Purton/Shepherd’s Patch      The drake SCAUP again on the canal between Purton and Shepherd’s Patch today. Also along the canal two pairs of Shovelers, two drake Gadwalls, four Tufted Ducks, an un-ringed Crane, a Cetti’s Warbler, three Lesser Whitethroats, a Whitethroat, two Sedge Warblers, a Reed Warbler, three Chiffchaffs and three Blackcaps. (Paul Masters).

Quedgeley     Belated news of two singing Nightingales in an urban area at midnight on May 7th (recorded). (Fiona Woods).

Saul Warth     This morning two Avocets, seven Sanderlings, 21 Ringed Plovers, 23 Dunlins, six Oystercatchers, a Redshank, a Little Egret and 100+ Swallows. (Gordon Hodgson/MK).

Frampton pools     Up to eight Hobbies and the Ross’s Goose on Court Lake, also around the pools an Oystercatcher, 33 Barnacle Geese, 42 Greylags, 12 Tufted Ducks, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, two Green Woodpeckers, 50+ Swallows, a Pied Wagtail, three Sedge Warblers, five Blackcaps, three Chiffchaffs and a Sparrowhawk today. (Josh Adamms/Terry Stevenson).

Hobby by John Fletcher

Hobby by John Fletcher

Ross’s Goose by John Fletcher

WWT Slimbridge     From the viewing point on the Summer Walkway a male Wheatear, a Grasshopper Warbler, five Whimbrels and eight Curlews. (Ian Hull).

Lechlade     An Osprey reported near Lechlade but no further details. (Nick Bartimote per Michael Cook).

Lower Kilcott     A Spotted Flycatcher and a Marsh Tit in Midger Wood today.

Avening    Near Star Farm two female Wheatears on a wall and a female Yellow Wagtail close by. (Terry Grant).

Gloucester     At Horsbere Brook Flood Storage Lake birds included a Peregrine perched, a Kingfisher, two Sedge Warblers, a Blackcap and three Whitethroats. (Eric Harris).

Coombe Hill Meadows     From Grundon hide Avocet, a Hobby, a GREAT WHITE EGRET, Little Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher and Redshank. (Les Ditchburn/Ian Ralphs).

Cobney & Leigh Meadows    24 Mute Swans, five Canada Geese including a pair with six very tiny goslings, an Egyptian Goose, a male Gadwall, five Mallards, two adult Grey Herons, three Little Egrets, a Curlew, a Cuckoo, 1+ Skylarks, two Yellow Wagtails, at least three singing Redstarts, five Sedge Warblers, 2+ Whitethroats and 3+ Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart).

Alvington    Two Hobbies on a neighbour’s roof which remained there for a few seconds before flying off into neighbouring trees and out of sight. (Paul Woolams).

Stroud    At Frome Banks NR Kingfishers feeding young this afternoon and Dippers have fledged. Also Grey Wagtails on this stretch of the River Frome. (Mike Davis).

Purton/Shepherd’s Patch      The drake SCAUP again on the canal between Purton and Shepherd’s Patch until late morning at least. Also four pairs of Shelducks, a pair and a male Shoveler, a pair of Tufted Ducks, three pairs of Gadwalls, three Grey Herons, a Little Egret, five Cetti’s Warblers, two Lesser Whitethroats, an Oystercatcher and eight Swallows. (MK/Paul Rich/Neil Smart).

Scaup by Mike King

Shoveler by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     An OSPREY flew over the grounds at 12:55pm heading for Purton. (Martin McGill). A Hobby on the cross fence at Mid Point this morning. (Roberta Goodall).

Saul Warth     This afternoon 43 Dunlins, 39 Ringed Plovers, 11 Avocets, nine Sanderlings, a Whimbrel, an Oystercatcher, two Common Terns and a drake Wigeon. (Gordon Hodgson).

Forest of Dean    A Red Kite over Mitcheldean this afternoon. (Chris Keeling).

Broadoak     A SPOONBILL on the river shortly before 6pm. (Steve Jayne).

Purton     A drake SCAUP again on the canal between Purton and Shepherd’s Patch at 7:45am. (Dave Paynter).

WWT Slimbridge     At Middle Point at high tide a Turnstone, six Whimbrels, 69 Dunlins, four Sanderlings, 20+ Ringed Plovers, two Redshanks, two Curlews, a Lapwing, two Little Egrets, a male Greenland Wheatear and a Grasshopper Warbler still reeling. (Neil Smart/MK). Five CATTLE EGRETS in the last roadside field on the right approaching WWT at 1pm feeding amongst the cattle. (Kate Fox). A Little Ringed Plover on the Rushy. (Martin Price). A Red Kite over the field next to Slimbridge school at 3:10pm. (Shane Long).

Frampton     Ten Hobbies over the Court Lake early afternoon today. Also four singing Sedge Warblers and three Yellow Wagtails by the Sailing Lake. (Steve Kear). 40+ Swifts feeding high over the pools this morning. (Gill Stacey). Also a Green Woodpecker, the Ross’s Goose and a few Common Terns. Two Cuckoos chasing each other at Splatt Bridge, also a Buzzard, a Hobby and a Little Egret. (Karle Burford). A CATTLE EGRET at Splatt Bridge. (James Barradine).

Saul     At Saul Warth this afternoon two LITTLE GULLS (adult & 1st summer), three Common Terns, 13 Whimbrels, three Oystercatchers, two Ringed Plovers, two Cuckoos, a Yellow Wagtail and c50 Swifts. (Gordon Hodgson). A Cuckoo calling from around Gardeners Pools. (Roberta Goodall).

Forest of Dean    Four pairs of Pied Flycatchers and several males as well, 5+ Spotted Flycatchers, a fly-over LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER, a Redstart, 3+ Treecreepers and a Bank Vole. (Chris Snook). Also at Nagshead a Firecrest singing, two Nuthatches, a pair of Siskins, two male Mandarins, a Garden Warbler, two Ravens and a Buzzard. (Steve Brown).

Spotted Flycatcher by Chris Snook

Pied Flycatcher by Chris Snook

Redstart by Chris Snook

Edge     At Rudge Hill NR this morning a Cuckoo, a Tree Pipit, a Swallow, a House Martin, two Green Woodpeckers, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Whitethroat, a Blackcap, a Song Thrush, Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs. (Phil Williams).

Cleeve Hill     Below the masts a Cuckoo, a Whitethroat and a female Redstart today. (Paul Watkins).

Redstart by Paul Watkins

Whitethroat by Paul Watkins

Cuckoo by Paul Watkins

Charlton Kings Common     A Cuckoo calling all afternoon. (Dr Henry Harvey).

Highnam Woods     One possibly two Nightingales early morning, but only showing very briefly. Also a Raven. (MK).

Weston Subedge     Two Grey Partridges flew over the road just N of Weston Subedge. (Jeremy Squire).

Gloucester     At Horsbere Brook Flood Storage Lake birds included a pair of Mute Swans, a Sedge Warbler, a Blackcap, a Whitethroat, a Reed Bunting, a Little Egret and a Grey Heron flew over, a Stock Dove and small flocks of Linnet. (John Wilson).

Coombe Hill Meadows    This morning along the canal two male Redstarts, a Cuckoo heard, a male Bullfinch, a Reed Warbler near the car park and plenty of Sedge Warblers and  Whitethroats. (Terry Stevenson). Also this morning 24 Mute Swans, 23 Greylags, 22 Canada Geese, one pair each of Shelducks, Wigeon and Gadwall, a male Teal, 20+ Mallards, a GREAT WHITE EGRET, a Grey Heron, ten Coots, two Oystercatchers, five Avocets, ten Lapwings, two Little Ringed Plovers, a Curlew, two Redshanks and a Yellow Wagtail. (Mike Smart).

Cobney Meadows     A pair of Mute Swans, a pair of Canada Geese, three adult Grey Herons;, a GREAT WHITE EGRET (same as CHM), a Little Egret, a Curlew and at least three singing Redstarts. (Mike Smart).

Haw Bridge     East of the Severn a male Curlew, a Cuckoo, two singing Redstarts and two Linnets. (Mike Smart).

North Cerney     A Dipper and a Kingfisher on the River Churn between here and Rendcomb. Also Roe Deer fawn lying up by the river. A pair of Grey Wagtails at Rendcomb. (Andy Lewis).

Charlton Kings     A Cuckoo heard in the vicinity of Timbercombe woods this evening. (Rose Lennard).

Cotswold Water Park East     A GLOSSY IBIS dropped into Pit 116 Roundhouse Lake Nature Reserve for a wash with a Black-headed Gull for 10 minutes only. (Dave Harrington).

Glossy Ibis pics by Dave Harrington

Forest of Dean     Belated news for Sunday, a HONEY BUZZARD flew straight through N at Edgehills at midday. (Rob Husbands). Also the first NIGHTJAR was seen on Sunday night (not at a traditional site), it is still too early for jarring. Today in the Woorgreens/Crabtree Hill area two Garden Warblers, a pair of Stonechats with three juveniles and another female, four Tree Pipits, a Firecrest, 3+ Wood Warblers, a Spotted Flycatcher and a pair of Hawfinches. At Cannop ponds a Marsh Tit and three male Mandarins. At Nagshead around lower hide a female Mandarin, three Pied Flycatchers (2m, 1f), a Spotted Flycatcher and male and female Redstart. (MK).

Firecrest by Mike King

Pied Flycatcher by Mike King

Marsh Tit by Mike King

Juvenile Stonechat by Mike King

Gloucester     At Horsebere Brook Flood Storage Area two Little Egrets over, a Reed Warbler, a Sedge Warbler, five Whitethroats, three Reed Buntings, a Kestrel and five Linnets early morning. (Eric Harris).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning ten Avocets, a Cuckoo and two male Yellowhammers. (Ian Hull).

WWT Slimbridge     On the Dumbles saltmarsh a breeding plumage Curlew Sandpiper, two Red Knots, a Grey Plover, two Turnstones, c80 Dunlins, 22 Ringed Plovers, seven Sanderlings, two Redshanks and four Oystercatchers. (Martin McGill). From Mid Point six Whimbrels, a Whinchat, a pair of Greenland Wheatears, a reeling Grasshopper Warbler, two Hobbies over the 100-Acre and a Yellow Wagtail from the Summer Walkway. (Martin McGill/Mark Dowie/Paul Masters). Also a Painted Lady today. (Neil Smart).

Frampton pools     Seven Hobbies, an Arctic Tern, 14 Common Terns, 20+ Swifts, 100+ Sand Martins, 30+ Swallows, three House Martins, a Lesser Whitethroat and two Sedge Warblers today. (Nick Goatman). Also a Kingfisher, a Peregrine flying towards the Severn, a Green Woodpecker, a Garden Warbler, a Buzzard and three Stock Doves. (James Barradine). Also a Yellow Wagtail at the Sailing Lake. From Splatt Bridge at least four Hobbies feeding over the foreshore and a Cuckoo calling. (Terry Grant).

May Hill     This morning a male Redstart and a pair of Stonechats at the top of the hill. (Rob Guest).

Chedworth    The first Swift over the village today. A Barn Owl hunting almost daily around 4pm. (Harvey Sherwood).

Ashleworth Ham     Two Curlews on the Hasfield side, ten Mute Swans, seven Greylags, two Wigeon, 20 Mallards and a Redstart singing in Meerend Thicket. (Mike Smart).

Saul Warth    At high tide this morning just five Grey Plovers, two Knot, six Dunlins, a Whimbrel, a Curlew, a Common Sandpiper, an Oystercatcher, a Little Egret and a Swift. A drake Mandarin, a pair of Shelducks and three Tufted Ducks (2m, 1f) on Saul Lodge pond. (MK). This evening 51 Dunlins, five Ringed Plovers, two Knot, four Whimbrel, an Oystercatcher, a Curlew and an adult MEDITERRANEAN GULL flew through N with a Black-headed Gull flock. (Gordon Hodgson).

Whimbrel by Mike King

Shelducks by Mike King

Leckhampton Hill     A Cuckoo, two Red-legged Partridges, a Stock Dove, a Yellowhammer and three Linnets early morning. (Eric Harris).

WWT Slimbridge    Six Lesser Snow Geese, of unknown origin, in the entrance fields this morning. (Martin McGill). Off Mid Point at low tide a Sanderling, a Knot a Curlew Sandpiper in summer plumage, two Turnstones, six Grey Plovers, 92+ Dunlins, 19 Ringed Plovers and a Little Stint. (Ian Hull/Neil Smart).

Purton    A Cuckoo seen and heard on the canal between Purton and Sharpness this morning. (Mike Davis).

Berkeley shore     Early morning c260 Dunlins, two Whimbrels, a Wheatear and a Cuckoo. (Paul Taylor).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Four Mute Swans, ten Canada Geese, one pair each of Shelduck, Wigeon, Gadwall and Tufted Duck, a male Teal, a Grey Heron, a Little Egret, six Coots, two Oystercatchers, six Avocets, four Lapwings, three Little Ringed Plovers, two Redshanks, a Pied Wagtail, at least one Redstart singing, two Reed Warblers and 6+ Sedge Warblers today. (Mike Smart).

Gloucester     A Cuckoo heard at 9am this morning at Alney Island. (Robert McAllister).

Bibury     A Little Egret on the back brook along from Arlington Row today. (Stuart Pittman).

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).