Frampton     The GREAT WHITE EGRET on the pond on Rosamund’s Green by the Three Horseshoes again this afternoon. (Matt Plenty).

Great White Egret (a different perspective) by Matt Plenty

Awre     This morning a Little Egret, four Ringed Plovers, two Curlew Sandpipers, 58 Dunlins, two Little Stints, three Common Sandpipers, three Hobbies, two Ravens, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Sedge Warbler, a Reed Warbler, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Whitethroat, a Nuthatch, a Whinchat, two Wheatears and a SW passage of nine Yellow Wagtails, 195 Meadow Pipits and four Siskins. (Andy Jayne).

Saul Warth     This morning a Redstart, a Yellow Wagtail, 24 Meadow Pipits, a Lesser Whitethroat, 3+ Blackcaps, 6+ Chiffchaffs, two Swallows, three Little Egrets, four Bar-tailed Godwits, a Raven, a Kestrel and a pale Buzzard. Many butterflies including Comma, Small Copper and Red Admiral and Migrant Hawkers. (MK/Paul Masters). Later two Redstarts, a Wheatear, a Hobby and a Little Owl. (Terry Grant).

Redstart by Mike King

Comma by Mike King

Arlingham     At least seven Stonechats in a hedgerow near the river, four of them males. (Terry Grant).

Elkstone     A Peregrine alarming the local songbirds. Also two Wheatears. (Andy Lewis).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Six Mute Swans, 20 Mallards, a Gadwall, eight Teal, two Grey Herons, at least 30 Swallows and six House Martins moving SW, 15 Meadow Pipits, five Skylarks, 5+ Chiffchaffs and 20 Linnets. At Ashleworth two Greylags, 20 Mallards and a Grey Heron round the main scrape pool. (Mike Smart).

Purton     An adult LONG-TAILED SKUA going down the Severn past Purton/Sharpness following the W bank at 8:46am, then seemed to then cut inland due W at Sharpness heading towards the Lydney area. (Francis Steuck).

WWT Slimbridge     12 CATTLE EGRETS on South Lake this morning but flew off at 9:50am. Returned to the Rushy at 12:30pm and later in the roadside approach fields at 1:55pm. Also an adult and two Spotted Redshanks on South Lake. (Dot Jones/Tim Jukes). A Hobby and a Peregrine on the cross fence from Zeiss hide. (Roy Kinchin). An adult Yellow-legged Gull briefly on South Lake. (Mark Coller).

Cattle Egrets by Roy Kinchin

Chalford     Two Little Egrets in the stream. (Richard Williams).

Paxford     A WRYNECK picked up dead after flying into a window today. (Vivien Lee).

Cherington     At Cherington Lake and in the surrounding wooded area two Goldcrests, a male Blackcap, two Song Thrushes, a Goldfinch, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, a Green Woodpecker, two Buzzards, two Mute Swans, 25 Mallards, four Moorhens and two Coots. (John Fletcher).

Forest of Dean     At Mitcheldean at 11am c40 House Martins over and another c30 gradually passing over at 2pm. (Chris Keeling).

Stinchcombe Hill     This morning birds included a Grey Wagtail over, two Spotted Flycatchers by the 12th tee, 50 Pied Wagtails, ten Chiffchaffs and a Marsh Tit singing. This evening a Goshawk floating over towards Dursley. (James Robinson).

Frampton     A Kingfisher and a Yellow-legged Gull on the Sailing Lake this morning. (Les Ditchburn). Early morning the GREAT WHITE EGRET on the pond on Rosamund’s Green by the Three Horseshoes until 9am at least. (Phil Cull).

Saul Warth     Two Lesser Whitethroats, a Whitethroat, two Blackcaps, ten Chiffchaffs, 3+ Nuthatches, a Coal Tit, a Hobby, a Kestrel, 10+ Swallows, 20+ Meadow Pipits, three Little Egrets and four Bar-tailed Godwits still with the Curlews. Also three Small Coppers. (MK). On the river two GREAT WHITE EGRETS, one later on Saul Lodge pond. (Mike Ingleby/Ken Heron/Jenny Jones/Les Ditchburn).

WWT Slimbridge     A CATTLE EGRET, a Curlew Sandpiper and a Spotted Redshank on South Lake today. (Roberta Goodall).

Stroud     A Dipper and a Grey Wagtail at Frome Banks N.R. at lunchtime. (Richard Williams/Simon Ashley).

Nailsworth     Birds over Barton End early morning included 90 Siskins and a Red Kite. (Francis Steuck).

Tutshill/Lancaut     An immature Peregrine on cliffs opposite Chepstow this afternoon. Seven Common Sandpiper on the bend around Lancaut and five Little Egrets and several Grey Herons N of there. (Mike Moxon).

Forest of Dean     Four Little Grebes and a female Mandarin at Cannop Upper Pond today. (Chris Keeling).

Cleeve Hill     A male Redstart this afternoon at the Bill Smyllie Butterfly Reserve. (Duncan Dine).

Maisemore     Either side of Church Road, along the lake to the weir this afternoon three Whinchats, two Stonechats, a Willow Warbler, 25+ Goldfinches, a Spotted Flycatcher, two Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Green Woodpecker, three Red-legged Partridges, eight Long-tailed Tits, two Cormorants, 31 Mallards, six Moorhens, four Tufted Ducks and nine Mute Swans. (John Fletcher).

Whinchat by John Fletcher

Tarlton     A ringtail HEN HARRIER in low flight due W across open country and was obviously passing through at ST955999 at 2pm today. (Martin Wright).

Frampton     A GREAT WHITE EGRET on the pond on Rosamund’s Green by the Three Horseshoes until 2:40pm at least. (Nick Goatman/MK/Jonathan Bull).

Great White Egret by Mike King

Great White Egret by Mike King

Saul Warth    At HT 184+ Curlews, four Bar-tailed Godwits, 20 Knot, 12 Dunlins, six Ringed Plovers and nine Little Egrets. In the hedgerows 10+ Chiffchaffs, two Blackcaps, two Whitethroats, a pair of Stonechats and 24 Meadow Pipits being hunted by a Kestrel. (MK).

Calcot Manor     A Hawfinch, 180+ Goldfinches, 60+ Linnets, two possibly three Stonechats, and a fairly large movement of Willow Warblers, Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps and a Whitethroat. (Terry Grant).

Cleeve Hill     Flocks of 25 Corn Buntings, 75 Goldfinches and 40 Linnets on unharvested wheat crop at West Down, and a female Adder nearby. (Roger Wasley).

Adder by Roger Wasley

Berkeley     Two Wheatears by Severn House Farm, a large Egret sp on the pond and a brood of Green Woodpeckers in the grounds of the Power Station. (Andrew Jones).

Highnam Woods     This afternoon two Goldcrests, five Nuthatches, four Great Spotted Woodpeckers, two Marsh Tits, a Jay, four Pied Wagtails, a Sparrowhawk, three Ravens and three Buzzards. (John Fletcher).

Forest of Dean     This morning at Crabtree Hill a Buzzard, four Stonechats, five Goldfinches and a Green Woodpecker. (Martin Russell).

Stonechat by Martin Russell

Frampton     A GREAT WHITE EGRET on the pond on Rosamund’s Green by the Three Horseshoes until 3:30pm at least. (Paul Davies).

Great White Egret by Paul Davies

Great White Egret by Paul Davies

Frampton pools     A Whimbrel with nine Curlews over, two Hobbies, two Reed Warblers, a Shoveler, 12 Tufted Ducks, four Little Grebes, two Sand Martins, four House Martins and two Swallows this evening. (Nick Goatman).

Saul Warth    At high tide 192+ Curlews, four Bar-tailed Godwits, ten Knot, five Little Egrets, five Pintails, a female Stonechat, 3+ Chiffchaffs, a Willow Warbler, male and juvenile Blackcap. Also first Small Coppers, a Brown Hawker, Migrant Hawkers, an Emperor and Common Darters. (MK).

Netheridge Farm     At the Barn Owl Centre this morning six Siskins S, two singing Cetti’s Warbler and 13 Swallows. (Mark Hobson).

Ebley     Two Hobbies over the garden at 1:20pm. (Martin Greenish).

Selsley Common/Penn Wood     Two Spotted Flycatchers, eight Mistle Thrushes, c15-20 Siskins and a juvenile Hobby today. (Duerden Cormack).

Cleeve Hill    Large feeding flocks of finches and bunting on unharvested wheat crop at West Down c200 Goldfinches, 30 Corn Buntings, several Linnets and a Redstart. (Harvey Sherwood).

Lydney Harbour     At high tide this morning two Bar-headed Geese, also at least six Wheatears further W along the shoreline among the sea defence boulders. (Mike Ingleby).

Tewkesbury     Two Grey Wagtails and c6 Siskins at Tewkesbury Nature Reserve this morning. (Pete Long).

Minchinhampton Common     40+ Robins this morning. (Terry Grant).

Selsley Common     A Wheatear and 80+ Swallows this afternoon. (Terry Grant).

Nailsworth     A stag Roebuck in the garden today. (Terry Grant).

Roe Deer by Terry Grant

Toadsmoor Valley     On the large lake a Water Rail heard and a Kingfisher, a Sedge Warbler and three Reed Buntings. In the valley woodland birds included five Buzzards, a male Sparrowhawk, seven Collared Doves, five Bullfinches, a Treecreeper and three Goldcrests. Two Greenfinches and a Mistle Thrush at Bisley. In the garden at Bussage a Painted Lady today. (Mike Cook).

Winchcombe     A juvenile Sparrowhawk hit the lounge window; stunned but recovered and flew off after a few minutes today. (Peter Rodgers).

WWT Slimbridge     A WOODLARK in the approach fields with 24 Yellow Wagtails, three female Wheatears and Meadow Pipits. All the birds were flushed by a Marsh Harrier and it was not relocated. (Alan Baxter).

Saul Warth     At high tide a Bar-tailed Godwit with 90+ Curlews, three Dunlins, two Ringed Plovers, three Pintails, 30+ Shelducks, nine Little Egrets, a Peregrine on Frampton breakwater, a Marsh Harrier over the 100-Acre, a Yellow Wagtail, 6+ Meadow Pipits, two Chiffchaffs, a Blackcap, 22 Swallows, a House Martin and a Kingfisher on the canal. (MK). A Little Owl still at Fretherne this morning. (Marc Freebrey).

Little Owl by Marc Freebrey

Little Owl by Marc Freebrey

Hardwicke     A Cetti’s Warbler singing by the canal just S of Sellars Bridge this morning. (Paul Masters).

Forest of Dean     In the Cannop Ponds and Parkend area a Dipper, a Kingfisher, Pied and Grey Wagtails, Nuthatches, Coal Tits and a Wild Boar family (11+). At Crabtree Hill Stonechats, a Snipe and Crossbills. (Mike Davis).

Rendcomb     Two Dippers from the bridge early this morning. (Steve Brown).

Tewkesbury     At Walton Cardiff Lane this morning two Siskins, a Grey Wagtail and a Meadow Pipit. (Pete Long).

Gloucester     At Alney Island and on the old Barnwood brickworks pond five Common Sandpipers and a Green Sandpiper today. (Rob & Gillian Guest).

Guscar Rocks     A minimum of 426 Curlews, four Grey Herons, 11 Ringed Plovers, a Dunlin, a Redshank, a Common Sandpiper, 2+ Skylarks, five Swallows, 2+ Meadow Pipits, two Yellow Wagtails, a Wheatear and 1+ Chiffchaff today. (Mike Smart).

Frampton pools     Five Crossbills, a Wheatear, four Whinchats, three Willow Warblers, a Lesser Whitethroat, five Whitethroats, two Cetti’s Warblers, 39 Chiffchaffs, 23 Blackcaps, six Siskins, 45 Goldfinches, 145 Starlings, 61 Robins, a Peregrine and a Yellow-legged Gull. (Nick Goatman).

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning 35 Knot, including some in red summer plumage, eight Ringed Plovers, 91 Curlews, three Pintails, 60 Shelducks, 11 Little Egrets and four Grey Herons on the river. Around the Warth and hedgerows a Yellow Wagtail, a Pied Wagtail, 30+ Meadow Pipits being harrassed by two Kestrels, two Buzzards, a Lesser Whitethroat, a female Blackcap, two Chiffchaffs, six Swallows and male and female Stonechat. (MK). Also a Whinchat still. (Mike Ounsted).

WWT Slimbridge     A Marsh Harrier hunting the Long Ground pool this morning. (Neil Smart). An adult and a juvenile Spotted Redshank from Zeiss hide, also two Knots. (Roberta Goodall). Two Wheatears at Mid Point, a CATTLE EGRET on South Lake and a Jersey Tiger moth nearby. (Paul Masters). The GREAT WHITE EGRET from Knott hide again today. (Jonathan Bull).

Awre     A Spotted Flycatcher, a Sedge Warbler, a Reed Warbler, a Lesser Whitethroat, five Whitethroats, six Blackcaps, a Willow Warbler, ten Chiffchaffs, two Yellow Wagtails, two Wheatears, a Stonechat, a Whimbrel, five Curlews, four Ringed Plovers, two Dunlins, four Common Sandpiper, a Little Egret, a Peregrine, a Sparrowhawk and six Siskins over. (Lewis Thomson).

Berkeley     Two Whinchats and a Greenshank at the Pill early morning and two Wheatears just N of there. (Andy Jordan).

Highnam Woods     Birds today included Marsh Tits, a Treecreeper, a Goldcrest, a Buzzard, a Goshawk, Great Spotted Woodpeckers and a LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER. (Julie Loxley).

Winchcombe     A Tawny Owl calling after dark. (Andrew Worthington).

Stonehouse    A pair of Kingfishers chasing across the water at the Ocean at 3:30pm SO7979305049. (Paul Sutton).

Guscar Rocks    Seven Grey Herons, 24 Ringed Plovers, 14 Dunlins, up to 700 Curlews, 20+ Swallows moving downstream and 2+ Yellow Wagtails. (Mike Smart).

Selsley Common     Two Bar-headed Geese flew across the Common heading towards the estuary at 8:50am. (Colin Greenfield).

Tewkesbury     The GREAT WHITE EGRET this morning along the River Avon near the Sailing Club. (Sarah Loaring).

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning 80+ Curlews, a Bar-tailed Godwit, 19 Dunlins, three Sanderlings, two Common Sandpipers, six Pintails, a GREAT WHITE EGRET flew towards at Slimbridge, seven Little Egrets, 30+ Meadow Pipits, a Yellow Wagtail, a Siskin heard and six Swallows. Also Migrant Hawkers. (MK).

Pintails by Mike King

Migrant Hawker by Mike King

Cam     Early morning at Ashmead and Cam Peak, a Crossbill, 20+Siskins, a Little Owl, a Kestrel, two Buzzards, a Green Woodpecker, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Nuthatch numerous Meadow Pipits, Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps and an influx of Coal Tits and Goldcrests in the area. (Neil Smart).

Colesbourne     A Hobby disputing the airspace with a Goshawk and then with two Ravens today. (Andy Lewis).

Calcot Manor     Three Stonechats today. (Terry Grant).

Chapman Cross     Seven Whinchats and a Stonechat today. (Terry Grant).

WWT Slimbridge     A CATTLE EGRET from Zeiss hide and the leucistic/albino Great Black-backed Gull on the Dumbles again. (Dot Jones). The GREY SEAL seen briefly on the river again. (Helen Bojaniwska).

Lydney    10+ Yellow Wagtails in with Cattle W along the sea wall from the harbour. Also a few Siskins, Meadow Pipits and a Common Sandpipers. (Dan Watson).

Guscar Rocks     Two Canada Geese, two Teal, 12 Mallards, four Grey Herons, 19 Ringed Plovers, 14 Dunlins, a Redshank, c120 Curlews at Guscar another 300 on the edge of Aylburton Warth among them 15 colour-ringed birds, a Common Sandpiper, 100 Black-headed Gulls, two SANDWICH TERNS (heard flying past, then landed briefly among the Curlews), 5+ Skylarks, 5+ Meadow Pipits, 20+ Swallows, 2+ Yellow Wagtails and 10+ Pied Wagtails. (Mike Smart).

Cotswold Water Park East     At 10:45am a GLOSSY IBIS flew from the SE over Pit 126 then Pit 125, then it circled around and disappeared back to the SE. Not found on Pi 127, but could have gone to Pit 114. (John Durell). Three Wigeon on Pit 127. (Duncan Dine).

Staverton     A MERLIN over the airfield this evening. (Gord Avery).

WWT Slimbridge     An extreme leucistic or albino Great Black-backed Gull on the Dumbles today. Certainly a potential for mis-ID as Glaucous/Iceland in the future. (Scott Petrek/Tim Jukes). It was also off of Lydney Sands at 8am. (Andy Jayne). A Spotted Redshank and two CATTLE EGRETS from Zeiss hide. (Roy Kinchin). A GREAT WHITE EGRET from Knott hide on the Pillbox Pool. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Leucistic/albino Great Black-backed Gull by Tim Jukes

Leucistic/albino Great Black-backed Gull by Scott Petrek

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning 86 Curlews, two Knot, a Bar-tailed Godwit, a Greenshank, an Oystercatcher, 13 Little Egrets, a Grey Heron, three Whinchats, a tree-perching Wheatear, 20+ Meadow Pipits, a Yellow Wagtail, three Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroat, two Swallows, a female Stonechat, Great Spotted and Green Woodpecker, three Buzzards, a Kestrel and a Little Grebe on Saul Lodge pond. (MK).

Whitethroat by Mike King

Kestrel by Mike King

Nailsworth     VisMig this morning included five Goosanders, 240 Swallows and 35 Siskins S. (Francis Steuck).

Forest of Dean     Two Swifts high W over the garden in Littledean this morning. (Dan Watson). A Tawny Owl calling at 4:30am in Mitcheldean. (Chris Keeling).

Daglingworth     At least five Whinchats, three Stonechats and two Wheatears this afternoon. (Andrew Morrison).

Guscar Rocks     At this morning’s high tide two Wigeon, two Mallards, five Grey Herons, 75 Black-headed Gulls, an Oystercatcher, 31 Ringed Plovers, 10+ Dunlins, 520 Curlews, a Common Sandpiper, five Swallows, two Yellow Wagtails, two Wheatears, 1+ Chiffchaff, 35 Carrion Crows and two Jackdaws. (Mike Smart).

Stroud    At Lodgemore Mill pond five Little Egrets, a Kingfisher, a Grey Heron, eight female Tufted Ducks and a Sparrowhawk circling overhead. (Josh Adamms).

Little Egret by Josh Adamms

WWT Slimbridge     Two CATTLE EGRETS on the Rushy today. (Roberta Goodall). 3+ Wheatears at the end of the summer walkway. (Paul Clark).

Nailsworth     A Swift and a juvenile Hobby S this evening amidst a small passage of House Martins and Swallows. (Terry Grant).