WWT Slimbridge     On the Dumbles at high tide 224 Curlews, a Bar-tailed Godwit, 32 Grey Plovers, 42 Golden Plovers, a female Peregrine, a juvenile Marsh Harrier, the escaped Greater Flamingo, 223 Greylags, 240 Canada Geese, 86 Barnacle Geese, the Snow x Bar-headed Goose hybrid, the Ross’s Goose, 36 Avocets, 39 Great Black-backed Gulls, two Water Rails heard. A Yellowhammer flew in and landed along the summer walkway at 8:25am and two Stonechats. On the Rushy a juvenile Wood Sandpiper, a Green Sandpiper, five Spotted Redshanks, eight Redshanks, a Ruff, a Great White Egret, a Black-tailed Godwit, 18 Snipe and a Kingfisher. A Red Kite over the car park. (Craig Brookes). A GUILLEMOT from Middle Point floating downriver at 10:50am. (per Ian Hull). From Middle Point late morning 12 Cattle Egrets in with the cattle, a Peregrine, a Marsh Harrier, 24+ Common Cranes flew across the river, 40+Dunlins, six Ringed Plovers, five Grey Plovers, an Avocet, four Ravens over and two Stonechats. (Steve Pullen).

Saul Warth     This morning two Marsh Harriers flew N, a Curlew Sandpiper, a Ruff, two Little Stints, 30+ Grey Plovers with c250 Dunlins and the first Redwing of the autumn over. (Gordon Hodgson). Early afternoon, 37 Cattle Egrets following a mower near Fretherne nursery and a Red Kite. Near Hock Cliff three Stonechats and the escaped Greater Flamingo on the mud. (Steve Pullen).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Hook this morning 14 Mute Swans, eight Canada Geese, 44 Egyptian Geese, six Teal, 15 Mallards, two Moorhens and a Black-headed Gull. At Mitton 103 Greylags and a Canada Goose. (Mike Smart).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning 27 Mallards, a female Teal, 22 Moorhens, two Grey Herons, a Grey Wagtail, six Stonechats, 12 Siskins and three Redwings. (Ian Ralphs).

Frampton pools    53 Cattle Egrets on Court Lake this morning. (Nick Goatman).

WWT Slimbridge     Two PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and 68 Redshanks on the Top New Piece. Five REDWINGS over South Lake. (Ian Hull). A Garganey from Robbie Garnett hide. (Oliver Paisey).

Saul Warth     Early high tide, strong WSW wind, a juvenile ARCTIC TERN, 20 Curlews, 14 Grey Plovers, three Bar-tailed Godwits, two Knots, 300 Dunlins, 100 Shelducks, the escaped Greater Flamingo, 12 Common Cranes, two Little Egrets, a Red Kite, a Peregrine, a Kestrel, three Mistle Thrushes and two Ravens. (MK/Martin McGill).

Arctic Tern by Mike King

Haresfield     A Barn Owl flew over the road near the Incinerator at Javelin Park at 7:06pm. (Mark Hobson).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning a Teal, eight Mallards and 7+ Moorhens on the canal, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, five Skylarks, two Meadow Pipits, four Stonechats, a Cetti’s Warbler, 5+ Chiffchaffs, 30+ Carrion Crows, 30+ Jackdaws and two Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge     Two PECTORAL SANDPIPERS again from Zeiss hide today. From Middle Point eight Grey Plovers, 13 Golden Plovers, 250 Dunlins and a Knot. (Ian Ralphs). 17 Cattle Egrets on the sea wall at Middle Point today following the cattle. (Terry Stevenson). Just one Cattle Egret on the Rushy this evening. (Tim McGrath).

Saul Warth     Early morning at high tide 205 Curlews, 21 Grey Plovers, 180 Avocets, 300 Dunlins, two Sanderlings, three Little Stints, 92 Shelducks, 33 Teal, the escaped female Greater Flamingo, six Grey Herons, five Little Egrets, a female Marsh Harrier, a Kestrel, a Sparrowhawk, four Chiffchaffs, five Reed Buntings and four Stonechats. (MK).

Avocets by Mike King

Greater Flamingo by Mike King

Cerney Wick     Along the the old railway line this morning, just in Glos, 16 Cattle Egrets including a least one juvenile. (Duncan Dine).

Huntley     A Wheatear at the sewage treatment works this morning. (Owen Follis).

Nailsworth     In the Chavenage Lane area 17 Red Kites, 100+ Skylarks, nine Buzzards, three Kestrels, 14 Corn Buntings, 400+ Common Gulls following farming activities, and a Clouded Yellow butterfly. At Barton End nine Red Kites, 150+ Skylarks and four Buzzards. Maybe some overlap between the Kites at the two sites. (Terry Grant).

Longlevens    Two Red Kites flew over low at 11:05am heading E, also a female Sparrowhawk. (Dave Stone).

WWT Slimbridge     45 Cattle Egrets, two Greenshanks, two Ruff, six Snipe and seven Pintails on the Rushy. 200+ Linnets and a Fox on the Tack Piece. 170+ Black-tailed Godwits, a Greenshank and 12 Ruff on South Lake. The local wandering Black Swan on Big Pen. (MK/Tim McGrath).

Cattle Egrets by Mike King

Red Fox by Mike King

Frampton     In the Court lake roost this evening 66 Cattle Egrets, five Great White Egrets, 12 Little Egrets and eight Grey Herons. Also 68 Gadwalls, 29 Teal, 12 Shovelers, 28 Wigeon and four Tufted Ducks.(Nick Goatman).

Saul Warth     Early morning no tide, a YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER, a patch tick, in bushes along the edge of the path to Hock Cliff at 9:15-9:40am. Not relocated later by other birders. Also 184 Curlews, 250+ Avocets, three Bar-tailed Godwits, nine Grey Plovers, 18 Grey Herons, a Great White Egret, two Little Egrets, four Chiffchaffs, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Grey Wagtail, 40 Meadow Pipits and a Clouded Yellow and a Speckled Wood. (MK).

Yellow-browed Warbler by Mike King

Yellow-browed Warbler by Mike King

Yellow-browed Warbler by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     The very elusive GLOSSY IBIS dropped into South Lake this afternoon for just 10 minutes at 1:35pm. (Terry Stevenson).

Sharpness     Around the shore at the far end of Dock Road 12 Wigeon, a Common Sandpiper, two Grey Herons, two Stonechats, two Meadow Pipits, six Linnets, a Grey Wagtail, a Green Woodpecker, c200 Starlings and a hunting male Sparrowhawk. (Chris Newton).

Frampton pools     35 Cattle Egrets, three Great White Egrets, five Little Egrets, five Grey Herons, 11 Wigeon, four Pochards, 53 Gadwalls, 16 Shovelers, 44 Teal, a Green Sandpiper, 34 Cormorants, 14 Great Crested Grebes, six Little Grebes, three Kingfishers, six Mistle Thrushes, five Jays, four Chiffchaffs and three Tawny Owls this evening. (Nick Goatman).

WWT Slimbridge     335 Avocets off of Middle Point this afternoon, a site record. (Ian Hull).

Saul Warth     Early morning no tide, 162 Curlews, three Bar-tailed Godwits, six Grey Plovers, 100 Dunlins, nine Grey Herons, a female Marsh Harrier, two Kestrels, two Swallows flew S, a Chiffchaff, a Reed Bunting, 24 Linnets, 45 Meadow Pipits, a Rock Pipit, a Grey Wagtail, 12 Long-tailed Tits and a male Stonechat. 11 Cattle Egrets with cows in the field across the road from the end of Hock Ditch. (MK).

Cleeve Hill     On the east side including the Wontley loop, 23 Stonechats, a Wheatear, a Whinchat, three Corn Buntings and good numbers of Skylarks, Meadow Pipits and Goldfinches building up, especially in the weedy stubbles along the gallops. (Ian Ralphs). Also this morning a Skylark, a Red Kite, a Buzzard, Linnets, a Yellowhammer and a Snipe flushed from the dew pond. (Howard Smith). Two Curlews flew S this morning calling. (John Kime).

Whinchat with a Stonechat by Ian Ralphs

Yellowhammer by Howard Smith

Frampton     On Court Lake this afternoon two Swallows, a Marsh Harrier, a Great White Egret and four Little Grebes. This evening c50 Cattle Egrets roosted. (Nick Goatman).

Standish     A flock of 21 Jays over at 10:15am and a further 15 seen in the general area. Also a Red Kite over at 11:15am. (Gordon Avery).

Coombe Hill Meadows    This afternoon 3+ Buzzards, a Kestrel, three Ravens, three Bullfinches, two Chiffchaffs and 20+ Linnets. Also 6+ Willow Emerald damselflies, 12+ Migrant Hawkers, 12+ Common Darters and 25+ Clouded Yellow butterflies. (Paul Clark). A Kestrel, a Sparrowhawk, a Long-tailed Tit family, a Goldfinch, a Linnet and Moorhens and Mallards. (Sarah Townsend).

Long-tailed Tit by Sarah Townsend

Lydney/Aylburton     High counts of 47 Grey Plovers and 25 Stonechats between Lydney and Aylburton Warth. Also 35 Teal, seven Golden Plovers, a Whimbrel, five Snipe, four Little Egrets, two Kestrels, a Kingfisher, two Whinchats, 80+ Linnets, six Reed Buntings and 10+ Clouded Yellow butterflies. (Andy Jayne).

Arlingham     An OSPREY heading in the Slimbridge/Saul direction at 12:15pm, being mobbed by gulls. Also a BRAMBLING in the village. (James Robinson).

WWT Slimbridge     A PECTORAL SANDPIPER still from Zeiss hide today. A Wood Sandpiper from Robbie Garnett hide. (Oliver Paisey). A Hobby hunting over the Bottom New Piece and a Kingfisher from Martin Smith hide. (Roberta Goodall/David Creber). Three Greenshanks on the Rushy today. (Terry Stevenson).

Saul Warth     Fogbound early morning, three Curlews, a Chiffchaff, a Blackcap, four Reed Buntings, a Greenfinch, a patch scarcity, 12 Linnets, eight Meadow Pipits, a male Stonechat and four Reed Buntings. Ten Cattle Egrets with cows in the field across the road from the end of Hock Ditch. (MK).

Nailsworth     At Chavenage Lane, five Red Kites, 40+ Goldfinches, five Corn Buntings and a Clouded Yellow butterfly. At Barton End 70+ Corn Buntings, 100+ Skylarks, 70+ Linnets, 150+ Golden Plovers which circled high before disappearing, three Red Kites and a Stonechat. (Terry Grant).

Slad Valley     A Goshawk this morning. (Paul Golding).

Halmore     Two Marsh Harriers (a patch tick) circling high above a local wood this morning with a Buzzard, then headed west towards the Severn. Also two Bullfinches, a male Kingfisher, a Spotted Flycatcher, a Grey Wagtail, and two Holly Blues and a Painted Lady. (Chris Newton).

Marsh Harrier by Chris Newton

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area this afternoon two Hobbies briefly circled the scrape area before going high and drifted NW, a Red Kite, three Kestrels, eight Buzzards, a Great White Egret flew towards Elmore Back, five Grey Herons, 14 Stonechats, 20+ Meadow Pipits, three Reed Buntings, a Cetti’s Warbler, two Jays, two Roe Deer and a Clouded Yellow butterfly. (Steve Pullen).

Saul Warth     Early afternoon t high tide 216 Avocets, 114 Curlews, 12 Grey Plovers, two Curlew Sandpipers, two Sanderlings, four Little Stints, a Ruff, unusual on the river, 400 Dunlins, 50 Ringed Plovers, six Little Egrets, 20 Cattle Egrets (opposite the parking), two Red Kites, three Peregrines, the escaped Greater Flamingo, 15 Jays flew east, male and female Stonechat, two Chiffchaffs, 36 Meadow Pipits and six Reed Buntings. No sign of the probable Semi-palmated Sandpiper seen by Martin McGill yesterday. Also a Clouded Yellow, two Red Admirals and a mating pair of Common Darters. (MK/Martin McGill/Laurie Matthews/Steve Rickard). Also six Bar-tailed Godwits and three Knots. (Laurie Matthews).

Ruff by Mike King

Walmore Common     This morning a Gadwall, 13 Teal, two Jack Snipe, eight Snipe, a Cattle Egret, a Sparrowhawk, a Kestrel, a Kingfisher, a Whinchat and a pair of Stonechats. (Andy Jayne).

WWT Slimbridge     This morning on the Rushy three Greenshanks and nine Spotted Redshanks. (Paul Clark).

Nailsworth     At Barton End, 150+ Golden Plovers, 80+ Linnets, 47 Corn Buntings, 20 Goldfinches, 40+ Skylarks and four Red Kites. In the Chavenage Lane area two Red Kites, five Buzzards, a Stoat and a Clouded Yellow butterfly. (Terry Grant).

Stoat by Terry Grant

Kingscote     40+ Red Kites following a cultivating tractor today. (Joshua Hamblin).

Ashleworth Ham     A CES ringing session caught 33 birds including two Blackcaps, six Chiffchaffs, five Stonechats and seven Reed Buntings. On the reserve a Mute Swan, Greylags heard, a Tawny Owl calling at first light, ten Skylarks, two Meadow Pipits, three Chiffchaffs and two Ravens. (Mike Smart/Ashleworth ringing team).

Saul Warth     Early morning at low tide, 250 Avocets, a Greenshank, 121 Curlews, a Bar-tailed Godwit, six Grey Plovers, 200 Dunlins, 17 Grey Herons, two Little Egrets, three Common Cranes, 65 Shelducks, a male Marsh Harrier, a Raven, two Jays, three Stonechats, a Wheatear, three Chiffchaffs and a Swallow. (MK). On the ebb tide early afternoon two juvenile Little Stints and and one adult, three Sanderlings, 79 Ringed Plovers, 14 Grey Plovers, a Ruff and unbelievably the GUILLEMOT still, present in the estuary for most of September. (Martin McGill).

Stonechat by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     The PECTORAL SANDPIPER from Zeiss hide at midday again. (Ian Hull). Five Egyptian Geese on the Tack Piece at 8:20am. From Middle Point 12 ARCTIC TERNS flew downstream at 9:40am. Also eight Grey Plovers, a Bar-tailed Godwit and a Wheatear. (Ian Ralphs).

Westbury-on-Severn    Around Westbury Strand this afternoon two adult Mediterranean Gulls, a Red Kite, three Ravens, a Whinchat, three Stonechats and 42 Pied Wagtails. (Andy Jayne).

Frampton     Around the pools this evening a Hobby, 48 Cattle Egrets, four Great White Egret, ten Little Egrets, a Green Sandpiper, 54 Teal, 39 Wigeon, two Shovelers, 20 Mallards, 48 Gadwalls, four Little Grebes, a Water Rail, five Chiffchaffs, two Blackcaps and a Tawny Owl. (Nick Goatman).

Longney     This afternoon seven Stonechats, four Grey Herons, three Little Egrets, eight Mallards, four Canada Geese and a Buzzard. (John Fletcher).

Buzzard by John Fletcher

WWT Slimbridge     Six GREATER SCAUP flew from upstream, circled Middle Point, then went back upriver and were lost to view near Hock Cliff. (Martin McGill). On the Rushy a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, two Greenshanks, 3+ Spotted Redshanks, six Ruff, two Green Sandpipers, 20+ Black-tailed Godwits, 8+ Snipe, a Kingfisher, a Sparrowhawk and a Grey Wagtail. A Wood Sandpiper and three Knot on South Lake. (Paul Clark/Roberta Goodall). 13 Grey Plovers and a Wheatear at Middle Point. (Ian Ralphs). A female Pintail and a Little Grebe in the Eider pen. (Steve Pullen). From Zeiss hide this afternoon, two Marsh Harriers occasionally hunting together, a Peregrine on the far end of the cross fence and a Sparrowhawk. Several Cetti’s Warblers calling from the reeds. (Chris Newton).

Marsh Harriers by Chris Newton

Saul Warth     450 Dunlins, two Little Stints, a Sanderling, a Common Sandpiper, a Curlew Sandpiper, a Knot, 100 Curlews, 50 Ringed Plovers, six Grey Plovers, 84 Shelducks, 11 Grey Herons, four Little Egrets, the escaped female Greater Flamingo, two Kestrels, five Wheatears together, four Stonechats, two Skylarks, 20 Meadow Pipits, eight Pied Wagtails, two Chiffchaffs, nine Linnets and a Reed Bunting. (MK).

Dunlins by Mike King

Wheatear by Mike King

Frampton    56 Cattle Egrets in Court Lake roost this evening. Also three Great White Egrets, 11 Little Egrets, five Grey Herons, a Water Rail, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, a female Pintail and a Grey Plover over. (Nick Goatman).

Rendcomb     A Kingfisher from the bridge today. (Steve Brown).

Elkstone     Viewing South from Sparrowthorn, 13 Ravens, five Red Kites and two Buzzards up together in a stiff breeze, several Red Kites and Buzzards distantly. Also two male Kestrels, a House Martin over, a Nuthatch and a Yellowhammer. (Steve Brown).