Daglingworth     A BLACK REDSTART back on the roof of Manor Farm this afternoon at SO99640489. Also two Stonechats. (Andrew Morrison).

WWT Slimbridge     From the Estuary Tower a Pink-footed Goose on the Dumbles. (Bernie O’Connor). A drake Mandarin on Rushy today. (Bettie Sloane).

Stonehouse     At Stanley Downton this evening a female Sparrowhawk near the water treatment site and a Dipper at Stanley Downton farm. (Paul Sutton).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Early this morning at least 120 Canada Geese and 400 Greylags had all moved out by 7:10am. A lot of Snipe heard calling before first light but not seen. Also this morning c80 Wigeon feeding around the scrapes first thing, 12 Mute Swans and on Long Pool 120 Wigeon, three Gadwalls, 30 Teal, 20 Mallards, 35 Shovelers, 12 Cormorants flew over N, two Grey Herons, two Meadow Pipits, a Skylark over and at least 50 Fieldfares in the hedges. (Mike Smart).

Nottingham Hill     Two Red Kites circling on the Woodmancote/Bishops Cleeve side at 1pm. Also 1 or 2 Ravens regularly in the area. (Mark Forknall).

Sharpness    A male BLACK REDSTART still by the tall building along Dock Road early afternoon. (Andy Jordan).

Tetbury Upton     A ringtail HEN HARRIER today at 10:15am, quartering fields off the B4014 opposite the Chavenage Lane junction. (Michael Cook).

Forest of Dean     Three Hawfinches in the Yew trees next to the Cricket pitch in Crown Lane. (Steve Palmer).

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge late afternoon a Marsh Harrier and a nice display of Starlings over the reed bed looking south. (Paul Rich).

Kingswood, Wotton-under-Edge     At least 50 Siskins this morning at ST751918 feeding on Alders along the stream-side footpath from Nind to Kingswood. (Vic Polley).

Rodley    14 Snipe, 11 Little Egrets, four Cattle Egrets, five Stonechats and a large flock of finches including Linnets and Goldfinches near the river. (David Smith).

Hawling     A Barn Owl and a Tawny Owl and another calling a few hundred yards away. (Cas & Luther Hambling age 11 & 9).

Birdlip     c400 Golden Plovers near the Air Balloon pub beside the A417 at 10:30am. (Duncan Dine).

Brockworth     A Raven in Tesco car park this morning. ( Julie Loxley).

Cleeve Hill     A small mobile flock of Fieldfares and Redwings, two Goldcrests and a Woodcock. (Les Ditchburn).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A Bullfinch between the car park and the Grundon hide this morning. (Steve Mockford).

WWT Slimbridge     The SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF still by the Willow hide singing in trees above the path. (Kate Fox).

Frampton     This afternoon an orange wing-tagged Marsh Harrier and a Chiffchaff at Splatt Bridge. Around the pools two male Pochards, four Little Egrets and three Chiffchaffs at the Sailing Lake. 24 Shovelers, seven Wigeon, 58 Gadwalls, two Egyptian Geese and a female Mandarin at Court Lake. (Gordon Hodgson).

Coombe Hill Meadows     The unringed adult Common Crane flew in at 4:35pm, circled several times and left. (Ian Hull/Les Ditchburn/Mike Smart). Also this afternoon 11 Mute Swans, many hundreds of Greylags and Canada Geese coming in to roost but too dark to count, 180 Wigeon, two Gadwalls, 20 Teal, ten Mallards, 25 Shovelers, eight Pintails, two Grey Herons, two Little Grebes, two Coots, two Buzzards, a Golden Plover over calling, a Little Owl calling from the Wharf after dark, a Meadow Pipit, two Stonechats and 130+ Fieldfares. (Mike Smart).

Ashleworth Ham     The unringed adult Common Crane flew over S from Coombe Hill quite high at 4:55pm. Also this afternoon 259 Canada Geese, 222 Greylags, 37 Mallards, 19 Teal, 63 Wigeon, three Moorhens, a Barnacle Goose, 47 Fieldfares, three Chaffinches, a Peregrine and a Buzzard. (John Fletcher).

Common Crane by John Fletcher

Coombe Hill Meadows     The unringed adult Common Crane came in to roost at 5:05pm. Also 50 Cormorants going over S. (Duncan Dine/Jeremy Squire/Ian Hull).

Common Crane by Duncan Dine

WWT Slimbridge     The SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF still by the Willow hide singing in trees above the path. Two Little Stints and a Curlew Sandpiper from Zeiss hide. (Slimbridge Sightings). The BITTERN seen in flight from the Kingfisher hide towards the Zeiss hide. (Martin Price).

Bittern by Martin Price

Cotswold Water Park West     This morning at Shorncote seven Little Grebes, a Little Egret, four Shovelers, a Red Kite, male and female Sparrowhawk, a Kestrel, 71 Lapwings, a Water Rail calling, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, two Grey Wagtails, six Stonechats (4m, 2f), 130+ Fieldfares and Redwings, three Cetti’s Warblers, two Goldcrests and a female Reed Bunting. (Jon Mercer).

Minchinhampton Common     242 Golden Plovers dropped into the regular roost up to 4:45 pm. (Terry Grant).

Tewkesbury     At Cowfield Farm 12+ Redwings, a Water Rail and a doe Roe Deer. (Les Ditchburn).

Cobney Meadows     13 Wigeon, 25 Teal, 27 Mallards and 30 Fieldfares this afternoon. (Mike Smart).

Leigh Meadows     A Grey Heron, a Buzzard, a Peregrine on the pylons, a Green Sandpiper and 30+ Fieldfares this afternoon. (Mike Smart).

Forest of Dean    A BLACK REDSTART and a Grey Wagtail on the roof of St Paul’s Church at Parkend. 4 or 5 pairs or Stonechats and a Fallow Deer stag at Crabtree Hill but no sign of the Great Grey Shrike. (Chris Snook).

Black Redstart by Chris Snook

Stonechat by Chris Snook

Fallow Deer by Chris Snook

At Cannop Ponds at 4:30pm a Dipper at the sluice by the stoneworks and two Grey Wagtails. On the pond opposite six Greylags, seven Coots, 17 pairs of Mallards and two males and 32+ Mandarins. (Christine Mora).

Nailsworth area     At Calcot Manor a late Swallow, seven Stonechats, 1800+ Fieldfares, 40+ Redwings, 3+ Bramblings, 45+ Golden Plovers and 3,800+ Common Gulls going to roost. At Hazlecote Farm a late Wheatear still. (Terry Grant).

WWT Slimbridge     The SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF still by the Willow hide singing in trees above the path. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Coombe Hill Meadows    Eight Pink-footed Geese at 1:30pm but flew off S at 1:40pm. (Roger Gillespie). This afternoon 50 Canada Geese, five Shovelers, eight Snipe flushed from a ditch, 50 Fieldfares, eight Cormorants flew over and 12 Mute Swans. At 4:35pm the unringed Common Crane flew in from the NE landed and stayed until it was completely dark, and was obviously going to roost. (Mike Smart).

Frampton    At Splatt Bridge this morning a Marsh Harrier still showing well, a House Martin, 4+ Stonechats and a Chiffchaff. (Gordon Hodgson).

Driffield     88 Golden Plovers this afternoon at SU066988. (John Grearson).

Ryeford     A Dipper singing on the Frome this morning between Ryeford and Stanley Downton. (Simon Spedding).

Forest of Dean     A GREAT GREY SHRIKE at Crabtree Hill at 12:20pm today. (Gavin Black).

Fretherne     25 Little Egrets and two CATTLE EGRETS in a roadside field. (Terry Grant).

Quedgeley     A pair of Ravens at Tesco at 11:20am. (MK).

Raven by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge    The SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF still in trees just before Willow hide calling intermittently and showing well at times. A few Chiffchaffs calling in the Decoy. 41 White-fronted Geese still on Dumbles. (James Robinson).  From Zeiss hide two Little Stints, 97 Golden Plovers, 13 Ruff and two Spotted Redshanks today. An adult Yellow-legged Gull on South Lake. (Ian Hull). A  female/immature Marsh Harrier N of Mid Point this afternoon. (Mark Hobson).

Frampton pools     A Chiffchaff, a Cetti’s Warbler seen, a Grey Wagtail, 6+ Siskins, a female Bullfinch, the ringed Black-headed Gull 27N4 still, two Nuthatches heard, an adult Yellow-legged Gull and 4+ Migrant Hawkers and 3+ Common Darters today. (MK).

Arlingham     402 Canada Geese, a Bar-headed Goose and a Stonechat nearby. (Terry Grant).

Newnham-on-Severn     A Brambling in the garden this morning. (David Smith).

Stinchcombe Hill     A Stonechat, a singing Chiffchaff, a Lesser Redpoll, three Linnets, 15 Chaffinches, a Grey Wagtail, 31 Common Gulls and a few Redwings and Fieldfares this morning. (James Robinson).

Maisemore     From Church Road, along the lake to the weir and upper parting from mid afternoon until twilight a Kingfisher, 19 Mallards, seven Moorhens, three Mute Swans, 37 Fieldfares, five Redwings, a Long-tailed Tit, two Mistle Thrushes, a Green Woodpecker, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, 75+ Jackdaws, a Buzzard and 106 Black-headed Gulls. (John Fletcher).

Redwing by John Fletcher

Sharpness     An adult male BLACK REDSTART by tallest building along Dock Road this morning. (Andy Jordan).

WWT Slimbridge     At Willow Hide a SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF singing near the hide above the path and a Water Rail under the feeders. From Zeiss hide 21 White-fronted Geese on the Bottom New Piece. Also 73 Golden Plovers, Peregrine and MERLIN.  (Slimbridge Sightings)/Helen Bojaniwska). From the Van de Bovenkamp hide a BITTERN seen preening and then flew into the reedbed towards Kingfisher hide at 10:10am, (Mike Davis).

Nailsworth area     A Red Kite, a late Wheatear at Hazlecote Farm and ten Stonechats at Calcot Manor. (Terry Grant).

Coombe Hill Meadows    c100 Wigeon, c80 Canada Geese, 15 Shovelers, c35 Long-tailed Tits, c100 Redwings, two Buzzards, c10 Teal, a Chaffinch, c25 Goldfinches, two Great Spotted Woodpecker and 30 Cormorants. (Caspar & Luther Hambling age 11 & 9).

Westonbirt     15 Crossbills in pines this morning. c500 Golden Plovers roosting on an arable field 1km W of Hunters Hall, S of the A4135. (Eric Palmer). A male Crossbill this morning in the Arboretum. (Adam Rawson).

Frampton     Around the pools a MERLIN, a Blackcap, a Chiffchaff, 84 Wigeon, 32 Gadwalls, 14 Shovelers, 363 Coots, 143 Mute Swan, two Pochards, eight Great Crested Grebes, two Little Grebes, 22 Mallards, two Stonechats, 103 Redwings, 26 Fieldfares, 34 Skylarks, eight Siskins, 37 Meadow Pipits, 16 Reed Buntings and 100+ Linnets today. A CATTLE EGRET and 13 Little Egrets over the garden this evening. (Nick Goatman).

Netheridge Farm     In stubble fields N of the Barn Owl Centre this morning a Green Sandpiper, two Snipe, a female Stonechat and 20+ Linnets. (Mark Hobson).

Stinchcombe Hill     This morning two Lesser Redpolls, six Siskins and a Chiffchaff. (James Robinson).

Ashleworth Ham    Eight Snipe and two possible Jack Snipe, in the boggy field with the public footpath just off Stank Lane. (Sarah Loaring).

Cheltenham     A Grey Wagtail in the gardens at Westbourne Drive, Pittville early afternoon. (Clare McNulty).

WWT Slimbridge     From Kingfisher hide a BITTERN seen twice flying between reedbeds this morning. (Aled Phillips).

Rodborough     A SWIFT species, intermittently for 10 minutes only, at 2pm during rain. (Francis Steuck).

Coombe Hill Meadows   Early morning from Grundon hide an unringed Common Crane, an adult Whooper Swan, nine Mute Swans, 490 Greylags, 245 Canada Geese and two Egyptian Geese all of these had left by 7:45am. Also this morning 126 Wigeon, two Gadwalls, 37 Mallards, nine Shovelers, five Pintails, a Teal, a Little Owl calling by the Wharf in the dark, two Meadow Pipits, 25 Fieldfares and two Stonechats. (Mike Smart).

Cotswold Water Park East     At the Pit 125-127 complex 200+ Tufted Ducks, 200+ Coots, 2000+ Black-headed Gulls on the roost early on, five Siskins over, two Ravens and six Cetti’s Warbler. (Ian Ralphs).

Halmore     A Marsh Tit in the garden today, first sighting since January, and two Greenfinches. Also a flock of c120 Meadow Pipits and daily morning flights of up to c300 Canada Geese heading SW. (Chris Newton).

Frampton pools     14 Pochards, 12+ Shovelers, a pair of Wigeon, 30+ Tufted Ducks, 120+ Mute Swans, 200+ Coots, a Little Grebe, two Little Egrets, a Grey Wagtail, 40+ Meadow Pipits, a Lesser Redpoll, a Cetti’s Warbler seen, an adult Yellow-legged Gull and a Muntjac beside the Blue Pool. (MK). A Sand Martin and Swallow over the Sailing Lake at midday. (Martin McGill). The Sand Martin over the horse field late afternoon, also a Chiffchaff. (Nick Goatman). Vis-mig this morning N of Splatt Bridge 76 Meadow Pipits, 54 Redwings, 46 Linnets, 12 Fieldfares, 34 Lapwings, two Golden Plovers, eight alba Wagtails, 22 Chaffinches, two Bramblings, five Reed Buntings, a Swallow, a Rock Pipit, a Yellowhammer, a Siskin and a Lesser Redpoll. (Gordon Hodgson). Splatt Bridge late morning a Sand Martin, a Kingfisher and a Water Rail. (Bob Williams/Peter Humby).

Shoveler by Mike King

Ashleworth Ham    Early morning 83 Greylags, two Egyptian Geese, a Canada Goose in the overnight roost. 120 Wigeon, 40 Teal, 40 Shovelers, 80 Mallards, a Snipe, 40 Fieldfares and a Reed Bunting heard. (Mike Smart).

Cress Green     A Swallow hawking over a hedge SW of Cress Green at SO783046. (Nigel Birch).

Stinchcombe Hill     This morning a RING OUZEL heard alarm calling from deep cover but not seen, 11 Lesser Redpolls, three Siskins, four Chiffchaffs ,20+ Redwings, seven Skylarks, nine Meadow Pipits, 27 Chaffinches, 30+ Goldfinches and 18 Common Gulls. (Neil Smart).

Saul Warth     This evening c20 Curlews, a pair of Stonechats and two Mistle Thrushes. (Richard Williams). Saul village mid-morning a CATTLE EGRET, five Little Egrets and Mandarins. (Bob Williams/Peter Humby).

Chavenage Lane     700+ Redwings, 350+ Fieldfares and 45+ Chaffinches all from the E and NE, also two Stonechats. (Terry Grant).

WWT Slimbridge    Two Spotted Redshanks on South Lake. (Ian Hull). A Little Stint from Zeiss hide. 43 White-fronted Geese on the Bottom New Piece. (Tim Jukes).

Cotswold Water Park East    At Pit 132 two Dunlins, three Chiffchaffs and a Little Owl. (Duncan Dine).

Stanley Downton     22 Redwings flew W across the water treatment plant at 5:15pm. Also an adult Pied Wagtail and two juveniles. An adult Peregrine on a pylon at Ryeford 6:10pm. (Paul Sutton).

Frampton     A DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE this morning at Saul Warth soon relocated to Splatt flashes N of Splatt Bridge. (Neil Smart). Also early afternoon an adult Yellow-legged Gull flew in at 2:15pm, also Ruff, Greenshank, six Shelducks, a Water Rail calling, a Kestrel, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, three Skylarks, a Kingfisher, a Chiffchaff, a female Stonechat and a flock of 21 Long-tailed Tits. (MK). On the Sailing Lake late afternoon a Sand Martin still, two Chiffchaffs and an adult Yellow-legged Gull. (Nick Goatman).

Dark-bellied Brent Goose by Mike King

Dark-bellied Brent Goose & Yellow-legged Gull by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     A SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF singing and showing well along Estuary Walkway this morning. A CATTLE EGRET in the Tin Shed Ground with longhorn cattle viewed from the Van de Bovenkamp hide. Also 46 White-fronted Geese on site this morning.  (Slimbridge Sightings).

Sharpness/Purton     Along the canal two OTTERS, also in the area a Common Sandpiper, two Stonechats, two Blackcaps and two Chiffchaffs. (Paul Taylor).

Leckhampton Hill    A late Swallow, a flyover Crossbill and 200+ Golden Plovers which circled for 10 minutes but didn’t land. (Mark Dowie).

Coombe Hill Meadows    A Whooper Swan still this afternoon. Also 200+ Greylags settled on the Long Pool. (Paul Clark).

Deerhurst     A MERLIN flew over high S this evening. (Jeremy Squire).

Stonehouse     Three Green Sandpipers calling in flight over Oldends SO793054 at 9:30am. (Richard Lansdown).

Hasfield Ham     This afternoon from Stank Lane a Peregrine sharing a pylon with a Raven, also a male Great Spotted Woodpecker near the start of the lane. (Andy & Sue Gibbons).

Tewkesbury N.R.     This afternoon a male Stonechat beside the River Swilgate. (Andy & Sue Gibbons).

Dursley     A Stonechat this morning between Whiteway and Rockstowes. (Phil Pope).

Calcot Manor & Chavenage Road     12 Stonechats and 1700+ Woodpigeons. (Terry Grant).