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. (MK/Terry Grant/Mike Beer/Geoff Bryant/Paul Sutton).  The Peregrine on Slimbridge church again today. (Paul Sutton).

Glossy Ibis by Mike King

Peregrine by Paul Sutton

Salperton    Along the minor road from the A436 to Salperton a ring-tailed HEN HARRIER hunting at 8:40am then drifted towards Naunton, also a Buzzard, a Red
Kite and two Ravens. (Steve Brown).

Hazleton     30+ Bramblings and a Corn Bunting with Chaffinches at the bend in the road by the gate. (Steve Brown).

Sharpness     A male BLACK REDSTART still along Dock Road at midday. (Rob Clipson).

Cotswold Water Park West     An adult and an immature male SCAUP on Pit 43 viewed from the dirt road leading to Pit 57 on the Lower Mill Estate again this morning. (Les Ditchburn).

Stonehouse     A very showy Kingfisher at the Ocean again today at SO 79791 05049. (Ty & Carol Mein).

Kingfisher by Ty Mein

WWT Slimbridge     The SPOONBILL was pushed onto the Dumbles edge by the rising tide. The Ross’s Goose on the Dumbles. An OTTER seen briefly on the pool to the left as you enter South Finger. (MK).

Ross’s Goose by Mike King

Framilode     A putative Viking Gull (Herring x Glaucous) on the River Severn this evening. (Martin McGill/Duerden Cormack).

Frampton     On the flashes an adult Dark-bellied Brent Goose, ten Shelducks, 41 Curlews, and six Redshanks roosting and a Peregrine and a Grey Plover in flight at Splatt over the high tide. (Martin McGill). A male Goosander flew along the canal at Splatt Bridge and then turned NE over the village at 11:55 am. At Court Lake there were large rafts of duck of at least seven different species, including a male Goldeneye. The Tawny Owl was in its usual roosting place in the large Beech. (Terry Grant).

Forest of Dean     Today seven Goosanders (2m, 5f) on Cannop ponds, also 23 Mandarins, 17 Wigeon, nine Little Grebes, a Goshawk over and a Goldcrest. At Parkend 15+ Redwings, a male Bullfinch and c6 Hawfinches at Crown Lane. (Martin Price/Steve Kear).

Ashleworth Ham     A White-fronted Goose today. (Ian Hull).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Four White-fronted Geese and two Little Owls this afternoon. (Ian Ralphs).

Hasfield     A Woodcock flushed from Hasfield Churchyard today. (Ian Hull).

Cirencester    Early morning on the Sapperton side of Oakley Wood c30 Bramblings and c30 Chaffinches with a few Siskins, a Goldcrest and two Buzzards. (Richard Williams).

Minchinhampton     A flock of Golden Plovers on the Common this morning by the Reservoir off of Culver Hill. (Jamie Warren).

Gloucester     A male Blackcap in the garden at Hempsted today. (Gord Avery).

Gloucester     The male BLACK REDSTART still on the south side of the Cathedral at midday. (Paul Masters).

Cotswold Water Park West     An adult and an immature male SCAUP on Pit 43 viewed from the dirt road leading to Pit 57 on the Lower Mill Estate again this morning. (Mark Dowie).

Cotswold Water Park East     13 Goosander at Whelford Pools, five Chiffchaffs at Kempsford Sewage Works and two Green Sandpipers and a Great White Egret at Pit 132. (Ian Sherriffs).

WWT Slimbridge     Four PINK-FOOTED GEESE arrived on the Dumbles early afternoon. The GLOSSY IBIS still by the canal, a BITTERN briefly at South Finger and four Dark-bellied Brent Geese on the riverbank. (Jonathan Bull/Dot Jones/Mark Hobson).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Two adult pairs of Mute Swans in vicious territorial fight, a family party of six Bewick’s Swans, two adults and four cygnets, six adult Russian White-fronted Geese, 300 Greylags, 300 Canada Geese, three Shelducks, at least 1000 Wigeon, ten Gadwalls, at least 1000 Teal, 50 Mallards, at least 155 Pintails, at least 100 Shovelers, seven Tufted Ducks, 20 Lapwings, a Great Black-backed Gull, a Mistle Thrush singing, 100 Fieldfares and two Blackcaps. (Mike Smart).

Withington     250 Chaffinches, 150 Yellowhammers, 25 Bramblings, c10 Bullfinches and small numbers of Greenfinches, Linnets, Goldfinches and a Reed Bunting today. (Duncan Dine).

Brambling by Duncan Dine

Frampton     At Splatt Bridge a Curlew, a Kestrel, two Meadow Pipits, 6+ Redwings and a Kingfisher late morning. (MK).

Kingfisher by Mike King 

Saul Warth     Three Ravens, two Meadow Pipits, six Goldfinches and a Kestrel this afternoon. (MK).

Kestrel by Mike King

Cheltenham     At Naunton Park, a patio Grey Wagtail, the 2nd garden record in 35 years, and a small flock of Long-tailed Tits. (Steve Brown).

WWT Slimbridge     The GLOSSY IBIS was near the Dutch Barn at Shepherd’s Patch again today. Please park carefully beside the road or in the free car park before the bridge. (Paul Sutton/Andy Jordan). A female Merlin and a Marsh Harrier from Zeiss hide. Nine Cattle Egrets in the pre roost gathering. Four Dark-bellied Brent Geese on the riverbank from Estuary Tower. (Ian Hull/Roberta Goodall).

Glossy Ibis by Paul Sutton

Cotswold Water Park West     An adult and an immature male SCAUP on Pit 43 viewed from the dirt road leading to Pit 57 on the Lower Mill Estate. Also six Goldeneyes (3m, 3f). 27+ Red Crested Pochards on Pit 44. A Lesser Redpoll beside the track and a male Siskin with others heard at Neigh Bridge car park. (MK).

Scaup by Mike King

Lesser Redpoll by Mike King

Slimbridge     The Peregrine on Slimbridge church again today. (Paul Sutton).

Stonehouse     The regular Kingfisher showing well at the Ocean again today. (Paul Sutton).

Tewkesbury     An Egyptian Goose at Lower Lode today. Six Bewick’s Swans at Wainlodes for the 2nd day. (Jeremy Squire).

Frampton     A Cetti’s Warbler at the pool by the cricket pitch on Rosamund’s Green. (Mark Hobson). From Splatt Bridge this morning 450+ Golden Plovers and 26 Pintails through, two Stonechats, a Marsh Harrier and a Merlin. (Gordon Hodgson). At the pools a pair of Goldeneye, 41 Gadwalls, 134 Tufted Ducks, 256 Coots, 35 Shovelers, 16 Teal, a male Pochard, a female Blackcap and the roosting Tawny Owl. (Nick Goatman).

Turkdean     c20 Corn Buntings, 50 Yellowhammers and a pair of Stonechats today. (Duncan Dine).

Forest of Dean    At Parkend 13 Hawfinches and a Dipper. At Cannop ponds 17 Goosanders, two Little Grebes, a male Bullfinch and a Marsh Tit and Coal Tits. At Crabtree Hill a pair of Crossbills, 3+ Stonechats and a Jay. Five Goosanders (1m, 4f) at Woorgreens. (Mike Davis/Martin Price/Richard Williams/Simon Ashley/Dave Abrams & Hannah Willoughby).

Bullfinch by Dave Abrams & Hannah Willoughby 

Goosander by Dave Abrams & Hannah Willoughby

Tidenham Chase     The DARTFORD WARBLER still amongst the gorse bushes on the western side of Poor’s Allotment at 10am. It is very elusive and was seen on and of until 1pm but not this afternoon. Also two Firecrests, three Jack Snipe flushed, three Stonechats, a pair and a male, and four Ravens. (Geoff Fawcett/Steve Thorogood/Martin Vaisey/Paul Rich/MK).

Dartford Warbler by finder, Steve Thorogood

Firecrest by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     The GLOSSY IBIS back in the approach fields just on the reserve side of canal, next to the Dutch barn and right by the road mid-morning. (Jeremy Holland/Andy Jayne). The Ibis was still there just before dusk and nine Cattle Egrets and two Great White Egrets flying over going to roost. (Neil Smart). The immature SPOONBILL on South Lake over the high tide period but returned to the Severn later. Two Little Stints and a Ringed Plover with the Dunlins on the Dumbles and the Marsh Harrier over the Tack Piece. (Martin McGill).

Frampton Pools     This morning included the resident Tawny Owl, three Great Crested Grebes, a Little Egret, two Grey Herons, c50 Wigeon, c30 Shovelers, c35 Gadwalls, 22 Tufted Ducks, nine Cormorant, 17 Pied Wagtails, two Mistle Thrushes and a Green Woodpecker. A Sparrowhawk flew over Church End around noon and a Kingfisher was on the brook at the Narles. (Caroline Quinn). Also three Goldeneyes (2m, 1f) and two Little Egrets on Court Lake. (Martin Price). A male Bullfinch and a Siskin at Frampton Court today. (Nigel Young).

Siskin by Nigel Young

Bullfinch by Nigel Young

At Splatt Bridge this morning a Marsh Harrier, a Great White Egret, 4+ Stonechats, two Blackcaps, a Snipe, also 250 Golden Plovers, 30 Wigeon and five Shovelers through S, two Common Cranes flew from Awre to WWT. (Gordon Hodgson).

Cotswold Water Park West     Two drake SCAUP on Pit 43 at 9am. (Nigel Pleass).

Minsterworth     A Barn Owl flew R to L over the A48 at Oakle Street turn at 7:07am. (MK).

Oxenhall     A pair of Wigeon on Oxenhall Lake near Newent this morning. (Tony Eveleigh).

Chalford    A Dipper perched in an overhanging tree above the canal near St Mary’s Mill. (Nikki Smith).

Rendcomb     A Dipper from the bridge. (Steve Brown).

Cockleford     Two Red Kites today. (Steve Brown).

Bagpath     A pair of Red Kites at midday today harassed by Jackdaws. (Mike Fisher).

Cirencester    Today at Oakley Wood a Nuthatch, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, large mixed finch flocks of Chaffinches, Siskins and Bramblings, 4+ Corn Buntings and two Buzzards. (Josh Adamms).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning a Mute Swan, 200 Greylags, 200 Canada Geese, at least 1000 Wigeon and many hundreds of  Teal, 270 Pintails, 140 Shovelers, a Gadwall, four Tufted Ducks, 60 Lapwings, a Great Black-backed Gull and a Stonechat. (Mike Smart).

Tidenham Chase     A DARTFORD WARBLER early afternoon amongst the gorse bushes on the western side of Poor’s Allotment. (Steve Thorogood).

WWT Slimbridge     The GLOSSY IBIS was near the Dutch Barn at Shepherd’s Patch at 9:30am, it was also seen in the grounds. (Sophie Harris). Four Dark-bellied Brent Geese were on the Dumbles edge, also the Ross’s Goose, a Little Stint, a Peregrine, a pair of Stonechats and an unringed Common Crane. A Great White Egret in fields to the N. A pair of Goldeneyes on South Lake and up to six Avocets. 10+ Cattle Egrets flew from the grounds and spent much of the day at SO 73580 04109 near the village. (Martin McGill/Paul Masters/Andy Chapman/David Creber/Roberta Goodall/Mark Hobson/Dot Jones/MK).

Glossy Ibis by Mike King

Cattle Egrets by Mike King

Dark-bellied Brent Geese by Mike King

Sharpness     The male BLACK REDSTART still towards the end of Dock Road. (Andy Jordan). A Rock Pipit on the rocks below SARA. (David Creber/Roberta Goodall).

Cotswold Water Park West     A pair of SCAUP still at Pit 43/65 at the S end. (Jon Mercer). 26 Pintails (18m, 8f) on Pit 75. (Nigel Pleass).

Cotswold Water Park East     Two Green Sandpipers on Pit 132. (Jon Mercer).

Cirencester    At least 15 Hawfinches at Oakley Wood this morning and in the Park Corner area a Merlin attacking a flock of 60+ Skylarks, ten Bramblings, 80 Linnets, 30 Yellowhammers and ten Corn Buntings. (Andy Jayne). This afternoon in Cirencester Park, in one of the fields just off Sapperton Park Ride, a Merlin chasing a small bird, probably one of the 100’s of Bramblings and Chaffinches feeding on the standing seed crop at SO96010279. (Martine Fenn/Josh Adamms).

Chapman’s Cross     30 Corn Buntings near Cranhill Barn. (Andy Jayne).

Frampton pools     This morning three Goldeneyes (2m, 1f), 101 Tufted Ducks, 57 Shovelers, 50 Wigeon, two Pochards, 17 Gadwalls, six Little Grebes, two Treecreepers, 45 Fieldfares, 16 Redwings, two Siskins and a Tawny Owl. (Nick Goatman).

Tawny Owl by Mike King

Forest of Dean     In the Woorgreens, Crabtree Hill and Serridge area five Goosanders, four Crossbills, c25 Siskins, c20 Lesser Redpolls, a Nuthatch, a Fieldfare, six Goldcrests and two Ravens. (Keith Williams). At Cannop Ponds today, a Marsh Tit, a Raven, six Wigeon, five Little Grebes, a Jay, 12 Mandarins, four Goosanders (1m, 3f), a Kingfisher and three Coal Tits and a Grey Wagtail at the Stoneworks.  (Chris Keeling/Andy & Sue Gibbons). At Parkend late morning five Hawfinches and a Mistle Thrush in Crown Lane, and two Nuthatches at the church. (Andy & Sue Gibbons).

Ashleworth Ham     A Tawny Owl called behind the hide late morning. (Les Sysum). This afternoon c40 Lapwings seen from the road towards the north end of the reserve, c15 Snipe from the hide, a pair of Stonechats by the northernmost screen, a Peregrine, a Kingfisher, a Grey Heron and a Gadwall, eight Shovelers, 15 Pintails, 100+ Teal, 70 Wigeon, c20 Canada Geese and c20 Greylags. In fields near the junction of Ham Road and White End eight Red-legged Partridges and two Pheasants at sunset. (Caroline Quinn/Mike Smart).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This afternoon a White-fronted Goose and a Yellow-legged Gull. (Ian Hull). Other birds included two Mute Swans, 90 Greylags, 34 Canada Geese, 1450 Wigeon, nine Gadwalls, 600 Teal, 50 Mallards, 240 Pintails, 170+ Shovelers, nine Tufted Ducks, a Pochard, a Peregrine, 60 Lapwings, three Great Black-backed Gulls, a Mistle Thrush singing, 20 Fieldfares, a Blackcap calling from the mistletoe and five Bullfinches. (Mike Smart/Jeremy Holland).

Lassington Woods    Four Buzzards circling, a hunting Kestrel, 15+ Goldfinches, 11+ Long-tailed Tits, a Raven and two Great Spotted Woodpeckers calling. (Clare McLeod).

WWT Slimbridge    A GLOSSY IBIS on a field to the N of the entrance road near the canal at 2:30pm. Three Dark-bellied Brent Geese on the Dumbles on the river edge and three Avocets on South Lake. (Seb Buckton). Also today a Marsh Harrier circling over the 50 Acre, two Cattle Egrets back in to the South Lake for the pre-roost,  a wild female Goldeneye in with the collection birds SW side of the Big Pen, a Chiffchaff along the Decoy Boardwalk and a Ringed Plover on the Tack Piece. (Martin McGill/Dot Jones).

Cirencester    At least five, probably seven Hawfinches in Oakley Wood, Cirencester Park this afternoon 1 at SO973033 and 4, probably 6, at SO977025. Also 50+ Bramblings, 20+ Siskins, three Marsh Tits, a singing Mistle Thrush and two singing Song Thrushes. (Jon Mercer).

Hawfinch by Jon Mercer

Cotswold Water Park West     A SCAUP still on Pit 43. (David Creber).

Cotswold Water Park East     At Pit 132 5+ Chiffchaffs by the sewage works and 400 Teal, 250 Lapwings and Golden Plovers, a Green Sandpiper and two Great White Egrets. (Duncan Dine).

Sharpness     A male BLACK REDSTART still this afternoon at the end of Dock Road. (Andy Jordan).

Gloucester     A BLACK REDSTART showed well by the front door of the Cathedral at 12:45pm. (Michael S, @ChaffChampion). A Peregrine on top of the Cathedral at 9:15am. (Paul Watkins).

Peregrine by Paul Watkins

Forest of Dean    A few Bramblings in a mixed finch flock on Serridge Ridge this afternoon. (Geoff Fawcett). 3+ Hawfinches at Parkend today by the Cricket Pitch at 11am. Also at Cannop Ponds, a Marsh Tit on the feeders. (David Jackson).

Coombe Hill Meadows     The Russian White-fronted Goose still today. (Ian Ralphs).

Roel    This afternoon c200 Fieldfares in a brassica field near the Roel Grain Store, two Buzzards, a female Kestrel, a Skylark heard, a Yellowhammer and a Tawny Owl calling at 2pm. (Andrew & Gill Worthington).

Chavenage Lane     Two Stonechats, 70+ Fieldfares and a male Peregrine flying over, which was later seen perched on a wall at Barton End. (Terry Grant).

Cranham     At Cranham Common and Saltridge Woods this morning a Little Grebe on the ponds at Brook Farm Trout Fishery, visible from the public footpath that runs N of the trout farm, a Grey Heron nearby at the stream at Gladys’ Leap, and a Mistle Thrush at the NW corner of the Common. (Caroline Quinn).

Hardwicke     A garden Sparrowhawk today. (Nigel Young).

Sparrowhawk by Nigel Young

WWT Slimbridge     A GLOSSY IBIS on the Rushy this morning and mobile around the grounds later. (Archie Archer). Also today a Little Stint and 22 Ruff on the Tack Piece, ten Cattle Egrets and two Little Egrets on South Lake this evening, four adult Dark-bellied Brent Geese on the Dumbles and a Marsh Harrier today. (Martin McGill/Roberta Goodall/Andy Jayne).

Glossy Ibis by Archie Archer

Coombe Hill Meadows     The Russian White-fronted Goose still this morning, seen distantly from Grundon Hide roosting with 40 Greylags. Also a Lapwing, 1200 Wigeon, c1500 Teal, seven Tufted Ducks, eight Gadwalls, 97 Shovelers, a Mute Swan, 250+ Canada Geese, five Shelducks, 103 Pintails, a Grey Heron, 50 Black-headed Gulls over, a Kingfisher, a female/immature Yellowhammer and six Bullfinches along the very muddy canal path, five Long-tailed Tits and large flocks of Redwings and Fieldfares feeding in the adjacent fields. (Caroline Quinn/Mike Smart).

Cobney Meadows     11 Mute Swans, five Shelducks and a Kingfisher today. (Mike Smart).

Framilode     Three adult Yellow-legged Gulls this evening. (Jeremy Squire).

Ashleworth Ham     28 Snipe on a strip of vegetation. (Les Ditchburn).

Alderley     Three Lesser Redpolls and seven Greenfinches on the bird table today. (Vic Polley).

Gloucester     A female Blackcap in the garden at Hempsted today. (Gord Avery).

Hucclecote    80+ Starlings in the garden this morning. The largest number recorded for the garden. (Harold Smith).

Cirencester     This afternoon a Hawfinch in Oakley Wood, Cirencester Park close to a stand of yew trees at SO 9717 0305. (Martine & Pete Fenn).

Longney     A Cetti’s Warbler at Longney Crib early afternoon. (Jeremy Squire).

Ashleworth Ham     Six very mobile and always obscured swans thought to be an adult Whooper Swan and five Bewick’s Swans (2 ads, 3 juvs) they all flew off high NE at 1pm. (Les Ditchburn).

Cotswolds     A Red Kite near the Puesdown Inn at 10:15am, a Red Kite at Windrush Camp at 12:03pm and two Red Kites over the small copse by the Shipton Oliffe turn off at 12:10pm. (Gord Avery)

Maisemore     From Court Lake and along the Severn Way this afternoon birds included 25 Long-tailed Tits (11 & 14), two Green Woodpeckers, a Song Thrush, 13 Mallards, three Moorhens, a Cormorant, a Grey Partridge, 21 Red-legged Partridges, 150 Rooks and 37 Jackdaws and a Buzzard. (John Fletcher).

Tewkesbury     A male BLACK REDSTART in a private garden in Northway.

Coombe Hill Meadows     A White-fronted Goose from Grundon hide and a Little Owl today, the first for 4 years. (Ian Hull).

Ashleworth Ham    110 Greylags, 90 Canada Geese, at least 400 Wigeon, at least 300 Teal, four Gadwalls, 100 Mallards, ten Pintails, 50 Shovelers, 150 Lapwings, at least three Snipe, c5 Fieldfares and three Roe Deer today. (Mike Smart).

Frampton    A Cetti’s Warbler in the pool alongside the cricket pitch on Frampton Green at 4pm also Chiffchaff at Splatt Bridge and 15 Curlews over towards the Severn. (Mark Hobson). On the Sailing Lake a different adult Yellow-legged Gull, two male Pochards, 43 Tufted Ducks, five Great Crested Grebes and five Little Grebes. (Nick Goatman).

Saul Warth     This afternoon five Chiffchaffs, 30 Chaffinches, a Grey Wagtail, a WATER PIPIT, 30 Meadow Pipits, 70 Siskins over W, two Avocets, three Grey Plovers, a Knot, 80 Curlews, 40 Dunlins and four Common Cranes over towards WWT. (Gordon Hodgson).

Edgeworth     Along the Frome valley, a Goshawk, six Buzzards, a Grey Wagtail and a Peacock butterfly. Also 16 Golden Plovers towards Duntisbourne Abbots. (Chris Furley).

Gloucester     A BLACK REDSTART still at the Cathedral at College Green at 2:40pm. Quite mobile but seen on buildings to the right as accessed from the Beatrix Potter shop. (Jeremy Squire/Helen Bojaniwska). At Horsbere Brook FSA this morning crows mobbing a Buzzard and a Raven over the fields between the lake and Chosen Hill. Several Stock Doves feeding with a large c120 flock of Woodpigeons on the adjacent farmland and c18 Skylarks foraging there also. (Caroline Quinn).

Stroud     This afternoon four Dippers along the Frome, three along Fromebanks parallel with Dr Newton’s Way and one where the river runs parallel to the canal towpath between the railway viaduct and Bowbridge Wharf. (Caroline Quinn).

Kingscote     At Croome’s Grove Farm at least eight Bramblings in a flock of c300 birds, mainly Chaffinches, on a Sunflower field corner where the B4058 intersects with the road going down to Uley. (Vic Polley).

Netheridge Farm     Around the Netheridge/Rea Lane area including the Lapwing which flew S calling, a Mistle Thrush singing, two Jays, four Red-legged Partridges, two Ravens, five Stock Doves, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Green Woodpecker and ten Snipe today. (Mark Hobson).

Sharpness/Purton     Late afternoon today a Little Grebe on the canal, a pair of Ravens and two Rock Pipits at SARA. (Ian Ralphs).

WWT Slimbridge     Birds today included eight Cattle Egrets, 280 Black-tailed Godwits and four Knot, three adult Greenland White-fronted Geese, three Dark-bellied Brent Geese and a Marsh Harrier hunting. (Magnus Carter/Roy Kinchin).

Compton Abdale     At least two Red Kites, two Buzzards, a Kestrel, a Yellowhammer, a Jay, 6+ Chaffinches and a small group of Long-tailed Tits. Also, 13 Roe Deer running together across the field and leaping the fences. (Andrew & Gill Worthington).

Tewkesbury     The juvenile GREAT NORTHERN DIVER was off of Mythe Treatment Works viewed from Mythe Bridge at first light, initially in Worcs but then crossing the river into Glos. There was no further sign later in the day but it’s likely still around as it has been going missing for long periods. Also 18 Cormorants flew N from Severn Ham. (MK). A male Goosander and a Kingfisher from Healing’s Mill. (Eric Harris).

Great Northern Diver by Mike Kinga p

Forest of Dean     A few Bramblings at Lightmoor with Chaffinches. Also male and female Bullfinch and two Jays. (Chris Lyons). A pair of Wigeon at Cannop ponds and a Marsh Tit at the feeding station. (Thomas Chinnick).

Brambling by Chris Lyons

Maisemore     A drake Goldeneye on the pond at Maisemore Ham. (Andy Jayne).

RSPB Highnam Woods     This afternoon three Marsh Tits visiting the feeders by the hide near the entrance along with two Coal Tits, c12 Great Tits and c18 Blue Tits. On the loop trail two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, eight Goldcrests and three Mistle Thrushes along with numerous Chaffinches, Greenfinches, Goldfinches and Long-tailed Tits, and a Buzzard patrolling the edge of the woods along the A40. (Caroline Quinn).

Gloucester     A Woodcock at Robinswood Hill CP at 5:15pm at SO 84003 15138. (Ian Elphick).

Frampton pools     Around the pools five Goldeneyes (3m, 2f), six Pochards, 119 Tufted Ducks, 102 Shovelers, 24 Gadwalls, 64 Wigeon, 30 Teal, 24 Cormorants, a Water Rail, a Kingfisher, seven Little Grebes, 60+ Siskins, a Lesser Redpoll, two Nuthatches and a Tawny Owl today. (Nick Goatman).

Coombe Hill Meadows     North scrape on 0.97m, a sheet of water in front of the Grundon hide, and the circular walk probably not passable. Birds included three Mute Swans, 50 Canada Geese, 385 Wigeon, 80 Teal, 36 Mallards, a Pintail, 17 Shovelers, two Grey Herons, a Peregrine, a Red Kite, 17 Lapwings, a Golden Plover, a Dunlin, two Great Black-backed Gulls, 50 Black-headed Gulls, c5 Fieldfares, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Blackcap and a Chiffchaff. (Mike Smart/Ian Ralphs).

Stonehouse     A Kingfisher on the canal. (Marc Freebrey).

Kingfisher by Marc Freebrey

Kingfisher by Marc Freebrey