WWT Slimbridge    A FIRECREST and a male Bullfinch from Willow hide and possibly a second FIRECREST nearby. Also two Cetti’s Warblers and six Chiffchaffs. (David Creber/Paul Masters/Tim McGrath/Christopher Teague).

Saul Warth     Early afternoon low high tide, 40 Avocets, 57 Curlews, 12 Lapwings, seven Redshanks, a Common Sandpiper, ten Dunlins, 17 Shelducks, two Kestrels, a Buzzard, two Fieldfares and a Mistle Thrush. 34 Cattle Egrets with 30 Common Gulls at Fretherne in the field opposite the end of Hock Ditch. (MK).

Cattle Egret by Mike King

Common Gull by Mike King

Awre     Two Common Cranes, five Lapwings, three Bramblings, 19 Chaffinches, 47 Linnets, 20+ Fieldfares, a Rock Pipit, five Meadow Pipits and a Snipe. (Dan Watson).

Westbury-on-Severn     A few Chiffchaffs at Westbury STW including a greyish bird which looked quite good for tristis. (Dan Watson).

Chiffchaff showing chars of tristis by Dan Watson

Coombe Hill Meadows    Several thousand wildfowl this morning, mainly Teal, Pintails, Wigeon, Shovelers, Greylags, Canada Geese and a Whooper Swan. Also 80+ Fieldfares, 50+ Redwings, a Buzzard, two Blackcaps, two Bullfinches, a Goldcrest and a Chiffchaff. (Paul Clark).Also what looks like a pure adult female Ruddy Shelduck today, only seen when it flew off. (Rhys Dugmore).

Ruddy Shelduck by Rhys Dugmore

Whooper Swan by Rhys Dugmore

Forest of Dean     14 Goosanders on Woorgreens Lake this morning. (Duncan Dine).

Goosander by Duncan Dine

Cold Aston     c1400 Linnets, c100 Golden Plovers, 30 Lapwings, two Red Kites, a Buzzard, a Sparrowhawk, a Yellowhammer and c30 Skylarks today. (Tom & Greg Mabbett).

Hazleton     A Brambling with a few Chaffinches feeding on the minor road N of the village by the belt of trees. Around the adjacent fields many birds feeding including 50+ Fieldfares, a few Redwings, 30 Red-legged Partridges and a mobile flock of 100+ Starlings. Around the area two Buzzards and c10 Red Kites. (Steve Brown).

Kingscote     A Red Kite at Kingscote Barn late this afternoon. (Gord Avery).

WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN and a Great White Egret from Zeiss hide. A FIRECREST at Robbie Garnett hide again. A male Goldeneye and a Kingfisher on South Lake. (Mike Davis/Dot Jones).

Sharpness     A Whooper Swan flew high north over Sharpness towards Slimbridge at 10:22am. (Andy Jordan).

Saul Warth     Early afternoon high tide, 42 Avocets, 60 Shelducks, 34 Curlews, 34 Lapwings (22 S, 12 N), seven Dunlins, a Little Egret, a Great White Egret, nine Cormorants, a Kestrel, a Stonechat and a Rock Pipit. Four Cattle Egrets with 30 Common Gulls in the field opposite Fretherne end of Hock Ditch. (MK). Earlier 47 Cattle Egrets in the field by Hock Ditch. (Gordon Hodgson).

Cattle Egret by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     A Goshawk from Kingfisher hide this morning. A BITTERN seen from Van de Bovenkamp hide late morning. Also three OTTERS reported from Zeiss hide at 11:20am. (Mike Davis).

Goshawk by Mike Davis

Saul Warth     At high tide, the strong SW wind was unproductive, 25 Shelducks, 30 Curlews, ten Grey Herons, a Little Egret, ten Cormorants, two Kestrels and a Sparrowhawk hunting the 100 strong Starling flock. Ten Cattle Egrets, five Little Egrets and ten Pied Wagtails opposite Dunstalls Farm at 3pm. (MK).

Coombe Hill Meadows     500+ Wigeon, 1000+ Teal, 250+ Pintails, 400+ Canada Geese, 300+ Greylags, a Mute Swan, 150 Shovelers, 90 Mallards, two Tufted Ducks, 500+ Black-headed Gulls, three Cormorants, 12 Long-tailed Tits, a Song Thrush, four Blackbirds, two Robins and two Redwings. (Shaun Curtis).

Ashleworth Ham     40 Greylags, 180 Canada Geese, 52 Mallards, 12 Pintails, ten Gadwalls, 34 Wigeon, 40 Black-headed Gulls, 160 Lapwings, 30 Starlings, two Pied Wagtails, 34 Fieldfares, two Chaffinches and three Long-tailed Tits. (Shaun Curtis).

Cobney Meadows     Eight Egyptian Geese yesterday, two Mute Swans, five Shelducks, six Herring Gulls and 100 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. (Shaun Curtis).

Westonbirt     At least five Crossbills around the arboretum this morning. Seen in both Silk Wood and the old arboretum. (Jon Haw).

Nailsworth     A Chiffchaff and three Siskins in the garden at Walkley Wood at 9am. (Jon Haw).

WWT Slimbridge     A FIRECREST, two Chiffchaffs and a Goldcrest by Robbie Garnett hide. Three Little Stints on the Dumbles scrape. 35+ White-fronted Geese, a Marsh Harrier and five Ruff on the Tack Piece. A Water Rail from Martin Smith hide. 300+ Dunlins on the Rushy. A Great White Egret from Zeiss hide. Near Kingfisher Hide three OTTERS at 11:55am, also a Little Grebe, a Cetti’s Warbler and a Sparrowhawk took a Blue Tit. A Spotted Redshank on South Lake. (Slimbridge Sightings/Paul Clark/Andy Chapman/Paul Masters).

Saul Warth     Early morning, no tide, 254 Wigeon migrating S in 2 flocks, 108 Shelducks, 30 Avocets, 106 Curlews, 60 Dunlins, two Kestrels, eight Fieldfares, a Meadow Pipit and a Rock Pipit. 20 Cattle Egrets opposite Dunstalls Farm at 9:30am. (MK).

Tewkesbury     At the Mill Avon a Kingfisher flying back and forth between Healings & Abbey Mills today. (Les Ditchburn).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A pair of Mute Swans, 100+ Greylags, 200+ Canada Geese, five Egyptian Geese, two Shelducks, 1700 Wigeon, five Gadwalls, 1000 Teal, 50+ Mallards, 240+ Pintails, 30+ Shovelers, four Pochards, 45 Tufted Ducks, a Grey Heron, ten Coots,  10+ Lapwings, 300 Black-headed Gulls, ten Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 20 Herring Gulls, five Skylarks, 20 Meadow Pipits, eight Pied Wagtails, five Fieldfares, a Mistle Thrush, a Song Thrush and 50 Starlings today. (Mike Smart).

Gloucester    Along the Severn Way at Sudmeadow and the Landfill Site two Cormorants, a male Sparrowhawk, a Buzzard, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10+ Pied Wagtails feeding on the old tip dislope, male and female Stonechat, a Raven, 13 Goldfinches, 12 Linnets and three Roe Deer. (Gord Avery).

WWT Slimbridge    Two FIRECRESTS next to the Robbie Garnett hide this morning. (Tan Grigg).

Firecrest by Tan Grigg

Saul Warth     Early morning four Goosanders flew in and landed briefly at Hock Cliff, then a fifth Goosander flew in and settled, 60 Shelducks, 30 Avocets, 44 Curlews, three Redshanks, 25 Lapwings, 85 Dunlins, a Green Sandpiper in Hock Ditch, a Little Egret, ten Cattle Egrets, a Kestrel, a Stonechat, four Fieldfares, six Meadow Pipits, a Chiffchaff, 25 Goldfinches, 20 Chaffinches and a Reed Bunting. (MK).

Kestrel by Mike King

Stonechat by Mike King

Tresham     A Little Owl, a juvenile Peregrine, 24 Golden Plovers, two Stonechats, four Red Kites and four Corn Buntings today. (Paul Rich).

Gossington     A Little Owl on a derelict barn today and another calling nearby. (Harrison Rowsell).

Little Owl by Harrison Rowell

Chavenage Lane     Five Red Kites, and at nearby Barton End, a female Merlin. (Terry Grant).

Cobney Meadows     On floods 350+ Wigeon, 100+ Pintails, ten Mallards, five Canada Geese, four Tufted Ducks, 30+ Teal, 25 Shovelers, seven Shelducks, an Egyptian Goose, 35 Black-headed Gulls, 30 Carrion Crows, 10+ Fieldfares and 100+ Starlings in a small murmuration at dusk. (Shaun Curtis).

Naunton Down     200+ Redwings on winter cereals and 50+ Starlings in two mobile groups. (Phil Steele).

Coombe Hill Meadows     The Grundon hide easily accessible with wellingtons now. This morning two Mute Swans, 300 Greylags, 500 Canada Geese, 300 Wigeon, eight Gadwalls, 800 Teal, 30 Mallards, 264 Pintails, 43 Shovelers, three Pochards, 20 Tufted Ducks, a Grey Heron, five Coots, 200 Black-headed Gulls, 20 Herring Gulls, four Pied Wagtails, four Meadow Pipits, a singing Song Thrush, five Fieldfares and a Cetti’s Warbler. (Mike Smart).

Ashleworth Ham     A female Goldeneye today. (Richard Humphrey & Pete Jones).

Goldeneye by Richard Humphrey

WWT Slimbridge    In the scrub near the Decoy hide at lunchtime today a FIRECREST, two Blackcaps, a Goldcrest, a Treecreeper, a Bullfinch, a Cetti’s Warbler and a Chiffchaff. (Tim McGrath/Dave Paynter). Two Little Stints viewable from the Estuary Tower on the Tack Piece with Dunlins this morning. (Warren Gill).

Saul Warth     Mid-morning at high tide, 30 Avocets, 17 Curlews, six Redshanks, two Little Egrets, two Cattle Egrets, two Kestrels, two Buzzards, a Sparrowhawk, a Rock Pipit, a Chiffchaff and two Reed Buntings. Also in the spring like weather a Red Admiral and Rooks displaying and repairing nests. (MK).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Two Mute Swans, c300 Canada Geese, 184 Greylags, two Mandarins, 40 Shovelers, 23 Gadwalls, 800 Wigeon, 200 Pintails, 600 Teal, 20 Mallards, three Pochards, 23 Tufted Ducks, 20 Coots, three Snipe, a Sparrowhawk, 300 Black-headed Gulls, a Jay, 75 Jackdaws, 25 Carrion Crows, a Cetti’s Warbler, two Meadow Pipits, two Pied Wagtails, 60 Fieldfares, two Linnets, four Chiffchaffs, two Blackcaps and a Yellowhammer today. (Andy Jayne/Ian Hull/Mike Smart).

Forest of Dean     This morning 4+ Goldcrests, 10+ Long-tailed Tits and a Dipper at Parkend. Two Goosanders (1m), 6+ Little Grebes, four Wigeon, 8+ Mandarins and two Ravens at Cannop Ponds. At Woorgreens NR four Goosanders (1m), two Grey Herons, ten Tufted Ducks, 35+ mixed flock of Siskins, Redpolls and Goldfinches, two Ravens and three Fieldfares. (Paul Clark).

Cobney Meadows     This afternoon eight Mute Swans, seven Egyptian Geese, four Shelducks, 150 Wigeon, 50 Teal, ten Mallards, two Pintails, ten Shovelers, a Tufted Duck, ten Lapwings and 150 Black-headed Gulls. (Mike Smart).

Chavenage Lane area     Seven Red Kites, three Kestrels and seven Buzzards, and at nearby Barton End, two Red Kites, 17 Corn Buntings, two Buzzards and 45+ Linnets. (Terry Grant).

Leighterton     750+ Common Gulls feeding in fields. (Terry Grant).

Longney      A Red Kite flew N at 9:26am and nearby 69 Lapwings at Epney. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge     Two FIRECRESTS by the airlock gate leading to the Estuary Tower at 9am. (Ian Hull). From the Estuary Tower 39 White-fronted Geese on the sands then moved to the Tack Piece, also three Ruff and a Little Stint. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Saul Warth     Between 7:30-10:30am, 25 Avocets, 87 Curlews, 100 Lapwings flew S, three Redshanks, a Common Sandpiper, four Dunlins, a Kestrel, two Buzzards, a Rock Pipit, 14 Meadow Pipits, a Fieldfare, four Chiffchaffs, a female Stonechat, three Linnets and four Reed Buntings. (MK).

Rock Pipit by Mike King

Linnet by Mike King

Coombe Hill Meadows     This afternoon, the canal path passable to the Snipe Pool gate then waders needed to get to the hide, a Buzzard, two Kestrels, a Common Gull with Black-headed Gulls on the flooded fields, 250+ Teal, 50+ Pintails, a Water Rail, 25+ Fieldfares, 12+ Redwings and 18 Pied Wagtails. (Paul Clark).

Chavenage Lane area     An immature Goshawk, five Red Kites, two Kestrels, four Buzzards and at nearby Barton End a male Merlin sat in a tree by the side of the A46 and a flyover female Merlin at the same time, also 20+ Corn Buntings. (Terry Grant).

Merlin by Terry Grant

WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN showed well on the island viewed from Van de Bovenkamp hide today. (Heather England/Dave Creber). A Bar-tailed Godwit roosted on the Dumbles edge over high tide and at least 34 Avocets on the river’s edge. 13 Avocets on South Lake. (Paul Masters).

Saul Warth     Early morning high tide the first Rock Pipit of the winter, 47 Curlews all flew off N, three Shelducks, 55 Lapwings flew S, three Little Egrets, ten Grey Herons, three Buzzards, six Fieldfares, a Redwing and two Reed Buntings. (MK).

Elkstone     At the play area today at least three Bramblings on the beech mast with c30 Chaffinches. (Tom Mabbett).

Gossington     A Little Owl sat on a derelict building this morning before being spooked by horse riders and flying away. (Harrison Rowsell).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding today Fieldfare, Redwing Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, a Kestrel, two Grey Herons, a Jay and a Great Spotted Woodpecker. (Sarah Townsend). A Woodcock flushed at 11am. (Steve Pullen).

Fieldfare by Sarah Townsend

Tuffley     Two Grey Wagtails and two Pied Wagtails in the garden this afternoon. (John Fletcher).

Grey Wagtail by John Fletcher

Sandhurst    A Red Admiral at Sandhurst Hill today. (Andy Jayne).

Brookthorpe     A GLOSSY IBIS flew low over Naas Lane east over the new fishing pits on the sharp right hand bend by Chambers Farm at 1:30pm SO 82985 11910. (Martin McGill).

Gossington    Two Barn Owls flew together over the A38 near Gossington Bridge at 10:40pm. (Chris Newton).

WWT Slimbridge     26 Bewick’s Swans and 182 Dunlins on the Rushy. Four Red Crested Pochards (2m, 2f), two Cattle Egrets, a Peregrine, four Ruff, a Golden Plover, a White-fronted Goose and a Black Swan on South Lake. Four Great White Egrets on the Tack Piece. (Dot Jones/Oliver Hague/Paul Clark/David Minshall).

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning, 86 Curlews, 14 Shelducks, 25 Common Gulls, five Grey Herons, a Kestrel, a Buzzard, a Fieldfare and a Chiffchaff. No sign of the Brent today. (MK).

Curlew by Mike King

Frampton    A pair of Great White Egrets over the Court Lake this afternoon. (Simon Hart).

Cotswold Water Park East     At Pit 114 200+ Pochards, 150+ Red Crested Pochards, 100+ Wigeon, 100+ Coots, Tufted Duck flocks, two Goosanders and a Goldeneye. (Thomas McClung).

Forest of Dean     At Wenchford a Dipper from the entrance bridge. At Mallards Pike Siskins over and a Nuthatch. At Speech House, Spruce Ride car park, a Nuthatch and 3/4 Coal Tits visiting the feeders. (Steve Brown).

WWT Slimbridge     21 Bewick’s Swans on the Rushy and five on the Tack Piece. 40 White-fronted Geese from Robbie Garnett hide. A BITTERN from Zeiss hide. (Tim Jukes/Ian Hull/Oliver Paisey/Dot Jones).

Saul Warth     High tide at dawn, the Dark-bellied Brent Goose still then flew to the Noose, 30 Curlews, three Snipe, two Redshanks, a Common Sandpiper, two Little Egrets, six Grey Herons, two Kestrels, a flock of 23 Skylarks flew N, two Fieldfares, a Chiffchaff, two Stonechats and six Reed Buntings. Ten Cattle Egrets in the field opposite Dunstalls Farm at 10am. (MK).

Dark-bellied Brent Goose by Mike King

Syreford     On the track above Syreford Plantation this afternoon, 10+ Yellowhammers, five Linnets, two Buzzards, two Red Kites, a Kestrel and a Skylark. (Cottia Howard).

Yellowhammer by Cottia Howard

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area this morning, three Snipe, a Lapwing, two Grey Herons, 30+Fieldfares, 20+Redwings, eight Song Thrushes, 24 Skylarks, five Stonechats, six Reed Buntings. 14 Meadow Pipits, four Siskins, three Kestrels, four Buzzards and two Ravens. (Steve Pullen).

Maisemore    Mostly frozen, but the Leadon flood near Maisemore held eight Mute Swans, 12 Canada Geese, 14 Wigeon, 170 Teal, a Snipe, a Green Sandpiper, two Grey Herons, two  Great White Egrets, a Kingfisher, three Chiffchaffs, a Treecreeper and two Grey Wagtails. (Andy Jayne).

Gloucester     At Horsbere FSA a Buzzard, a Little Egret, a Stonechat, a Snipe and a Song Thrush, the ponds are still frozen. (Paul Clark). At Robinswood Hill this afternoon two Goldcrests, two Jays, 17 Jackdaws, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, three Song Thrushes, seven Long-tailed Tits and 13 Jackdaws. (John Fletcher).

Goldcrest by John Fletcher