WWT Slimbridge      From Robbie Garnett the WOOD SANDPIPER still, 11 Green Sandpiper, a Common Sandpiper, five Little Ringed Plovers, a Garganey and several Yellow Wagtails. At Middle Point three Knot and 91 Dunlins. On South Lake a Spotted Redshank and the Tundra Bean Goose of unknown origin. From Zeiss hide a BITTERN and two SPOONBILLS. (Warren Gill/Martin Price/Roy Kinchin/Heather England/Paul Clark).

Frampton    Seven Crossbills W over the garden this evening. (Gordon Hodgson). From Splatt Bridge this morning, a Willow Warbler in the canal side willows, a family of six Lesser Whitethroats, a Kingfisher and a Kestrel. In the churchyard Yew trees, a family of five Coal Tits and six Goldcrests. (Steve Pullen).

Cheltenham     Over Pilley Bridge reserve, a Kestrel, unusual here, flying E, a Buzzard very high up with two Ravens and another lower harassed by several gulls, two Swifts and a House Martin. Late afternoon two Peregrines, one begging loudly, drifting W extremely high. (Steve Brown).

Dowdeswell Reservoir     Early morning two Green Sandpipers and two Common Sandpipers. (Tom Mabbett).

Epney     Three Common Sandpipers S of the Anchor Inn late evening. (Mark Hobson).

Common Sandpiper by Mark Hobson

Haresfield     A Peregrine over the recycling plant at Javelin Park at 9:40am. (MK).

Coombe Hill Meadows    Four Teal, 30 Mallards, three Grey Herons, 15 Moorhens, three Buzzards, 20 Lapwings, two House Martins, ten Swallows, two Blackcaps, three Chiffchaffs, 25 Carrion Crows, ten Jackdaws and five Linnets today. (Mike Smart).

Saul Warth     Early morning no tide 16 ARCTIC TERNS resting up on the mud, a summer plumaged Golden Plover, 123 Curlews, 84 Avocets, 54 Dunlins, 73 Shelducks, four Little Egrets, six Grey Herons, a Kestrel, two Mistle Thrushes, six Pied Wagtails, a Grey Wagtail, a Chiffchaff, a singing Willow Warbler and 86 Swallows. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge     A WOOD SANDPIPER on the Tack Piece still. Also a Garganey, eight Green Sandpipers, three Little Ringed Plovers and a Spotted Redshank. Three Turnstones off of Middle Point and a Yellow Wagtail. Two SPOONBILLS from Zeiss hide. A BITTERN showed briefly in the island reed bed from Van de Bovenkamp hide. (Terry Stevenson/Phil Pope/Dot Jones/Slimbridge Sightings).

Wood Sandpiper by Terry Stevenson

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge early this morning, two Kingfishers by the bridge, a Common Tern along the canal, two juvenile Kestrels, a Hobby over, a juvenile Grey Heron. A Green Woodpecker on the church tower and a family of six noisy Cetti’s Warblers. (Steve Pullen).

Westbury-on-Severn to Bollow     23 Yellow Wagtails and a Redstart at Garden Cliff and two Whimbrels flying downriver; two Peregrines and two Ravens at Lower Dumball and a Tawny Owl at Bollow. (Andy Jayne).

WWT Slimbridge     A drake COMMON SCOTER floating up on the tide at 10:05am. A HARBOUR PORPOISE off Middle Point at 10:55am. Both went back down with the falling tide. Also a Turnstone and a SPOONBILL from  Middle Point. Another SPOONBILL from Zeiss hide. Two Spotted Redshanks and the Tundra Bean Goose, of unknown origin, on South Lake. On the Tack Piece five Little Ringed Plovers, a Garganey, a WOOD SANDPIPER, a Common Sandpiper and 17 Green Sandpipers. (Ian Ralphs/Paul Masters/Mark Coller/Lise Hume/Oliver Paisey/Slimbridge Sightings).

Harbour Porpoise by Mark Coller

Saul Warth     Early morning no tide 102 Curlews, 98 Avocets, three Oystercatchers, 25 Dunlins, 48 Shelducks, two Little Egrets, three Kestrels, six Pied Wagtails, 14 Mistle Thrushes, four Chiffchaffs, a Whitethroat, a Blackcap, 37 Swallows and a House Sparrow, a patch tick, first in 32 years. (MK).

Mistle Thrush by Mike King

Coombe Hill Meadows     This afternoon 5+ Buzzards (3 juvs), a Red Kite, two Ravens, 7+ Grey Herons, 12+ Swallows (8 juv), three House Martins, two Green Woodpeckers, five Bullfinches, two Linnets, three Greenfinches, a female Redstart, 10+ Goldfinches, four Sedge Warblers, two Brown Hawkers and 3+ Southern Migrant Hawkers. (Paul Clark).

Cotswold Water Park East    At Pit 132 a Little Grebe, an Oystercatcher, 65 Lapwings, a Dunlin, 17 Green Sandpipers, a Greenshank, a Common Sandpiper, two Red Kites, a Marsh Harrier, a Peregrine, two Cetti’s Warblers and a male Redstart. Also three Brown Hawkers. (Andy Jayne).

Guscar Rocks     40+ Canada Geese, a Shelduck, a Mallard, a Grey Heron, 310+ Curlews, 300 Black-headed Gulls, five Common Gulls, 50 Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, ten Swallows, 100 Carrion Crows, 20 Jackdaws and five Linnets. (Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge     The CASPIAN TERN flew in at 11am and eventually settled on the Dumbles with gulls for over an hour before flying off N. (Oliver Paisey et al). It was seen again flying towards Sharpness over land at 4:20pm but hasn’t been relocated. (Mark Hobson). Also today a SPOONBILL on the Rushy and another on the Top New Piece. On the Tack Piece a WOOD SANDPIPER, 14 Green Sandpipers, seven Little Ringed Plovers and a Garganey. A Spotted Redshank on South Lake and another on the Top New Piece. (Ella Slinn/Martin Price/Terry Stevenson/Roberta Goodall).

Caspian Tern by Oliver Paisey

Sharpness     Three COMMON SCOTERS (2m, 1f) on the estuary N of SARA at 5:20pm. (Andy Jordan).

Frampton     A juvenile Goshawk from Splatt Bridge this morning. (Gordon Hodgson).

Saul Warth     Early morning no tide 105 Curlews, 87 Avocets, two Oystercatchers, 37 Dunlins, nine Black-tailed Godwits, 48 Shelducks, two unringed Common Cranes, two Little Egrets, three Grey Herons, three Kestrels, a Hobby, six Pied Wagtails, two Grey Wagtails, three Chiffchaffs, a Whitethroat and 32 Swallows. (MK).

Common Cranes by Mike King

Newnham-on-Severn    At least two Ring-necked Parakeets in Church Road this morning at 10:40am. Then four Ring-necked Parakeets flew along the banks of Severn heading towards Broadoak. Also great views of a Hobby catching a House Martin. (Paul Rich).

Rendcomb     A Dipper near the bridge, a Marsh Tit, a Buzzard, a Raven, two Jays, a Green Woodpecker, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, a Mistle Thrush and a small number of House Martins. At Elkstone a female Peacock with five chicks, of very dubious origin. (Steve Brown).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Hook this morning a pair of Mute Swans with three cygnets, 120 Canada Geese, six Egyptian Goose, a Mandarin on the farm pond, seven Gadwalls, 25 Mallards, a female Tufted Duck on the farm pond with two small ducklings, a Grey Heron, two Buzzards, a Chiffchaff, three Pied Wagtails and five Linnets. (Mike Smart).

Gloucester     At Horsbere Brook Flood Storage Area four juvenile Stonechats and a Whitethroat. A Red Kite heading S over M5/J11a at 10:30am. (Paul Sutton).

Forest of Dean     A young Tawny Owl at 9:15pm at Forge Hill, Lydbrook. (Chris Sullivan). A Goshawk circling above the southern end of Chase End Hill, Bromesberrow mid afternoon. (Jeff Wheeler).

WWT Slimbridge    The CASPIAN TERN on the Dumbles from Estuary Tower at 11am but pushed off by cattle immediately. (Tim McGrath). From Zeiss hide the SPOONBILL and a Spotted Redshank. On South Lake the Tundra Bean Goose of unknown origin and a Spotted Redshank. 50+ Dunlins, three Common Sandpipers at Middle Point. Three Little Ringed Plovers on the Rushy. A WOOD SANDPIPER on the Tack Piece. (Mike Davis/Dot Jones/Paul Rich). The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT reported still in the reedbeds at Middle Point at 1pm. (per BirdGuides).

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning 100 Curlews, 93 Avocets, five Oystercatchers, 19 Dunlins, four Black-tailed Godwits, two Common Sandpipers, 52 Shelducks, nine Little Egrets, four Grey Herons, a Kestrel, four Pied Wagtails, a Willow Warbler, two Chiffchaffs, six Mistle Thrushes, ten Linnets, seven Swallows and five Ravens. (MK).

Haresfield    Two Yellow Wagtails and two Yellowhammers near the garden centre this morning. Also two Green Woodpeckers, a Kestrel and three Peregrines. (Steve Pullen).

Dowdeswell Reservoir     This morning a Cetti’s Warbler (First since 2012), five Crossbills over calling, two Common Sandpipers, two Grey Herons, two Mallards, four Grey Wagtails, 11 Moorhen including one small young, an adult and a juvenile Great Crested Grebe, a Blackcap, a Reed Warbler, a Green Woodpecker, a Song Thrush and two Lesser Black-backed Gulls. (Tom Mabbett).

Cleeve Hill     Three Crossbills over this morning. (Ian Ralphs).

Sharpness     A Crossbill over late afternoon. (Andy Jordan).

Westonbirt Arboretum     A small group of Crossbills heard today. (Nick Page).

Aylburton Warth/Guscar Rocks     At high tide 70 Canada Geese, 28 Shelducks, five Mallards, a Cormorant, eight Grey Herons, a Buzzard, a Kestrel, four Oystercatchers, 482+ Curlews, two Whimbrels, three Common Sandpipers, 315 Black-headed Gulls, 30 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a Raven, 100 Carrion Crows (Aylburton), 100 Rooks (Guscar), 30 Linnets and a Goldfinch. (Mike Smart).

Gloucester     A Red Kite at 3:15pm over Cole Avenue adjacent to Crypt School. (Matt Lathan).

Stonehouse    On the Stroudwater canal near Bond’s Mill a Kingfisher and a Sparrowhawk. (Paul Sutton).

WWT Slimbridge     A CASPIAN TERN on the mudflats at Middle Point at 11:07am stayed only a few minutes before flying N inland towards Frampton. Despite extensive searches it wasn’t relocated. (Pauline R per Ian Hull). 16 Little Egrets and a Little Ringed Plover on the Rushy. A female Garganey, 13 Green Sandpipers and six Little Ringed Plovers on the Tack Piece. At Middle Point a Wheatear, a Whinchat, eight Yellow Wagtails, a Turnstone and five Common Sandpipers. A SPOONBILL still from Zeiss hide. Two Spotted Redshanks on South Lake. (Dot Jones/Tim Jukes/Ian Hull/Oliver Paisey).

Saul Warth     57 Curlews, 140+ Avocets, two Oystercatchers, 20+ Dunlin, seven Bar-tailed Godwits, a Greenshank, a Redshank, 46 Shelducks, 700+ Black-headed Gulls, four Little Egrets, four Grey Herons, a Marsh Harrier, a Hobby, a Kestrel, four Pied Wagtails, a Sedge Warbler, three Chiffchaffs, a Whitethroat and two Ravens. (MK).

Sedge Warbler by Mike King

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area this morning a Whinchat, six Stonechats, a Green Sandpiper, nine Reed Buntings, two Ravens, a Grey Heron, six Buzzards and a Tawny Owl harassed by three Jays and five Mistle Thrushes. (Steve Pullen).

Frampton pools     This evening a Hobby, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, a female Pochard, eight Little Egrets, five Common Terns, nine Tufted Duck, a Spotted Flycatcher, four Grey Herons, a Raven, nine Swifts, 63 Barnacle Geese and the Ross’s Goose. (Nick Goatman).

Frampton     A female RED-FOO TED FALCON flew through the end of the sailing lake at 3:30pm but no further sign by dusk. (Nick Goatman). On the sailing lake today no sign of the White-winged Black Tern but four Common Terns, the adult Yellow-legged Gull, a Black Swan, a Little Egret, a Kingfisher, a Cetti’s Warbler, 25 Canada Geese, four Greylags, four Tufted Ducks, 22 Mute Swans, four Great Crested Grebes including a small chick, a Grey Heron, two Jays and a Stock Dove. (Iain Crawford/MK). Near Splatt Bridge a male Kestrel, two Reed Buntings and 40 Swallows. (Iain Crawford). Early evening there an adult Mediterranean Gull circling with numerous other gulls attracted by flying ants. Also 100+ Swifts, a Hobby and two Kestrels. (Andy Jayne).

Red-footed Falcon (record shot) by Nick Goatman

Saul Warth     Early morning a high tide 102 Curlews, 60 Avocets, four Oystercatchers, 41 Dunlins, a Common Sandpiper, 12 Black-tailed Godwits, 32 Shelducks, 500+ Black-headed Gulls, four Little Egrets, two Grey Herons, a juvenile Marsh Harrier flushing everything repeatedly, two Kestrels, three Grey Wagtails, six Pied Wagtails, a Reed Warbler, a Chiffchaff, a Goldcrest and four Ravens on a gull carcass. (MK).

Reed Warbler by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge    On the Tack Piece 22 Little Egrets, 11 Green Sandpipers, two Ruff, a Great White Egret and two Little Ringed Plovers. At Middle Point a Whinchat, a Stonechat and a Yellow Wagtail. Two Spotted Redshank, a Garganey, a Hobby, a Marsh Harrier, a SPOONBILL and the Tundra Bean Goose, of unknown origin, around the grounds. (Slimbridge Sightings/Paul Clark/Ian Ralphs/Martin Price).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area 6am-7am today, four Spotted Flycatchers, a Whimbrel over and a Common Sandpiper both heard only, a Red Kite, four Buzzards, two Little Egrets, five Green Woodpeckers, six Reed Buntings, four Skylarks, 16+ Linnets, eight Stock Doves and two young Roe Deers. (Steve Pullen).

Ashleworth Ham     A CES ringing session caught 53 birds including nine Redstarts, a Sedge Warbler, 17 Whitethroats, three Lesser Whitethroats, a Blackcap, a Stonechat, four Bullfinches and two Yellowhammers. Other birds on the reserve and nearby three Skylarks, two Ravens and five Linnets. (Mervyn Greening/Dave Kelly/Mike Smart).

Frampton     The moulting adult WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN on the sailing lake all day until 8:50pm at least. (Mike Davis/Mark Coller/Nick Goatman et al). Also today a small flock of Crossbills (Mark Coller/Andy Jayne), the adult Yellow-legged Gull, 5+ Common Terns, two adult Common Gulls and two Ravens. This evening eight Little Egrets, two Lesser Whitethroats, three Whitethroats, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Green Woodpecker and 4+ Spotted Flycatchers. (Nick Goatman).

White-winged Black Tern by Richard Tyler

White-winged Black Tern by Richard Tyler

White-winged Black Tern by Mark Coller

White-winged Black Tern by Mark Dowie

White-winged Black Tern by Terry Grant

White-winged Black Tern by Martin Wightman

Saul Warth     Early morning at high tide 100 Curlews, 40 Avocets, six Oystercatchers, four Redshanks, two summer-plumaged Turnstones, 19 Dunlins, 27 Shelducks, 600+ Black-headed Gulls, four Little Egrets, two Grey Herons, two Kestrels, ten Swallows, a Sand Martin, two Yellow Wagtails, four Pied Wagtails, a Whitethroat, a Chiffchaff, ten Mistle Thrushes and two Ravens. (MK).

Yellow Wagtail by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     The BITTERN showed well again today from Van de Bovenkamp hide. A Whinchat, a Wheatear and two Stonechats at Middle Point. An adult Med Gull on estuary and a Garganey fairly briefly from Robbie Garnett hide. 11 Green Sandpipers on the Tack Piece. The Tundra Bean Goose of unknown origin on South Lake again. (Heather England/Oliver Paisey/Andy Jayne/Martin Price/Ken Mihill).

Thrupp     A Dipper on the River Frome near Ham Mill this afternoon. (MK).

Walmore Common     A Yellow Wagtail, a Marsh Harrier and a Red Kite today. (Geoff Fawcett).

Forest of Dean     On Cannop Upper pond this morning c45 Mallards, two female Mandarins, an adult Coot with three young about a week old and two adult Coots with two juveniles, a Moorhen and a Cormorant. (Chris Keeling).

WWT Slimbridge     A WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN flew into the Rushy at 3:45pm landed briefly but was flushed after just 1 minute and flew off. (Les Ditchburn/Peter Chapman). Earlier a Garganey and two Cattle Egrets from Robbie Garnett hide and a Spotted Redshank, a Common Sandpiper and a Garganey on the Rushy. (Warren Gill). A BITTERN from Zeiss hide today. (Slimbridge Sightings).

White-winged Black Tern by Peter Chapman

Frampton     The WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN on the sailing lake until 8:40pm at least. Also the adult Yellow-legged Gull, three Common Terns, a Cattle Egret, five Little Egrets, a Black Swan and two Willow Warblers. (Nick Goatman et al).

White-winged Black Tern by Andy Jordan

Westbury-on-Severn     A CASPIAN TERN, earlier in Herefordshire, on Westbury Strand at 6pm but with the rising tide steadily moving upriver, first to Garden Cliff and finally Priding until it flew South inland from Priding at 7:39pm. (Andy Jayne et al).

Caspian Tern by Mike King

Caspian Tern by Andy Jordan

Saul Warth     This afternoon 78 Curlews, 60 Avocets, 31 Shelducks, six Cattle Egrets distant with cows in the Noose, four Little Egrets, five Grey Herons, two Kestrels, two Buzzards, four Pied Wagtails, ten Goldfinches and a Chiffchaff. (MK).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This evening ten Canada Geese flew over at dusk, five Teal, 55 Mallards, still a female with ducklings on the canal, three Grey Herons, 22 Moorhens, 21 Lapwings, a Green Sandpiper, three Skylarks, ten House Martins, five Swallows, 500 Jackdaws and 50 Carrion Crows. (Mike Smart).

Ebley     A Dipper on the River Frome and six House Martins nests with young near Ebley wharf. (Paul Sutton).

Dipper by Paul Sutton

WWT Slimbridge     On the Top New Piece six Cattle Egrets and a Pink-footed Goose of unknown origin. A BITTERN briefly from Van de Bovenkamp hide. A Garganey from Robbie Garnett hide with seven Gadwalls late afternoon. Also on the Tack Piece four Yellow Wagtails and four Little Ringed Plovers. The Tundra Bean Goose and a Ruff on South Lake. (Martin McGill/Oliver Paisey/Heather England).

Cirencester     A female Hobby near Cirencester today. (Richard Tyler).

Saul Warth     This afternoon 57 Curlews, a Shelduck, two Little Egrets, two Kestrels, a Mistle Thrush, six Swallows, ten Pied Wagtails, a Yellow Wagtail, 12 Linnets, seven Goldfinches and a male Marsh Harrier blown S. (MK).

Dowdeswell Reservoir     A Kingfisher, an adult and young Great Crested Grebes, lots of Reed Warbler activity with fledged young, two Grey Herons, two Mallards, two Moorhen families, a Grey Wagtail, two Lesser Black-backed Gulls and two Spotted Flycatchers. Also two Otters this evening. (Tom Mabbett).

Daglingworth     An adult and six young Grey Partridges feeding in stubble fields tonight. (Andrew Morrison).

Nailsworth     A family party of four Marsh Tits in the garden this morning. In Chavenage Lane later, 30+ Whitethroats, eight Chiffchaffs, three Willow Warblers, three Blackcaps and a Red Kite. (Terry Grant).

Frampton    Two Cattle Egrets and six Little Egrets in the Court Lake roost this evening. On the sailing lake the adult Yellow-legged Gull and four Common Terns. (Nick Goatman). From Splatt Bridge this morning two Great White Egrets briefly, a Cattle Egret by the church, a Kestrel, a Buzzard and a Kingfisher, a Common Tern headed from the river, 15+ young Chiffchaffs in the bushes, four Swifts and a Fox. (Steve Pullen).

Epney     Three Black-tailed Godwits this morning. (Jeremy Squire).

Stroud      On the Frome towards Thrupp, a Dipper, a young Grey Wagtail and a pair of Kingfishers. (Paul Sutton).

Dipper by Paul Sutton

Stonehouse     A Kingfisher near Bonds Mill flew out of the trees and down towards the river. Another earlier flew up out of the Frome along Downton Road, then across the field at Frome meadows. (Paul Sutton).