Frampton pools    Two Cattle Egrets in field with sheep at Frampton between the Sailing Lake and Court Lake at SO7497173020 this morning. Also a Little Egret, nine Egyptian Geese on the Sailing Lake still, a Jay and the adult Yellow-legged Gull. (Paul Masters).

Saul Warth     At high tide six Grey Plovers, 60+ Dunlins, 115+ Curlews, 168+ Shelducks, a Kestrel, 14 Stock Doves, a Mistle Thrush, 40 Linnets, five Meadow Pipits, nine Pied Wagtails, a pair of Stonechats and two Jays. (MK).

Male Stonechat by Mike King

Cotswold Water Park East     This morning at Pit 132 three Green Sandpipers, 100+ Lapwings, a Great White Egret, 200+ Teal and three Pintails. (Duncan Dine).

Great White Egret by Duncan Dine

Lineover Woods     A Buzzard, a Green Woodpecker, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, two Coal Tits, four Bullfinches, two Goldcrests, two Nuthatches, two Jays, a Raven and a small number of Siskins high up. (Steve Brown).

Eastleach Downs     Six Fieldfares and from here to Southrop seven Red Kites. (Steve Brown).

Hawling     c200 Stock Doves and c1000 Starlings feeding near Larkhill Farm. (Steve Brown).

Tewkesbury     At Lower Lode brickpits a pair of Mute Swans with six full grown cygnets, 33 Greylags over, 16 Wigeon, 29 Gadwalls, 22 Mallards, six Shovelers, three Tufted Ducks, two Little Grebes, ten Cormorants, two Grey Herons and 17 Coots. (Mike Smart).

Frampton pools     A Cattle Egret, nine Egyptian Geese, the adult Yellow-legged Gull, 161 Wigeon, 96 Gadwalls, 25 Shovelers, 39 Tufted Ducks, three Pochards, a Kingfisher and five Redwings today. (Nick Goatman).

Painswick Beacon     A female Merlin hunting Redwings and another 92 Brambling through this morning and a male Ring Ouzel yesterday. (Francis Steuck).

Nailsworth area     A small movement along Nailsworth Valley this afternoon included 175+ Redwings, 20+ Chaffinches, a Red Kite and six Jays while at Barton End a flock of 600+ Golden Plovers and three Red Kites. (Terry Grant).

WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN flew into the reeds in front of the Van de Bovenkamp hide at 12:45pm and three White-fronted Geese on the Top New Piece. (Roy Kinchin).

Bishops Cleeve     A Red Kite 1/4 mile N of Bishops Cleeve at 9:20am. (Dave Jeynes).

WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN from Martin Smith hide at 9:50am. (Jon Mercer). From Mid Point early afternoon a SPOONBILL, a Little Stint with a Dunlin flock and seven Ruff. (Paul Rich).

Spoonbill by Paul Rich

Frampton pools    A Cattle Egret on Court lake, six Pochards on the Sailing Lake were new in, also the adult Yellow-legged Gull, a Chiffchaff, a Cetti’s Warbler and eight Siskins over at lunchtime today. (Nick Goatman).

Forest of Dean     At Crabtree Hill/Woorgreens six Stonechats, 15+ Linnets, 3+ Ravens, two Buzzards, a Snipe and still lots of Southern Hawkers and Common Darters. (Paul Clark).

Calcot     Eight Stonechats and a Brambling today. (Terry Grant).

Nailsworth     600+ Golden Plovers at Barton End today. (Terry Grant).

Stinchcombe Hill    12 Bramblings feeding in trees along 10th fairway this afternoon. (James Robinson).

Sheepscombe    2+ Bramblings near to  Down Barn Farm SO 89459 09394. (Mark Hobson).

Barrow Wake    600+ Golden Plovers on fields S of Barrow Wake this morning. (Sam Walker).

Cam     A Red Kite over. (Magnus Carter).

Wotton-Under-Edge    Two Red Kites circling by the junction of the A4135 and the B4058 at 3:40pm. (Nigel Tucker).

Forest of Dean     Eight Bramblings near Speech House Lake along the hardcore track that runs roughly parallel to the road from Speech House to New Fancy View. (Geoff Fawcett).

Tewkesbury    A Ring-necked Parakeet in an Apple tree in Priors Park. (Tim Cash). At Severn Ham four Mute Swans on Mill Avon and five Skylarks over high (Mike Smart).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Two Mute Swans, 435 Greylags, four Canada Geese, 32 Wigeon, 32 Teal, 40 Mallards, six Shovelers, four Grey Herons, four Lapwings, five Skylarks, at least three Stonechats, a Mistle Thrush, a Blackcap in subsong, a Chiffchaff and 2 or 3 Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge highlights during this period included a showy BITTERN, the long-staying Spoonbill, two Cattle Egrets, two Great White Egrets, a Whooper Swan, three White-fronted Geese, four Egyptian Geese, a Marsh Harrier, three Spotted Redshanks and the usual autumn build up of waders and wildfowl. On the 17th an adult Common Gull ring number JC844, age at least 4 years, ringed on 3 June 2018 at Store Revlingen, Rygge, Ostfold, Norway. (Andy Gibbons)

Frampton pools had a Goshawk on the 16th and a Firecrest on the 19th. (Nick Goatman). Two Cattle Egrets on the 17th, presumably same as at WWT. (Nick Goatman/Martin Price). Eight Egyptian Geese went N past Splatt Bridge on the 22nd. (Gordon Hodgson).

New Bridge near Clapton-on-the Hill had a female Marsh Harrier on the 22nd. (Keith Jennings).

Painswick Beacon had a Ring Ouzel and six Bramblings on the 21st and 187 Bramblings on the 22nd. (Francis Steuck).

Lydney had a Common Sandpiper on the 16th per @stralachlan. At Alvington a late House Martin over Clanna Country Park on the 20th. (Paul Woolams). In Mitcheldean a Bullfinch feeding on rowan berries and a Kestrel seen off by a Magpie. (Chris Keeling).

Nailsworth, at Barton End on the 16th a female Merlin hunting in fields by the lay-by. (Terry Grant).

Chavenage Lane/Calcot area     110+ Chaffinches W, 25+ Redwings, ten Stonechats, 180+ Linnets, 40+ Yellowhammers, three Corn Buntings and a Red Kite. On the 17th in the Calcot area five Stonechats, two Red Kites, a female Peregrine, 240+ Golden Plovers over and a Hedgehog hunting in a meadow. (Terry Grant).

Hedgehog by Terry Grant

Daglingworth on the 16th 200+ Golden Plovers in fields near Itlay this afternoon, 150 Redwings and a late Swallow over. (Andrew Morrison).

Ozleworth two Red Kites on the 16th. (Paul Sutton).

Coombe Hill Meadows on the 19th two Mute Swans, 128 Greylags, 46 Wigeon, 62 Teal, ten Mallards, six Shovelers, five Grey Herons, c30 Skylarks, five Meadow Pipits, four Stonechats and a very late WHINCHAT. At Leigh Meadows four Mallards, two Little Egrets, a Grey Heron, eight Snipe, a Jack Snipe and a Grey Wagtail. At Cobney Meadow two Mute Swans, five Canada Geese, 24 Teal, 105 Mallards and five Grey Herons. (Mike Smart).

Stonehouse on the 20th a Short-eared Owl in flight quite high over the roundabout at M5/J13 at 5:15pm being mobbed by several corvids. (Michael Cook).

Bussage on the 20th two Crossbills in the top of a Sycamore, a garden first and two Noctule Bats feeding at dusk near adjacent woodland. (Michael Cook).

Cheltenham on the 21st in Eldorado Road and Crescent a Raven, a Jay, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Red Admiral butterfly. (Keith White).

Saul Warth     A late Wheatear, four Little Egrets, 83+ Shelducks, eight Grey Plovers, two Ringed Plovers, two Little Stints, 200+ Dunlins, 142+ Curlews, three Stonechats, 70+ Goldfinches, two Chiffchaffs with 19 Long-tailed Tit, five Jays flew NW and a Red Admiral. (Martin McGill/MK).

Nailsworth     A BITTERN flew S along Nailsworth Valley at 3:45pm today, the 132nd  garden tick since August 1990. Searched for nearby but not refound. (Terry Grant).

WWT Slimbridge     Two Cattle Egrets and four Greenshanks on South Lake. A Red Kite over the Estuary Tower at 1:10pm. The Ross’s Goose still on the Dumbles. (Jonathan Bull). On the Rushy three Spotted Redshanks and an Avocet. Three Greenshanks from Zeiss hide and a Goshawk soaring overhead there being mobbed by Rooks at 12:50pm. (Andy Langley). A Mediterranean Gull on South Lake. (Ken Hurcombe).

Forest of Dean      At Crabtree Hill two Jays, two Ravens over, five Stonechats, several Goldcrests and a Coal Tit.  Good numbers of Siskins at Woorgreens, Crabtree Hill and the Arboretum.  This afternoon at Speech House Woodlands carpark a male and a female Crossbill perched and a Redwing. (Andy & Sue Gibbons).

Stonehouse     A Kingfisher around Bond’s Mill today and a Buzzard and a Jay over. (Paul Sutton).

WWT Slimbridge     A GREY PHALAROPE on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide at 9:25am then flew towards the river at 9:40am with no further sign. (Roberta Goodall). At high tide at Middle Point a Greenshank, an Avocet, four Little Egrets, a Great White Egret, five Dunlins, six Shelducks and 20 Pintails. (Paul Masters).

Slimbridge     A Peregrine on Slimbridge church again today. (Paul Masters/Paul Sutton).

Peregrine by Paul Sutton

Frampton     A Barn Owl and a Short-eared Owl hunting at Splatt Bridge at 7am. (Roy Widgery).

Saul Warth     Two  Great White Egrets, eight Little Egrets, three Grey Herons, eight Grey Plovers, a Ringed Plover, 22 Dunlins, 100+ Curlews and 120+ Shelducks. (MK).

Awre     This morning a Great White Egret, three Little Egrets, an Avocet, 35 Curlews, five Ringed Plovers, a Snipe, 34 Jays, flocks of 19 and 15, both heading high N, a Rock Pipit, four Stonechats, four Reed Buntings and a Chiffchaff. (Lewis Thomson).

Purton     A Marsh Harrier flew up river at 11:10am. (Martin Greenish/Michelle Davis).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Three Common Cranes flew S over Wainlode Hill towards Gloucester at 5:40pm. Also a juvenile Hobby. (Jeremy Squire).

Forest of Dean     At Cannop Ponds three Wigeon, 31 Mandarins, 12 Tufted Ducks, a Kingfisher and a Grey Wagtail. At Parkend c50 Redwings over, seven Pied Wagtails and two Dippers on the stream behind The Fountain pub. At Crabtree Hill 100+ Redwings over, two Stonechats, 6+ Lesser Redpolls, 20+ Siskins, 35+ Goldfinches and six Crossbills. (Derek Hale).

Stonehouse     A juvenile Little Grebe between the Ocean and Bond’s Mill and a female Mandarin still on the Ocean. (Paul Sutton).

Little Grebe by Paul Sutton

Awre     This morning a Red Kite, a Mediterranean Gull, a Great White Egret, six Little Egret, two Grey Plovers, five Ringed Plovers, three Snipe, 28 Curlews, 28 Jays, including a flock of 20, a Rock Pipit, 71 Meadow Pipits, 32 Skylarks, seven Stonechats, five Siskins, a Yellowhammer, eight Reed Buntings, 11 Redwings and eight Song Thrushes. (Lewis Thomson).

Saul Warth     At high tide at 1:30pm five Grey Herons, eight Little Egrets, a distant Great White Egret, an Avocet, a Grey Plover, 36+ Dunlins, six Ringed Plovers, 100+ Curlews, 60+ Goldfinches, 15 Linnets, two Stonechats, 12 Long-tailed Tits, five Jays and two mating Common Darters. (MK).

Ringed Plover by Mike King

Forest of Dean      In the Crabtree Hill/Woorgreens area 10+ Crossbills, 10+ Siskins, a few Lesser Redpolls, two Bullfinches, two Coal Tits, a Goldcrest, six Stonechats, a Buzzard, two Ravens, three Jays, four flocks of 15-20 Redwings over, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers and a Green Woodpecker and a Goshawk at Yew Tree Brake. At Cannop ponds five Little Grebes, two Kingfishers and 10+ Mandarins. (Martin Price/Steve Brown).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Two male Yellowhammers, three Stonechats, three Snipe, a Water Rail, a Red Kite, a Cetti’s Warbler and c100 Redwings feeding along the canal. (Ian Hull/Les Ditchburn).

Ashleworth Ham     37 birds trapped this four Meadow Pipits, six Redwings, a Blackcap, a Chiffchaff, 12 Goldfinches and three Reed Buntings. On the reserve 20 Wigeon, a Stonechat and 100 Redwings. (Mervyn Greening/Mike Smart).

Barrow Wake     300+ Golden Plovers at 12:30pm. (Duncan Dine).

Frampton    105 Redwings over the garden in 15 minutes this morning, also two Song Thrushes, a Curlew and two Canada Geese. (Nick Goatman).

Dudbridge     25+ Redwings over at 8:15am near Sainsburys this morning. (Steve Pullen).

Nailsworth     Over 500 Redwings, most coming in from the south in very brief watches today (300+ in half an hour between 8:20-8:50am. (Terry Grant).

Chavenage Lane/Calcot area     180+ Redwings coming in from the south this afternoon, seven Stonechats and a Red Kite. (Terry Grant).

Red Kite by Terry Grant

Guscar/Aylburton     WeBS count today 40 Canada Geese, 70 Wigeon and 300 Teal (mostly in Cone Pill), five Mallards, seven Grey Herons, a Cormorant, 24 Lapwings, a Golden Plover, 400 Curlews, 22 Redshanks, a Green Sandpiper, 500 Black-headed Gulls, 25 Herring Gulls and five Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Also two Stonechats and two Chiffchaffs, one singing. (Mike Smart).

Rodley     85 Lapwings, nine Snipe, 22 Curlews, three Little Egrets, three Grey Herons, 30 Linnets, two Stonechats and 100 Starlings today. (David Smith).

Witcombe Reservoirs     23 Greylags, two Mute Swans, a male Shoveler, 60 Mallards, nine Tufted Ducks, three Little Grebes, two Great Crested Grebes, a Grey Heron, six Cormorants, 10+ Moorhens, 39 Coots, 160 Black-headed Gulls, two Common Gulls, a Herring Gull and a Buzzard. (Gordon Avery).

Shab Hill     380 Golden Plovers, then flew off at 12:10pm, 20+ Skylarks and 20+ Yellowhammers. (Gordon Avery). A Red Kite over the A417 at Barrow Wake at noon. (MK).

Culkerton     35 Golden Plovers circling over plough near New Barn at 3pm. (MK).

Cotswold Water Park West     At Shorncote Reedbed this afternoon three Grey Herons, a Little Egret, 15 Wigeon, a pair of Shovelers, five Gadwalls, 45 Lapwings, a Red Kite, two Buzzards, a Kestrel, five Cormorants, a Stonechat, two Reed Buntings and a Cetti’s Warbler. (MK).

Wigeon by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     The SPOONBILL on the Top New Piece, three Russian White-fronted Geese from Kingfisher hide. At Middle Point a Great White Egret and five Little Egret. The BITTERN again from Van Der Bovenkamp hide. Two Cattle Egrets on South Lake. Four Spotted Redshanks and three Greenshanks from Zeiss hide. (Jonathan Bull). From the Robbie Garnett hide this afternoon c70 Wigeon, c50 Teal, 11 Shovelers, eight Gadwalls, two Canada Geese and ten Mallards. A Water Rail seen from the Willow hide. (Dave Tait).