Sharpness     A male and a female BLACK REDSTART at the end of Dock Road. 21 Cormorants on the pier. (Geoff Moyser).

Berkeley shore     North of the power station a male and a female Stonechat, six Reed Buntings, a Rock Pipit and a Greenfinch. (Geoff Moyser).

WWT Slimbridge     Early morning from the Estuary Tower three Snow Geese, the Ross’s Goose, a Dark-bellied Brent Goose, a Marsh Harrier and a Peregrine. (Steve Brown). A Merlin from Van de Bovenkamp hide and a BITTERN from Zeiss hide. (Martin McGill).

Slimbridge     At Shepherds Patch the GLOSSY IBIS again by 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. (Neil Smart).

Longney     A Tawny Owl flew across the road and landed in tree at Yew Tree Farm this evening. (Mark Hobson).

Fairford    Grey Partridges still at Farhill Farm in the stubble field at SP16651 02363, hard to count hunkered down in the stubble. (Paul Masters).

Calmsden    1000 Lapwings and 250 Golden Plovers at the Piggery. (Duncan Dine). c300 Golden Plovers circling between Fosse Cross and Coln Rogers early afternoon. (Jon Mercer).

Cheltenham     At Naunton Park a garden Great Spotted Woodpecker. A Peregrine on the west elevation of Christchurch. (Steve Brown).

Brockeridge Common     A Red Kite, a Jay, four Stonechats and three Mistle Thrushes today. (Les Ditchburn).

Tewkesbury     At Cowfield Farm at 4:30pm a Water Rail and a pre-roost flock of 50+ Greenfinches panicked by a very vocal Kestrel. A Little Egret flew over flood alleviation area adjacent to Morrison’s early afternoon. (Les Ditchburn).

Ashleworth Ham     This afternoon birds included 23 Snipe, 735 Lapwings, 55 Pintails, 27 Shovelers, 200+ Wigeon, 240+ Teal, two Gadwalls, a Shelduck, 57 Canada Geese, 107 Greylags, three Grey Herons, three Moorhens, a Peregrine, a Sparrowhawk, two Buzzards, a Raven, a Song Thrush and four Chaffinches. (John Fletcher).

Slimbridge     At Shepherds Patch the GLOSSY IBIS showed very well by 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. (Paul Masters/Nigel Sluman).

Fairford    18 Grey Partridges in field near Farhill Farm at SP16490 02499. (Nigel Sluman).

Chavenage Lane area     450+ Fieldfares, 70+ Redwings and four Stonechats and nearby at Barton End lay-by a female Merlin was perched on a wall. (Terry Grant).

Merlin by Terry Grant

Forest of Dean    In the Blaize Bailey-Soudley area 37+ Mandarins, three Little Grebes, a Sparrowhawk, two Ravens, a Kingfisher, two Dippers, two Grey Wagtails, three Bramblings, 65 (40+25) Siskins and ten Crossbills. At Staple Edge Wood two Ravens, 80 Siskins and 21 Crossbills. At Flaxley Pool 26 Little Grebes. (Andy Jayne).

WWT Slimbridge    Three white phase Snow Geese of unknown origin on the Dumbles saltmarsh and the Ross’s Goose still. 2+ Little Stints on the Tack Piece. A pair of Goldeneyes in the Eider pen, an Avocet on the Rushy and two Marsh Harriers from Zeiss hide. (Jonathan Bull/Paul Masters).

Coombe Hill Meadows   Seven Mute Swans, four Canada Geese, c2500 Wigeon, c2000 Teal, 30 Gadwalls, 140 Mallards, 80 Pintails, 80 Shovelers, a Water Rail squealing, 120 Lapwings, 15 Black-headed Gulls, ten Herring Gulls and five Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a few Fieldfares and Redwings, a Song Thrush singing, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Chiffchaff, at least six Bullfinches. (Mike Smart).

Ashleworth Ham     c200 Wigeon, c700 Teal, 20 Gadwall, 80 Mallards, 70 Pintails, 40 Shovelers, 21 Canada Geese, 45 Greylags, five Snipe and a drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker. 28 Mute Swans at Wainlodes. (Mike Smart).

Tuffley     Garden birds included a female Blackcap, two Grey Wagtails, two Pied Wagtails and a Chiffchaff. (John Fletcher).

Epney     Three Brent Geese on the foreshore towards Longney. Also a Kingfisher at low tide beneath The Anchor pub this afternoon. (Steve Hurrell).

Kingfisher by Steve Hurrell

Cotswold Water Park East     A GREAT NORTHERN DIVER still present at Horseshoe Lake, Lechlade at 2:30pm today. Viewable opposite lay-by on A361. Also pair of Red Crested Pochards. (Alan Williams).

Slimbridge    At Shepherds Patch the GLOSSY IBIS returned today showing very well by 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. (Trevor & Sue Clayson).

Glossy Ibis by Sue Clayson

Frampton    At Court Lake three Goldeneyes (2m, 1f), 100+Shovelers, 16 Greylags, three Canada Geese today. (Nick Goatman).

WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN from Zeiss hide this morning. (Alan Bryant). Also the first returning Oystercatcher in Big Pen and a Little Stint on the Tack Piece. (Martin McGill). A Treecreeper just outside of Zeiss hide today. (Nigel Young).

Treecreeper by Nigel Young

Hazleton     Late afternoon a mixed flock of 100+ Goldfinches, Bramblings, Linnets and Chaffinches feeding in tree just before the right hand bend to the village. (John Casswell/Jane Bailey).

Elmore     From Weir Green and along the Severn Way to just beyond the Groundless Pool this afternoon birds included eight Grey Herons, six Cormorants, 23 Mallards, a Canada Goose, 50+ Lapwings, 25 Redwings, 40 Starlings, a Green Woodpecker, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Kestrel and two Buzzards. (John Fletcher).

Stanley Downton     A juvenile Peregrine, a female Sparrowhawk, a Buzzard, a Redwing,
three drumming Great Spotted Woodpeckers and two singing Chiffchaffs today. (Paul Sutton).

Peregrine by Paul Sutton

Peregrine by Paul Sutton

Forest of Dean     Around Woorgreens 8+ Crossbills, 15+ Siskins, two Stonechats, a Jay, a  Mistle Thrush, two Goldcrests, a Green Woodpecker heard and a Raven. At Cannop Ponds four Goosanders, a Marsh Tit, Coal Tits, a Nuthatch, a Grey Wagtail, a Kingfisher, two Greylags, Chaffinches and Mandarins. A Peregrine over Parkend Church. (Sara Baldwin). A Crossbill at Edge Hills today. (Owen Follis).

Crossbills by Sara Baldwin

Marsh Tit by Sara Baldwin

Cotswold Water Park East     At Pit 131 a female Marsh Harrier and c500 Teal. At Kempsford sewage works 15+ Chiffchaffs including a cold grey bird showing all the characteristics of Siberian Chiffchaff. (Duncan Dine).

Sharpness     The male BLACK REDSTART still at the end of Dock Road today. Also a female/immature BLACK REDSTART this morning. (Andy Jordan).

Gloucester     The male BLACK REDSTART still showing well on the Cathedral early afternoon. (Mark Hobson).

WWT Slimbridge    A Merlin in the dead trees along the waterway from the Kingfisher hide early afternoon. (Howard Smith). Also today an adult Dark-bellied Brent Goose on the edge of the saltmarsh from Estuary Tower, 172 Russian White-fronted Geese and three Greenland White-fronted Geese from Van de Bovenkamp hide, a pair of Goldeneyes on Big Pen and a Great White Egret around the grounds today. (Mike Davis).

Cirencester     A Woodcock flushed from a bracken and bramble area in Oakley Wood, Cirencester Park today.  Also Bramblings and Siskins in the area. (Martin Wright).

Whittington     A male Merlin on the hill above Whittington in the small quarry at 2:30pm. (Jeremy Squire).

Boddington     A Merlin over this morning. (Jeremy Squire).

Moreton Valence     A Barn Owl at 5:30pm halfway down Castle Lane. (Jeremy Squire).

Frampton    Two Bramblings with 10+Siskins in the Gravel Wash today. (Nick Goatman).

Gloucester     A pair of Blackcaps feeding in the garden today and a first-winter male Sparrowhawk. (Gordon Avery).

Cheltenham    Two Lesser Redpolls on the sunflower seed feeder in the garden this morning. (Rose Lennard). A Kingfisher this morning at Pittville Park. (Phil Cull).

Bisley     Late afternoon 150+ Redwings feeding on the fields and congregating in the treetops. (John Fletcher).

Stonehouse    The regular Kingfisher at the Ocean again today at SO 79791 05049. Park beside St Cyr’s church in Church Lane and walk W through the church grounds a couple of 100 yards to the bridge. (Paul Sutton/MK).

Kingfisher by Mike King

Cheltenham    A pair of Peregrines on Christ Church tower from 11:40am until at least 1:40pm today.  Also at least two Blackcaps singing in the trees along the Honeybourne Line from Malvern Road to Millennium Bridge. (John Bromley).

Frampton     The regular roosting Tawny Owl in Court field behind Fitcherbury Cottage. (Paul Watkins). 18 Golden Plover over and three Stonechats in the reedbed at Splatt Bridge this morning. (Gordon Hodgson).

Tawny Owl by Paul Watkins

Longney     At Crib sands and meadows late afternoon birds included 75 Lapwings, three Shelducks, 11 Mallards, three Cormorants, 150+ Black-headed Gulls, 50+ Lesser Black-backed Gulls, three Herring Gulls, six Common Gulls, two Ravens, a Song Thrush, a male Blackcap, a Green Woodpecker, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, ten Goldfinches and a Buzzard. (John Fletcher).

Fretherne to Arlingham     This morning along the Severn Way 70+ Curlews in three flocks, two Peregrines on a pylon, three Stonechats, 18 Lapwings, 14 Shelducks, a Goldcrest and a Little Egret. (Jon Dexter).

Daglingworth area    A male Merlin on a ploughed field on the N side of Overley road then flew W. Also five Fallow Deer here. On the opposite side of the road at Daglingworth quarry, 16 Corn Buntings. Bramblings in tree tops amongst Chaffinches and Linnets around the Bathurst estate/Oakley wood. (Sam Walker).

Gloucester     The male BLACK REDSTART still showing well on the Cathedral today. (Sam Walker/Andy Jayne). Also a Kingfisher at Glos University Oxstalls campus. (Andy Jayne).

WWT Slimbridge    A Water Rail from Knott hide and a male Mandarin on the Rushy. (Martin Price). Ten Cattle Egrets flew out of the roost early, a male Goldeneye on South Lake, a Marsh Harrier from Zeiss hide, a Merlin on the estuary, a Kingfisher and a Water Rail from Kingfisher hide. A Barn Owl hunting along the sea wall just before closing time. (Helen Bojaniwska/Dot Jones/Jeanne Vitkovskis).

Elton     c50 Lapwings on fields near Elton Corner/Elton Carp Lakes today. (Gareth Jones).

Coombe Hill Meadows    11 Gadwalls, 19 Shelducks, 1000+ Teal, two Cetti’s Warblers, a Chiffchaff and a Blackcap this morning. (Ian Ralphs).

Cotswold Water Park East    A GREAT NORTHERN DIVER still on Pit 120 Horseshoe Lake from the A361 layby just N of Lechlade at 3:35pm. (Dave Morgan).

Cotswold Water Park West     c60 Red Crested Pochards on Pit 56 today. (Diane Craddock).

WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN from Kingfisher hide today. (Martin Price). Also today the SPOONBILL, ten Cattle Egrets and the Ross’s Goose. (Tim Jukes).

Forest of Dean     From Brierley to the bottom of Crabtree Hill via Drybrook Station five Crossbills, six Siskins, a Lesser Redpoll, a Treecreeper, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, two Goldcrests, two Ravens, a Nuthatch, six Coal Tits, a Song Thrush and a Stonechat. (Roy Kinchin).

Cheltenham     At Naunton Park, the first garden Blackcap of the year, a female, and a Jay. At Park Campus two Green Woodpeckers and two Coal Tits. (Steve Brown). A drake Mandarin on the Campus pond. (Jeremy Holland).

Tewkesbury     At Cowfield Farm a Water Rail today. (Les Ditchburn). A male BLACK REDSTART still in private gardens in Northway.

Stanley Downton     A Little Egret, three Greenfinches, a Chiffchaff, small numbers of Chaffinches and Long-tailed Tits, c300 Pied Wagtails with Grey Wagtails, a Kingfisher briefly, a Redwing and a Jay today. (Paul Sutton).

Little Egret by Paul Sutton

Chiffchaff by Paul Sutton

Hawling     Mid morning 100+ Linnets, six Fieldfares, two Redwings, a Yellowhammer, a Red Kite, a Kestrel and a pair of Stonechats. (John Casswell/Jane Bailey).

Calmsden     A small covey of Grey Partridges this afternoon. (Duncan Dine).

Hewelsfield     A Merlin today flying low between the hedges of the road through Hewelsfield. (Martin Vaisey).

Staunton    500-1000 finches, mostly Linnets with some Chaffinches and Bramblings feeding on fields, a good vantage point from the gate at SO 54683 12279. (Clive Mowforth).

Linnets by Clive Mowforth

Hucclecote     A Grey Heron landed next to frozen pond in Portchester Road and then immediately flew off heading SE. (Harold Smith).

Cotswold Water Park East     A GREAT NORTHERN DIVER still on Horseshoe Lake Pit 120 today. (Pat Mabon per Jon Mercer).

Hawling     20+ Bramblings with Chaffinches in 2 sites, two Yellowhammers, c300 Lapwings, c500 Golden Plovers, 200+ Linnets and a Red Kite today. (Nigel Tucker).

WWT Slimbridge    The long staying juvenile SPOONBILL on the Rushy this afternoon. (Terry Stevenson).

Frampton     At Court Lake at lunchtime three Goldeneyes (2m, 1f), 70+ Shovelers, 50+ Tufted Ducks, a few Gadwalls and Wigeon, 19 Greylags, three Canada Geese, a singing Nuthatch and a singing Treecreeper. (Nick Goatman).

Taddington     On the Unsuitable for Motors track (Winchcombe Way) , a noisy mixed flock of Chaffinches, possibly Bramblings, and Greenfinches by a field of wild flower seeds.
Also two Blackcaps, a Song Thrush singing, a Jay and three Skylarks singing over the fields. (Andrew & Gill Worthington).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Three Yellowhammers, four Bullfinches, a Mistle Thrush and 50+ Redwings today. (Sara Baldwin).

Yellowhammers by Sara Baldwin

Tidenham, Pill House     Two WATER PIPITS in the pill near Pill House Rocks early afternoon. Access along a public footpath that runs from the A48 at Tidenham towards Pill House, under the railway and through some horse paddocks. (Andy Jayne).

WWT Slimbridge    Two Snipe at Martin Smith hide, 12 Ruff on the Tack Piece, ten Cattle Egrets roosting at Long Ground pool, a Kingfisher by the North American pen, two Cetti’s Warblers, 1 at Zeiss hide and 1 near the Otter enclosure, at Zeiss hide a Reed Bunting heard and a showy Water Rail. (MK). A Marsh Harrier from the Van de Bovenkamp hide at Slimbridge today. (Martine & Pete Fenn).

Marsh Harrier by Pete Fenn

Water Rail by Mike King

Ruff by Mike King

Sharpness     The male BLACK REDSTART still at the end of Dock Road late afternoon. Also a Peregrine. (Neil Smart/Graham Watson).

Gloucester     The male BLACK REDSTART still showing well on the Cathedral today. (Mark Pidgeon).

Black Redstart by Mark Pidgeon

Cotswold Water Park West     On Pits 43/65 the immature male and an adult female SCAUP, 10+ Goldeneyes, 10+ Goosanders, two Egyptian Geese, a Green Woodpecker seen and 2-3 heard, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers calling, three pairs of Bullfinches and two Cetti’s Warblers singing. On Pit 44 20+ Red Crested Pochards. (Steve Brown). The adult male SCAUP on Pit 65 late afternoon. (Ian Hull).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Two Great Black-backed Gulls, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Chiffchaff, a Sparrowhawk on the towpath and a Little Owl calling from North meadow at dusk. (Les Ditchburn).

Ashleworth Ham     This afternoon birds included three Mute Swans, 147 Greylags, 250+ Canada Geese, eight Pintails, 60+ Teal, 75+ Wigeon, six Shovelers, four Gadwalls, a male Pochard, three Tufted Ducks (2m, 1f), two Grey Herons, 709 Lapwings, eight Snipe, a Peregrine, a Buzzard, five Chaffinches, 29 Starlings and two Long-tailed Tits. (John Fletcher).

Greylags by John Fletcher

Bishops Cleeve     A flock of 150+ Redwings on the Coffin Trail field between Bishops Cleeve and Gotherington this afternoon. (Yvonne Baxter/Liz Pickering).

Leckhampton Hill     Two Skylarks singing this morning close to the car park. (Martin Vaisey).

Hartpury     A murmuration of c4000 Starlings at Hartpury Orchard Centre again tonight before roosting in the reed beds. (Steve French).

Hawling     200+ very mobile Lapwings between Southdown Farm and the main road. (John Miles).

Brockworth     At least four Greenfinches (2m, 2f) in the garden. (John Miles).

Greenfinches by John Miles

Wainlode Hill, Norton     Two Whooper Swans flew into Wainlodes at 8:20am to join 13 Mute Swans at SO 85087 25778. Six Bewick’s Swans with two Mute Swans further to the left near the canal. Also a dog OTTER on the River Severn and a Grey Wagtail. (MK). Also a Shelduck and a Mistle Thrush. (Mike Smart).

Whooper Swans by Paul Masters

Sharpness     The male BLACK REDSTART still at the end of Dock Road today. Also a Peregrine. (MK).

Black Redstart by Mike King

Gloucester     The male BLACK REDSTART still showing well on the Cathedral today. (Paul Sutton/Nigel Young). A Kingfisher on the pond in Westgate Park today. (Colin Edwards).

Black Redstart by Paul Sutton

WWT Slimbridge     Birds today included the SPOONBILL, the Todd’s Canada Goose, a Dark-bellied Brent Goose, three Greenland White-fronted Geese and a Merlin. (Roy Kinchin).

Forest of Dean     A Goosander at Woorgreens and 25 (8m) at Cannop Ponds Stoneworks this afternoon. (Paul Clark).

Stonehouse     The regular Kingfisher at the Ocean again today at SO 79791 05049 and a Little Grebe at St Cyr’s church. (Paul Sutton/Nigel Young).

Berkeley    On the fields beside the Berkeley to Sharpness bypass opposite Canonbury Rise at 11:30am a Little Egret, two Grey Herons, two Teal, ten Mallards, a Kestrel, 30+ Common Gulls, 50+ Black-headed Gulls and a Lesser Black-backed Gull. (MK).

Tewkesbury     Three Little Grebes by Healings Mill on the Avon. (Les Ditchburn).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Three Mute Swans, c400 Greylags, 400 Canada Geese, 1000 Wigeon, at least 1500 Teal, 30 Gadwalls, 50 Mallards, 214 Pintails, 48 Shovelers, a Tufted Duck, a Buzzard feeding on a goose corpse, two squealing Water Rails, an Oystercatcher, 70 Lapwings, a Great Black-backed Gull, 15 Black-headed Gulls, a Kingfisher, a Stock Dove, a drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker, five Pied Wagtails, a singing Mistle Thrush, a singing Song Thrush, five Fieldfares and five Bullfinches. (Mike Smart/Ian Hull).

Slimbridge     The GLOSSY IBIS again 50m up the canal path to NE of Shepherds Patch Bridge at SO728042 and ten Cattle Egrets in a field just to the W of Slimbridge at SO733040. For the Ibis please park sensibly roadside or in the free car park before the bridge SO 72895 04128. (Vic Polley/Mark Dowie).

Cotswold Water Park East     The juvenile GREAT NORTHERN DIVER still on Pit 129 today. View only from the Totterdown Lane. Please park sensibly, there are a couple of parking spaces on the right just before the farm at SU 15004 99406 and a large gap there you can view from. The juvenile GREAT NORTHERN DIVER still on Pit 120 Horseshoe Lake, Lechlade viewable from the layby on the A361. (Roger Gillespie).

Gloucester     The male BLACK REDSTART still showing well on the Cathedral today. (Josh Adamms).

Black Redstart by Josh Adamms

Sharpness     The male BLACK REDSTART still at the end of Dock Road today. (Andy Jordan).

WWT Slimbridge    Late afternoon the Todd’s Canada Goose was in the Ox piece just over the hedge viewed from the Estuary tower. (Neil Smart). Also today the SPOONBILL, a Dark-bellied Brent Goose, a Great White Egret and three Egyptian Geese. (Mark Dowie/Neil Smart).

Wainlode Hill, Norton     Two Whooper Swans, six Bewick’s Swans including 4 juveniles and 22 Mute Swans. Also a dog OTTER in the adjacent river. (Les Ditchburn).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A White-fronted Goose this evening and a Cetti’s Warbler still by hide entrance. (Jeremy Squire).

Hartpury     A murmuration of c4000 Starlings at Hartpury Orchard Centre tonight before roosting in the reed beds. (Steve French).

Cheltenham     A Jack Snipe near Cheltenham today. (Richard Tyler).

Jack Snipe by Richard Tyler