Stratton    Tonight at 10pm a reeling Grasshopper Warbler on Bathurst Estate farmland. (Ken Cservenka).

Frampton    Two Common Sandpipers, two Common Terns and a Cuckoo this morning. (David Smith).

WWT Slimbridge     The immature SPOONBILL from Zeiss hide, a pair of GARGANEYS on the Bottom New Piece and two Common Crane chicks hatched at Zeiss hide. (Slimbridge Sightings). A LITTLE GULL on South Lake again. (Roberta Goodall). Two Little Ringed Plovers, a Green Sandpiper, three Wheatears and two Common Cranes. (David Smith).

Cotswold Water Park East      A Bar-tailed Godwit and a Common Sandpiper at Pit 132. (John Edwards).

Coombe Hill Meadows    A WOOD SANDPIPER at lunchtime. (Chris Downward). At least five singing Lesser Whitethroats along the towpath. many Sedge Warblers singing, a Red Kite over and a Cuckoo showing well. (Les Ditchburn). This evening three Great White Egrets, ten Yellow Wagtails and two Curlews and a Greenshank, a Dunlin and a Whimbrel dropped in after dark. (Jeremy Squire).

WWT Slimbridge    45+ KITTIWAKES from Middle Point this morning. Also a LITTLE TERN, a LITTLE GULL, a Mediterranean Gull, two Ruff, five Whimbrels, c30 Bar-tailed Godwits, a Common Sandpiper, a Spotted Redshank, two Turnstones, a SPOONBILL and a Cuckoo. (Andy Jayne/Neil Smart/Mark Dowie). A Garden Warbler singing by the Robbie Garnett hide. (Andy Jayne). A first summer LITTLE GULL on the Rushy at 9:30am. Two Lesser Whitethroats singing and Cattle Egret with cows between the Trust and Shepherd’s Patch at lunchtime. (James Robinson).

Frampton     On the Sailing Lake an ARCTIC TERN, four Common Terns and a Yellow Wagtail. At Court Lake two Hobbies, a first summer LITTLE GULL, a Peregrine over and the Ross’s Goose on Court field. (Nick Goatman).

Gretton     A Grasshopper Warbler reeling this afternoon at 3:30pm N of Gretton at SP014313 (where the footpaths cross), seen briefly in flight three times. (Tim Hutton).

Cobney Meadows     A male Whinchat today. (Dan Gornall).

Whinchat by Dan Gornall

Cleeve Hill     On the Bill Smyllie butterfly reserve three Cuckoos and 10+ Skylarks. Four Wheatears in the field adjacent to the masts. Several Willow Warblers, four Whitethroats, five Buzzards and two Red Kites. (Alan Hooper). At least 12 Wheatears and a pair of Stonechats this evening. (Tom Mabbett).

Gloucester     A Tawny Owl at Horsebere Brook Flood Storage Area. (Alan Hooper).

Stinchcombe Hill     Spotted Flycatchers back this evening. (James Robinson).

Hazlecote Farm     Two Red Kites today. (Terry Grant).

Nailsworth     Two Hobbies flew N this evening. (Terry Grant).

Ashleworth Ham     Birds included a colour-ringed Curlew “AJ” , male and female Teal, 16 Mallards, five Canada Geese, six Greylags, three Grey Herons, two Pied Wagtails, a Lapwing, three Mute Swans, two Moorhens, two Blackcaps, two Swallows, two Chiffchaffs, a Stock Dove, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, two Red-legged Partridges, a Jay and a Buzzard. (John Fletcher).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Five Mute Swans, four Greylags, 11 Canada Geese and a pair with five goslings, a Shelduck, a female Wigeon, six Teal, 5+ Gadwall, five Shovelers (4m, 1f), four Tufted Ducks, five Cormorants, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, two Grey Herons, a Sparrowhawk, a Hobby, five Coots, four Avocets, two Oystercatchers, six Lapwings, three Little Ringed Plovers, a Whimbrel over, three Curlews, four Redshanks, a Ringed Plover, a Dunlin, a Snipe, a Cuckoo singing all day, several Swallows, a Sand Martin, at least ten Pied Wagtails, at least three Yellow Wagtails, at least three singing Redstarts, at least two Cetti’s Warblers, two Reed Warblers, large numbers of Sedge Warblers, Whitethroats and Blackcaps, two Lesser Whitethroats, 2+ Willow Warblers, lots of Chiffchaffs, two Yellowhammers and several Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart).

Berkeley shore    Two ARCTIC SKUAS (1 pale phase) past Berkeley Power Station at 10:57am. (Paul Taylor).

Purton    Two LITTLE GULLS (ad and 2cy) flew N and five SANDWICH TERNS flew S early morning. (Francis Steuck).

WWT Slimbridge     A SHORT-EARED OWL on the Dumbles at 10am. A SPOONBILL at Middle Point. (Roy Kinchin). 5+ Turnstones, 40+ Bar-tailed Godwits and c50 Dunlins at the river’s edge and two summer plumage Golden Plovers on the Dumbles and a Cuckoo calling seen from Estuary Tower. (Magnus Carter).

Saul Warth    At least ten Whimbrels, a male Wheatear, two Oystercatchers, a Little Egret, 100+ hirundines and five Swifts feeding over sewage works and a Lesser Whitethroat. (Sam Walker).

Frampton     The Grasshopper Warbler still in Splatt Bridge N reedbed this morning. (Jeremy Squire).

Fairford     A Wheatear N of Fairford at SP16610199 feeding in field by the footpath. Also a Corn Bunting. (Dr Paul Tubb).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning a Cuckoo, 1+ Redstart, 2+ Cetti’s Warblers and singing Sedge Warblers, Blackcaps, Whitethroats and Chiffchaffs. In the evening five Mute Swans, 12 Canada Geese, including a pair with five small goslings, a pair of Shelducks, a female Wigeon, six Teal, two pairs of Gadwalls and five males, 25 Mallards and 1 duckling, three male Shovelers, two pairs of Tufted Ducks, a Grey Heron, a female Sparrowhawk, five Coots, four Avocets, two Oystercatchers, c6 Lapwings, at least two Little Ringed Plovers, six Curlews came in to roost; at least, three Redshanks, a Cuckoo, five Pied Wagtails, two Yellow Wagtails and two Lesser Whitethroats. (Mike Smart).

Forest of Dean    An escaped Harris Hawk with jesses on sitting in a tree the garden at Upper Etloe, Blakeney for most of the morning. (Adrian Bluett). A pair of Redstarts at Nagshead today. (Alan McIlquham).

Redstarts by Alan McIlquham

Westonbirt Arboretum     A male FIRECREST singing in full view in Silkwood today. (Megan Adamou).

Berkeley     A CORN BUNTING just N of the Pill briefly this morning and a Whinchat. Over 1000 hirundines N, five Mediterranean Gulls, four Bar-tailed Godwits, seven Whimbrels, three Wheatear and three Yellow Wagtails. (Andy Jordan). From 10:30am three Bar-tailed Godwits, 16 Whimbrels, two Curlews, two Common Sandpipers, a Tree Pipit, a Swift and c300 Swallows streaming NE. (Paul Taylor).

Purton     A female COMMON SCOTER N upriver at 12:49pm. Also seven ARCTIC TERNS, a Yellow-legged Gull, a Mediterranean Gull, a SPOTTED FLYCATCHER, 2000 hirundines, mostly Swallows, nine Swifts, 14 Yellow Wagtails, two Tree Pipits, 170 Goldfinches, 20 Siskins and 11 Jays. (Francis Steuck).

Witcombe Reservoir     A BAR-TAILED GODWIT, a Swift with Sand Martins and Swallows and a Common Sandpiper. (Eric Harris/John Elliott/Andy Jayne/Les Ditchburn).

Bar-tailed Godwit video grab by John Elliott

Saul Warth     Four ARCTIC TERNS off of the Warth at 9am. Also 900 Swallows NE till 11am and lower numbers of House Martins and Sand Martins, five Whimbrels, a Bar-tailed Godwit, three Mediterranean Gulls (ad & 2 x 2cy) 60 Linnets, a Yellow Wagtail, two Swifts and a Wheatear. (Gordon Hodgson).

WWT Slimbridge      An ARCTIC SKUA NE past Middle Point and inland over Saul Warth at 3pm. At least five Turnstones today with the wader flock. (Slimbridge Sightings). A drake GARGANEY on the Rushy this morning. (Paul Masters). A LITTLE GULL on the Rushy and four Wheatears and male and female Whinchats from the summer walkway this afternoon. (Lee Gardiner).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A WOOD SANDPIPER, a Whimbrel, two Curlews, a Greenshank over, 15 Yellow Wagtails (including Grey-Headed, an odd Yellow-headed and a Channel type female) and a Great White Egret. (Jeremy Squire).

Awre     A Cuckoo, two Yellow Wagtails, six Wheatears, two Reed Warblers, three Lesser Whitethroats, four Whitethroats, a Ringed Plover, four Oystercatchers, a Little Egret, a Peregrine and steady stream of Swallows N. (Lewis Thomson).

Forest of Dean    Four male and three female Pied Flycatchers at Nagshead this morning. (Tim Salkeld).

Frampton     Two Common Terns on the Sailing Lake. (Ken Hurcombe/Paul Seligman).

Ryeford     A Reed Warbler on the canal at Ryeford double lock this morning. Also a Dipper on the river nearby. (Simon Spedding).

Berkeley shore    Two DARK-BELLIED BRENT GEESE flew S past the shore at 6:46am. (Paul Taylor).

Cotswold Water Park West     A BLACK TERN on Pit 41. (Jon Mercer).

Lydney    Three Commic Terns and a LITTLE TERN flew down river at New Grounds, also three Dunlins and two Oystercatchers. A Bar-tailed Godwit, a Whimbrel flew upriver. (Dan Watson).

WWT Slimbridge     A LITTLE TERN off of Middle Point. Two Spotted Redshanks on the Bottom New Piece distantly from Estuary Tower. (Mark Hobson). A WOOD SANDPIPER and an immature SPOONBILL around the grounds. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Purton     A drake COMMON SCOTER floating N upriver on the tide past Purton at 9:26am. Also two Whimbrels, three Dunlins, a Curlew, three Yellow Wagtails, two Jays, 16 Swallows, 18 House Martins, a Siskin, two Whitethroats and a Garden Warbler. (Francis Steuck).

Frampton pools     Three Common Terns, a Redstart, a Garden Warbler, a Whimbrel, six Lesser Whitethroats, 15 Whitethroats, 25 Chiffchaffs, 36 Blackcaps, ten Reed Warblers, four Sedge Warblers, seven Cetti’s Warblers, a Yellow Wagtail, two Oystercatchers, 100+ Sand Martins, 20+ Swallows, a House Martin and a Common Sandpiper today. (Nick Goatman).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A Mute Swan, seven Greylags, six Canada Geese, eight Teal, four Gadwalls, 20 Mallards, six Tufted Ducks, a Grey Heron, three Coots, four Oystercatchers, four Avocets, six Lapwings, at least three Little Ringed Plovers, two Curlews, at least three Redshanks, a Cuckoo, ten Swallows, five House Martins, five Sand Martins, a Redstart, at least one Cetti’s Warbler, a Reed Warbler, several singing Blackcaps, Whitethroats, Lesser Whitethroats and Chiffchaffs and two or three Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart).

Saul Warth     11 Whimbrels, 18 Bar-tailed Godwits, a Greenshank, 47 Ringed Plovers, a Sanderling, ten Dunlins, five Curlews, three Oystercatchers, two Common Terns and a Wheatear this morning. (Mark Hobson).

Cheltenham     A Common Sandpiper at Pittville Park. (Tom Mabbett).

Gloucester     A Swift over St. Lawrence Church, Barnwood. (Rob Crofton).

Frampton     A SANDWICH TERN over the village this afternoon; seemed to be flying from Sailing Lake to Hock Ditch area. (Gordon Kirk). A Blackcap in a Vicarage Lane garden and a Kingfisher perched at the Sailing Lake. (Sue Spurr). At the pools early morning a first summer LITTLE GULL still, a Common Tern, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Whitethroat, a Reed Warbler, a Sedge Warbler, a Reed Bunting and a Raven. (Nick Goatman). The Grasshopper Warbler still in Splatt Bridge N reedbed this morning. (Paul Masters/Gordon Hodgson). Two GLOSSY IBISES through Splatt with five Little Egrets, seemed to keep going high N. Also 28 Bar-tailed Godwits and a Greenshank. (Gordon Hodgson).

Saul Warth     A Whimbrel at high tide this morning. (Nigel Young).

Whimbrel by Nigel Young

Halmore     Two Whinchats in the hedges surrounding a local meadow today. Also two Cuckoos, a Hobby, a Kestrel, two Buzzards and nine Whitethroats. (Chris Newton).

Whinchat by Chris Newton

Windrush/Barrington     Today three Yellowhammers, a Blackcap singing , a Song Thrush singing, a Lapwing over arable fields pursued by a Red Kite, three more Red Kites, 2+ Buzzards, a Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaffs calling, a Grey Heron on a small pool and two House Martins. (Andrew & Gill Worthington).

Cleeve Hill     This morning three Red Kites, two Red-legged Partridges, a Stonechat, three RING OUZELS, a Cuckoo, three Swallows, a Yellowhammer, two Wheatears and two Mistle Thrushes. (Eric Harris).

WWT Slimbridge    From Zeiss hide three GARGANEYS, two Great White Egrets and a Green Sandpiper. (Jeanne Vitkovskis). 

Brimscombe     A FIRECREST in a rural garden today. (Tricia Watson).

Cotswold Water Park West    Four Hobbies feeding on insects over Swillbrook Lakes Pits 46/48 and a Cuckoo calling. (Jon Mercer).

Coombe Hill Meadows    A female GREY-HEADED WAGTAIL with 20 Yellow Wagtails this evening. (Jeremy Squire).

Cheltenham     A Great White Egret in the fields by the water ditches by the racecourse. (Richard Hirons).

Great White Egret by Richard Hirons

Chavenage Lane area     Two Hobbies circling together, gradually making their way N, also at least seven Whitethroats singing. (Terry Grant).

Tresham     Three Yellow Wagtails and a Red Kite, and another Red Kite at nearby Boxwell. (Terry Grant). Early morning four Yellow Wagtails, three Wheatears and two Corn Buntings. (Paul Rich).

Dymock    Belated news of a sighting of a HOOPOE on the 27th April 11am at Brooms Green, Dymock, just in Gloucestershire. It was heard only the day before in an adjacent wood just in Herefordshire (Andrew and Janet Perry per Charles Martell).

Frampton    A Grasshopper Warbler still in Splatt Bridge N reedbed at 6:35am. (MK/Dave Pinner). A Greenshank heard going over at 7am and seen over the Sailing Lake by Mark Coller. Later a Common Sandpiper, six Jays flew N and four Swifts. (MK). A Common Tern and four Common Sandpipers on the Sailing Lake early morning. (Mark Coller). A Swift through at 8am. (MK/Dave Pinner). The Common Tern still present this afternoon, a Hobby over Court Lake, a Black Swan and the Ross’s Goose. (MK).

Hobby by Nigel Young

Purton     VisMig this morning two Great White Egrets, 12 Yellow Wagtails, 23 Jays, a White Wagtail, a Fieldfare, a Siskin, two Whimbrels, two Common Sandpipers, a Bar-tailed Godwit, three Curlews, 45 Swallows, 16 Sand Martins, 14 House Martins and 38 Goldfinches. (Francis Steuck).

Sharpness     Over the high tide a Hobby and nine Whimbrels flew up river. (Paul Rich).

Saul Warth     From Hock Ditch at high tide 11 Whimbrels, two Common Sandpipers, an Oystercatcher, Shelducks, a Whitethroat and a few Swallows. (Mike Davis).

Coombe Hill Meadows    Early morning birds included a Greenshank, six Little Ringed Plovers, a Common Sandpiper, plenty of Sand and House Martins, three Swallows, a Whitethroat, a Sedge Warbler, a Greenfinch and a Little Owl. (Dave Stone). This evening two Whimbrels, four Curlews, nine Yellow Wagtails and a Green Sandpiper. (Jeremy Squire).

Forest of Dean     At Nagshead two Willow Warblers, three Blackcaps, a Chiffchaff, three Song Thrushes, a Garden Warbler , a pair of Redstarts, a pair of Pied Flycatchers, a Siskin and a Mistle Thrush. (Roy Kinchin).

Halmore     A Hobby this morning, at least two Cuckoos calling for the fourth day running, seven Whitethroats, four Swallows, and a group of House Martins very high overhead. Also a group of Roe Deer, a doe and two fawns from last year. (Chris Newton).

Cotswold Water Park East    At Whelford Pools two Reed Warblers, a Sedge Warbler, four Swallows, seven Sand Martins, three Reed Buntings, four Gadwalls, six Great Crested Grebes and 150+ Black-headed Gulls in the colony on Pit 127. (John Fletcher). A Common Sandpiper and two Common Terns on Pit 127. (John Durell).

Cotswold Water Park West    A Hobby on Pit 41 today. (David Creber).

Horton     A Cuckoo heard in woods above Horton Court today. (David Luddington).

Hilcot     Several Tree Pipits displaying this morning, two Garden Warblers, a Raven, two Red Kites and seven Swallow flying N. (Harvey Sherwood).

Nailsworth     39 Swallows, 35+ House Martins and four Sand Martins flew N between 2:05-2:40pm. (Terry Grant). Two Grey Partridges at Tipputs Inn lay-by on the A46 at Tiltups End. (Paul Rich). Three Swifts at Windsoredge. (Roy Bircher).

Chavenage Lane     75+ Swallows N between 3:20-4:55 pm, also a Red Kite circling, and at nearby Barton End, another seven Swallows, a female Wheatear and a Red Kite. (Terry Grant).

Whittington     A Garden Warbler singing in a small valley N of the village. (Rob Crofton).

Little Farmcote, near Hailes     This afternoon 4+ Buzzards circling together, two Red Kites, Chiffchaffs singing, a Skylark, a Green Woodpecker and 5+ House Martins. (Andrew & Gill Worthington).

WWT Slimbridge    From the Estuary Tower a WOOD SANDPIPER dropped in to the pool at 9:40am for less than a minute before departing N, 138 Swallows, 38 House Martins and eight Sand Martins. A Cuckoo over South Finger reedbed filter. (Ian Whitehouse). An immature LITTLE GULL on the Rushy this morning. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Cleeve Hill      12 RING OUZELS in the upper Washpool Valley this morning. This group consisted mainly of females. (Colin Brown). Also two male Cuckoos, four male Redstarts, a Buzzard and a Tree Pipit. (Josh Adamms).

Cuckoo by Josh Adamms

Frampton    A Grasshopper Warbler still in Splatt Bridge N reedbed at 6:35am. Also a Wheatear, 37 Swallows, two House Martins and four Sand Martins N, a drake Mandarin flew up the canal, a Marsh Harrier through NE at 7:45am and a Cuckoo calling in the 100-Acre hedges at 8:20am. (MK). At Court Lake a Hobby, three adult LITTLE GULLS, a Swift and three Yellow Wagtails. An immature LITTLE GULL on the Sailing Lake this evening, but no sign of the three adults on Court Lake this evening. (Nick Goatman).

Grasshopper Warbler by Mike King

Berkeley shore     Early morning a Grasshopper Warbler, 21 Whimbrels, a Turnstone and a Wheatear. Also 41 Swallows and a Yellow Wagtail NE. (Paul Taylor). A Marsh Harrier chased up river by a Herring Gull as the tide went out mid morning. (Neil Smart).

Berkeley     A Cuckoo calling at Hamfields Leisure Centre. (Clare Glanville).

Saul Warth     This morning 12 Oystercatchers, eight Curlews, eight Whimbrels, 5 Bar-tailed Godwits, two Avocets, a Grey Plover, a Common Sandpiper, an ARCTIC TERN and a Wheatear. (Gordon Hodgson).

Purton     A Swift, 60 Swallows, 20 House Martins, 15 Sand Martins, five Yellow Wagtails, a Jay, a Fieldfare, a calling Cuckoo and a Reed Warbler early morning. (Francis Steuck).

Forest of Dean    This morning at Crabtree Hill, a distant Cuckoo heard, two Swallows over, eight Crossbills, a Wood Warbler, many Willow Warblers, a Tree Pipit and a Great Spotted Woodpecker. (Geoff Fawcett).

Coombe Hill Meadows    This morning 40+ Canada Geese, ten Greylags, c150 House Martins, c30 Sand Martins, a Swallow, a Whitethroat, a Sedge Warbler, a Goldfinch, a Chiffchaff, two Shelducks, 4+ Yellow Wagtails, three Little Ringed Plovers, ten Lapwings, two Oystercatchers, two Avocets, three Redshanks, three Snipe, a Common Sandpiper and three Linnets. (Alan McIlquham). Also a Great White Egret, two Little Egrets, a Curlew and a Reed Warbler. (Josh Adamms). A Dunlin, a Reed Bunting, Gadwall, Teal and Pied Wagtail. (Eric Harris).

Minchinhampton Common     Two Wheatears this afternoon. (Martin Greenish/Michelle Davis).

Uley     Five Swifts moving through this afternoon. (Tim Thompson).

Edge     At Rudge Hill NNR and surrounding woodland and fields four Meadow Pipits, three Goldfinches, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Green Woodpecker, five Blackcaps, six Chiffchaffs, four Long-tailed Tits, four Linnets, a Swallow, a Song Thrush, two Red-legged Partridges and two Buzzards. (John Fletcher).

Elmstone Hardwicke     Four Swallows near the village hall all afternoon. (David Norman).

Tewkesbury     A Red Kite over Tewkesbury Road Sainsbury’s car park. (David Norman).

Cheltenham     A Little Egret flying very low, parallel to the brook in Benhall Park at about 4:30pm. (David Norman).

Cotswold Water Park West     An OSPREY flew over the Spine Road towards Pit 16 at 4:50pm. (Greg Mabbett). Four Swifts and a male Cuckoo at Pit 43 this evening. (Dot Jones/Simon Ashley/Ken Cservenka).

Forest of Dean     A SWIFT over the garden at Cinderford early morning. (Owen Follis).

Frampton     A SWIFT over the Sailing Lake at 9:15am. Also two Common Sandpipers, two Swallows, two House Martins, 20+ Sand Martins, 19 Tufted Ducks and a Cetti’s Warbler. At Splatt Bridge this morning the Grasshopper Warbler showed occasionally, two Common Sandpipers, a Curlew, a Little Egret, a Great White Egret, six Swallows, six Sand Martins, a pair of Mistle Thrushes, two Cetti’s Warblers and a Lesser Whitethroat. (MK). At lunchtime the Swift still, 20+ House Martins, 10+ Swallows, 100+ Sand Martins, a Shelduck, a Lesser Whitethroat, two Cetti’s Warblers and a Reed Bunting. (Nick Goatman).

Common Sandpiper by Mike King

Saul Warth     This evening four Curlews, 16 Whimbrels, five Bar-tailed Godwits, 50+ Dunlins, ten Ringed Plovers, nine Sanderlings, six House Martins, five Swallows and a Sand Martin. (Gordon Hodgson).

Purton    VisMig (visible migration) this evening included 104 Swallows, nine House Martins, two Sand Martin, a Hobby, two Whimbrels, two Ringed Plovers, a Bar-tailed Godwit, a Dunlin and two Yellow Wagtails. (Francis Steuck).

Frocester     A Hobby flew towards Leonard Stanley at 4:30pm. (Jon Dexter).

Halmore     The first Cuckoo heard around Red Wood yesterday and again briefly near Halmore Farm this morning. (Chris Newton).

Tresham     Early evening three Wheatears, a Yellow Wagtail, a Corn Bunting, a pair of Stonechat, a Yellowhammer and two Swallows. (Paul Rich).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A Lesser Whitethroat, c100 House Martins through, two Snipe and a Redshank today. (Duncan Dine).

Kempley     Seven Red Kites drifted over at 3:15pm. (Robin Turner).

Prestbury     An OSPREY flew over the house heading for Cleeve Hill at 9:15am. (Ken Heron).

Forest of Dean     Between New Mills and Yorkley Court this morning a male RING OUZEL and a Wheatear on tilled fields N of the solar farm, and a male Yellow Wagtail flew over. (Andy Jayne). At Nagshead from Lower hide this morning three Redstarts (2m, 1f), a female Pied Flycatcher, 1-2 Siskins and a drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker. This afternoon from Campbell hide a pair of Hawfinches bathing together. Also 2+ Garden Warblers, two Willow Warblers, two Ravens, two Coal Tits, three Goldcrests, three Nuthatches and three Mistle Thrushes. (Andy & Sue Gibbons). Also today a Stock Dove and a pair of Pied Flycatchers. (Martin Price). At Cannop Upper Pond today a male Mandarin, eight Tufted Ducks (6m, 2f), three Little Grebes, a Marsh Tit on the bird table with Nuthatch, Blue, Coal and Great Tits and two Chaffinches. A Pied Wagtail in the weir and four Orange Tip butterflies. (Chris Keeling).

Hawfinch by Andy & Sue Gibbons

Frampton     The Grasshopper Warbler still in Splatt Bridge N reedbed at 6:35am along the southern edge but only showing very occasionally today. A Cattle Egret flew N at 7:12am and two Whimbrels on the now dry flashes field. Also three Curlews, four Swallows and 66+ Sand Martins. (Paul Masters/Neil Smart/MK). At 4:30pm a Grasshopper Warbler reeling in the thick brambles just S of Splatt Bridge, just past the picnic table presumably the same bird. A Kestrel sat in a tree near the church. (Paul Sutton).

Cattle Egret by Mike King

Kestrel by Paul Sutton

Saul Warth     Two Whimbrels at 6:30pm. (Paul Sutton).

WWT Slimbridge    The 2nd calendar year LITTLE GULL still on South Lake ⁦this morning, the Spotted Redshank, a Swallow and an immature Mediterranean Gull on the causeway. A very vocal Sedge Warbler singing and displaying near the rain garden. A Cuckoo heard from South Finger. On the Rushy a Little Ringed Plover pair and a Crane pair still on eggs. (Paul Masters/Roy Kinchin/Mike Davis/Magnus Carter).

Coombe Hill Meadows    This afternoon four Great White Egrets (including 1 sub-adult and 1 adult with a red ring), two Little Egrets, four Little Ringed Plovers, a Curlew, two Snipe, three Redshanks, two Oystercatchers and three Swallows briefly. (Adrienne Sanders). This evening a Whimbrel, a Ruff, a Great White Egret, three Snipe, a Green Sandpiper and six Yellow Wagtails. (Jeremy Squire).

Cleeve Hill     At the Bill Smyllie reserve today three Red Kites, two Buzzards, a pair of Cuckoos interacting, a Tree Pipit, Willow Warblers, Stock Doves, also a Glow-worm larva, Green Hairstreak, Small Blue, Orange Tip, Brimstone, Large White and Green-veined White butterflies. (Chris & Phil Andrews).

Green Hairstreak by Phil Andrews

Glow Worm larva by Phil Andrews