WWT Slimbridge     The white-spotted BLUETHROAT was again at Middle Point but was not seen until 9:20am. It showed twice more before 11am but never for long.  (Shane Long). Also a Grasshopper Warbler reeling on and off still and two Green Sandpipers on the Rushy.

Green Sandpipers by Mike King

Forest of Dean     At Cannop Ponds a Raven on and around the picnic tables very close to people and occasionally being mobbed by two crows. (Dave Goodwin).

Longford     This morning two Nuthatches and on Hatherley Brook a Kingfisher. Also a Reed Bunting, a Kestrel, a Raven, three Stock Doves, a Moorhen and 12 Skylarks. (Jim Northcott).

Tewkesbury     A Cuckoo at Cowfield Farm today. (Les Ditchburn).

Alvington     A Spotted Flycatcher in woods just off Rodmore Lane and a Bullfinch in bushes on Rodmore Lane. Also a Red Kite flew high over Clanna Country Park heading E. (Paul Woolams).

Frampton     The Ross’s Goose on Court Lake today. (Jonathan Bull).

Nailsworth     A couple of Grass Snakes visiting the garden ponds daily. (Terry Grant).

Grass Snake by Terry Grant

WWT Slimbridge     The white-spotted BLUETHROAT sang from the foreshore reedbeds early morning again at Middle Point and was seen briefly in flight. It wasn’t seen or heard during opening hours. Also a Grasshopper Warbler reeling on and off again. A drake GARGANEY still on the Top New Piece. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Tresham     A Little Owl in the village at Burden Farm at 9:15pm. (Vic
Polley).

Longford     A Red Kite flying low over Longford Lane close to the Northern Bypass this morning at 9am heading towards Innsworth. (Pam & Frank Bryant).

Plusterwine     A Yellow Wagtail this evening on the fence next to the railway line at ST602992, slightly NE of Woolaston Level Crossing. (Wendy Kennison).

Tewkesbury     A Cuckoo singing at Tewkesbury Nature Reserve this morning. (Paul Brooks).

Frampton     A Marsh Harrier from Splatt Bridge today. (Nigel Young).

Marsh Harrier by Nigel Young

WWT Slimbridge     The white-spotted BLUETHROAT sang from the foreshore reedbeds early morning again at Middle Point but was not seen in poor conditions. Despite it being looked for for the rest of the day it was only seen by Les Ditchburn for c10 seconds at 10:30am and it didn’t sing or show again. Also a Grasshopper Warbler reeling on and off still and a Peregrine over. (MK).

Frampton    This morning at Splatt Bridge a Red Kite flew over the church headed towards the lakes, a pale Buzzard, a female Marsh Harrier low over the 100-Acre, a Cormorant, a Little Egret, a Skylark and an Avocet. At Court lake, a Little Egret on the island, the Bar-headed x Snow Goose hybrid with the Barnacle Geese, a Raven over and a dark Buzzard near Ley Bistro. (Paul Sutton).

Forest of Dean     A pair of Pied Flycatchers and fledglings, a pair of Redstarts and a Spotted Flycatcher near Lower Hide, Nagshead. On Cannop ponds bird table a Marsh Tit, a Coal Tit, a Jay, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Nuthatch. (Bettie Sloane).

Cam/Draycott     At least two Spotted Flycatchers between Halmore Mill and Upthorpe this morning, also Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Swifts and Swallows. (Mike Davis).

Whitminster     A Red Kite over Attwoolls being chased by a crow towards the M5 at 8:58am. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge     The white-spotted BLUETHROAT sang from the foreshore reedbeds early morning only at Middle Point. Despite it being looked for for the rest of the day it wasn’t heard or seen, although it is probably still somewhere in the extensive reedbeds. (Martin McGill).

Frampton     At Court Lake today three Blackcaps, two Bullfinches, a Buzzard and a Tawny Owl. (Josh Adamms). Early morning at Splatt Bridge a GREAT WHITE EGRET, an adult Avocet, two Common Terns and a distant female Marsh Harrier over WWT. (MK).

Around the pools today 50+ Swifts, a Hobby, a Grasshopper Warbler, four Yellow Wagtails, four Whitethroats, 27 Blackcaps, eight Chiffchaffs, four Cetti’s Warblers, nine Great Crested Grebes with four young, 112 Mute Swans with 6 cygnets, 30 Coots with six young, 75 Greylags with 9 goslings, 52 Barnacle Geese with one gosling and 30 Canada Geese with three goslings. (Nick Goatman). Still at least one Avocet chick at Splatt Bridge, both adults still present, these are likely a family displaced from WWT Dumbles scrape by a Fox and made it to Splatt via the river. (Gordon Hodgson).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This afternoon two Green Sandpipers, nine Curlews, three Little Egrets, a Great Black-backed Gull, a Redshank, a Cuckoo heard, c12 Swallows and c6 House Martins. (Eric Harris).

Gloucester     A Cuckoo close to the wetland near Castlemeads car park calling for 2 hours between 6:30 to 8:30am. Also here on the 13th. (Robert McAllister).

Kilkenny viewpoint     Two Red Kites, a Raven, male and female Yellowhammer, several Whitethroats, a Bullfinch, two Skylarks, a  Willow Warbler, c20 Swifts and a Swallow. (Adam Waller).

Draycott     Two young Pied Wagtails being fed in the garden today. (Hanna Middleton).

WWT Slimbridge     A white-spotted BLUETHROAT was in the Middle Point reedbed at 11:30am, photographed by visitor Walter Booth. It was looked for for the rest of the day but not relocated. Also today three Great White Egrets, the Ross’s Goose and an unringed Common Crane. (Slimbridge Sightings). Pic here  https://twitter.com/slimbridge_wild/status/1406356731626725377

Great White Egret by Mike King

Ebley     An OSPREY flew over the garden following the canal heading towards Stroud at 10:40am. (Martin Greenish/Michelle Davies).

Highnam Woods     At least two juvenile Nightingales seen and heard this evening. (Andy Jayne). Earlier a Marsh Tit, a Red Kite and five Swifts over. (Eric Harris).

Minsterworth Ham     Around the area today a pair of Oystercatchers with a half-grown chick, five Curlews, a Tufted Duck, a Sparrowhawk, a Peregrine, a Cuckoo, a Little Owl, ten Swifts, three Sand Martins and a Treecreeper. (Andy Jayne).

Elmore     A Cuckoo calling, two Kingfishers, two Cormorants, three Reed Warblers, a Sedge Warbler, a Whitethroat and seven Skylarks along the River Severn today. (James Barradine).

Upper Cam     A Common Crane flew over at 7pm, heading E. (Nigel Tucker).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning the QUAIL calling still, also two Cuckoos, a Little Ringed Plover, five Little Egrets, a Sedge Warbler, a Reed Bunting, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Gadwall, a pair of Tufted Ducks, two Curlews, a Great Black-backed Gull and a Redshank. (Eric Harris). Also this morning seven Mute Swans, a Canada Goose with six goslings, 100+ Mallards, a male Teal, four Grey Herons, two Coots and a family of four youngsters by the Wharf, 15 Lapwings and two Reed Warblers. (Mike Smart).

Ashleworth Ham     Between 4-8pm birds included a Cuckoo, seven Lapwings (3 adults, 4 chicks), three Mute Swans, 54 Mallards, 12 Greylags, a Cormorant, five Grey Herons, two Moorhens, two Lesser Black-backed Gulls, three Chiffchaffs, seven Whitethroats, two Blackcaps, six House Martins, two Stock Doves, two Song Thrushes, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a male Reed Bunting, a female Peregrine and a Buzzard. (John Fletcher).

Stonehouse     A Red Kite seen a couple of times through the afternoon between 2-4pm over Stonehouse and then Ebley. (Jon Dexter).

Cirencester     A Red Kite low over the open air swimming pool at 10:30am. (Nikki Smith).

Box     A male Kestrel perched on a telegraph wire near the entrance to the village at the top of the ‘W’ above Nailsworth. (Nikki Smith).

WWT Slimbridge     The breeding plumage Ruff with the Black-tailed Godwit flock on South Lake still, alternating with Zeiss hide. A GREAT WHITE EGRET over the Rushy. Four GARGANEYS, two eclipse males and two females, from Zeiss hide. Also a MEDITERRANEAN GULL on South Lake. (Tim Jukes/Jonathan Bull/Dot Jones).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A GREAT WHITE EGRET this afternoon. (Andy Jayne).

Lydney Harbour     Two Reed Warblers, 30 Goldfinches, 25 Linnets and two Great Black-backed Gulls. (Jonny Gentle).

Forest of Dean     At Crabtree Hill and Woorgreens four Tree Pipits, a Great Black-backed Gull on Woorgreens Lake and a Red Kite over heading N. At Nagshead three juvenile Pied Flycatchers. (Jonny Gentle).

Kingswood    This evening a Hobby chasing House Martins above the garden this evening, a garden tick. (Tom McCarthy).

Winchcombe     A juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker in the garden this morning taking aphids from an apple tree. (Peter Rodgers).

WWT Slimbridge    The eclipse GARGANEY pair on the Top New Piece, the breeding plumaged Ruff still on South Lake and six Snow Geese of unknown origin on the Dumbles. (Roberta Goodall).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Birds today included a GREAT WHITE EGRET, two Little Egrets, a Curlew, a Grey Heron, a Sedge Warbler, a Lapwing, an Avocet and a Cormorant. A Fox shot out of cover and caught and killed an adult Canada Goose. Also Four-Spotted Chaser, Emperor, Black-tailed Skimmers and Hairy Dragonfly. (Alan McIlquham).

Great White Egret by Alan McIlquham

Black-tailed Skimmer by Alan McIlquham

Cam     A Red Kite over at 12:45pm. (Jonathan Bull).

Forest of Dean    At Mitcheldean this morning, busy feeding low among the estate roofs four House Martins and a Swallow. Three Swifts feeding high over the fields. (Chris Keeling). Quiet today on May Hill with only a Linnet of note. (Nick Fairburn).

Linnet by Nick Fairburn

Coombe Hill Meadows     This evening the QUAIL still calling along the canal. A GREAT WHITE EGRET, ten Little Egrets, a Curlew, two Cuckoos seen and heard, nine Grey Herons, a Cormorant, a Great Black-backed Gull, a juvenile Pied Wagtail, a Yellow Wagtail, two Teal, an Oystercatcher, two Lapwings, a Reed Bunting, a Sedge Warbler, a Whitethroat, three Swallows and a Great Spotted Woodpecker. (Eric Harris).

WWT Slimbridge     A pair of GARGANEY on South Lake today. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Frampton     On the flashes N of Splatt Bridge this morning the Ross’s Goose flew to the pools, four Little Egrets, a Sparrowhawk, three Avocets (2 adults, one of which was colour-ringed, and a chick), a Lapwing, an adult summer MEDITERRANEAN GULL, a Cuckoo in the 100- Acre, a Kingfisher, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, a Sedge Warbler, two Reed Warblers and two Whitethroats. (Martin Wightman). On Court Lake today the Ross’s Goose again with 95 Barnacle Geese, two Hobbies, two Jays and a Red Kite through at 10:45am. Around the pools two Oystercatchers, a Yellow Wagtail, five Cetti’s Warblers, two Sedge Warblers, three Whitethroat, a Lesser Whitethroat and four Chiffchaffs. Also four Scarce Chasers, 6+ Black-tailed Skimmers, a Four-spotted Chaser, 3+ Emperors, two Common Darters and countless Damselflies, mainly Common Blue and a Red-eyed Damselfly. (Martin Wightman/Paul Masters/MK).

Ross’s Goose by Mike King

Cleeve Hill     A Tree Pipit displaying and calling at Bill Smyllie butterfly reserve this morning. (Paul Watkins).

Tree Pipit by Paul Watkins

Berkeley    A Red Kite over Old Brookend at 2:38pm, heading towards Purton. (Clare Glanville).

Forest of Dean   On Cannop upper pond this afternoon, a House Martin feeding over the lake, two juvenile Blue Tits being fed by a parent bird, male and female Mandarin, two juvenile Coots and a Little Grebe. (Chris Keeling).

Frampton     A pair of Avocets with 2 possibly 3 recently hatched chicks on the flashes N of Splatt Bridge. Also two GREAT WHITE EGRETS and three CATTLE EGRETS over the 100-Acre this evening. (Gordon Hodgson). At the pools between 12-2pm three Red Kites, 3+ Buzzards, a Peregrine, a male Cuckoo, a pair of Yellow Wagtails, four Common Terns, three Cetti’s Warblers heard, a Reed Warbler, seven Linnets, a Jay and a Scarce Chaser, a female Black-tailed Skimmer and Emperor dragonflies. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge    2+ Cuckoos singing and in flight around the SE end of the car park this morning. (Sam Walker). The breeding plumaged Ruff still on South Lake and a Red Kite over. (Jonathan Bull).

Longney     This evening at 9:05pm a Barn Owl flew across the road at Wicks Green, Longley. (Ian Elphick).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Late evening three Mute Swans, three adult Canada Geese with six goslings, 20 Mallards including a female with seven ducklings, nine Grey Herons, three Little Egrets, two Cormorants over, a pair of Coots by the Wharf with four chicks, two Oystercatchers, two adult Lapwings and a full grown juvenile, nine Curlews came in to roost after 9pm (including the ringed Blue Red Red from the estuary in 2010, and AJ ringed at Hasfield Ham earlier this year), the QUAIL still singing from fields along the canal, a Cuckoo, a female Yellow Wagtail, a Sedge Warbler and a Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart/Mervyn Greening/Ian Ralphs).

Winchcombe     A Red Kite following the mower at Langley Hill today. (Phil Cull).

Berkeley    A Red Kite over Old Brookend at 2:25pm, heading towards Purton. (Clare Glanville).

Cirencester     A large group of Swallows around the Parish Church at lunchtime. (Felicity Cobb).

Hawling area    In the Southdown Farm area today a Red Kite, three Whitethroats, a Swallow, a Skylark and 50 Starlings including juveniles. Also Large Skipper and Small Heath butterflies. At Warden’s Way off the Salt Way a Willow Warbler carrying food. (Keith White).

WWT Slimbridge     A breeding plumaged Ruff on an island from Zeiss hide this afternoon. (Alan Jones). The Ross’s Goose today and a Red Kite over. (Mark Pidgeon).

Halmore     Two singing Whitethroats this morning and a Hobby over. (Chris Newton).

Whitethroat by Chris Newton

Frampton    At Court Lake a pair of Oystercatchers mating, a pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers, later with a juvenile, a Cetti’s Warbler, several Chiffchaffs and a Blackcap. Last night seven Little Egrets roosting and a Grey Heron. (Paul Sutton).

Forest of Dean     A Red Kite over Brookend near Woolaston today. Also two Swifts flying around. (Ian Gorton).

Kings Stanley     A Red Kite over this evening, heading towards Selsley Common. (Allan Jeffcutt).

Staverton     Two Red Kites being mobbed over Dundry Nurseries this morning. (Ken Hurcombe).

Bourton-on-the-Water     A pair of Oystercatchers over this evening, a garden tick. (Keith Jennings).