Frampton    41 Bewick’s Swans and a Black Swan flew N over Splatt Bridge at 6:45am. The Black Swan eventually turned back and took four Bewick’s Swans back with it, 13 more Bewick’s came back S 15 minutes later. (Gordon Hodgson). At the pools this evening a male Goosander on Court Lake, around the pools two male Pochards, 62 Tufted Ducks, 20 Shovelers, a Kingfisher, a Grey Wagtail, four Cetti’s Warblers, four Chiffchaffs and 45 Greylags. (Nick Goatman).

WWT Slimbridge     A Green Sandpiper from Hogarth hide this afternoon. 88 Avocets and three Goldeneyes (1m, 2f) on South Lake. (Mike Davis/Slimbridge Sightings).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Four Great Crested Grebes, two Curlews, two Ruff and pair of Pochards today. (Ian Hull).

Cotswold Water Park East     Three Oystercatchers at Pit 132 this morning. (Jon Mercer).

Longney     Two Fieldfares, a Greenfinch, 13 Jackdaws, a Buzzard and a Long-tailed Tit today. (John Fletcher).

Forest of Dean    A Hawfinch and c12 Bramblings at Parkend this morning. (Merv Carlyon/Wes Hayfield).

Brambling by Merv Carlyon

Hawfinch by Merv Carlyon

Hawfinch by Wes Hayfield

Hucclecote     This afternoon a Grey Heron was mobbed by a Lesser Black-backed Gull and a Herring Gull and then a Carrion Crow. (Harold Smith).

Frampton     On Court Field this morning, two male WHITE WAGTAILS with a group of 20 Pied Wagtails (18m, 2f). (Gordon Kirk). A drake Red Crested Pochard on the Sailing Lake this afternoon. (MK).

White Wagtail (record shot) by Gordon Kirk

Red Crested Pochard by Mike King

Slimbridge     At Shepherds Patch the GLOSSY IBIS again opposite the Dutch barn next to the canal at SO 72740 04303. Please park sensibly roadside or in the free car park before the bridge SO 72895 04128. Also a pair of Oystercatchers by the Dutch barn at Shepherd’s Patch today around midday. (Dave Abrams & Hannah Willoughby).

Oystercatcher & Glossy Ibis by Dave Abrams

WWT Slimbridge    Two Pink-footed Geese with 163 White-fronted Geese on the Tack Piece. (Jon Mercer).

Coombe Hill Meadows     The Grundon hide is now accessible with wellies. Birds included 30 Tufted Ducks, two Great Crested Grebes, a Black-tailed Godwit, a pair of Oystercatchers and a female Goshawk. (Ian Hull).

Forthampton     A Red Kite today. (Mike Smart).

Upham Meadow, Twyning     A Grey Heron, eight Curlews, including the GPS tagged bird and two locally ringed birds. AA and AC, 50 Black-headed Gulls, 50 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 50 Common Gulls,20 Herring Gulls and 50 Carrion Crows. (Mike Smart).

Forest of Dean     Male and female Crossbills at New Fancy View today. (Simon Bradfield).

Woodmancote      A Lesser Redpoll and eight Blackcaps (6m, 2f) and five Greenfinches in the garden today. (John Widgery).

WWT Slimbridge    A BITTERN flew to the reedbed near Kingfisher hide. A Cattle Egret and a female Goldeneye on South Lake. Three Snow Geese on the Tack and the Ross’s Goose on the Dumbles. From Martin Smith hide three Greenland White-fronted Geese and a Pink-footed Goose with the Whitefronts. (Slimbridge Sightings/Roy Kinchin/Jonathan Bull).

Slimbridge     At Shepherds Patch the GLOSSY IBIS again opposite the Dutch barn next to the canal at SO 72740 04303. Please park sensibly roadside or in the free car park before the bridge SO 72895 04128. (Roy Kinchin).

Forest of Dean    At Crabtree Hill and Woorgreens, 10/12 Crossbills, 40-50 Siskins and a
Buzzard. At Parkend c30 Bramblings. (Chris Snook).

Brambling by Chris Snook

Cotswold Water Park West     This morning at Shorncote two Great White Egrets, four Little Egrets, three Green Sandpipers, a pair of Oystercatchers, three Shelducks, five Chiffchaffs and a Cetti’s Warbler. (Duncan Dine).

Epney     A Red Kite high over the Anchor at 1:40pm heading N. (MK).

Frampton pools     Four Crossbills and 20+ Siskins over E, a Cattle Egret, 11 Little Egrets, two Chiffchaffs, six Redwings, two Cetti’s Warblers, 16 Shovelers, 77 Tufted Ducks, ten Gadwalls, four Barnacle Geese, 44 Greylags, 17 Canada Geese and 1000+ Starlings today. (Nick Goatman).

Tewkesbury     A pair of Peregrines circling the Abbey tower calling to each other and setting down on tower ledges at 10am. (Nige Murray). At Cowfield Farm this morning a Red Kite, 14 Snipe and a Reed Bunting. (Les Ditchburn).

Ashleworth Ham     From Ashleworth village end Ham Road open to only 150m past Stonebow Farm, deep water beyond 400 Black-headed Gulls, six Mallards, three Greylags, four Mute Swans, a Stonechat and two Song Thrushes. (John Fletcher).

Hasfield Ham     Below Draper’s Lane distant views of 200+ Lapwings, 15 Greylags, 25+ Canada Geese and a Buzzard. (John Fletcher).

Hartpury     In field opposite the Watersmeet pub 200+ Starlings and nine Fieldfares.. (John Fletcher).

Maisemore     From Church Road to just above the weir eight Mallards, four Moorhens, two Coots, a Cormorant, two Nuthatches, male and female Stonechat, a Song Thrush and three Redwings. (John Fletcher).

Stonehouse    Around Ryeford today, two Buzzards, a Grey Wagtail, a female Kingfisher,
two female Great Spotted Woodpeckers, male and a female Kestrel, a Dipper, at least six Lesser Redpolls and a Song Thrush. (Paul Sutton).

Dipper by Paul Sutton

Southam     A garden Sparrowhawk today. (Paul Watkins).

Sparrowhawk by Paul Watkins

Elmore Marsh     Ten Mallards, three Grey Herons, six Snipe, two Herring Gulls, two Skylarks singing, two Meadow Pipits, 120 Fieldfares, a Mistle Thrush singing, eight Carrion Crows and 120 Linnets today. (Mike Smart).

Over     A Barn Owl over the A40 dual carriageway halfway between Over farm market and the Newent turning at 10:20pm. (Derek Summers).

WWT Slimbridge    From the Estuary Tower a Estuary Tower a calling LITTLE RINGED PLOVER flew over S this morning. (Martin McGill). From Kingfisher hide a Merlin chasing small waders, also three Chiffchaffs and a Cetti’s Warbler showing close to hide. (Les Ditchburn/Keith Davies). A Siskin just outside the Discovery hide today. (Nigel Young).

Siskin by Nigel Young

Cotswold Water Park West    Two male GREATER SCAUP today and the CASPIAN GULL with three Common Gulls on the S end of the lake. (Ken Heron).

Frampton pools     At Court Lake early evening, a Red Kite heading towards the A38, and a Cattle Egret. (Clare Glanville).

Cattle Egret by Clare Glanville

Forest of Dean     Two Hawfinches at Crown Lane, Parkend. At Parkend Church two Siskins and a Brambling. At New Fancy View 2 or 3 Goshawks displaying and a Crossbill. At Cannop Ponds two Bramblings, a Marsh Tit, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, five Goosanders and three Treecreepers. Three Mistle Thrushes in the Speech House area. (Don Smith).

Brambling by Don Smith

Gloucester     A male BLACK REDSTART flitting about on S side of the Cathedral at 11:25am. (Andy Jayne). A Chiffchaff singing along the canal towpath this afternoon c3-4 miles S of Gloucester. (Geoff Bryant).

Chavenage Lane area     At least 11 Stonechats (4m, 7f), two Red Kites, 200+ Golden Plovers roosting in a Linseed field, five Mistle Thrushes and 30+ Stock Doves. (Terry Grant).

Minsterworth Ham     Two Shelducks, ten Mallards, a Grey Heron, a Buzzard, two Skylarks singing, 120 Fieldfares, a Raven and 18 Carrion Crows. (Mike Smart).

Stonehouse     Two Lesser Redpolls with three Siskins and a small flock of Goldfinches and some Long-tailed Tits and a Treecreeper at Ryeford near the locks. (Paul Sutton).

Cotswold Water Park West     A 3rd calendar year CASPIAN GULL at Pit 16 briefly at 5:30pm and relocated at 5:45pm. (Dave Creber/MK/Richard Williams).

Cotswold Water Park East     At Pit 132 this morning birds included 400 Golden Plovers, 50 Lapwings, 42 Teal, 20 Redwings, four Fieldfares, three Green Sandpipers, a Shelduck, two Wigeon, two Little Egrets, two Oystercatchers, a Buzzard, a Kestrel, a Cetti’s Warbler and a singing Yellowhammer. (Ian Sherriffs). At Whelford Pools a male Goosander, 40+ Siskins, a Red Kite, two Chiffchaffs and three pairs of Red Crested Pochards. (Dot Jones).

Sunhill     A Short-eared Owl over roadside fields S of Hampton Fields Farm early afternoon. (per BirdGuides).

Alvington     A Lesser Redpoll on neighbouring feeders today at Clanna Country Park. Also a Goshawk and Red Kite over. (Paul Woolams).

Goshawk by Paul Woolams

Lesser Redpoll by Paul Woolams

Saul Warth     17 Curlews, a Redshank, two pairs of Shelducks, 70+ Woodpigeons, 100+ Redwings and 70+ Fieldfares N, six Meadow Pipits, three Grey Wagtails, a Reed Bunting and two Buzzards including the white bird. (MK).

Buzzard by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     A male Mandarin on a willow stump amongst the reeds at the far side of the Rushy this morning. (Howard Smith).

Slimbridge     At Shepherds Patch the GLOSSY IBIS again opposite the Dutch barn next to the canal at SO 72740 04303. Please park sensibly roadside or in the free car park before the bridge SO 72895 04128. (Andy Jordan/Ed Betteridge).

Frampton pools     A Red Kite, a Mediterranean Gull, two Grey Partridges, two Oystercatchers, six Shelducks, seven Snipe, three Chiffchaffs, 47 Redwings, 12 Little Egrets, a Kingfisher, 15 Teal, 109 Tufted Ducks, 13 Gadwalls, two Shovelers and three Cetti’s Warbler. (Nick Goatman).

Tuffley     A Red Kite over Tuffley/Grange at 2:50pm heading E over Robinswood Hill Golf Course, mobbed by gulls and circling to gain height. Up to six Greenfinches on garden feeders regularly, one singing this morning. (Ian Elphick).

Longney    Two Oystercatchers opposite Longney Crib this afternoon. (Jeremy Squire).

Berkeley     A singing Chiffchaff in Pedington Wood and a Peregrine over. (Derek Edmondson).

Forest of Dean     Lydney house and garden birds today included a Grey Heron, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, three Ravens, six Buzzards , a probable Goshawk, three Sparrowhawks, three Greylags over, a Great Black Backed Gull, a Mistle Thrush, a pair of Greenfinches, 20 Chaffinches, 17 Linnets and 104 Black-headed Gulls. (Stephen Curtis & Carol Rushton). Birds on feeders in the grounds of Dilke Hospital this afternoon included a Great Spotted Woodpecker, four Coal Tits and a Nuthatch. (Christine Mora).

Cheltenham     On Pittville Park lakes a Common Gull and a Great Crested Grebe still today. (Steve Emerson).

Common Gull by Steve Emerson

Great Crested Grebe by Steve Emerson

Cotswold Water Park West     A 3rd winter CASPIAN GULL at Pit 16 this evening. (Richard Hearn).

Caspian Gull by Richard Hearn

Forest of Dean    6+Bramblings and a female Hawfinch at Parkend this morning. (Ewan Urquhart).

Hawfinch by Ewan Urquhart

Brambling by Ewan Urquhart

Slimbridge     At Shepherds Patch the GLOSSY IBIS again opposite the Dutch barn next to the canal at SO 72740 04303. Please park sensibly roadside or in the free car park before the bridge SO 72895 04128. (Julie Loxley/Jeanne Vitkovskis).

WWT Slimbridge    This morning 98+ White-fronted Geese, the Ross’s Goose, three Snow Geese, a Marsh Harrier, a Little Stint, 72 Curlews, four Oystercatchers, 80+ Golden Plovers, 100+ Dunlins, 13 Great Black-backed Gulls and four Common Cranes. (Neil Smart). On South Lake male and female Goldeneye,147 Black-tailed Godwits, 51 Avocets  and 15 Common Gulls. (Jeanne Vitkovskis).

Cotswold Water Park West    Two drake SCAUP still on Pit 65 this morning. (Ian Ralphs).

Aylburton     This morning in the woods between upper and lower common four Lesser Redpolls, a large flock of 40+ finches, mostly Goldfinches with a few male and female Chaffinches, a Nuthatch, four Wrens, a FIRECREST, two female Bullfinches, two Redwings, a Song Thrush, two Buzzards and a mixed flock of 30+ tits including Blue Tits, Great Tits , Long-tailed Tits and two Coal Tits. (John Meadows).

Frampton     This morning at Splatt Bridge, 74 Curlews, some heading out N, four Oystercatchers, a Dunlin and eight Redshanks, two Chiffchaffs looked new in, five Black-tailed Godwits and a Brambling and 27 Siskins through. (Gordon Hodgson).

Saul Warth     This morning at high tide, 45 Curlews, 20 Dunlins, three Little Egrets, six Shelducks, a Kestrel, five Meadow Pipits, two male Reed Buntings, a Chiffchaff and two Common Cranes flew into the 100-Acre. (MK).

Cam     This afternoon a Goshawk drifting very high N over Tesco. (Jonathan Bull).

Coombe Hill Meadows     The car park now free of water, but the towpath completely submerged, so access to Grundon hide impossible and will remain so for some time. Viewed from the Apperley side to the N birds included a Mute Swan, two Greylags, five Canada Geese, a Shelduck, 170 Wigeon, 60 Teal, ten Mallards, 270+ Pintails, 40 Shovelers, a Pochard, two Tufted Ducks, four Lapwings, 200 Fieldfares, 100 Redwings and 100 Starlings. (Mike Smart).

Ashleworth/Hasfield Hams     Usual approach from Ham Road impossible, so viewed from the Severn flood bank from Haw Bridge. Birds included three Mute Swans, 83 Wigeon, 20 Teal, ten Mallards, 500 Black-headed Gulls, 50 Carrion Crows and 20 Jackdaws. Nearby at Haw Bridge East a Curlew and at Norton Hill five soaring and calling Buzzards and at least one Raven. (Mike Smart).

Sharpness     A male BLACK REDSTART still in Dock Road today, on and around the derelict ship moored opposite the houses. (Chris Newton).

Black Redstart by Chris Newton

Slimbridge     At Shepherds Patch the GLOSSY IBIS again opposite the Dutch barn next to the canal at SO 72740 04303. Please park sensibly roadside or in the free car park before the bridge SO 72895 04128. (John Fletcher).

Glossy Ibis by John Fletcher

Glossy Ibis by Bob Shiret

Notgrove     c150 Bramblings today with many of the males coming into breeding plumage. (Duncan Dine).

Bramblings by Duncan Dine

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning a Grey Plover, a Redshank, 34 Curlews, two Oystercatchers, three Pintails, a Raven, a white Buzzard, three Fieldfares, two Redwings, a pair of Stonechats, four Meadow Pipits and a singing Chiffchaff. Three Snow Geese distant on Dumbles. Four Goshawks displaying over the Forest of Dean and a Red Kite flew N at 9am. (MK/Martin McGill).

Guiting Power    A female Goshawk soaring with two Buzzards, also in the area a Sparrowhawk, two Kestrels at Hawling village, c15 Buzzards, several Red Kites, two Ravens and a Tawny Owl calling in Guiting Wood. (Rob & Petra Crofton).

Stanley Downton     Five Buzzards including a very pale bird, a Red Kite over very high W, a Grey Wagtail and 100+ Pied Wagtails at the water works. (Paul Sutton).

Buzzard by Paul Sutton

Ozleworth     A Yellowhammer, small flocks of Chaffinches, a pair of Jays, a flock of c400 Rooks and Crows, 11 Buzzards and two Ravens. (Paul Sutton).

Nailsworth     A Little Egret, a Grey Heron diving for fish, a Grey Wagtail and a Little Grebe. (Paul Sutton).

Grey Heron by Paul Sutton

Upham Meadow, Twyning     16 Curlews, three of them with rings fitted locally in spring 2021, 21 Greylags, five Canada Geese, a Grey Heron, a Buzzard, two Skylarks, a female Stonechat, 64 Carrion Crows, two Rooks and two Reed Buntings, one singing from the M5 embankment. (Mike Smart).

Slimbridge     Five Cattle Egrets and five Little Egrets in a ploughed field on the last bend before the canal bridge at Shepherd’s Patch, between Kingston Farm and Prices Court Farm this morning. At Shepherds Patch the GLOSSY IBIS again opposite the Dutch barn next to the canal at SO 72740 04303. Please park sensibly roadside or in the free car park before the bridge SO 72895 04128. (Slimbridge Sightings).

WWT Slimbridge     From the Estuary Tower the Dark-bellied Brent Goose with 221 Barnacle Geese on rising tide, also the Ross’s Goose, three Snow Geese and 198 White-fronted Geese, two Greenland White-fronted Geese and two Pink-footed Geese. The adult Mediterranean Gull again on South Lake. (Slimbridge Sightings). From Zeiss hide this morning a distant pair of Peregrines on the Dumbles, a female Sparrowhawk briefly on the fence right of the hide and two Water Rails. (Chris Newton).

Cotswold Water Park West     Good numbers of waterfowl, including Tufted Ducks, Wigeon, Mallards, Gadwall and six displaying Goldeneyes on Pit 67. Many Gadwalls, a drake SCAUP, a male Goosander, Canada Geese, Greylags and a pair of Egyptian Geese on Pit 65. A pair of Cetti’s Warblers displaying near the stream. Three Red Crested Pochards on Pit 9. (Jake King).

Harnhill     A Red Kite over today. (Jake King).

Frampton pools     Six Great Crested Grebes, a pair of Oystercatchers on Court Lake, a Chiffchaff singing between the pools, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Jay and two Buzzards. (MK).

Oystercatchers by Mike King

Cheltenham     A Lesser Redpoll, five Goldfinches and a male Blackcap on the sunflower seed feeder in the garden this morning. (Rose Lennard).

Cambridge     A male Sparrowhawk in the garden today. Also Greenfinches calling and a Buzzard over. (Dave Abrams).

Sparrowhawk by Dave Abrams

Slimbridge     At Shepherds Patch the GLOSSY IBIS again opposite the Dutch barn next to the canal at SO 72740 04303. Please park sensibly roadside or in the free car park before the bridge SO 72895 04128. (Martin Price).

Cotswold Water Park West     This morning on Pit 65, two drake SCAUP, two Egyptian Geese and three Goosanders (1m, 2f). On Pit 57, two Goldeneyes and on Pit 45, at least ten Red Crested Pochards. (Jeremy Holland).

Forest of Dean     At New Fancy View birds included c20 Siskins, two Ravens and a pair of Bullfinches today. (Christine Mora).

Alvington    18 Goldfinches and seven Siskins in the garden at Clanna Country Park this morning. (Paul Woolams).

Southam     Two Red Kites over the B4632 at 9:30am. (Dave Jeynes).

Halmore     Garden birds today included the first Siskin of the winter, a Nuthatch and four Greenfinches. (Chris Newton).

Siskin by Chris Newton

Minsterworth Ham     14 Shelducks, three Wigeon, 12 Shovelers, six Curlews, a Skylark singing and a Chiffchaff feeding in a hedge. (Mike Smart).

Upham Meadow, Twyning     A dramatic decrease in flood levels since Monday, most of the meadow N of the M5 free of water. Birds included eight Mute Swans, two Oystercatchers, 27 Curlews (including at least three colour-ringed birds, four Black-tailed Godwits, a Meadow Pipit and 50+ Lesser Black-backed Gulls. (Mike Smart).

Leigh Meadows     12 Little Egrets along the River Chelt today. (Mike Smart).

Bishops Cleeve     A female BLACK REDSTART in the garden today on Sapphire Road. (Mark Longland).

Frampton     A drake Goosander on the canal at Splatt Bridge early morning, then flew to the estuary. Also a Merlin and a Marsh Harrier hunting. (Roy Widgery).

Forest of Dean     Four Crossbills (2m, 2f), a Goshawk, three Siskins and a Raven at New Fancy View. A Hawfinch, a female Brambling and two Jays at Parkend. 20+ Mandarins, four redhead Goosanders, three Little Grebes, a male Brambling, two Grey Wagtails, four Ravens and a pair of Siskins at Cannop Ponds. (MK).

Jay by Mike King

Highnam Woods     2+ Marsh Tits today. (MK).

Marsh Tit by Mike King

Slimbridge     At Shepherds Patch the GLOSSY IBIS again opposite the Dutch barn next to the canal at SO 72740 04303. Please park sensibly roadside or in the free car park before the bridge SO 72895 04128. (Jonathan Bull).

Stonehouse    A Green Woodpecker at Stanley Downton. A pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers and a Little Egret in the field below St Cyr’s church. (Paul Sutton).

Green Woodpecker by Paul Sutton

WWT Slimbridge    Eight Cattle Egrets on South Lake this morning. (Slimbridge Sightings). An adult Mediterranean Gull and a male and two female Goldeneyes on South Lake. (Magnus Carter). Two Little Stints, the Dark-bellied Brent Goose, the Greenland Whitefronts and two Pink-footed Geese from Estuary Tower. (Jonathan Bull/Roy Kinchin). The drake Mandarin showed well in the late afternoon on the Rushy. (Nigel Young).

Mandarin by Nigel Young

Cotswold Water Park East     At Whelford Pools 37 Tufted Ducks, 35 Black-headed Gulls, 26 Cormorants, six Shovelers, six Mallards, four Pochards, two Gadwalls and a Cetti’s Warbler. At Pit 127 110 Black-headed Gulls, 16 Red Crested Pochards, 20 Tufted Ducks, five Great Crested Grebes, nine Teal and two Skylarks over. (Ian Sherriffs).

Highnam     From the main road to S of Linton Cottage to the railway line this afternoon 13 Yellowhammers in Brambles at SO80531909, 60+ Linnets in stubble, 25 Fieldfares, seven Redwings, 500+ Woodpigeons, a male Kestrel and on the pond at SO802188 two Mute Swans and 11 Mallards. (John Fletcher).

Minsterworth Ham     11 Shelducks, ten Mallards, ten Pintails, 20 Shovelers, three Grey Herons, two Kestrels, an Oystercatcher, 16 Curlews, 300 Black-headed Gulls, 50 Common Gulls and 20 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. (Mike Smart).