WWT Slimbridge    At Middle Point before high tide, 542 Dunlins, a Turnstone, four Little Stints, two Curlew Sandpipers, two Sanderlings, 27 Grey Plovers, a Golden Plover, five Bar-tailed Godwits, 6+ Ringed Plovers, two Stonechats and a Wheatear. (Paul Masters/Nicola Benhamada/Slimbridge Sightings). Early morning two Redwings flew SE over the car park. An adult Mediterranean Gull on South Lake. From Zeiss hide three Spotted Redshanks, four Curlew Sandpipers, 18 Black-tailed Godwits, 40 Ruff, 23 Golden Plovers and five Avocets. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Painswick Beacon     This morning between 7:30am and 9:30am birds through included seven Crossbills, 40 House Martins, ten Swallows, 44 Meadow Pipits, 72 Redwings, nine Siskins, 43 Goldfinches, 45 Chaffinches and 38 Linnets. (John Fleming).

Purton     This evening a Marsh Harrier, ten Grey Plovers, 220 Swallows and seven House Martins heading upriver, two Stonechats and a Rock Pipit. (Francis Steuck).

Forest of Dean     At least six vocal Ravens high over Lydbrook at lunchtime. (Chris Sullivan).

Cleeve Hill     This afternoon 20 Stonechats including 13 in the Heather Inclosure and five at the Dew Pond, a Corn Bunting, two Wheatears and a Hornet. (Ian Ralphs).

Nailsworth     A return walk, via Tetbury Lane/Ledgemere Pond/Avening two Red Kites, 12 Buzzards, three Kestrels, eight Ravens, 24 Red-legged Partridges, 38 Pheasants, 14 Meadow Pipits and eight Chiffchaffs. A Little Grebe on Gatcombe Water. (Jake King).

Chavenage Lane area     9+ Stonechats, a Red Kite, two Kestrels and two Swallows flying S. (Terry Grant).

Stanley Downton     A male Kestrel, a dark Buzzard and Ravens calling. Also a Southern Hawker. (Paul Sutton).

Southern Hawker by Paul Sutton

WWT Slimbridge     This morning at Middle Point 550 Dunlins, 50+ Grey Plovers, 20 Ringed Plovers, 200-300 Dunlins, at least two Curlew Sandpipers, a Bar-tailed Godwit, five Knot and a Little Stint and a few House and Sand Martins. (Ian Ralphs/Mike Davis). Five Curlew Sandpipers at Stephen Kirk hide and two on the Top New Piece, also 19 Ruff there. (Ian Ralphs). A Green Sandpiper from Zeiss hide. An Avocet and a Spotted Redshank on the Rushy. (Paul Sutton).

Female Shoveler by Paul Sutton

Saul Warth     This afternoon a late Common Tern, 140 Curlews, a Bar-tailed Godwit, 30+ Grey Plovers, 300+ small distant waders and 12 Little Egrets. Also eight Cattle Egrets with cows at Splatt Bridge and three with cows by Saul Lodge, a Marsh Harrier over 100-Acre. (Gordon Hodgson/MK).

Longney Sands     Around high tide a Golden Plover, a Ringed Plover, a Little Stint, three Dunlins, four Black-tailed Godwits, 11 Curlews, a Kestrel, a Cetti’s Warbler, 200+ Meadow Pipits and a Yellow Wagtail. (Andy Jayne).

Forest of Dean    Six Redwings this morning on Crabtree Hill. (Frank Williams).

Withington    Eight Red Kites feeding over OBM Racing this morning. (Neil Duggan).

Leckhampton Hill     c70 Golden Plovers and at least three Stonechats today. (Eric Harris).

Seven Springs    At Chatcombe Wood this morning birds included Marsh Tit, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Jay, Red Kite, Buzzard, Raven and Yellowhammer. (Jeremy Holland).

Stroud     A Hobby flew E over the town this afternoon. (Terry Grant).

Forest of Dean    A Kingfisher at Speech House Lake this morning. (Terry Stevenson).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning 76 Teal, seven Mallards, two Grey Herons, ten Moorhens, a Buzzard, a Sparrowhawk, 18 Lapwings, three Snipe, 20+ Skylarks SW, five Meadow Pipits, three Swallows, also a Cetti’s Warbler, a Chiffchaff and a Reed Bunting heard. (Mike Smart).

Upham Meadow     Two Mute Swans, a Grey Heron, 70 Herring Gulls, ten Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a Stonechat, 100 Rooks, 50 Jackdaws and a Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge    From Zeiss hide 391 Teal, 95 Shovelers, two Garganeys, two Pintails, a Green Sandpiper, five Snipe, five Ruff, a Spotted Redshank, three Little Stints, six Curlew Sandpipers, a Little Ringed Plover, 11 Ringed Plovers, two Sanderlings, 824 Dunlins, 18 Grey Plovers, a Spoonbill, a Yellow Wagtail over and a Stoat in the cut rides. (Ian Hull). A SPOONBILL briefly on South Lake at 2:15pm. (Jonathan Bull). A Snow Goose yesterday on the Tack Piece was seen again today from Middle Point. (Terry Stevenson/Tim Jukes).

Snow Goose by Terry Stevenson

Saul Warth     Nine Cattle Egrets roosting in bushes at the canal end of Saul Warth at 8:45am. At high tide 50 Grey Plovers, 35 Curlews, two Bar-tailed Godwits, a Redshank, 200+ Dunlins, a Wigeon, three Little Egrets, two Ravens, two Kestrels, a Sparrowhawk, eight Swallows, 30 Goldfinches, a Chiffchaff and a Grey Wagtail. (MK).

Purton    12 Pink-footed Geese flew N late morning. (Francis Steuck/Duerden Cormack).

Forest of Dean    A Redwing briefly this morning on Crabtree Hill. (Frank Williams).

Stonehouse    Two Kingfishers and a Jay near Bond’s Mill and Hoffman’s dam this morning.  A Grey Heron in the field below the Ocean and a Raven heard. (Paul Sutton).

Kingfisher by Paul Sutton

Eastington     A male BRAMBLING feeding on Sunflowers with a mixed finch flock at Claypits today. (Stefan Hawley).

Brambling by Stefan Hawley

Frampton    On Court Lake a Spotted Redshank, the first since 2011. Also a Redshank, a Green Sandpiper, two Great White Egret, two Grey Plovers over, 32 Gadwalls, 18 Teal, six Shovelers, 18 Wigeon and 45 Pied Wagtails on Court Field. (Nick Goatman).

Spotted Redshank by Nick Goatman

Purton     This morning 16 Blackcaps, 12 Chiffchaffs, a Lesser Whitethroat, four Goldcrests, 30 Robins, 13 Song Thrushes, 11 Mistle Thrushes and two Redwings. (Francis Steuck).

Saul Warth     17 Grey Plovers, two Avocets, a Redshank, a Common Sandpiper, eight Curlews, 12 Ruff, 18 Dunlins, many more distant waders, a Red Kite flew N out of the murk, a drake Tufted Duck mid-channel at high tide, 41 Swallows, 12 House Martins, five Chiffchaffs, a Blackcap and a Grey Wagtail. (Duerden Cormack/MK).

Common Sandpiper by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge    High tide counts this morning on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide, seven Curlew Sandpipers, two Little Stints, a juvenile Little Ringed Plover, three Spotted Redshanks, two Avocets, seven Ruff, a Green Sandpiper, 15 Redshanks, 24 Black-tailed Godwits, a Sanderling and 200+ Dunlins. On the river five Bar-tailed Godwits, two Knot, 29+ Grey Plovers, three Little Stints, four Curlew Sandpipers, six Ringed Plovers, 84+ Curlews, 250+ Dunlins and a Ruff. (Neil Smart/Steve Pullen). From Middle Point/Summer Walkway two Peregrines, a Wheatear, 15 Meadow Pipits, eight Skylarks and four Swallows. Five very vocal Cetti’s Warblers, three Chiffchaffs and a Weasel ran across the path near the Otter pen. From Kingfisher hide a female Marsh Harrier, 20-30 Golden Plovers, six Ruff and a Snipe feeding with 100+ Starlings and 40 Lapwings. (Steve Pullen).

Marsh Harrier by Steve Pullen

Cotswolds     At Barnsley Warren, on the Fosse Way spur, two Buzzards, a Red Kite, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, 50+ Meadow Pipits, 50+ Linnets with a few Goldfinches and several Skylarks.  On the other side of the Fosse Way 20 Lapwings. At Coates, c30 mixed Swallows and House Martins on and off wires. Along the road above Middle Duntisbourne two Buzzards, a Kestrel, a Green Woodpecker, two Marsh Tits, two Bullfinches, a Chiffchaff and Jays heard.  Three Stoats, an adult briefly, followed by two half-grown youngsters showing well for 20 minutes. (Steve Brown).

Saul Warth     At high tide four Pink-footed Geese flew N distantly, a Hobby, a Sparrowhawk, 36 Curlews, a Common Sandpiper, four Little Egrets, a Cattle Egret, 20+ Meadow Pipits, 12 Swallows, six Linnets, a Blackcap, a Chiffchaff, a pair of Grey Wagtails and a Red Admiral. (MK).

Cleeve Hill    A Goshawk sparred with a Red Kite, a Golden Plover, a Sparrowhawk, a Kestrel, eight Ravens, 31 Stonechats, c400 Linnets at West Down and a trickle of southbound Meadow Pipits totalling 190 by 1pm. (Andy Jayne).

WWT Slimbridge     c65 Grey Plovers from Middle Point this morning. (Richard Tyler). Also 200+ Dunlins, two Sanderlings, an Avocet and two Wheatears. (Mike Davis). Two Spotted Redshanks on the Rushy. (Jon Mercer). An unringed Common Crane from Van de Bovenkamp hide this afternoon. (Sam Walker).

Grey Plovers by Richard Tyler

Grey Plovers by Richard Tyler

Cotswold Water Park East    At Pit 132 this morning birds included two Greenshanks, a Snipe, a Green Sandpiper, a Great White Egret and the Spotted Redshank still. (Ken Cypher).

Spotted Redshank by Ken Cypher

Awre    This morning three Wheatears, three Stonechats, a Whinchat, three Curlews, five Grey Herons, a Little Egret and 60 Canada Geese flew over. (David Smith).

Nailsworth     A male Merlin flew S down Nailsworth Valley at 2pm. Also a Large Ranunculus moth on the house earlier this week. (Terry Grant).

Large Ranunculus moth by Terry Grant

Coombe Hill Meadows     A Red Kite today. (Paul Clark).

WWT Slimbridge    11 Pink-footed Geese on the Dumbles at 9:40am. (Roy Kinchin). On the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide the wader flock included 14 Curlew Sandpipers, seven Little Stints and a Spotted Redshank. On the Dumbles over high tide 83+ Grey Plovers, three Bar-tailed Godwits and a Sanderling. (Martin McGill).

Painswick Beacon     This morning between 7 and 10 am ten Redwings, five Crossbills, 40 Ravens,( in 4 groups, 15, 10, 10 and 5), 61 Meadow Pipits, 177 Swallows and 40 House Martins. (John Fleming).

Saul Warth    Six Little Egrets, three Cattle Egrets distantly at Splatt Bridge, two Common Sandpipers, four Ringed Plovers, a Stonechat, five Swallows, 14 Meadow Pipits and a Grey Wagtail. (MK).

Ringed Plover by Mike King

Frampton pools     Early evening a Yellow-legged Gull on the Sailing Lake and at least six Cattle Egrets and two Great White Egrets on Court Lake. (Paul Rich).

Cotswold Water Park East     A Spotted Redshank on Pit 132 still. (Clive Scarlett).

Cherington     At the lake and surrounding woodland early afternoon two Bullfinches, a Goldcrest, a Nuthatch, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, two Jays, eight Mallards, five Moorhens, two Mute Swans, three Buzzards and a Red Kite. Also a Stoat. (John Fletcher).

WWT Slimbridge    18 Curlew Sandpipers, six Little Stints and four Spotted Redshanks from Zeiss hide. Two Little Ringed Plovers on South Lake. A Peregrine hunting near the Zeiss hide.  (Slimbridge Sightings/Paul Sutton).

Little Ringed Plover by Paul Sutton

Slimbridge     A Peregrine on Slimbridge church today. (Paul Sutton).

Peregrine by Paul Sutton

Highnam Woods     This afternoon two Nuthatches, 16 Linnets, three Jays and two Buzzards. (John Fletcher).

Saul Warth     At high tide early morning was hampered by fog, just 35 Grey Plovers, an Avocet, a Common Sandpiper, 200+ Dunlins, two Ringed Plovers, 100+ Curlews, eight Little Egrets, 14 Shelducks, 27 Swallows, a House Martin, a Stonechat, two male Blackcaps, five Chiffchaffs, one singing, a pair of Grey Wagtails, 12 Goldfinches, a Jay and all eight Cattle Egrets sat on hawthorn bushes towards Splatt Bridge. A Fox in Hock Ditch was a patch tick. (MK). Also two Reed Buntings, a Green Woodpecker and a Great Spotted Woodpecker at Hock Ditch. (Steve Brown).

Grey Wagtail by Mike King

Common Sandpiper by Mike King

Saul     This afternoon six Cattle Egrets with the cattle in the field by next to Saul Lodge. (Simon Ashley).

WWT Slimbridge     Three eclipse male Pintails on the Eider Pen, a drake Pochard in the North America Pen and a Kingfisher on the central matrix. (Jonathan Bull). The three Spotted Redshanks this morning mobile around the site. (Neil Smart). From Zeiss hide a Curlew Sandpiper and three Little Stints with c50 Dunlins, a Spotted Redshank, 10+ Ruff, two Snipe, an Egyptian Goose, the Ross’s Goose, a Water Rail and a Cetti’s Warbler.  On one island a Buzzard eating a carcass, and two Ravens eating a carcass on the other island. (Steve Brown).

Dursley    A second-calendar year Mediterranean Gull on the playing fields this afternoon. (Paul Taylor).

Gloucester     At Alney Island a Red Kite over at lunchtime. Also two Buzzards, a Green Woodpecker, a Chiffchaff and a mixed flock of 20 Swallows and House Martins over the river. (Paul Clark).

Guscar Rocks     This evening 332 Curlews, 160 Dunlins, 11 Ringed Plovers, ten Golden Plovers and two Redshanks. (John Sanders).

Chavenage Lane area     At least eight Stonechats, two Red Kites, 140+ Swallows, two Kestrels, 30+ Yellowhammers and a Corn Bunting. (Terry Grant).

Hardwicke     A Red Kite perched up at Madam’s End Farm this morning. (Steve Pullen).

Great Barrington     Several Red Kites over the fields today. (Martine Fenn).

Bishops Cleeve     c20 Red Kites over Grundon recycle site today. (Alan McIlquham).

Red Kite by Alan McIlquham

Cheltenham     At 3:30am a Tawny Owl calling in the  garden at Naunton Park. (Steve Brown).

Ashleworth Ham     A ringing session at first light with a catch of 92 birds including 22 Meadow Pipits, seven Blackcaps, seven Chiffchaffs, nine Reed Buntings, two Goldcrests and 41 Goldfinches. Also a Little Owl, a Tawny Owl calling early on, a Kestrel, a Sparrowhawk, 3 or 4 Swallows over and a light passage of Skylarks. (Mike Smart/Mervyn Greening).

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning 98 Grey Plovers, an Avocet, six Knot, 300+ Dunlins, 10+ Ringed Plovers, 156 Curlews, a Common Sandpiper, 27 Shelducks, eight Pintails, first of the Autumn here, and six Little Egrets. Also a male Stonechat, two male Blackcaps, five Chiffchaffs, two singing, two Goldcrests and two Grey Wagtails. (MK).

Frampton     From the towpath at Splatt Bridge this morning, eight Cattle Egrets, a Peregrine, a Marsh Harrier, a Golden Plover, 45 Curlews, four Pintails, 69 Wigeon with two Shovelers in from the N, a Common Sandpiper on the canal and c300 Dunlins circling the foreshore. (Gordon Hodgson).

WWT Slimbridge    From Zeiss hide 223 Black-tailed Godwits, 14 Snipe, 20 Redshanks, four Spotted Redshanks, 49 Avocets, 260 Dunlins, four Little Stints, six Curlew Sandpipers, 110 Lapwings, a Green Sandpiper, 33 Ruff, eight Golden Plovers, a Marsh Harrier, 631 Teal and six Wigeon. (Chris Moore/Jeanne Vitkovskis/Bob Shiret). Two Snipe from Robbie Garnett hide. (Bob Shiret). 19 Common Cranes flew over the reserve today. (Becky Taylor).

Sandhurst Hill     This morning four Red Kites, five Buzzards, a Goshawk, a Sparrowhawk, a Kestrel and a Peregrine. Also 100 House Martins, 50+ Greenfinches and two Stonechats. (Andy Jayne).

Stroud     A male Redstart at Stratford Park to the right of the playground at 1pm. (Mark Hobson).

Painswick Beacon    This morning from 6:30am to 10:15am a Hobby, a Swift, two Redwings, a Golden Plover, 31 Ravens, 11 Swallows and seven House Martins. (John Fleming).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A Water Rail feeding beside the canal this afternoon, c20 metres from the car park. (Ged Cassell). In the morning 72 Teal, 17 Mallards, two Grey Herons, a Little Egret, a Buzzard, 22 Moorhens, two Snipe, a light south-westward Skylark passage, six Meadow Pipits, 1 or 2 Swallows, a Grey Wagtail, a few Chiffchaffs calling from the hedges, 40 Goldfinches and 2 or 3 Bullfinches. (Mike Smart).

Tewkesbury     At Severn Ham an adult Mute Swan and seven cygnets on the Mill Avon and a few passing Swallows and Skylarks. (Mike Smart).

Cotswold Water Park East     A Spotted Redshank on Pit 132 still. (Ian Sherriffs).

Leckhampton Hill     From the quarry car park 25 Golden Plovers flew over S then 20
minutes later the same or similar flock flying E. Also a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Buzzard, a Jay, a Stock Dove and a Chiffchaff. 30+ Golden Plovers and a Wheatear on a field just E of Hartley Farm. Also several Skylarks and a Jay heard. (Steve Brown).

Elkstone     N of Elkstone a Red Kite lifted off with a roadkill Pheasant, rapidly joined in the air by another six Red Kites, a Buzzard and two Ravens. (Steve Brown).

Stonehouse    This morning a Grey Wagtail at Bond’s Mill. Around the Ocean and fields below an adult Cormorant and two juveniles, a pale Buzzard, 41 Mallards, a Little Egret,
a Kingfisher, a Sparrowhawk, a small flock of Long-tailed Tits, a small flock of Goldfinches, seven Moorhens, five Coots and two Grey Herons. Also a Southern Hawker, five Common Darters and two Red Admirals. (Paul Sutton).

Saul Warth     Early morning 94 Grey Plovers, 15 Curlew Sandpipers, three Common Sandpipers, four Bar-tailed Godwits, six Avocets, two Knot, two Redshanks, 189 Curlews, 580 Dunlins, a Sanderling, five Little Stints, 50+ Ringed Plovers, 50+ Shelducks, seven Little Egrets, a Wheatear, two Stonechats, 26 Swallows and a Cetti’s Warbler heard. (Martin McGill/MK).

WWT Slimbridge     A GUILLEMOT on the mud S of Middle Point at 9am. (Tim Jukes). From Kingfisher hide a Cattle Egret with the cattle on the Bottom New Piece. (Dot Jones). From Zeiss hide three Curlew Sandpipers all afternoon and two Spotted Redshanks. (Tim Jukes/Jonathan Bull).

Epney     At 10am three Ruff, six Lapwings and 58 Mallards S of the Anchor Inn. (MK).

Highnam    A Hobby flying around over the Hereford-Gloucester canal. Also a Jay, a Green Woodpecker, seven Swallows, a few Long-tailed Tits and a Cormorant. At Linton Farm near the pond four Spotted Flycatchers together, a Red Kite and a Buzzard. (John Fletcher).

Cotswold Water Park East    At Pit 132 near Kempsford the Spotted Redshank, a Kingfisher, two Greenshanks and three Common Sandpipers. Also a Peregrine nearby. (Chris Snook).

Spotted Redshank by Chris Snook

Greenshank by Chris Snook

Cam Long Down     Late afternoon a Wheatear, a Redstart, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Bullfinch, seven Buzzards, seven Chiffchaffs, 17 Swallows and a Sparrowhawk. (Neil Smart).