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

Wainlode Hill, Norton     Two Whooper Swans and six Bewick’s Swans today. (Jeremy Squire).

Whooper Swans by Duncan Dine

Cotswold Water Park East     The GREAT NORTHERN DIVER on Pit 129 again today. (Les Ditchburn/Neil Smart).

Slimbridge    At Shepherds Patch the GLOSSY IBIS continues to show 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. (Tim Jukes/Richard Tyler).  At least four Cattle Egrets in fields W of the village today. (Paul Bowdler).

Glossy Ibis by Richard Tyler

WWT Slimbridge    A Dark-bellied Brent Goose and a Ross’s Goose on the Dumbles. A Great White Egret on the Canoe trail at 10:25am. The SPOONBILL around the grounds again today. 14 Ruff on the Tack Piece and a pair of Buzzards on a carcase. A Cetti’s Warbler calling at Willow hide. An Avocet on the Rushy and 12 Avocets on South Lake. (Tim Jukes/Mike Davis/MK).

Great White Egret by Mike King

Frampton     At Splatt Bridge first thing three Stonechats, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Merlin and  24 Golden Plover S and a Marsh Harrier. (Gordon Hodgson).

Saul Warth     At Hock Ditch a pair of Stonechats, a Common Sandpiper, a Little Owl, Goldfinches, Fieldfares and Redwings. (Mike Davis).

Cotswold Water Park West     Two SCAUP on Pit 43/65 viewed from the dirt road leading to Pit 57 on the Lower Mill Estate again today. Also a female Goosander. Another female Goosander on Pit 44 with Red Crested Pochards. Two male Goosanders on Pit 42 and flocks of Siskins in alder trees. (Sam Walker/Colin Greenfield).

Stonehouse     A very showy Kingfisher at the Ocean again today at SO 79791 05049. (Jonathan Bull/Paul Sutton). Three Buzzards, a female Sparrowhawk, c20 Goldfinches and two Jays at Ryeford. A female Kingfisher and a Little Grebe at St Cyr’s church. (Paul Sutton).

Cotswolds    71 Grey Partridges counted in the Calmsden-Bibury-Barnsley triangle. (Keith Jennings).

Forest of Dean     At Cannop Ponds top pond birds included c40 Mallards, two Mute Swans, c20 Coots, c15 Moorhens, four Little Grebes, five Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 14 Wigeon (8m, 6f). On Lower pond by the Stoneworks a Kingfisher over the sluice, c12 Chaffinches and a pair of Buzzards overhead. (Christine Mora). A mixed flock of male and female Crossbills on a track between Speech House and New Fancy View car park feeding in the tops of Larch trees. (Mark Watkins).

Crossbill by Mark Watkins

Ashleworth Ham     This morning c200 Wigeon, 300 Teal, four Gadwalls, 100 Mallards, at least five Pintails, ten Shovelers, c100 Greylags grazing at Colways Farm and a White-fronted Goose, a Peregrine, a Buzzard, a male Stonechat, c80 Redwings and 20 Fieldfares. Also three OTTERS on the reserve. (Mike Smart).

Cotswold Water Park East     The juvenile GREAT NORTHERN DIVER still on Pit 129 until 2pm at least. 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. (Greg Mabbett/Paul Rich). The juvenile GREAT NORTHERN DIVER still on Pit 120 Horseshoe Lake, Lechlade viewable from the layby on the A361. (Ian Sherriffs).

Slimbridge     At Shepherds Patch the GLOSSY IBIS continues to show 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. (Tim Jukes). At least six Cattle Egrets on the fields to the W of Slimbridge village just past the farm, on the bends down to the Trust. Also an adult Yellow-legged Gull. (Jeremy Squire).

Saul Warth    Three adult KITTIWAKES lingered for 10 minutes over high tide in the Noose at 11:30am then appeared to head off downriver when the squall cleared. (Martin McGill).

Cotswold Water Park West     Two SCAUP on Pit 43 viewed from the dirt road leading to Pit 57 on the Lower Mill Estate again this morning. (Greg Mabbett).

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

Horsley    Along the 1/2 mile stretch of B4066 at 12:15pm near Horsley a Red Kite, two Ravens, a Kestrel, a Buzzard, three Fieldfares, 70+ Chaffinches with at least three Bramblings in fields opposite the Beech coppice. (Tom McCarthy).

Frampton pools     Two Tawny Owls, 43 Gadwalls, 33 Wigeon, 163 Tufted Ducks, 239 Coots, 30 Mallards, 23 Mute Swans, 119 Shovelers, three Pochards, 22 Teal, a male Goldeneye, six Little Grebes and nine Great Crested Grebes. (Nick Goatman).

Stonehouse     A very showy Kingfisher at the Ocean again today at SO 79791 05049. (Mike Davis).

Gloucester    22 Pied Wagtails on the partially flooded area on Alney Island and a Grey Wagtail in the dry dock of Nielsens shipyard, Gloucester docks. (Gillian & Rob Guest).

Cotswold Water Park East     A juvenile GREAT NORTHERN DIVER on Pit 129. 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. Another juvenile GREAT NORTHERN DIVER on Pit 120 Horseshoe Lake, Lechlade viewable from the layby on the A361.(Martin McGill/Duerden Cormack/Duncan Dine). Also 5 Goosanders (2m, 3f) just up the road on Horcott fishing pit. (Mick & Jo Jones/MK).

Great Northern Diver by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge    The Todd’s Canada Goose still at lunchtime today on the fields behind the Tack Piece. (Rich Hearn). The SPOONBILL mobile around the grounds today. (Jonathan Bull).

Slimbridge     At Shepherds Patch the GLOSSY IBIS continues to show 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. (Ken Hurcombe/Tom McCarthy). Also two Great Spotted Woodpeckers over the village car park and a Little Egret in the reen on the Shepherds Patch side of the bridge. (Tom McCarthy).

Frampton pools     A pair of Goldeneyes, 161 Tufted Ducks, 107 Shovelers, 46 Wigeon, 21 Gadwalls, 13 Teal, 22 Mallards, three Pochards, 21 Cormorants, four Snipe, three Lesser Redpolls, 30+ Siskins, 100+ Goldfinches, ten Yellowhammers, 35 Pied Wagtails and the Tawny Owl. (Nick Goatman).

Notgrove     A Red Kite, three Nuthatches, two Buzzards, a male Kestrel and a Short-eared Owl disturbed at 11:18am near Kitehill Cottage. (Ken Heron).

Cold Aston     31 Fieldfares opposite The Plough feeding on berries, a Nuthatch, three Stock Doves and three Red Kites. (Ken Heron).

Hawling     In the Larkhill Farm area S of Hawling four Grey Partridges, a Kestrel, a Red Kite, a male Stonechat, four males and a female Brambling and a Lesser Redpoll. (Ken Heron).

Gloucester    A ringed Peregrine on the Cathedral on the E side of the tower and a BLACK REDSTART showing on the S side today just before midday. (Paul Clark).

Forest of Dean     At Parkend this morning, 11 Hawfinches, a Greenfinch, a Nuthatch and two Jays. (Geoff Fawcett).

Stonehouse     A very showy Kingfisher at the Ocean again today at SO 79791 05049. (Andy Jordan).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A Cetti’s Warbler, six White-fronted Geese feeding to the south and a Little Owl today. (Ian Hull).

Ashleworth Ham     Amongst the Greylags at Colways Farm lower field a juvenile White-fronted Goose today. (Les Ditchburn).

Kingswood     Garden birds today included two Dippers, a Grey Heron, a Little Egret and a LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER (2nd garden record). (Tom McCarthy).

Forest of Dean     At Parkend four Hawfinches, eight flyover Lesser Redpolls, a Siskin, a Greenfinch, two Jays and numerous Chaffinches all showing well at the base of the evergreens on Crown Lane at 11:30 -12:00 today. (Tom McCarthy). At Cannop Stoneworks four Mandarins, a Grey Wagtail, a male Goosander, a Coal Tit and a Nuthatch. (Roy Shilham).

WWT Slimbridge    Two Little Stints with 100’s of Dunlins, 11+ Ruffs, 200+ Black-tailed Godwits and a Marsh Harrier on the Tack Piece this morning, the SPOONBILL on the river’s edge over high tide and a Dark-bellied Brent Goose on the Dumbles. (Paul Masters).

Slimbridge     At Shepherds Patch the GLOSSY IBIS continues to show 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. Also the Peregrine on Slimbridge church again today. (Martin Greenish).  

Frampton     The regular roosting Tawny Owl still at Court field today. (Megan Barnett).

Notgrove    This afternoon amongst the beech mast c100 each of Bramblings and Chaffinches. (Duncan Dine/Jeremy Squire).

Hazleton     60+ Bramblings, 50+ Chaffinches, six Yellowhammers, 3+ Linnets, two Goldfinches, a Corn Bunting and a Great Tit by a 5-bar on the left on a right hand bend just before the village. There is room for 1 car. If you get out of the car the birds leave. Also 50+ Fieldfares and four Buzzards. (MK).

Bramblings by Mike King

Yellowhammer by Mike King