Saturday 7th August 2021

Cotswold Water Park East     A Wood Sandpiper at Pit 132 today. (Simon Ashley/Duncan Dine).

Wood Sandpiper by Duncan Dine

Lydney to Aylburton Warth     A Red Kite, a Whimbrel, four Black-tailed Godwits, five Common Sandpipers, a Whinchat, 60 Linnets and two Bar-headed Geese. (Andy Jayne). Also a Lesser Whitethroat and a Common Sandpiper at the harbour. (Dan Watson).

Berkeley shore     From Severn House Farm over the high tide a Wheatear, two Yellow Wagtails and two Common Sandpipers. (Paul Rich).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Two Green Sandpipers, a Common Sandpiper, a Little Egret, two Little Ringed Plovers, three Whinchats, a Green Woodpecker, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Kestrel, 25 Teal, 60 Lapwings, two Grey Herons and a Sedge Warbler. (Jeremy Holland). Also a Mute Swan, five Canada Geese, a Wigeon, 30+ Mallards, five Swallows, a juvenile Stonechat, 20 Starlings, 3 or 4 Chiffchaffs, 15 Linnets and a Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

Cobney Meadows     Seven Canada Geese, six Mallards, two Grey Herons, a Little Egret, ten Swallows and 2 or 3 Chiffchaffs. (Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge     This afternoon from Zeiss hide 41 Dunlins (2 juveniles), 28 Black-tailed Godwits, three Avocets, a Little Grebe, a Common Gull, a Redshank, a Common Crane, a Buzzard, 33 Lapwings, a Green Sandpiper, two Ruff, two Garganeys and a Grey Heron. (Jeanne Vitkovskis).

Nailsworth     104 Swifts moved S between 10:15-10:35am. Between 6:30-7:10pm another 124 Swifts flying S. (Terry Grant).

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Friday 6th August 2021

Frampton     This morning a Little Owl in the churchyard. From the five-barred gate at Splatt Bridge a Great White Egret and three Yellow Wagtails. The adult Yellow-legged Gull was roosting on the floating hut at the Sailing Lake. (Alan Baxter/Derek Summers).

Nailsworth     124 Swifts S between 7am and 9am. (Terry Grant).

Chavenage Lane & Calcot area     412 Swifts mainly flying S, but some heading W, between 12:20pm and 1:30pm. Also three Stonechats. (Terry Grant).

Frampton Mansell     c75 Golden Plovers this morning at 8:45am in flight above a stubble field near Emmerson Lane. (Michael Cook).

Gretton     A juvenile male Great Spotted Woodpecker on a garden peanut feeder this evening. (Roger Wasley).

Great Spotted Woodpecker by Roger Wasley

Alderton     A male Southern Hawker dragonfly this afternoon on a farm track enclosed on both sides by hedgerows. (Roger Wasley).

Southern Hawker by Roger Wasley
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Thursday 5th August 2021

WWT Slimbridge    This morning two Snipe, a Common Sandpiper, a Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plovers, a Ruff, 20 Redshanks, three Avocets and the Spotted Redshank still. The Ross’s Goose still from Kingfisher hide. (Mark Dowie/Mike Davis).

Netheridge Farm     A Garden Warbler feeding on Elderberries with Blackcaps this morning at the Barn Owl Centre. (Mark Hobson).

Nailsworth     207 Swifts flew S between 12:15-12:.30pm, with another six seen at 2:50pm. (Terry Grant).

Bourton-on-the-Water     A female Hobby near Bourton this morning. (Richard Tyler). A Barn Owl roosting in the nest box at GWT Greystones Farm, visible via the CCTV. (Andy Lewis).

Hobby by Richard Tyler
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Wednesday 4th August 2021

Coombe Hill Meadows     Early morning birds included a Great White Egret, three Snipe, a Common Sandpiper, a Golden Plover, three Grey Herons, a juvenile Whitethroat, a Sedge Warbler and a Yellow Wagtail. (Jeremy Holland).

Frampton pools     Around the pools today the adult Yellow-legged Gull, 100+ Barnacle Geese, the Bar-headed x Snow Goose hybrid, Hobby, a Peregrine with Black-headed Gull prey, a Sparrowhawk, a Buzzard, c5 Common Terns, four Cetti’s Warblers, a Reed Warbler, a Kingfisher, a Stock Dove, a Swallow, an adult Pied Wagtail with seven juveniles. (Jonathan Bull/MK).

Yellow-legged Gull by Mike King

Bar-headed x Snow Goose hybrid by Mike King

Swallow at Splatt Bridge by Nigel Young

Walmore Common     Four Whinchats and a Green Sandpiper this evening. (Andy Jayne).

Twyning     A Great White Egret fishing on the River Avon, two fields downriver from The Fleet Inn. (Derek Summers).

Rodley     A Wheatear this morning at Rodley Sands. (David Smith).

Nailsworth     From 7:55-8:30pm 194 Swifts flying S, very high. (Terry Grant).

Chavenage Lane area     Early morning a female/immature Redstart, a Whitethroat and a Stonechat. (Paul Rich).

Witcombe Reservoirs     A Common Sandpiper this morning. (Eric Harris).

WWT Slimbridge     A Red Kite over the Tack Piece at 11:20am. (Paul Clark).

Hasfield Ham     A Greenshank flew downriver early on, calling, a Buzzard and a Kestrel. Constant Effort Site ringing catch of 32 birds, including 11 Whitethroats, five Blackcaps, a Chiffchaff, a Willow Warbler, a Garden Warbler, rare here, a Reed Warbler and two Lesser Whitethroats. (Mike Smart/Mervyn Greening).

Forest of Dean     In the Clanna area a Golden-ringed Dragonfly and a Silver-washed Fritillary today. (Paul Woolams).

Golden-ringed Dragonfly by Paul Woolams

Silver-washed Fritillary by Paul Woolams
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Tuesday 3rd August 2021

WWT Slimbridge     A Curlew Sandpiper with Dunlin from Zeiss hide today. (Nigel Tucker).

Gloucester     A Ring-necked Parakeet flew across Robinswood Hill CP towards St, Barnabas at 2pm (possibly yesterday’s Westgate bird). 40+ Swifts over Tuffley this evening hawking ants at 5:30pm, then several more groups of 5 or 6 before 7pm. (Ian Elphick).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Today a Golden Plover in heavy moult, a Dunlin, three Green Sandpipers, two Greenshanks, 40+ Lapwings, up to nine Snipe, a Wood Sandpiper, a Common Sandpiper, a Peregrine, a Hobby, two Grey Herons, 3+ Teal, a Mallard with six well-grown young and five Whinchats. Beware of the Hornets nest in the Grundon hide. (John Harvey/Graham Smith/Nigel Young/Ian Hull/Colin Greenfield).

Green Sandpiper by Nigel Young

Chavenage Lane/Calcot area     450+ Swifts S between 11am and 1:15pm, 25+ Whitethroats along one hedge, 5+ Willow Warblers, 4+ Chiffchaffs, four Stonechats, a Spotted Flycatcher and a Red Kite. Also four Common Lizards basking in the sun. (Terry Grant).

Hawling     An early passage Wheatear at Southdown Farm this morning at SP058223. (Harvey Sherwood).

Tresham     Early evening a QUAIL calling again. Also a Yellow Wagtail and a Corn Bunting. (Paul Rich).

Frampton    At the pools a Garden Warbler, a young Reed Warbler, a Whitethroat, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Lesser Whitethroat and a Blackcap. On the Sailing Lake an adult Yellow-legged Gull and seven Common Terns. (Nick Goatman). This morning at 10:10am four Curlews over Court Lake field heading towards the Severn estuary. (Tanya Allen).

Bourton-on-the-Water     Around Field Barn Park Camping site today at SP1619 a QUAIL calling between 6-7am, a Grey Partridge, three Red-legged Partridges, two Marsh Tits, 16 Swallows, 11 Linnets, 24+ Goldfinches, five Greenfinches, a Willow Warbler, two Yellowhammers, three Chaffinches, a Grey Wagtail, two Stock Doves, three Buzzards, a Red Kite, two Ravens, two Great Crested Grebes, a Grey Heron, two Gadwalls, two Cormorants, two Tufted Ducks and four Mallards. (John Fletcher).

Forest of Dean     At Woorgreens several male Southern Hawkers holding territory around the lake. (Roger Wasley).

Southern Hawker by Roger Wasley
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Monday 2nd August 2021

WWT Slimbridge     Three Garganeys from Zeiss hide also the Ross’s Goose with 20 Barnacle Geese and two juvenile Arctic Terns off of Middle Point. (Ian Hull).

Chavenage Lane/Calcot area     750+ Swifts, mostly heading S, three Spotted Flycatchers, two Whinchats, two Stonechats, 10+ Whitethroats, 3+ Willow Warblers and two Common Lizards. (Terry Grant).

Gloucester     A Ring-necked Parakeet by the old boating lake at Westgate this morning at 9am. (Revd Richard Amys).

Purton     Late morning 12 Curlews, two Little Egrets, six Great Black-backed Gulls with six juveniles, c100 Black-headed Gulls and three Common Gulls. (Helen Bojaniwska).

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Sunday 1st August 2021

Clapton-on-the-Hill     This afternoon a QUAIL calling in a field just off the footpath between Farmington and Clapton at SP15591701. (Martine Fenn).

Tresham     Late afternoon a QUAIL calling and 20+ Swifts heading SW. (Paul Rich).

Bourton-on-the-Water    At Bourton Pits a recently fledged Spotted Flycatcher, a Lesser Whitethroat and a Great White Egret. (Richard Tyler).

Spotted Flycatcher by Richard Tyler

Nailsworth     185+ Swifts flew S between 8:25-9:05am this morning. 58 Swifts moving S between 8:20-8:40am. This evening 1800+ Common Gulls flying to roost on the river. A pair of Swifts still feeding young. (Terry Grant).

Chavenage Lane & Calcot area     60+ Swifts flying S at 11am, two Stonechats and a Spotted Flycatcher feeding a youngster. (Terry Grant).

Spotted Flycatchers by Terry Grant

Kempley    Four Red Kites and four Buzzards circling over newly cut grass fields by Kempley Court and St Mary’s church at 5pm. (Steve Watts).

WWT Slimbridge     At Mid Point this afternoon a Peregrine took a pigeon, two Sanderlings, two Ringed Plovers, seven Dunlins, 13 Avocets, 40 Curlews, an Oystercatcher and a Yellow Wagtail over. (Mark Hobson).

Slad    At Swift’s Hill near Slad this afternoon a female Redstart. (Duncan Dine).

Redstart by Duncan Dine

Coombe Hill Meadows     This afternoon five Little Egrets, four Green Sandpipers, a Common Sandpiper, a Wood Sandpiper, two juvenile Little Ringed Plovers, a Black-tailed Godwit and a male Sparrowhawk. (Les Ditchburn).

Tuffley     A Hobby over flycatching with the gulls, heading S this evening. (Mark Hobson).

Cotswold Water Park East     At Pit 132 this afternoon a Wood Sandpiper, a Greenshank, a Dunlin, four Ringed Plovers, two Common Sandpipers and five Green Sandpipers. (Rich Hearn).

Frampton pools     This evening two Garden Warbler, three adult and three juvenile Lesser Whitethroats, four Whitethroats, two Yellow Wagtails, two Hobbies, 17 Sand Martins, five Swallows, six Common Terns and an adult Yellow-legged Gull on the floating shed. (Nick Goatman).

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Saturday 31st July 2021

Coombe Hill Meadows      This morning two Wood Sandpipers, two Common Sandpipers, six Green Sandpipers, five Little Egrets and a Whitethroat. (Geoff Fawcett). Also two Great White Egrets this morning. (Ian Ralphs). Also today a Dunlin, a Snipe, a Black-tailed Godwit, 30 Lapwings, six Teal, 30+ Mallards, a Grey Heron and three Whinchats. (Mike Smart).

Frampton     On the Canal two Mute Swans with five cygnets, six Mallards, a Cormorant, a Buzzard, a Kestrel and a Great Spotted Woodpecker. On the Village Green seven Pied Wagtails. On Court Lake and Field birds included 87 Mute Swans, ten Canada Geese, a Bar-headed Goose, a Bar-headed x Snow Goose hybrid, 35 Barnacle Geese, four Greylags, a Little Grebe, two Great Crested Grebes with two juveniles, a Gadwall, 23 Coots with eight young, two Moorhens with a youngster, a Cormorant, two Common Terns and eight Pied Wagtails. On the Sailing Lake 32 Mute Swans, three Great Crested Grebes, two Coots, two Moorhens with four young, two Swallows, six House Martins, four Common Terns, six Pied Wagtails and a Wren with three young. (Richard Giles & Fiona Neate).

WWT Slimbridge     Two Garganeys from Zeiss hide this morning. (Dot Jones).

Cotswold Water Park East     At Pit 132 a Wood Sandpiper, a Common Sandpiper, two Green Sandpipers, a Greenshank, five Little Ringed Plovers, two Little Egrets, an Oystercatcher and two Kestrels. (Eric Harris).

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Friday 30th July 2021

Berkeley shore     At Severn House Farm seven Common Sandpipers, 20 Oystercatchers and a juvenile Yellow Wagtail. (Paul Rich).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A Wood Sandpiper, four Green Sandpipers, a Common Sandpiper, six Black-tailed Godwits, three Little Egrets, seven Teal and a Merlin this afternoon. (Eric Harris).

Nailsworth     At least 21 Swifts, including one possibly two pairs still feeding young. (Terry Grant).

Winchcombe     In the Hailes Fruit Farm area a Little Owl and a Tawny Owl both heard, 17 Swallows, four Blackcaps, three Chiffchaffs, five Blackcaps, two Green Woodpeckers, a Song Thrush, two Ravens heard, three Buzzards, two Pied Wagtails, five Moorhens including three chicks, five Canada Geese and six Mallards. (John Fletcher).

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Thursday 29th July 2021

Coombe Hill Meadows     At 6:45am a Wood Sandpiper still, three Green Sandpipers, two Whinchats and three Grey Herons. (Jeremy Holland).

Frampton pools    An adult Yellow-legged Gull still on the Sailing Lake, also six Common Terns, six Swifts and 30+ Sand Martins. (Nick Goatman).

Leckhampton Hill     This morning a female Sparrowhawk, two Stock Doves, two Yellowhammers, two Linnet with nest material and two Buzzards. (Eric Harris).

Saul Warth     A Common Sandpiper, four Black-tailed Godwits, an Oystercatcher, 110+ Curlews, 32 Shelducks including 12 juveniles and two ducklings, three Stock Doves, a Whitethroat, 20+ Goldfinches, a Grey Wagtail and a Painted Lady. (MK).

Whitminster     Four Swifts flew S at 11am. (MK).

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