WWT Slimbridge    Two Wood Sandpipers showing well from Zeiss hide. (Helen Bojaniwska). No sign of the Bluethroat at Middle Point but a Grasshopper Warbler still and a Hobby. (Dot Jones/Paul Rich).

Gloucester    At Horsbere Brook FSA this evening a Yellow Wagtail and a Greenfinch in with family of Goldfinches, a Skylark, a Stock Dove, two Swifts, a House Martin, a Reed Bunting, a Willow Warbler, a Song Thrush, 40+Mallards and two Whitethroats. (Eric Harris).

Coombe Hill Meadows     At 4am eight Mute Swans, seven Canada Geese, c30 Mallards, a Grey Heron, a Great White Egret, four Little Egrets, two Coots, two Oystercatchers, a juvenile Lapwing, three Green Sandpipers, a Great Black-backed Gull, a QUAIL still calling from the meadows once it got light, at least five Sedge Warblers and Skylark, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff and Reed Bunting all singing. (Mike Smart). Later two Black-tailed Godwits, 13 singing Sedge Warblers, six singing Reed Warblers, a Cuckoo calling, the QUAIL still calling at 11:45am and five Green Sandpipers. (Ian Ralphs).

Minsterworth    A Red Kite over Hartland Hill at 11:05am then headed S. (Paula Williams).

Tresham     Two QUAILS between Tresham and the A46, heard from an iron gate at ST804907 at 2:45pm, also a singing Corn Bunting. (Vic Polley).

WWT Slimbridge     The white-spotted BLUETHROAT still at Middle Point early morning. (Ian Hull).

Bentham     Three Buzzards (one carrying a Grass Snake), five Whitethroats, three Blackcaps, six Chiffchaffs, an adult Grey Heron, four Linnets and two Stock Doves. (Jake King/John Fletcher).

Witcombe Reservoirs     An adult Little Owl, 24 Canada Geese, 14 Greylags, 24 Tufted Ducks, four Grey Wagtails (3 juvs), two Pied Wagtails, six Great Crested Grebes (1 juv), two Cormorants (1 juv), a Grey Heron, nine Coots, two Swallows, six Mallards (two ducks with three ducklings each). (Jake King/John Fletcher).

Little Owl by John Fletcher

Twyning    At Upham Meadow this morning two Mute Swans, a Grey Heron, a Buzzard, two Oystercatchers , five Curlews, 5+ Skylarks, 1 or 2 Reed Warblers, a Sedge Warbler and 2 or 3 Reed Buntings all still singing. (Mike Smart).

Saul Warth     78 Avocets this afternoon with seven Oystercatchers and eight Curlews. (Gordon Hodgson).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning a QUAIL heard in the South meadows 100mtrs from the carpark to first footbridge. From Grundon hide four Little Egrets, a Great White Egret, a Redshank, two Green Sandpipers, a Black-tailed Godwit, two immature Yellow Wagtails and a juvenile Stonechat. (Les Ditchburn/Mike Smart). Also two parent Moorhens with six small chicks and four juveniles certainly from an earlier brood. At times each of the four juveniles were feeding the smaller chicks. (Eden Tanner).

Moorhens by Eden Tanner

Minsterworth     A Red Kite over the River Severn at 2pm. (Geoff Fawcett).

Forest of Dean     A Barn Owl on the Angus Buchanan fields in Coleford tonight. (Geoff Fawcett).

WWT Slimbridge    A HONEY BUZZARD, aged as a dark morph adult female, flew over the Tack Piece at 12:15pm and drifted SE towards Coaley Peak. (Colin Gittins per Terry Fenton).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning two Great White Egrets on the scrape from Grundon hide late morning, along with two Little Egrets, two Black-tailed Godwits, three Curlews, a Grey Heron and nine Lapwings. A Cuckoo heard singing twice nearby, a Treecreeper and two juvenile Stonechats and a female Linnet along the canal. (Caroline Quinn).

Gloucester     A Great White Egret in flight late this afternoon at Alney Island from the footpath at the Lower Parting, flying SW down the Severn. (Caroline Quinn). A Red Kite and Buzzard over E at Tuffley just before 1pm. (Mark Hobson).

Prestbury     A Cuckoo singing and a Curlew calling nearby. (Jeremy Squire).

Frampton pools     At Court Lake the Ross’s Goose still present, a Bar-headed Goose and the Bar-headed Goose x Snow Goose hybrid and a pair of Great Crested Grebes with two young. (Martin Price).

Cam     A Red Kite over at 2:45pm. (Jonathan Bull).

Forest of Dean    At Crabtree Hill today six Linnets, four Stonechats and three Tree Pipits singing and displaying. (Terry Stevenson).

Stonehouse & Eastington     A Green Woodpecker and Great White Egret flying W over the canal at St Cyr’s Church, a Grey Heron at The Ocean, a Cetti’s Warbler between The Oceans and Bond’s Mill, a Kingfisher at Pike Bridge, a Sedge Warbler with at least two young on the River Frome near the Sewage Works and a Whitethroat singing at the Sewage Works. (Nigel Birch).

Bishops Cleeve     A Green Woodpecker, currently a regular visitor to Bishops Cleeve cemetery. (Alan McIlquham).

Green Woodpecker by Alan McIlquham

WWT Slimbridge     The male Ruff still on South Lake, a female/eclipse male GARGANEY on the Top New Piece at the north end from the Zeiss hide late afternoon. A Great White Egret from Van de Bovenkamp hide late morning. Also two Little Egrets, one from Knott hide and one on the Tack Piece, a pair of Common Cranes, a pair of Oystercatchers and a Green Sandpiper also on the Tack Piece and a Meadow Pipit seen from Middle Point. (Caroline Quinn/Tony Coatsworth).

Dursley     A juvenile Dipper from Budding Way this afternoon. (Shane Long).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This afternoon a Great White Egret, a Red Kite over, two Curlews, two QUAIL calling still, ten Black-tailed Godwits, a pair of Oystercatchers, a Yellow Wagtail, a singing Yellowhammer, a Cuckoo and a Green Sandpiper. (Ian Hull).

Maisemore     Along Court Lake to the weir this afternoon five Moorhens (1 chick), nine Mallards (4 ducklings), three male Tufted Ducks, six Mute Swans (4 large cygnets), a male Chaffinch, two Chiffchaffs, three Blackcaps, a Song Thrush, four Swallows and two House Martins. (John Fletcher).

WWT Slimbridge     The white-spotted BLUETHROAT was still at Middle Point this morning and sang showed very briefly early on. It continues to be very elusive and mornings seem to be the best chance, although there were no further reports today in strong winds. No sign of the Black-necked Grebe either. (Martin McGill). Four GARGANEYS from Zeiss hide. (Geoff Moyser). A Little Egret on Knott pool, a Grey Heron, a Green Sandpiper and a Little Ringed Plover on the Tack Piece and the male Ruff still on South Lake. (Paul Masters/MK).

Little Egret by Mike King

Little Egret by Mike King

Grey Heron by Mike King

Ruff by Mike King

Frampton     An Avocet chick still surviving at Splatt Bridge this evening with both adults there, two male Yellow Wagtails, a Grey Wagtail, a Marsh Harrier hunting over the 100-Acre, 3-4 Common Terns fishing on the canal and c60 Swifts. (Gordon Hodgson).

Gloucester    At Horsbere Brook Flood Storage Area this morning at least three Yellow Wagtails (breeding plumage male, two juveniles), a Skylark and a Buzzard being mobbed by a crow seen over the farmland to the E. Around the pond and over the Mound, a male Linnet, four Whitethroats (one singing), three singing male Reed Buntings and two female Reed Buntings collecting nesting material, a singing Sedge Warbler and c18 Swifts hawking for insects. (Caroline Quinn).

Highnam     In the meadow adjacent to Lassington Wood SO802205 a Red Kite soaring over the wood, nine Swifts, seven Linnets on overhead wires and two Yellowhammers singing from the hedgerows. (David Nicholls).

Ashleworth Ham     This evening seven Lapwings including 3 large chicks, 72 Mallards, 11 Greylags, a drake Teal, a Wigeon, three Moorhens with one large chick, three Grey Herons, three Mute Swans, two Chaffinches, three Blackcaps, two Chiffchaffs, a House Martin, a Whitethroat, two Song Thrushes, a male Reed Bunting and a female Kestrel. (John Fletcher).

WWT Slimbridge     A juvenile BLACK-NECKED GREBE all day on South Lake on the deep lake but sometimes in cover in the far left hand corner. (Martin McGill). No reports of the Bluethroat today in very windy conditions.

Black-necked Grebe by Mike King

Coombe Hill Meadows    Two QUAIL, a Wood Sandpiper, a Green Sandpiper, two Great White Egrets and two Oystercatchers today. (Ian Hull).

Forest of Dean     Between Lower Mitcheldean and Longhope c15 Swifts feeding above the trees and fields, a Buzzard, three juvenile Carrion Crows, a Swallow, two House Martins, six Goldfinches and two juvenile House Sparrows being fed by a parent. (Chris Keeling).

Charlton Kings Common     Early morning four Tree Pipits, three Willow Warblers, three Chiffchaffs, two Blackcaps, a Whitethroat (all still in song), four Yellowhammers, several Linnets, young Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers and a male Siskin on a garden feeder. (Chris Furley).

WWT Slimbridge     The white-spotted BLUETHROAT was still at Middle Point this morning and showed very briefly at 9:50am. It continues to be very elusive and mornings seem to be the best chance. (Ian Ralphs/Rich Baatsen). On South Lake a Wood Sandpiper, 103 Avocets including chicks, a Green Sandpiper, 27 Redshanks, a Ruff, 42 Black-tailed Godwits, five Oystercatcher and a Common Sandpiper. (Dot Jones/Mike Davis/Jeanne Vitkovskis).

Arlingham     A Kestrel family amongst hay bales today. (Marc Freebrey).

Kestrels by Marc Freebrey

Kestrel by Marc Freebrey

Forest of Dean     This morning a Goshawk and a Hobby circling above Rodmore Farm on Rodmore Lane. (Paul Woolams).

Frampton     The Ross’s Goose and the Bar-headed x Snow Goose hybrid with the Barnacle Geese and a pair of Great Crested Grebes with two young on Court Lake. An Avocet, a female Mandarin, a Swallow and a pale Buzzard from Splatt Bridge. (Paul Sutton). Also a Golden-ringed Dragonfly S of the Sailing Lake today. (Nick Goatman).

Great Crested Grebes by Paul Sutton

Swallow by Paul Sutton

Winchcombe     A Red Kite overhead early morning. In the garden, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, young Coal Tits being fed, families of Goldfinches, and three Swifts circling. (Gill Worthington).

Tewkesbury     On Severn Ham a pair of Mute Swans nesting on Mill Avon, a Grey Heron, three Cormorants over, a Curlew, a Cuckoo still singing, five singing Skylarks, 1 or 2 Sedge Warblers still singing, two Ravens and at least five singing Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart).

Lower Lode     A Cuckoo singing and two Reed Buntings singing. (Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge     The white-spotted BLUETHROAT was again at Middle Point early morning but it was only heard singing twice and gave a brief view. Unfortunately it didn’t show again today. Also on South Lake a Wood Sandpiper, a breeding plumage Ruff, 4+ Green Sandpipers and a Little Ringed Plover. (Tim Jukes). A SPOONBILL flew in off the Severn over the reserve and landed on the Top New Piece. (Jonathan Bull).

Coombe Hill Meadows     From Grundon hide a Green Sandpiper, four Little Egrets, a Lapwing chick, a Little Ringed Plover and a Hobby hawking dragonflies for 15 minutes. (Les Ditchburn). Also this evening a Cuckoo, a Curlew, a GREAT WHITE EGRET, a male Teal, two Green Sandpipers and six Willow Warblers. (Richard Williams/Simon Ashley).

Frampton  A fast growing Avocet chick at Splatt Bridge with two adults this afternoon, also two Hobbies, a singing male Yellow Wagtail and a Weasel crossing the canal. (Gordon Hodgson).

Stonehouse    A Mute Swan territory battle on the canal, near the church. A Dipper on the Frome near Beard’s Mill. A male Kestrel, a Buzzard, a Chiffchaff, a Green Woodpecker, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Grey Heron nearby. (Paul Sutton).

Dipper by Paul Sutton

Forest of Dean    Late afternoon a Bullfinch in the garden at Minsterworth. (Chris Keeling).

WWT Slimbridge     The white-spotted BLUETHROAT was again at Middle Point early morning only. Unfortunately it didn’t show again by early afternoon. Also a Peregrine over, a Grasshopper Warbler still at Middle Point, a Cuckoo calling, two GREAT WHITE EGRETS over and an eclipse male and two female GARGANEYS from Zeiss hide. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Bluethroat by Scott Petrek 

Halmore     A Hobby in a tree today. (Chris Newton).

Hobby by Chris Newton

Ashleworth & Hasfield Hams     Five Redstarts (2m, 2f, 1 juv), Whitethroats, Willow Warblers, Chiffchaffs, a Curlew bubbling, a pair of Lapwings and two chicks, Reed Buntings, Sedge Warblers and a reeling Grasshopper Warbler. (Richard Humphrey).

Coombe Hill Meadows    Birds today included two GREAT WHITE EGRETS, four Little Egrets, a Grey Heron, a Sedge Warbler, a Willow Warbler, a Chiffchaff, a Whitethroat, a Reed Bunting, a Hobby catching a dragonfly, a Kingfisher, a Lapwing and a Cuckoo. Also a Fox. (Alan McIlquham). Also the QUAIL heard near the car park, a Little Ringed Plover and a Great Spotted Woodpecker. (Eric Harris).

Great White Egrets by Alan McIlquham

Fox by Alan McIlquham

Cotswold Water Park East     At Whelford this afternoon at Pit 111b birds included ten Tufted Ducks, two Mute Swans, three Great Crested Grebes, three Gadwalls, 39 Cormorants, two Willow Warblers, two Garden Warblers, three Blackcaps and two Reed Buntings. At Pit 111a six Pochards (1 adult & 5 large juvs), eight Tufted Ducks, four Great Crested Grebes (2 juv), two Mute Swans and three Chiffchaffs. At Pit 111 seven Long-tailed Tits and 23 Black-headed Gulls. At Pit 126 two Oystercatchers, seven Tufted Ducks, two Great Crested Grebes, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and two Blackcaps. At Pit 127, 67 Greylags, 27 Canada Geese, 30 Tufted Ducks, three Red Crested Pochards, four Great Crested Grebes, 250+ Black-headed Gulls in a colony and two Blackcaps. (John Fletcher).

Black-headed Gulls by John Fletcher

Forest of Dean     At Cannop Upper Pond this morning a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Jay, two House Martins, an adult and three juvenile Ravens, four Tufted Ducks and three juvenile Mandarins. (Chris Keeling).