Coombe Hill Meadows     Two Grey Plovers still this morning also GREAT WHITE EGRET, a Redstart and a Whinchat along the towpath. (Andy Lodge). Also a Little Egret, two Little Ringed Plovers, five Avocets, c25 Black-headed Gulls, a pair of Gadwalls, a pair of Wigeon, a Redstart, three Lesser Whitethroats, five Whitethroats and three Sedge Warblers. (Eric Harris). Also a Redshank, an Oystercatcher, a Lapwing, Yellow Wagtails and a Kingfisher. (Les Ditchburn).

Saul Warth    At high tide nine Turnstones, three red Knot, c150 Dunlins, c50 Ringed Plovers, ten Grey Plovers (4 in summer plumage), an Oystercatcher and four Whimbrels. Also a first-summer LITTLE GULL flew N past Awre, a Common Tern, a Cuckoo heard, a Yellow Wagtail, 87+ Swallows and a Peregrine made a kill. The waders all flew S by 7am. A drake Mandarin and three Tufted Ducks (2m, 1f) on Saul Lodge pond. (MK).

Frampton pools     100+ Swifts, a Hobby, a Cuckoo, ten Common Terns, two Common Sandpipers, six Yellow Wagtails, a Whimbrel, a Garden Warbler, three Lesser Whitethroats, ten Whitethroats, a Willow Warbler, ten Reed Warblers, two Sedge Warblers, three Cetti’s Warblers, 25 Blackcaps, 13 Chiffchaffs and an Oystercatcher today. (Nick Goatman).

Cambridge     A Hobby flying over Rosie’s Wood towards Frampton. (Dave Abrams).

May Hill     A Wheatear in a village garden this afternoon. (Rob & Gillian Guest).

Wheatear by Dave Nutter

WWT Slimbridge     At Mid Point a breeding plumage CURLEW SANDPIPER. (Martin McGill). A male Greenland Wheatear on Mid Point cross-fence ⁦and a⁩ female Wheatear on the Tack Piece and at least three Sanderlings at Mid Point. (Paul Masters).

Bourton-on-the-Water    A Hobby hawking over the north pits this afternoon and seen on Greystones nature reserve. Also a Reed Warbler heard. (John Pike).

Cirencester     A Grey Wagtail near Riverside Walk, a Grey Heron in a stream by the Holiday Inn and by Ewepens c50 Swallows flying from a barn. (Felicity Cobb).

Winstone    A Hobby over at midday then drifted W. Swifts, House Martins and Swallows over Winstone/Daglingworth. (Jon Mercer).

Cotswold Water Park East     Two summer-plumaged Dunlins on Pit 132 this morning. (Duncan Dine).

Witcombe Reservoirs     A Lesser Whitethroat, a Little Grebe, four Great Crested Grebes, four Tufted Ducks, four Cormorants and a Pied Wagtail today. (Eric Harris).

Edge     At Rudge Hill NNR this afternoon a Tree Pipit, two Meadow Pipits, two male Bullfinches, two Nuthatches, five Linnets, three Swallows, a Long-tailed Tit, four Blackcaps, two Goldfinches, five Chiffchaffs, two Skylarks, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, two Green Woodpeckers and a Buzzard. (John Fletcher).

Cleeve Hill     A Cuckoo hunting caterpillars on the Bill Smyllie Butterfly Reserve this afternoon. (Duncan Dine).

Forest of Dean     A Dipper family at Parkend this morning. Also Pied Flycatchers, a pair of Redstarts and a Spotted Flycatcher at Nagshead. (Sam Walker).

Standish Woods     Stock Doves, a Mistle Thrush, a Goldcrest and a Treecreeper. A displaying Whitethroat and eight Sand Martins flying W towards Horsemarling Lane. (Jon Dexter).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Two Grey Plovers, five Dunlins, four Ringed Plovers, two Little Ringed Plovers, two Avocets, an Oystercatcher, a Curlew, four Wheatears, 70 Swallows, 20 Sand Martins, six Swifts, ten House Martins, Yellow Wagtails, Pied Wagtails, a Reed Warbler, three Lesser Whitethroats, two Whitethroats, 12 Sedge Warblers and two Redstarts today. (Ian Ralphs/Eric Harris).

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning 100+ mixed Dunlin/Ringed Plover flock, two Grey Plovers and a Turnstone. (Gordon Hodgson).

Dursley     A male Wheatear in a garden in Highfields today. (per Paul Woolams).

Bourton Pits    30+ Swifts over north pits with 100s of Martins this afternoon. (Keith Jennings).

Ashleworth Ham     Three drake Wigeon and a drake Teal all with a broken wing and flightless. (Charles Martell).

Stonehouse    A Little Egret in the field below St  Cyr’s church. Several singing Chiffchaffs along the railway bank towards Beard’s Mill. 80+ House Martins over the sewage works, 8-10 Swallows around farm buildings E of the sewage works and Swifts over the garden at 5:30pm. (Paul Sutton).

Frampton    Early morning from the towpath N of Splatt, two Little Egrets, two Common Terns, a Redshank, two Lapwings, two Whimbrels, a Cuckoo, 20+ Swifts, three Lesser Whitethroats and a Water Vole. (MK/Martin Wightman). Five Hobbies on Court Lake and a Cetti’s Warbler by the Sailing Lake. (Martin Wightman). The Ross’s Goose still on Court Lake today. (Mike Beer).

Ross’s Goose by Mike Beer

WWT Slimbridge    At Mid Point, a male Whinchat, a male Greenland Wheatear, a Grasshopper Warbler reeling quietly, a Peregrine on the Dumbles, Avocets everywhere, 30 Black-tailed Godwits and a Little Ringed Plover on the Rushy. (MK).

Little Ringed Plover by Mike King

Greenland Wheatear by Mike King

Whinchat by Mike King

Saul Warth     15 Whimbrels and c70 Dunlins, a male Mandarin on Saul Lodge pond and a Mistle Thrush. (Richard Williams).

Edge     A Cuckoo at Rudge Hill N.R. this morning. (Simon Hart/Ian Elphick). Also a Peregrine flew over low. (Ian Elphick).

Gloucester     A  Peregrine at 9:30am circling Tuffley being mobbed by gulls it gained height and headed off SW. (Ian Elphick). A Common Sandpiper reported from Horsbere Brook today and yesterday. (per Ian Elphick). At Linden five Swifts newly arrived at 7:30pm. (Mo Croose-Johnson).

Cleeve Hill     At least 24 Wheatears still this morning, three Cuckoos, four Redstarts and a Tree Pipit. Plenty of Dingy Skippers along with Small Blues, Small Heath and Green Hairstreaks. Pyrausta nigrata and Small Purple-Barred were day-flying moths present. (Greg Lee). At least six Wheatears and a Whinchat in the field in front of the masts car parking this evening. (Roberta Goodall).

Stonehouse     At the Ocean, a Goldcrest, a Jay, a Chiffchaff and Swallows. At Beards Mill two Dippers and a Grey Wagtail. 10+ Swallows and 150+ House Martins at Stanley Downton water treatment works. (Paul Sutton).

Dipper by Paul Sutton

Longney      At the sands and along the Severn Way late afternoon three Shelducks, two Chiffchaffs. two Blackcaps, two male Reed Buntings, two Sedge Warblers, two Skylarks, five Swallows, a Kestrel and a Buzzard. (John Fletcher).

Frampton     On Court Lake seven Hobbies, a female Goshawk, the Ross’s Goose still, an Oystercatcher and a male Yellow Wagtail. On the flashes N of Splatt Bridge a female MERLIN perched on a log and then hunting and 20 + Whimbrels flying NE. (Terry Grant/Gordon Kirk).

WWT Slimbridge     A drake GARGANEY this morning around the grounds. On the estuary 485 Dunlins, 12 Sanderlings, three Grey Plovers, a Little Stint, 45 Ringed Plovers, two Whimbrels, a Bar-tailed Godwit and a Turnstone off Mid Point. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Saul Warth    65 Dunlins, 22 Whimbrels, seven Ringed Plovers and two Common Terns late afternoon. (Gordon Hodgson).

Coombe Hill Meadows     From Grundon hide a Red Kite, a Hobby, a Buzzard, an Avocet, a Redshank, a Little Ringed Plover, a GREAT WHITE EGRET, a Grey Heron, House and Sand Martins, Swallows and Swifts, Pied and Yellow Wagtails, a Reed Bunting, Gadwall, Wigeon and Mallards. (Les Ditchburn).

Forest of Dean    At Nagshead today four Pied Flycatchers, a male Redstart, six Siskins, three Treecreepers, three Mandarins, numerous Garden Warblers and Willow Warblers, Goldcrests and Chiffchaffs. (Tim Jukes).

Alvington    Two Goshawks drifted over Clanna Country Park heading SW today. (Paul Woolams).

Cotswold Water Park West     A leucistic Swift at Pit 43 today. (Barnaby Briggs). At South Cerney the first three Swifts today. (Bruce Kettle).

Cotswold Water Park East     Three Ringed Plovers at Pit 132 this morning. (Duncan Dine).

Elmore     Along the River Severn path, a Cuckoo calling, a Kestrel, two Buzzards, 20+ Swallows, five Sand Martins, four House Martins, a Kingfisher, several Garden Warblers, a Reed Warbler, a Green Woodpecker, two Stock Doves, a Raven and two Willow Warblers. (James Barradine).

Over     Along the Hereford and Gloucester canal SO814198 this afternoon birds included two Kingfishers, two Treecreepers, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, three Chiffchaffs, three Willow Warblers, a Reed Warbler, four Blackcaps, three Song Thrushes, a Swallow, a Mallard, two Moorhens, a Mute Swan and a Buzzard. (John Fletcher).

Lydney     c10 Swifts, c10 Swallows and c10 House Martins around the harbour this morning. (Martin Vaisey).

Cotswold Water Park West     Late news of a LITTLE TERN on Pit 57 yesterday evening, but no news either way today. (Dave Creber).

WWT Slimbridge     This morning an immature SPOONBILL feeding in the Tack piece pool next to the Estuary tower. On the river 34 Dunlins, 23 Ringed Plovers, three Sanderlings, a Little Stint and three Little Egrets. Two reeling Grasshopper Warblers, a passage of Swifts and a Wheatear at Mid Point. (Neil Smart). Also a CATTLE EGRET in the approach fields. (Tom Mabbett). The first Barnacle goslings on Court lake, eight Common Terns, the Ross’s Goose still and a male Goldeneye flew off of Court Lake. (Nick Goatman).

Frampton     On the flashes N of Splatt Bridge early morning a Great Crested Grebe on the canal, first since March, two Little Egrets, three Redshanks, and oddly one on the canal, a Cuckoo, a Buzzard, a Water Rail calling, a Common Tern, a male Wheatear, the Garden Warbler still, a Lesser Whitethroat, two Cetti’s Warblers and 50+ Swifts. (MK). Two Hobbies very low over Court Lake. (Tom Mabbett). This afternoon on the Sailing Lake two Oystercatchers, three Yellow Wagtails (1m, 2f), five Hobbies, numerous Swallows and Sand Martins, four Swifts, 1+ Blackcap, 2+ Chiffchaffs, 1+ Willow Warblers, a pair of Greylags with six goslings and a Green Woodpecker. (Alan Hooper).

Garden Warbler by Mike King

Great Crested Grebe by Mike King

Buzzard by Mike King

Little Egret & Greylags by Paul Watkins

Yellow Wagtail by Alan Hooper

Newnham-on-Severn     A male Hawfinch perched on top of a horse chestnut on Church Road at 6:20pm. (Lewis Thomson).

Witcombe Reservoirs     This morning birds included a Canada Goose, four Mute Swans, 12 Mallards, 13 Tufted Ducks, a Little Grebe, eight Great Crested Grebes, three Cormorants, 5+ Moorhens, 12 Coots, c35 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and c25 Herring Gulls, two Buzzards, a Swift, many Swallows and House Martins and fewer numbers of Sand Martins, three Common Sandpipers, a Green Woodpecker and two Pied Wagtails. (Gordon Avery/Eric Harris).

Nympsfield     House Martins nest building in the centre of the village and feeding around the entrance to Woodchester Park. (David Price).

Coaley Peak     A Peregrine heading south along escarpment edge. (David Price).

Purton     Four COMMON SCOTERS (3m, 1f) off of Tite’s Point this morning. Later a male drifted N past Mid Point the incoming tide at 1:57pm. (Martin McGill/Les Ditchburn/Neil Smart/MK). Also a Peregrine and a Whimbrel off of the wrecks. (MK).

Cleeve Hill     This morning a male RING OUZEL, at least 26 Wheatears and a singing Garden Warbler. (Tom Mabbett).

WWT Slimbridge     An immature SPOONBILL around the grounds today. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Saul Warth     This evening 41 Whimbrels, also Bar-tailed Godwit, four Dunlins, a Lesser Whitethroat, two Whitethroat, a Hobby, 100+ mixed hirundine flock and 50+ Swifts feeding over the Warth. (Gordon Hodgson). Two drake Mandarins and a pair of Tufted Ducks on Saul Lodge pond early morning. (MK).

Frampton     Early morning a Peregrine on the breakwater and a Swift over. Six Common Terns on the Sailing Lake and the Ross’s Goose still on Court Lake on its own around the islands. (MK). Also two Hobbies hawking insects low over Court Lake. (Les Ditchburn).

Common Terns by Mike King

Avening     At Star Farm near Avening seven female Wheatears and a male Yellow Wagtail. (Terry Grant).

Ashleworth Ham     Five Redstarts, also Whitethroats, Long-tailed Tits, Swifts, Swallows, House Martins, Blackcaps, a Shelduck and Wigeon. (Chris & Phil Andrews).

Redstarts by Phil Andrews

Forest of Dean     First garden Siskin today in Clearwell. (Alan Waterman).

Clapton-on-the-Hill     A Whimbrel today. (Keith Jennings).

Maisemore     Late evening from Church Road, along the Court Lake to the weir and upper parting 12 Tufted Ducks, 17 Mallards including four ducklings, two Canada Geese, a Greylag, four Moorhens, a Coot, three Greenfinches, two Blackcaps, five Goldfinches, a Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, a Willow Warbler, two Chiffchaffs, two Chaffinches, two Mute Swans, a Grey Heron, two Mistle Thrushes, seven Song Thrushes and 15+ Blackbirds. (John Fletcher).

Sharpness    A GREAT SKUA NE past SARA at 3:17pm. Two KITTIWAKES (adult & 1cy) NE past SARA at 2:52pm. (Paul Taylor).

WWT Slimbridge     An OSPREY resting on driftwood off Mid Point early morning but flew off after being mobbed by gulls, circled over Awre/Arlingham and headed towards Newnham-on-Severn. (Martin McGill).

Frampton     On the flashes N of Splatt Bridge early morning four Redshanks, three Curlews, two Lapwings, a Whimbrel heard, 19 Dunlins, three Common Sandpipers on the canal, two Common Terns, a Little Egret, a Marsh Harrier, a Cuckoo heard and two Swifts. (MK/Gordon Hodgson).

Forest of Dean     A pair of Hawfinches at 7am at Crown Lane, Parkend. A Kingfisher at Cannop Ponds at the Stoneworks. (Bettie Sloane).

Cotswold Water Park West     A pair of Grey Wagtails at Cerney Wick lock on the disused canal at South Cerney. (Alistair Hardy).

Cheltenham     A Peregrine on Christchurch eating a pigeon this morning. (Alan McIlquham).

Peregrine by Alan McIlquham

Coombe Hill Meadows    24 Mute Swans, two Greylags, seven Canada Geese, two Shelducks, a pair of Wigeon, a pair of Gadwalls, 20 Mallards, two Grey Herons, four Coots, four Avocets, two Oystercatchers, six Lapwings, two Little Ringed Plovers, a Snipe, at least three Redshanks, a Cuckoo, 50+ Swallows, 20 + Sand Martins, two Pied Wagtails, 12 Yellow Wagtails, 3-4 singing Redstarts, singing Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler also a Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

Highnam Woods     A SPOTTED FLYCATCHER, a Hawfinch and a Red Kite flew E today. (Andy Jayne). A Hawfinch, a Marsh Tit, a Coal Tit, 15 Song Thrushes, a Green Woodpecker, four Stock Doves, a Nuthatch, 15+ Blackcaps, 10+ Chiffchaffs, two Ravens and a Goldcrest. (Steve Pullen).

Frampton     On the flashes N of Splatt Bridge, a Garden Warbler, two Little Egrets, 11 Tufted Ducks flew S, six  Gadwalls, six Redshanks, a Lapwing, a Cuckoo heard, 27 Swifts, two Yellow Wagtails over, increase in Reed Warblers and a Roebuck. (MK). At Splatt Bridge this evening between 8-9pm a Hobby heading towards the pools, two GREAT WHITE EGRETS heading over the Church again in the direction of Frampton Court, a Cuckoo calling and a Common Crane heading SW at 8:45pm. (Jon Dexter). At the pools a Hobby, a LITTLE GULL, three Common Terns, a Cuckoo, a Grasshopper Warbler, two Lesser Whitethroats, 15 Whitethroats, two Yellow Wagtails, 15 Reed Warblers, three Sedge Warblers, a Willow Warbler, 56 Blackcaps, 23 Chiffchaffs, two Common Sandpipers, nine Swifts, 250+Swallows and 200+ Sand Martins today. (Nick Goatman).

Garden Warbler by Mike King

Cleeve Hill     25 Wheatears at 6:30am near the radio masts and a summer plumaged Golden Plover also near the masts. (Russ Peacey/Duncan Dine). On Prestbury Hill Reserve three Cuckoos chasing in and out of the wooded area SW of the radio masts late morning, both male and female calls heard. Also a Willow Warbler, a pair of Yellowhammers, a Sparrowhawk and a Raven. (Cottia Howard). This afternoon four Redstarts, two Cuckoos and two Tree Pipits. Also Small Blue, Mother Shipton, Common Heath, Dingy Skipper, Orange Tip, Green Hairstreak and Speckled Wood all present at the Masts. (Greg Lee).

Golden Plover by Duncan Dine

Forest of Dean    This morning at Nagshead a male Pied Flycatcher, male and female Blackcaps, two Garden Warblers, a Mistle Thrush and male and female Mandarin on the lower pond. Also a garden Sparrowhawk in Mitcheldean. (Chris Keeling).

Little Rissington     A Hobby hunting on the airfield this evening. (Keith Jennings).

Gloucester     At Horsbere Brook Flood Storage Area a Lesser Whitethroat, a Whitethroat, a Sedge Warbler, a Reed Bunting, a Linnet and a Common Sandpiper today. (Eric Harris). At Alney Island, six Whitethroats, two Reed Warblers, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, two Buzzards, a Sparrowhawk, two Mute Swans and a Sandpiper sp flushed from a marshy area. (Steve Pullen). A Peregrine on the Cathedral at midday, 3+ Buzzards at Alney and two Kingfishers at Over. (Paul Clark).

Framilode     A Red Kite flew N over Lea Court Farm at 10am, heading towards Quedgeley. (MK).

Cotswold Water Park West     At Pit 43/44 a Cetti’s Warbler, five Garden Warblers, four Whitethroats, two Sedge Warblers, a Reed Warbler, five Willow Warblers, two Chiffchaffs, a Green Woodpecker and a Cuckoo. (Robin Nelson).

Selsley     12 Wheatears at the Equestrian centre today. (Keith & Lyn Perkins).

Ozleworth     On the lake 36 Mallards, a Grey Heron, a Mute Swan, two Canada Geese, four Tufted Ducks, two male Mandarins, two Little Grebes and two Common Sandpipers. (Dave Emery).

North Nibley   A Cuckoo singing close to Forthay this morning and a FIRECREST singing in the Waterley Bottom area. (James Robinson).

Stonehouse area     A Cetti’s Warbler at Beard’s Mill, a Swallow at The Ocean, three at Millend Lane and c30 Swallows, c30 House Martins and a Swift at the Sewage Works, a Sedge Warbler and a Lesser Whitethroat near the Sewage Works and a Dipper at Millend Lane. (Nigel Birch).

Cotswold Water Park West     A WOOD SANDPIPER at Shorncote this morning. (Dave Creber).

Frampton     From the sailing club to the field S of the Sailing Lake a Lesser Whitethroat, a Grasshopper Warbler, two Whitethroats, five Reed Warblers, two Sedge Warblers, a Yellow Wagtail, a Reed Bunting, 12 Blackcaps, three Chiffchaffs and a Common Sandpiper. (Nick Goatman). Two Hobbies hunting low over Court Lake late morning and lots of Swallows and a few Swifts. (Mike Davis). On the flashes N of Splatt Bridge early morning a Hobby, a Marsh Harrier, a male Sparrowhawk, a Little Egret, two Redshanks, a Grasshopper Warbler, a pair of Greylags and six goslings, four Swifts, a Great Spotted Woodpecker in the reedbed and a Water Rail. (MK/Gordon Hodgson). Also a Cuckoo briefly. (Jon Dexter).

Marsh Harrier by Mike King

Great Spotted Woodpecker by Mike King

Greylags by Mike King

Saul Warth     This morning 34 Dunlins and nine Ringed Plovers. (Richard Badley). At Hock Ditch seven Whimbrels and a Wheatear. (Mike Davis).

WWT Slimbridge     At  Mid Point a reeling Grasshopper Warbler, two male Wheatears (probably Greenland) and a pair of Wigeon on the river. 2+ Hobbies over the 100-Acre Frampton viewed from Mid Point. (Mark Hobson).

North Cerney     A Red Kite at 3pm. (Jon Dexter).

Halmore     A Hobby in an oak tree early this morning. (Chris Newton).

Charlton Kings Common     A Whinchat and two Wheatears near Hartley Farm, also three Tree Pipits, five Willow Warblers, a Marsh Tit and a Kestrel. (Chris Furley).

Cleeve Hill     A Whimbrel flying N, six Wheatears held up in bad weather, six Willow Warblers, a male Cuckoo and two Redstarts today. Also a Tortricid Gorse bud moth. (Paul Whitehead).

Gorse bud moth by Paul Whitehead

Down Hatherley     This afternoon in the fields behind Dowty’s, a Curlew, a Green Woodpecker, a Blackcap, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Buzzard and a Little Egret in flight. (Jim Northcott).

Dymock     At Leadon Vale Farm a Whitethroat, two Lesser Whitethroats heard, four Blackcaps, three Chiffchaffs, 50+ Swallows feeding amongst the cattle, a Raven being mobbed by a Crow and four Buzzards. (Mark Woodall).

Coombe Hill Meadows     24 Mute Swans and 18 Canada Geese roosting, four Greylags. two Shelducks, two Wigeons, four Gadwalls, 20 Mallards including a female with two small ducklings, a GREAT WHITE EGRET, two Grey Herons, four Cormorants, a Sparrowhawk, four Coots, six Avocets, two Oystercatchers, six Lapwings, a Snipe, three Curlews, two Whimbrels, at least two Redshanks, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Cuckoo, five Skylarks, four Pied Wagtails, two Yellow Wagtails, a Redstart singing, 7+ Sedge Warblers, a Reed Warbler, three Lesser Whitethroats, 4+ Whitethroats, five Blackcaps, 3+ Willow Warblers and 4+ Chiffchaffs, 3-4 Linnets, 2-3 Reed Buntings and a Yellowhammer. (Mike Smart). Also a Ringed Plover, 26 singing Sedge Warblers, a Garden Warbler, 18 Whitethroats, five Lesser Whitethroats, five Redstarts, three Swifts and a House Martin. (Ian Ralphs).

Forest of Dean    A Tree Pipit singing and displaying on farmland near St. Briavels this morning. (Andy Jayne).

Twyning     On Upham Meadow at least ten Curlews and c100 Swallows feeding. (Mike Smart & Mervyn Greening).

Nympsfield     A female Whinchat along Tinkley Lane early this morning. (Colin Greenfield).

Sharpness     This afternoon a Red kite at the docks chased across the river by a Crow. (Clare Glanville).

Bisley     Around the village outskirts late afternoon 17 Linnets, two Swallows, three Song Thrushes, male and female Blackcap, two Stock Doves, two Jays and a Willow Warbler. (John Fletcher).

Dursley     This morning a Ring-necked Parakeet flew over Highfields. (Katharine Goatman).

Naunton area     This morning a Tree Pipit, a female Redstart, four Corn Buntings and a Yellow Wagtail. (Duncan Dine).

Stinchcombe Hill     Two male Redstarts, two Wheatears, a Yellow Wagtail and a Siskin this morning. (James Robinson).

Cheltenham     At 11am today a Little Egret flew low over Benhall, heading W. (David Norman).

Frampton     On the flashes N of Splatt Bridge from the towpath a Spotted Redshank, three Greenshanks, three Redshanks, three Little Egrets, a Wheatear, a Whinchat, a Raven, a Swift and 259+ Swallows on passage N. (Neil Smart/MK). A Cuckoo heard at Nebrow Hill. A Grasshopper Warbler still at the Sailing Lake. (Mike Davis). Also a Garden Warbler here. (Paul Dunham).

Sand Martin by Paul Dunham

Sparrowhawk by Paul Dunham

Saul Warth     Two Bar-tailed Godwits, 7 Whimbrels, 2 Ringed Plovers, 23 Dunlins, a Little Egret, 10+ House Martins and a Wheatear. (Neil Smart/MK). From the canal path Saul to Splatt Bridge four singing Lesser Whitethroats, three Whitethroats, a reeling Grasshopper Warbler which showed several times briefly and a Red Kite being mobbed over the WWT fields. (Neil Smart).

Cam Green     A Hobby over the garden at midday heading N. (Brian Kings).

Brand Green/Upleadon     At Collinpark Wood SO749280 birds included six Song Thrushes, five Blackcaps, four Chiffchaffs, two Green Woodpeckers, four Great Spotted Woodpeckers, a pair of Stock Doves, four Goldfinches, two Chaffinches and six Mallards. (John Fletcher).

Hardwicke     In the Hardwicke area six Chiffchaffs, two Willow Warblers, two Whitethroats, two Linnets (patch tick), two Sparrowhawks, a Little Owl, three Red-legged Partridges, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Green Woodpecker, six Swallows and a Stock Dove. (Julian Long/Ronnie Read).

Stonehouse     This evening a Little Egret over the canal in the field behind Stonehouse Court Hotel, a Kingfisher on the Ocean, a Green Woodpecker, at least three singing Chiffchaffs and a Grey Heron. (Paul Sutton).