Epney     The CASPIAN TERN on the mudbank of the River Severn S of the Anchor Inn from 8:13am until 8:52am when it flew inland. (Jeremy Holland). It was refound upstream flying towards Longney Crib at 10:10am and was there from 10:45am until 11:15am. (Jeremy Squire). In between it was at Rodley Sands at 10:30am at high tide. (David Smith). At 12:05pm it flew over over Epney heading SW. (Alex Carlisle). It was not seen then until it flew in to Epney at 8:10pm. (Julian Thomas). It flew off S over Framilode at 9:05pm then towards Saul Warth. (Jon Mercer/Mark Hobson). The TURTLE DOVE for its 4th day on wires and in trees around the Anchor Inn from 9:30am. (Jeremy Holland/David Hughes). Please park sensibly by the entrance opposite the seawall without blocking access and not in the pub unless you are using it. Also nine Common Sandpipers (Paul Masters) and a Harbour Porpoise swam down river at 2:20pm. (Duerden Cormack).

Caspian Tern by Dave Hughes

Caspian Tern by Mike King

Longney Sands     This afternoon a Great White Egret, five Little Egrets, an adult Mediterranean Gull, two adult Yellow-legged Gulls, five Common Sandpipers, two Yellow Wagtails, a female Reed Bunting, two Linnets, a Peregrine killed a Crow and a Little Owl heard near the school. (Andy Jayne/John Fletcher).

Mediterranean Gull by John Fletcher

Rodley Sands    Eight Little Egrets, a Great White Egret, two Oystercatchers, two Grey Herons, a Cormorant and a Peregrine on prey at 10:30am. (David Smith).

WWT Slimbridge     An OSPREY flew N upriver today. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Saul Warth     On the rising high tide this morning 90+ Avocets, 68+ Curlews, 35 Black-tailed Godwits, 19 Oystercatchers, a Redshank, seven Dunlins, four Little Egrets, 80+ Shelducks, 15 Swallows, 23 Goldfinches and a Chiffchaff. (MK).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning 6:30am along the canal two Kingfishers, two Green Woodpeckers, 3+ Sedge Warblers, five Swifts, female and juvenile Blackcaps, two Chiffchaffs, Coot family with five chicks and a Mallard family with six ducklings. From Grundon Hide, three Great White Egrets, 30+ Little Egrets, seven Grey Herons and 28+ Lapwings. (Clare McLeod).

Forest of Dean    At Cannop Upper Pond today, two Grey Wagtails, two eclipse Mandarins, five Little Grebe adults, two with two chicks at the causeway end, a Mute Swan with two well grown cygnets, two grown Coot young, a Treecreeper, a Marsh Tit and a Nuthatch on the bird table. (Chris Keeling).

Forest of Dean    The OSPREY is still around the Woorgreens area. It flew over from Woorgreens and headed towards Beechenhurst this morning at 7:45am. (Jonny Gentle). It seems to be quite wide-ranging.

Epney    The TURTLE DOVE for its 3rd day on wires and in trees around the Anchor Inn all day. Please park sensibly by the entrance opposite the seawall without blocking access and not in the pub unless you are using it. Also three Little Egrets, a Red Kite over, a Cormorant, 12 Sand Martins and a juvenile Redstart. (Jeremy Holland/Paul Sutton/Terry Grant/Roy Kinchin/MK).

Turtle Dove by Mike King

Turtle Dove by Terry Grant

Juvenile Redstart by Paul Sutton

Saul Warth     Two Grey Herons, three Little Egrets, two SPOONBILLS, 108+ Avocets, 14 Black-tailed Godwits, a Bar-tailed Godwit, 50+ Curlews, a Whimbrel, 17 Oystercatchers and three Common Sandpipers. No sign of the Caspian Tern today anywhere between Longney and WWT. (Andy Jayne/MK).

Frampton     On Court Lake two Hobbies, two Great White Egrets, a Little Egret, five Grey Herons, two Common Terns, a Ross’s Goose, two adult Oystercatchers and a fully grown juvenile, four Buzzards and a Kingfisher. (Nick Goatman).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning 37 Little Egrets, three Great White Egrets and nine Grey Herons. (Ian Hull).

Stonehouse     This afternoon a Red Kite and two Buzzards over between the Ocean and Bonds Mill. Two Little Egrets in trees along the Frome and a very young Grass Snake along the canal. Swifts and House Martins over, Kestrels are still around and the Yellow-bellied Slider still. (Paul Sutton).

Nailsworth     Three Red Kites over the garden in Forest Green today. (Keith & Lyn Perkins).

Cheltenham    At the Griffiths Avenue nature reserve opposite St Mark’s church this afternoon a calling Nuthatch. Butterflies included Large White, Small White, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Gatekeeper, Comma and Holly Blue also a pair of Beautiful Demoiselle damselflies. (Keith White).

Epney     A CASPIAN TERN on the mudbank of the River Severn S of the Anchor Inn from 7:15pm until 7:44pm when it was pushed off by the tide. It showed at Framilode for a short time before flying off towards Arlingham at 7:55pm. Also a Great White Egret this evening. (Andy Jordan).

Caspian Tern by Andy Jordan

Caspian Tern by Andy Jordan

The TURTLE DOVE for its 2nd day on wires and in trees around the Anchor Inn from late morning until 8:30pm at least. Please park sensibly by the entrance opposite the seawall without blocking access and not in the pub unless you are using it. Also a Common Tern S past the Anchor at 9:30am and a Little Egret. (MK).

Turtle Dove by Mike King

Turtle Dove by Paul Dunham

Saul Warth     At high tide at 6:30am, two SPOONBILLS, a Little Egret, 114 Shelducks, 417+ Black-headed Gulls, 106 Avocets (new high count), 95 Curlews, 19 Oystercatchers and a Common Sandpiper. An OSPREY flew N over Fretherne church towards Epney at 8:25am. (MK).

Osprey by Mike King

Spoonbills by Mike King

Coombe Hill Meadows    This morning 40 Little Egrets, three Great White Egrets, three Green Sandpipers, a Greenshank, two Snipe, two adult Avocets with three chicks and a male Whinchat. (Ian Hull/Mike Smart).

Epney     A TURTLE DOVE on wires and in trees around the Anchor Inn from late morning until 9pm at least. Please park sensibly by the entrance opposite the seawall without blocking access and not in the pub unless you are using it. (Jeremy Squire).

Turtle Dove by Mike King

Turtle Dove by John Fletcher

Coombe Hill Meadows    43 Little Egrets, nine Grey Herons and a Whinchat this morning. (Jeremy Holland).

Forest of Dean     Three Peregrines over Coleford this morning. (Geoff Fawcett).

Tewkesbury     c40 Swift around the Abbey and hundreds of Gulls eating flying ants over M5 Junction 9. (Martin Price).

Twyning    At Upham Meadow an adult Curlew and chick with colour ring attached (see picture) and an adult male Curlew and a fledged juvenile still present. Also at least two Red Kites, two Buzzards and an Oystercatcher. (Mike Smart).

Curlew chick by Mike Smart

Guscar Rocks     On the evening high tide at least 300 Curlews, a Whimbrel, two Oystercatchers, a Common Sandpiper and four Bar-headed Geese in moult. (Mike Smart).

Westbury-on-Severn    An OSPREY fishing unsuccessfully off Garden Cliff this afternoon. (From Twitter @severnpiscator). Then an OSPREY seen at Broadoak at 6pm. (Steve Jayne). This is undoubtedly the bird that has lingered on the river/Forest since early June.

Saul Warth     From Hock Ditch two SPOONBILLS early morning feeding near the shore. Also two Avocets, two Common Sandpipers and a Kestrel. (Mike Davis).

Purton     This evening, a Kestrel soaring very high over the river, c15 House Martins, at one point chased by a Hobby, c10 Swallows and a juvenile Little Owl. (Chris Newton).

Juvenile Little Owl by Chris Newton

Tewkesbury Ham     8+ Red Kites following haymaking tractors some eventually drifting off high over the town, also three Buzzards and c20 gulls. (Les Ditchburn).

Twyning     At Upham Meadow an adult male Curlew with a half-grown chick and an adult male Curlew with a fledged chick. Also a Reed Warbler and a Reed Bunting both still singing. (Mike Smart).

Forest of Dean     At Woorgreens four Tree Pipits and a flyby of a juvenile Goshawk. At Cannop ponds a Raven, a Mandarin, a Little Grebe, three Grey Wagtails and a Treecreeper. (Jonathan Bull).

Cirencester    Ten Swifts flying around Gloucester Street today. (Felicity Cobb).

Winchcombe     Two Red Kites and nine Swifts overhead. Only a few swifts seen in the area this summer. (Gill & Andrew Worthington).

Hinchwick     At Crab’s Corner (SP138296) 3/4 Silver-washed Fritillaries on bramble and along the bridle path a Small Tortoiseshell, a Large Skipper, a Gatekeeper and many Large Whites, Small Whites, Meadow Browns and Ringlets. A Jay, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and two Nuthatches. (Steve Brown).

Leckhampton     In the trees alongside Merlin Way a Green Woodpecker and a Nuthatch. Also Greenfinches and Bullfinches heard. (Steve Brown).

Painswick     A white Blackbird seen today. (Sally Abbott).

White Blackbird by Sally Abbott

Fretherne     An OSPREY at Hock Cliff at 4:40pm. (From Twitter @bigman6101).

Cotswold Water Park East     At Pit 132 this morning a Yellow Wagtail feeding young, a juvenile Redstart, waders included a Lapwing with a chick and a pair of Oystercatchers. (Duncan Dine).

Juvenile Redstart by Duncan Dine

Coombe Hill Meadows    32 Little Egrets, a roosting Hobby and two Whinchats this morning. (Ian Ralphs).

Stanley Downton     This morning three Red Kites, six Buzzards and a male Kestrel over grass being turned. A Blackcap nearby, groups of young Swallows around the sewage works, two Sparrowhawks near Bonds mill, a Kingfisher, a Cormorant and the Yellow-bellied Slider on the canal. Also numerous Ringlets, Gatekeepers, Marbled Whites, Small Skippers, Large Whites, Red Admirals and Small Tortoiseshells, Emperor dragonflies and Beautiful Demoiselles. (Paul Sutton).

Juvenile Swallow by Paul Sutton

Stinchcombe Hill     A Crossbill heading over W early morning. (James Robinson).

Hardwicke     A Sedge Warbler in the garden for most of the afternoon. Also a family of five Chiffchaffs. (Sue Beynon).

Guscar Rocks     At high tide four Bar-headed Geese, a Grey Heron, an Oystercatcher, four Dunlins (3 ads, 1 juv), 200 Curlews, 185 Black-headed Gulls (3 juvs), an adult Mediterranean Gull and a juvenile Common Gull. (Mike Smart).

Saul Warth     20 COMMON SCOTERS off of Hock Ditch from 8:30am until 3pm at least. (Gordon Hodgson).

Common Scoters by Mike King

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge the first returning Willow Warbler, three Sand Martins S, c50 Avocets on the river and a Shelduck with three young on the canal. (Gordon Hodgson).

Syreford     A pair of Mute Swans with a brood of seven cygnets, two of which have the white ‘Polish’ mutation. (Andy Lewis).

Mute Swan cygnets by Andy Lewis

Upper Slaughter     A Peregrine agitating a mixed flock of 100 corvids. (Andy you Lewis).

WWT Slimbridge     Two immature SPOONBILLS flew upriver past Middle Point at 11:10am. (Duerden Cormack).

Daglingworth     At least ten Corn Buntings, including juveniles, in a barley field by High Tun this evening. (Andrew Morrison).

Painswick     3165 Swifts heading S all day over the garden from 5am to 6:30pm. Also three Hobbies, four Swallows and a House Martin. (John Fleming).

Longney     This afternoon period a Red Kite, an Oystercatcher, four Little Egrets, two Grey Herons, seven Linnets, a Yellow Wagtail, 13 Swallows, three Goldfinches, a Green Woodpecker, three Sedge Warblers and 45 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. (John Fletcher).

Guscar Rocks     At high tide four Bar-headed Geese, eight Canada Geese, a pair of Shelducks with nine freshly hatched ducklings, four Oystercatchers, a Whimbrel and 110+ Curlews. (Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge    A BITTERN perched on reeds at Zeiss hide, two Spotted Redshanks on the Rushy and three Red Kites over the grounds. (Terry Grant/Malcolm Black).

Bittern by Terry Grant

Again no sign of the Bluethroat today. (Terry Richer). This morning from Robbie Garnett hide, a Green Sandpiper and a Little Ringed Plover, on the Rushy two Spotted Redshanks and four Ruff and on the South Lake three Ruffs and two Little Ringed Plovers. (Vic Polley).

Swallow by Terry Richer

Breadstone     In the woods a Spotted Flycatcher, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Coal Tit, male and female Blackcap, 2+ Chiffchaffs and two Goldcrests. Eight species of butterflies including an Essex Skipper, two White Admirals and two Silver-washed Fritillaries. Also a Brown Hawker, a Broad-bodied Chaser and two Beautiful Demoiselles. Park at SO6999101178 without blocking any gateways. (Kenny Hills/Terry Stevenson/MK).

White Admiral by Mike King

Silver-washed Fritillary by Mike King

Brown Hawker by Mike King

Coombe Hill Meadows     Mid-morning a pair of Canada Geese and five goslings and an adult, two Teal, 20 Mallards, 25 Little Egrets, six Grey Herons, a Peregrine, a Coot with chicks, a pair of Avocets with three large young, a pair of Little Ringed Plovers with two juveniles and another migrant juvenile, 15+ migrant Lapwings in addition to local breeders, still with chicks and a Dunlin. (Mike Smart).

Frampton pools     110+ Barnacle Geese, an Oystercatcher and a Common Tern. (Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge     No sign of the Bluethroat today. Six Little Egrets at Middle Point on the falling tide. Four Green Sandpipers and two Black-tailed Godwits on the Tack Piece. 60 Black-tailed Godwits, two Ruffs, an Avocet, a Redshank and an adult Common Crane with a juvenile at 4pm. (MK).

Adult & juvenile Common Crane by Mike King

Breadstone     Birds this morning included three Spotted Flycatchers, six Long-Tailed Tits, a Greenfinch, a Garden Warbler, a male Blackcap, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, two Treecreepers and two Buzzards over. Also two White Admirals and two male Silver-Washed Fritillaries. (Chris Newton).

Spotted Flycatcher by Chris Newton

Bourton-on-the-Water     Three Hobbies up together over the house calling loudly late afternoon. Earlier three Red Kites up together. (John Pike).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning 14 Little Egrets, two Great White Egrets, two summer plumaged Dunlin and a juvenile Yellow Wagtail. (Mike Smart).

Selsley Common     Two Peregrine Falcons at the S end of the Common this evening. (Giles Diggle).

Frampton     A Kingfisher and a female Sparrowhawk over at Splatt Bridge at 8:50 tonight. (Paul Sutton).

Kingfisher by Paul Sutton

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Brook a mixed flock of c200 Jackdaws and Rooks and female Mallard with eight tiny ducklings on the farm pond. (Mike Smart).

Twyning     At Upham Meadow six Lesser Black-backed Gulls following the tractor, a juvenile Whinchat and a singing Corn Bunting. (Mike Smart).

Leonard Stanley     A pair of Kestrels produced four young, which all fledged on Sunday 3rd July. (Paul Sutton).

Kestrels by Paul Sutton

Stonehouse     A male Kestrel, four Buzzards, a Dipper, a Kingfisher briefly at the Ocean, a Whitethroat, a male Blackcap and a Sedge Warbler along the canal. Also a Yellow-bellied Slider. (Paul Sutton).

Yellow-bellied Slider by Paul Sutton

Gloucester     A Red Kite over gardens in Bullfinch Road, Abbeydale at midday then flew towards the Balancing Ponds at Saintbridge. (Lorraine Besent).

Winchcombe     Eight Red Kites and a Buzzard circling over a field of freshly mown grass this afternoon. (Peter Rodgers).

Gretton     A female Emperor dragonfly laying eggs on a lily in the garden pond this afternoon. (Roger Wasley).

Emperor dragonfly by Roger Wasley

WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showed on one of the sticks this morning at 9:47am. (Roy Kinchin). A juvenile Little Ringed Plover and two Green Sandpipers from Hogarth hide, two Ruffs and two Spotted Redshanks on South Lake and a drake Pochard still in the collection with the Eiders. (Jonathan Bull).

Sapperton    Near Cranhill Barn a QUAIL calling from a field of clover again at SO942007 between 9:05am and 9:50am but sporadically. Also four Corn Buntings, four male Yellowhammers, 10+ Skylarks, 20+ Swifts, four Whitethroats and four Buzzards. (MK).

Corn Bunting by Mike King

Hardwicke    Along the canal S of Sellars Bridge this morning a Little Owl, a Green Woodpecker, a Reed Warbler, a Whitethroat and two Chiffchaffs. (Paul Masters).

Tresham area     Late evening a Grey Partridge, a patch tick, three Yellow Wagtails and three Corn Buntings. (Paul Rich).

Forest of Dean     At Nagshead from Campbell hide this morning a pair of Grey Wagtails, a Wren, a Nuthatch, a Spotted Flycatcher, a Jay and a pair of Blackbirds. (Bettie Sloane). A A Sparrowhawk flew over the garden in Mitcheldean and two local Buzzards, one perched on next door’s roof apex. (Chris Keeling).

Stroud    A Dipper along the river at Frome Banks at lunchtime. Also a Kingfisher and a few noisy Blackcaps and a female Mandarin on the canal. (Richard Williams/Simon Ashley).

Frampton pools     At Court Lake at lunchtime two Moorhen families, a Nuthatch with young and a Common Sandpiper. (Nick Goatman).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Today a Kingfisher flew past Grundon hide, Lapwings with three chicks, a Mute Swan pair with seven cygnets, a pair of Canada Geese with five goslings, 10+ Mallards, a Little Grebe, three pairs of Coots with young along the canal, three Oystercatchers, 24 Lapwings, two adult and a juvenile Little Ringed Plover and two chicks, a Redshank, a Green Sandpiper, two Avocets with three chicks, a Red Kite, four Buzzards, 15 Little Egrets, five Grey Herons, five Swifts, five Sand Martins, 2/3 juvenile Pied Wagtails, a Greenfinch, a Sedge Warbler, a Skylark and four Chiffchaffs. (Alan McIlquham/Mike Smart).

Cotswold Water Park West     On Pit 6 next to the Gateway Centre two Common Terns and two Red Crested Pochards. (Derek Summers/Alan Baxter).

Cotswold Water Park East    At Pit 132 at Kempsford a Garden Warbler, a Sedge Warbler, a Yellowhammer, a Reed Bunting, three Little Egrets, three Green Sandpipers, 2/3 Little Ringed Plovers, a Hobby, two Egyptian Geese and a Grey Heron. (Derek Summers/Alan Baxter).

Highnam     In the Highnam Church and Highnam Court area five Whitethroats (2 ads, 3 juvs), a Sparrowhawk, seven Goldfinches, a Blackcap, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Nuthatch, five Moorhens including three chicks, four Linnets, two Chiffchaffs and a Raven. (John Fletcher).

Gretton     A juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker searching for ants in the wildflower patch in the garden. (Roger Wasley).

Great Spotted Woodpecker by Roger Wasley

Staverton     A male Kestrel hunting for small mammals in the grass areas between the runways at Gloucestershire Airport this afternoon. (Roger Wasley).

Kestrel by Roger Wasley