneyes, three Mandarins, one male, 101 Tufted Ducks, 13 Gadwalls, four Great Crested Grebes, 44 Greylags, eight Canada Geese, five Barnacle Geese, two Oystercatchers, ten Little Egrets, 15 Cormorants, 96 Fieldfares, 14 Redwings and 46 Starlings today. (Nick Goatman).

Kempley Green     A Goldcrest on the patio and a Siskin in the garden today. (Steve Watts).

Goldcrest by Steve Watts

Cheltenham    Four Roe Deer in a field opposite Reddings Farm today. (Howard Taylor).

Awre     The RICHARD’S PIPIT at 10:25am, it flew in from the S and landed in tractor tracks just past the bramble bush at SO7205708781. (Paul Rich). Park at the church and follow the footpath out to the shoreline. Please keep to public right of way and don’t wander around in private fields. Thank you.

Tidenham     A WATER PIPIT still at Sturch Pill, Pillhouse Rocks at ST5673795025. (Paul Rich).

Water Pipit by Paul Rich

WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER still on South Lake. Also an adult SPOONBILL around the grounds today. The first-winter drake SCAUP still on the Rushy. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Sherborne Water Meadows     A Barn Owl this afternoon. (Duncan Dine).

Barn Owl by Duncan Dine

Saul Warth     40+ Avocets and 20+ Shelducks today. (Mike Davis).

Cheltenham     Eight Redwings foraging through a flower bed at the College Road end of Sandford Park. (Howard Taylor). At 9:30am two Ravens flew over Benhall in the direction of Cheltenham. At 11am probably the same two Ravens flew over the Promenade. (David Norman). Also two Ravens, maybe the same again, over High Street/Pittville Street at lunchtime today. (Howard Taylor).

Witcombe Reservoirs    WeBS count today birds included three Mute Swans, 13 Canada Geese, 19 Greylags, a Teal, 89 Mallards, 13 Tufted Ducks, seven Cormorants including a sinensis in breeding plumage, seven Moorhens, 24 Coots, three Little Grebes, five Great Crested Grebes, 31 Black-headed Gulls, two Common Gulls, six Lesser Black-backed Gulls, eight Herring Gulls and two Buzzards displaying. (Gord Avery).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This evening four Mute Swans, 20 Canada Geese, eight Shelducks, 470 Wigeon, nine Gadwalls, 50+ Teal, ten Mallards, nine Pintails, 16+ Shovelers, a Buzzard, ten Coots, an Oystercatcher, a Lapwing, a Curlew came in to roost, at least 85 Herring Gulls and Lesser Black-backed Gulls arrived in small groups, two Pied Wagtails and 14 Carrion Crows. (Mike Smart).

Awre     The RICHARD’S PIPIT between 2:25-3:05pm in flight calling twice and head-only views as it made its way through the long grass from the reedbed to the bramble bush at SO7205708781. (Sam Walker). Park at the church and follow the footpath out to the shoreline. Please keep to public right of way and don’t wander around in private fields. Thank you.

WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER back on South Lake today. Also 49 Avocets. A SPOONBILL around the grounds this afternoon until it left the Rushy at 5pm and headed over the canal and towards the A38. The first-winter drake SCAUP still on the Rushy. (Slimbridge Sightings/Andy Jordan). A MERLIN in the tree by pillbox from Van de Bovenkamp hide this morning. (Ken Hurcombe).

Saul Warth     At high tide a Mediterranean Gull, seven Oystercatchers, 75+ Curlews, 55+ Shelducks, a Peregrine, 3+ Chiffchaffs, a pair of Greenfinches and a Grey Wagtail at the Sewage Works. (MK).

Chiffchaff by Mike King

Peregrine by Mike King

Dudbridge     A female Goosander just past Dudbridge locks this afternoon. A drake Mandarin on Lodgemore mill pond. (Colin Greenfield).

Cotswold Water Park East    At Whelford Pool N.R. 15 Red Crested Pochards (10m, 5f), 28 Cormorants, three Goosanders (1m, 2f), a pair of Bullfinches, 15 Great Crested Grebes and an Egyptian Goose today. (Dot Jones).

Forest of Dean     A Red Kite low over Berry Hill at 1:11pm. (Kevin Jones).

Tetbury area     Nine Grey Herons in a field between Tetbury and Shipton Moyne at 8:15am. Flocks of c40-50 each of Fieldfares and Redwings near to Doughton. Also three drumming Great Spotted Woodpeckers and a singing Yellowhammer. (Dan Fletcher).

Lydney    On farmland E of Lydney 30+ Fieldfares, c6 Redwings, two Mistle Thrushes, two Song Thrushes, 11 Goldfinches, two Greenfinches, a Jay, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20 Pied Wagtails, two Meadow Pipits, two Buzzards, two Ravens, a singing Skylark and a Sparrowhawk. On the  23rd 20+ Siskins feeding on catkins. (Ant Dobbs).

Frampton pools     Two Oystercatchers, a Great White Egret, four Egyptian Geese, 91 Tufted Ducks, 25 Gadwalls, 14 Teal, six Great Crested Grebes, a Little Grebe, 20 Little Egrets, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Blackcap, 14 Fieldfares, 12 Redwings, nine Song Thrushes, eight Siskins and a pair of Tawny Owls calling. (Nick Goatman).

Elmore     At the Elmore Court Rewilding Project from the public footpath along Broadmeadow Bank Ditch birds today included four Green Sandpipers and a pair of Bullfinches. (Steve Pullen).

Chavenage Lane      17 Stonechats (12m, 5f) today in groups of 11 and six. Also six Red Kites around a dead Pheasant. (Terry Grant).

Red Kite by Terry Grant

WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER showing well again South Lake until 10am. (Dot Jones). Later it was on the Dumbles with Dunlins at 1:30pm. Also 120 White-fronted Geese, the Ross’s Goose, 90 Barnacle Geese, 12 Crane and a female Peregrine. The first-winter male SCAUP and 68 Bewick’s Swans on the Rushy. (Craig Brookes).

Awre     The RICHARD’S PIPIT still today, around SO71610903. (Dave Robinson).Park at the church and follow the footpath out to the shoreline. Please keep to public right of way and don’t wander around in private fields. Thank you.

Frampton     At Court Lake 40 Greylags, four Canada Geese, two Barnacle Geese, a Mistle Thrush singing, 43 Black-headed Gulls, a Herring Gull, a Little Egret, 12 Cormorants, two Great Crested Grebes, 12 Mute Swans, 28 Coots, 26 Gadwalls, four Teal, 40 Tufted Ducks, a Buzzard and a Stock Dove singing. (Paul Masters).

Coombe Hill Meadows    Four Cetti’s Warblers, ten Curlews roosted and a Peregrine today. (Ian Ralphs).

Elmore     At the Elmore Court Rewilding Project from the public footpath along Broadmeadow Bank Ditch birds today included three Mute Swans, two Shelducks, 16 Teal, ten Snipe, three Green Sandpipers, 100+ Common Gulls, 100+ Black-headed Gulls, three Grey Herons, five Buzzards, 38 Meadow Pipits, two Skylarks, a male Stonechat, ten Redwings, a flock of 133 Carrion Crows, a Raven and a Green Woodpecker heard. (MK).

Cotswold Water Park West    On Pit 42 a male Goosander. On Pit 65 a pair of Goldeneyes, 3-4 Wigeon and displaying Great Crested Grebes. On Pit 41 4+ Goldeneyes, five Goosanders (3m, 2f), a Wigeon and four Little Egrets. On Pit 46 six Red Crested Pochards (5m, 1f) and on Pit 57 a male Red Crested Pochard. (Dan Fletcher).

Ashleworth & Hasfield Hams     Two Mute Swans, seven Greylags, ten Wigeon, 70 Teal, five Mallards, a Peregrine, a JACK SNIPE and a Curlew over. (Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER showing well again South Lake today. Also a MERLIN from Estuary Tower. (Slimbridge Sightings). A SPOONBILL flew N over the Rushy at 10:25am towards Frampton. (Tim McGrath). A Goldcrest inside the Martin Smith hide, five Snipe from the Zeiss hide and a Great Spotted Woodpecker from Willow hide. The Snow Goose with Barnacle Geese and two Cranes from the Estuary Tower. (Sarah Townsend).

Great Spotted Woodpecker by Sarah Townsend

Itlay   This afternoon at least 20 Yellowhammers and four Little Egrets in the stream in Daglingworth. (Martine & Pete Fenn).

Yellowhammer by Pete Fenn

Wotton-Under-Edge     A Red Kite above Synwell in this morning. (Jamie Warren).

Stroud     A Dipper and a Grey Wagtail on the River Frome today. (Alan McIlquham).

Dipper by Alan McIlquham

Coombe Hill Meadows     44 Greylags;, 5+ Shelducks, 467 Wigeon, at least 100 Teal, eight Gadwalls, 20 Mallards, 12 Pintails, 32+ Shovelers, a Buzzard, ten Coots, three Lapwings, a Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, two Skylarks, 20+ Fieldfares, five Carrion Crows, at least singing five Reed Buntings and two Roe Deer. (Mike Smart).

Twyning     At Upham Meadow four Greylags, 94 Canada Geese, six Mallards, a Grey Heron, two male Peregrines, two Oystercatchers, two Snipe, a Curlew (with yellow flag AC, ringed here in April 2021 and known to have wintered on the Gower Peninsula) 25 Carrion Crows, five Rooks and five Skylarks. (Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER showing well again South Lake today. Also 34 Avocets. The first-winter drake SCAUP still on the Rushy. (Slimbridge Sightings).

White-rumped Sandpiper by Mike King

White-rumped Sandpiper by Mike King

Elmore     At the Elmore Court Rewilding Project birds today included 16 Mallards, 19 Teal, 11 Stock Doves, a JACK SNIPE, 54 Snipe, a Green Sandpiper, c100 Black-headed Gulls, c100 Common Gulls, a Grey Heron, a Red Kite, two Buzzards, two Ravens, seven Skylarks, five Redwings, 17 Fieldfares, three Stonechats, 37 Meadow Pipits, five Lesser Redpolls, c150 Goldfinches and c20 Siskins. (Paul Masters/Andy Chapman).

Claypits     A Barn Owl at 5:17am. (Jamie Warren).

Damery     Late afternoon a Dipper and a Grey Wagtail. (Paul Rich).

Frampton pools    A pair of Oystercatchers and a Great White Egret this afternoon Court Lake. (Roy Shilham).

Brimscombe     Two Dippers on the River Frome by the Knapp Lane bridge E of Brimscombe and a Little Egret on the canal E of the bridge. (Trevor & Sue Clayson).

Forest of Dean    Two Crossbills at Wigpool Common, another couple at Mallards Pike and a Woodcock flushed from bracken at Moseley Green. (Andy Jayne).  A few Siskins in the trees at the top of Crabtree Hill amongst a tit flock today. (Chris Snook).

Siskin by Chris Snook

Chedworth     A female Blackcap in the garden feeding on fat balls. (Chris Berens).

Cheltenham    At Pittville Park c50 Black-headed Gulls taking on the lake late afternoon. (Howard Taylor).

Awre     The RICHARD’S PIPIT still today, around SO71610903. (Richard Tyler).Park at the church and follow the footpath out to the shoreline. Please keep to public right of way and don’t wander around in private fields. Thank you.

Richard’s Pipit by Richard Tyler

WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER again today on South Lake. Also 36 Avocets. The first-winter drake SCAUP still on the Rushy. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Gloucester     The male BLACK REDSTART still on the Cathedral today. (John Elley/Martin Price).

Black Redstart by John Elley

Frampton pools     This evening two male Pintails, a juvenile male Goldeneye, four Egyptian Geese, a Great White Egret, 18 Little Egrets, 91 Tufted Ducks, three Teal, 26 Gadwalls, 53 Greylags, seven Canada Geese, a Barnacle Goose, two Ravens and two Chiffchaffs. (Nick Goatman).

Cheltenham     A Peregrine over the stores in High Street/Rodney Road chased by a Herring Gull this morning. (Howard Taylor). At Naunton Park, garden birds included three Greenfinches, four Siskins, two Blackcaps and a Mistle Thrush singing. At Pilley Bridge Reserve a Blackcap and a Song Thrush both singing. At Leckhampton, two Stock Doves at the junction of Moorend Park Road and Moorend Road. (Steve Brown).

Awre     The RICHARD’S PIPIT still at 8:10am feeding along tractor tracks at SO7207008733. (MK). Still present at 12:30pm. (Les Ditchburn/Paul Dunham). Also this morning 23 Bewick’s Swans,  c300 Fieldfares, two Curlews, two Lapwings, a male Reed Bunting and a Raven. (MK).

Richard’s Pipit by Paul Dunham

Richard’s Pipit by Paul Dunham

WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER again today on South Lake and showing well at times until early afternoon at least. (Roy Kinchin). A second-calendar year CASPIAN GULL on South Lake this morning until 12:25pm when it flew towards the estuary. (Martin McGill).

Caspian Gull by Mike King

Berkeley Pill     At high tide 160 Wigeon, 27 Redshanks, 30 Dunlins and five Snipe. Rock Pipits along Sharpness shoreline and a Mediterranean Gull flying down river. (Dave Emery). Also two JACK SNIPES. (Paul Rich).

Cotswolds     A Barn Owl hunting this evening. (Marc Freebrey).

Barn Owl by Marc Freebrey

Stroud     A Water Rail on Stroudwater Canal opposite Lodgemore Mill at lunchtime. Also a Grey Wagtail, three Goldcrests, Coal Tits and a Treecreeper. (Richard Williams/Simon Ashley).

Gloucester     At Saintbridge Pond today a Goldcrest bathing, a Water Rail and several Chiffchaffs. (John Elley).

Guscar Rocks/Aylburton Warth     This morning’s WeBS count at high tide four Canada Geese, 21 Shelducks, 55 Wigeon;, 17 Teal, four Oystercatchers, a Lapwing, 51 Dunlins, 228 Curlews, 29 Redshanks, 160 Common Gulls, 100 Black-headed Gulls, two Lesser Black-backed Gulls, three Skylarks singing, eight Meadow Pipits, two Pied Wagtails, 20 Redwings and ten Carrion Crows. (Mike Smart).

Awre     A RICHARD’S PIPIT today, presumably the same bird present since the autumn, around SO71610903. Park at the church and follow the footpath out to the shoreline. Please keep to public right of way and don’t wander around in private fields. Thank you. (Lewis Thomson).

Richard’s Pipit by Lewis Thomson

WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER again today on South Lake and showing well at times. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Gloucester     A male BLACK REDSTART still on the Cathedral this morning. (Andy Jayne).

Frampton pools     A juvenile male Goldeneye, four Egyptian Geese, 66 Tufted Ducks, 46 Gadwalls, 61 Greylags, seven Canada Geese, five Great Crested Grebes and four Chiffchaffs, one singing. (Nick Goatman).

Hartbury     Around Corse Court Farm, a Red Kite, a Sparrowhawk, two Buzzards, a Raven, 28 Fieldfares, nine Redwings, two Skylarks, nine House Sparrows, a Jay and three Stock Doves. (Paul Masters).

Lydney     On farm land this afternoon a Green Woodpecker, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Buzzard, three Jays, five Pied Wagtails, four Redwings, two Song Thrushes, three Stock Doves and a Sparrowhawk. (Anthony Dobbs).

Cheltenham     A female Stonechat in reeds at Cox’s Meadow today. (Chris Thorley). A Cormorant perched on Dowdeswell reservoir superstructure this morning. (Howard Taylor).

Saul     A Kestrel and two Little Egrets on a field near Saul Junction. (Martin Vaisey).

Halmore     c150 Common Gulls, c50 Black-headed Gulls and a Lesser Black-Backed Gull on the fields at first light, with a Grey Heron, a Little Egret and a Buzzard, also calling Great Spotted Woodpecker and Green Woodpecker. (Chris Newton).

Leigh Meadows     WeBS count this morning, three Mute Swans, 12 Teal, five Mallards, a Buzzard, ten Snipe, three Skylarks, five Carrion Crows and two Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart).

Cobney Meadows     WeBS count five Mute Swans, two Canada Geese, 26 Wigeon, 30 Teal, two Mallards, a Little Egret, a Grey Heron, 30 Rooks and a Raven. (Mike Smart).

Bourton-on-the-Water     From Moore Road a Red Kite flew over close to the High Street. (Howard Taylor).