Frampton     A female RED-FOO TED FALCON flew through the end of the sailing lake at 3:30pm but no further sign by dusk. (Nick Goatman). On the sailing lake today no sign of the White-winged Black Tern but four Common Terns, the adult Yellow-legged Gull, a Black Swan, a Little Egret, a Kingfisher, a Cetti’s Warbler, 25 Canada Geese, four Greylags, four Tufted Ducks, 22 Mute Swans, four Great Crested Grebes including a small chick, a Grey Heron, two Jays and a Stock Dove. (Iain Crawford/MK). Near Splatt Bridge a male Kestrel, two Reed Buntings and 40 Swallows. (Iain Crawford). Early evening there an adult Mediterranean Gull circling with numerous other gulls attracted by flying ants. Also 100+ Swifts, a Hobby and two Kestrels. (Andy Jayne).

Red-footed Falcon (record shot) by Nick Goatman

Saul Warth     Early morning a high tide 102 Curlews, 60 Avocets, four Oystercatchers, 41 Dunlins, a Common Sandpiper, 12 Black-tailed Godwits, 32 Shelducks, 500+ Black-headed Gulls, four Little Egrets, two Grey Herons, a juvenile Marsh Harrier flushing everything repeatedly, two Kestrels, three Grey Wagtails, six Pied Wagtails, a Reed Warbler, a Chiffchaff, a Goldcrest and four Ravens on a gull carcass. (MK).

Reed Warbler by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge    On the Tack Piece 22 Little Egrets, 11 Green Sandpipers, two Ruff, a Great White Egret and two Little Ringed Plovers. At Middle Point a Whinchat, a Stonechat and a Yellow Wagtail. Two Spotted Redshank, a Garganey, a Hobby, a Marsh Harrier, a SPOONBILL and the Tundra Bean Goose, of unknown origin, around the grounds. (Slimbridge Sightings/Paul Clark/Ian Ralphs/Martin Price).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area 6am-7am today, four Spotted Flycatchers, a Whimbrel over and a Common Sandpiper both heard only, a Red Kite, four Buzzards, two Little Egrets, five Green Woodpeckers, six Reed Buntings, four Skylarks, 16+ Linnets, eight Stock Doves and two young Roe Deers. (Steve Pullen).

Ashleworth Ham     A CES ringing session caught 53 birds including nine Redstarts, a Sedge Warbler, 17 Whitethroats, three Lesser Whitethroats, a Blackcap, a Stonechat, four Bullfinches and two Yellowhammers. Other birds on the reserve and nearby three Skylarks, two Ravens and five Linnets. (Mervyn Greening/Dave Kelly/Mike Smart).

Frampton     The moulting adult WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN on the sailing lake all day until 8:50pm at least. (Mike Davis/Mark Coller/Nick Goatman et al). Also today a small flock of Crossbills (Mark Coller/Andy Jayne), the adult Yellow-legged Gull, 5+ Common Terns, two adult Common Gulls and two Ravens. This evening eight Little Egrets, two Lesser Whitethroats, three Whitethroats, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Green Woodpecker and 4+ Spotted Flycatchers. (Nick Goatman).

White-winged Black Tern by Richard Tyler

White-winged Black Tern by Richard Tyler

White-winged Black Tern by Mark Coller

White-winged Black Tern by Mark Dowie

White-winged Black Tern by Terry Grant

White-winged Black Tern by Martin Wightman

Saul Warth     Early morning at high tide 100 Curlews, 40 Avocets, six Oystercatchers, four Redshanks, two summer-plumaged Turnstones, 19 Dunlins, 27 Shelducks, 600+ Black-headed Gulls, four Little Egrets, two Grey Herons, two Kestrels, ten Swallows, a Sand Martin, two Yellow Wagtails, four Pied Wagtails, a Whitethroat, a Chiffchaff, ten Mistle Thrushes and two Ravens. (MK).

Yellow Wagtail by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     The BITTERN showed well again today from Van de Bovenkamp hide. A Whinchat, a Wheatear and two Stonechats at Middle Point. An adult Med Gull on estuary and a Garganey fairly briefly from Robbie Garnett hide. 11 Green Sandpipers on the Tack Piece. The Tundra Bean Goose of unknown origin on South Lake again. (Heather England/Oliver Paisey/Andy Jayne/Martin Price/Ken Mihill).

Thrupp     A Dipper on the River Frome near Ham Mill this afternoon. (MK).

Walmore Common     A Yellow Wagtail, a Marsh Harrier and a Red Kite today. (Geoff Fawcett).

Forest of Dean     On Cannop Upper pond this morning c45 Mallards, two female Mandarins, an adult Coot with three young about a week old and two adult Coots with two juveniles, a Moorhen and a Cormorant. (Chris Keeling).

WWT Slimbridge     A WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN flew into the Rushy at 3:45pm landed briefly but was flushed after just 1 minute and flew off. (Les Ditchburn/Peter Chapman). Earlier a Garganey and two Cattle Egrets from Robbie Garnett hide and a Spotted Redshank, a Common Sandpiper and a Garganey on the Rushy. (Warren Gill). A BITTERN from Zeiss hide today. (Slimbridge Sightings).

White-winged Black Tern by Peter Chapman

Frampton     The WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN on the sailing lake until 8:40pm at least. Also the adult Yellow-legged Gull, three Common Terns, a Cattle Egret, five Little Egrets, a Black Swan and two Willow Warblers. (Nick Goatman et al).

White-winged Black Tern by Andy Jordan

Westbury-on-Severn     A CASPIAN TERN, earlier in Herefordshire, on Westbury Strand at 6pm but with the rising tide steadily moving upriver, first to Garden Cliff and finally Priding until it flew South inland from Priding at 7:39pm. (Andy Jayne et al).

Caspian Tern by Mike King

Caspian Tern by Andy Jordan

Saul Warth     This afternoon 78 Curlews, 60 Avocets, 31 Shelducks, six Cattle Egrets distant with cows in the Noose, four Little Egrets, five Grey Herons, two Kestrels, two Buzzards, four Pied Wagtails, ten Goldfinches and a Chiffchaff. (MK).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This evening ten Canada Geese flew over at dusk, five Teal, 55 Mallards, still a female with ducklings on the canal, three Grey Herons, 22 Moorhens, 21 Lapwings, a Green Sandpiper, three Skylarks, ten House Martins, five Swallows, 500 Jackdaws and 50 Carrion Crows. (Mike Smart).

Ebley     A Dipper on the River Frome and six House Martins nests with young near Ebley wharf. (Paul Sutton).

Dipper by Paul Sutton

WWT Slimbridge     On the Top New Piece six Cattle Egrets and a Pink-footed Goose of unknown origin. A BITTERN briefly from Van de Bovenkamp hide. A Garganey from Robbie Garnett hide with seven Gadwalls late afternoon. Also on the Tack Piece four Yellow Wagtails and four Little Ringed Plovers. The Tundra Bean Goose and a Ruff on South Lake. (Martin McGill/Oliver Paisey/Heather England).

Cirencester     A female Hobby near Cirencester today. (Richard Tyler).

Saul Warth     This afternoon 57 Curlews, a Shelduck, two Little Egrets, two Kestrels, a Mistle Thrush, six Swallows, ten Pied Wagtails, a Yellow Wagtail, 12 Linnets, seven Goldfinches and a male Marsh Harrier blown S. (MK).

Dowdeswell Reservoir     A Kingfisher, an adult and young Great Crested Grebes, lots of Reed Warbler activity with fledged young, two Grey Herons, two Mallards, two Moorhen families, a Grey Wagtail, two Lesser Black-backed Gulls and two Spotted Flycatchers. Also two Otters this evening. (Tom Mabbett).

Daglingworth     An adult and six young Grey Partridges feeding in stubble fields tonight. (Andrew Morrison).

Nailsworth     A family party of four Marsh Tits in the garden this morning. In Chavenage Lane later, 30+ Whitethroats, eight Chiffchaffs, three Willow Warblers, three Blackcaps and a Red Kite. (Terry Grant).

Frampton    Two Cattle Egrets and six Little Egrets in the Court Lake roost this evening. On the sailing lake the adult Yellow-legged Gull and four Common Terns. (Nick Goatman). From Splatt Bridge this morning two Great White Egrets briefly, a Cattle Egret by the church, a Kestrel, a Buzzard and a Kingfisher, a Common Tern headed from the river, 15+ young Chiffchaffs in the bushes, four Swifts and a Fox. (Steve Pullen).

Epney     Three Black-tailed Godwits this morning. (Jeremy Squire).

Stroud      On the Frome towards Thrupp, a Dipper, a young Grey Wagtail and a pair of Kingfishers. (Paul Sutton).

Dipper by Paul Sutton

Stonehouse     A Kingfisher near Bonds Mill flew out of the trees and down towards the river. Another earlier flew up out of the Frome along Downton Road, then across the field at Frome meadows. (Paul Sutton).

WWT Slimbridge    This morning from Robbie Garnett hide, 14 Green Sandpipers, three Little Ringed Plovers, a Ruff, a Great White Egret, two Little Egrets, seven Yellow Wagtails, five Pied Wagtails and a juvenile Grey Wagtail. Also the Black Swan. A Marsh Harrier over the Dumbles into the Top New Piece. On South Lake the Tundra Bean Goose of unknown origin, a Garganey, a Spotted Redshank, two Common Sandpipers and four Little Grebes (2 juvs). (Steve Brown/Mark Hobson). Mid afternoon a juvenile Mediterranean Gull and four Dunlins on the Rushy. The adult SPOONBILL and 11 Common Cranes on the Top New Piece and a low flyover adult Peregrine through the grounds. (Tim McGrath). An adult Mediterranean Gull on South Lake earlier. (Andy Jordan).

Saul Warth     Early morning no tide 64 Shelducks, three Grey Herons, three Little Egrets, a Buzzard, two Kestrels, a Peregrine, 100 Avocets, 63 Black-tailed Godwits, four Bar-tailed Godwits, 114 Curlews, 15 Dunlins, 26 Swallows, a House Martin, a Sand Martin, ten Mistle Thrushes, a Yellow Wagtail, a Grey Wagtail and ten Pied Wagtails. (MK).

Frampton pools     4+ Spotted Flycatchers, the adult Yellow-legged Gull, a Common Gull, three Common Terns, 48 Chiffchaffs, ten Blackcaps, two Whitethroats, 10+ Reed Warblers, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Yellow Wagtail, 12 Swifts, five Tufted Ducks, 16 Mallards, a Black Swan and a Tawny Owl today. (Nick Goatman).

Stroud     Along the River Frome a juvenile and an adult Dipper, a Kingfisher and a Mandarin. Also a family of four Otters. 11+ Swifts near Lodgemore Mill. (Mike Davis).

Longlevens     A Ring-necked Parakeet over Church Road at 7:30pm. (Andy Jayne).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area this afternoon, six Stonechats (2 ads, 4 juvs), three Reed Buntings, two Sedge Warblers, two Reed Warblers, five Skylarks, a Little Egret, three Green Woodpeckers, six Mistle Thrushes, four Buzzards and a Kestrel. Also good numbers of Common Blue butterflies. (Steve Pullen).

WWT Slimbridge     The Tundra Bean Goose of unknown origin still on South Lake. (Jeremy Holland). A Spotted Redshank and a juvenile Little Ringed Plover on the Rushy. (Terry Stevenson/Phil Ray). Three Turnstones on the estuary at Middle Point. (Oliver Hague).

Saul Warth     Early morning no tide a Black Swan on the river, 46 Shelducks including 14 ducklings, a Grey Heron, six Little Egrets, a Buzzard, a male Kestrel, 61 Avocets, 20 Black-tailed Godwits, 166 Curlews, two Oystercatchers, 25 Swallows, three Whitethroats, a Chiffchaff, 26 Goldfinches and four Ravens. (MK).

Forest of Dean     A male Marsh Harrier high above Edgehills Nature Reserve  at 9:30am. (Rachel Thomas).

Marsh Harrier by Rachel Thomas

Walmore Common     Four Whinchats (3 ads, 1 juv), a Red Kite, a Sparrowhawk, three Sedge Warblers, 20+ Yellow Wagtails and two Southern Migrant Hawkers. (Andy Jayne).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Eight Teal, 160 Mallards, two Grey Herons, eight Little Egrets, two Coots, 20 Moorhens, 15 Lapwings, a Green Sandpiper, five Pied Wagtails, a Sedge Warbler, a Blackcap, a Whitethroat, five Long-tailed Tits, 500+ flock of mixed corvids in trees N of the Long Pool, Jackdaws, Carrion Crows and Rooks and two Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

Haresfield     Just off the B4008 this morning, three Yellow Wagtails, three Yellowhammers, three Green Woodpeckers (1ad, 2juvs), two Peregrines over, two juvenile Buzzards, two Jays and six Stock Doves. (Steve Pullen).

Ryeford    A Hobby over Kellaway’s this morning. (Paul Sutton).

Winchcombe     At 7:30am six Swifts overhead. Two Siskins on the garden feeder, a Buzzard calling and a Red Kite low over the garden. (Gill Worthington).

WWT Slimbridge     Eight Ruff, a Spotted Redshank and a Tundra Bean Goose of unknown origin on South Lake. Three Little Ringed Plovers and twelve Green Sandpipers from Robbie Garnett hide. (Craig Brookes/Clive Scarlett). Two Yellow Wagtails on the Tack Piece. (Keith Davies/Tom Berry). A Tawny Owl sat on a fence along South Finger. A SPOONBILL, a Great White Egret and a Little Grebe from Van de Bovenkamp hide. (MK). From Middle Point 11 Little Egrets, 27 Oystercatchers and a juvenile Stonechat. A Hobby from Van de Bovenkamp hide. (Tim Jukes/Oliver Paisey). The BITTERN early morning from Van de Bovenkamp hide. (Ian Hull).

Tawny Owl by Mike King

Tundra Bean Goose by Mike King

Tundra Bean Goose by Clive Scarlett

Stinchcombe    19 Crossbills flew over W 6:38pm. (Craig Brookes).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Three Buzzards, a Red Kite, two Grey Herons, a Mistle Thrush, a Jay, five juvenile Pheasants, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, a Swallow, two Redstarts, a Lesser Whitethroat, three Whitethroats, six Reed Buntings, a Kingfisher, two Chiffchaffs, 6+ Brown Hawker and 4+ Emperors. (Paul Clark).

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge this morning, two Common Terns fishing the canal and another two heading inland from the river. Two Lesser Whitethroats and three Reed Buntings, a Green Woodpecker on the lawn by the church and two Swifts over. (Steve Pullen).

Cherington Lake     4+ Treecreepers (two juveniles being fed by parents), a pair of Moorhens with five young, a pair of Blackcaps food carrying, 8+ Chiffchaffs, three Buzzards, two Mute Swans and three Mallards. (Terry Grant).

Cotswolds Water Park West     In the Pit 32 area two Garden Warbler, a Great White Egret, three Common Terns and 11 Great Crested Grebes. (Mark Makin).

Sharpness Docks to Berkeley Pill     Five Oystercatchers, Meadow Pipits, Skylarks, a Buzzard, a Common Sandpiper, a Little Egret, 4+ Redshanks 4+ and a Sparrowhawk. (Mike Davies).

Wootton-Under-Edge     A Crossbill over Coombe Hill this morning going SE. Also 150+  Chalkhill Blues. (Mark Coller).

Chalkhill Blue by Mark Coller

Twyning     At Upham Meadow two Buzzards, ten Skylarks, ten Carrion Crows, five Linnets and a Reed Bunting. (Juliet Bailey/Mike Smart).

Witcombe Reservoirs     50 Mallards, 55 Greylags, four Great Crested Grebes, a pair of Mute Swans with four cygnets, eight Canada Geese and a Bar-headed Goose. (Martin Kennedy).

WWT Slimbridge     27 COMMON SCOTERS distantly on the river at high tide. The BITTERN from Van de Bovenkamp hide this morning and showing well. Six Little Ringed Plovers and a Great White Egret from Robbie Garnett/Stephen Kirk hides. The SPOONBILL again from Zeiss hide. A juvenile WOOD SANDPIPER on the Rushy Lower Pond. A Tundra Bean Goose of unknown origin on South Lake this afternoon. Also two adult Mediterranean Gulls and a Spotted Redshank. (John Thomas Belsey/Paul Croft/Geoff Moyser/Matt Lathan/Martin Price/Steve Pullen/Slimbridge Sightings).

Bittern by Martin Price

Bean Goose by Matt Lathan

Saul Warth     At high tide 27 distant COMMON SCOTERS, 35 Shelducks, 105 Avocets, seven Oystercatchers, 53 Curlews, three Bar-tailed Godwits, two Black-tailed Godwits, a Greenshank, 446 Black-headed Gulls, just six juveniles, six Little Egrets, four Grey Herons, a Kestrel, two Sand Martins and ten Swallows. (MK).

Sharpness     The 27 COMMON SCOTERS drifted past SARA at 3:25pm. Also two Turnstones, four Common Terns, a Red Kite, a Buzzard, a Sparrowhawk, 13 Redshanks, a Lapwing, two Oystercatchers, two Common Gulls and two Curlews. (Oliver Paisey).

Common Scoters by Oliver Paisey

Newnham-on-Severn     A Great White Egret with six Grey Herons and three Little Egrets on the river this evening. (Dan Watson).

Sandhurst     Ten Gadwalls, two Red Kites, a Sparrowhawk, a Kestrel, a Hobby, a Tawny Owl, two Kingfishers, two Nuthatches, three Treecreepers, three Spotted Flycatchers and three Yellowhammers. Also a Southern Hawker. (Andy Jayne).

Elmore Court     This evening in the rewilding area 11 Stonechats, nine Skylarks, 60+ Goldfinches, five Whitethroats, a Sedge Warbler, two Swallows, a Green Woodpecker, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, two Buzzards, a Sparrowhawk and a Kestrel caught a vole. (John Fletcher/Andy Jayne).

Tirley     Nine Greenfinches this morning, scarce here. (Robin Lewis).

Saul Warth     At high tide at 12:30pm 85 Avocets, 61 Curlews, seven Oystercatchers, 36 Shelducks, two Little Egrets, three Grey Herons, four Buzzards, a Kestrel, a Swallow and a Chiffchaff. (MK).

Frampton     At Court Lake the Ross’s Goose, six Great Crested Grebes (2 juv), two Common Terns, a Cattle Egret, a Grey Heron, a Cormorant, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, two Bullfinches and 3+ Willow Warblers. At the Sailing Lake 5+ Sedge Warblers, 10+ Reed Warblers (6+ juvs), two Common Terns and 10+ Emperor Dragonflies. (Paul Clark). The adult Yellow-legged Gull was on the Sailing Lake early morning. (Steve Pullen).

Ashleworth Ham     A CEF ringing session caught 82 birds including three Redstarts, three Sedge Warblers, a Reed Warbler, 23 Whitethroats, two Lesser Whitethroats, four Blackcaps, 30 Goldfinches, three Linnets and three Reed Buntings. Other birds on the reserve and nearby ten Mallards, a Peregrine in flight, carrying prey, ten Skylarks and a Raven. (Mervyn Greening/Gordon Avery/Rob Husbands/Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge     Prior to closing this morning due to a burst water main from Zeiss hide the BITTERN again, the SPOONBILL, 30+ Dunlins and a Common Tern. (Mike Davis).

Sharpness     A MANX SHEARWATER flying mid-channel level with Lydney viewed from SARA at 10am but lost in the murk. Also a Common Tern. (Oliver Paisey).

WWT Slimbridge     A juvenile Little Ringed Plover and 12 Green Sandpipers from Robbie Garnett hide at 10am. From Zeiss hide mid-morning waders included two Spotted Redshanks, 60 Black-tailed Godwits, two Avocets, three Ruff, two Green Sandpipers and 22 Dunlins, also a SPOONBILL and 25 Shovelers. A Kingfisher from Van de Bovenkamp hide and a Great White Egret from Knott hide. (MK).

Spoonbill by Mike King

Great White Egret by Mike King

Frampton pools     4+ Spotted Flycatchers, 40+ Swifts, 50+ Swallows, 200+ Sand Martins, 10+ House Martins, a Cattle Egret, nine Little Egrets, the adult Yellow-legged Gull, four Common Terns, 132 Coots, 80 Mute Swans, the Ross’s Goose, 82 Barnacle Geese, 25 Greylags and six Cormorants today. (Nick Goatman/Nigel Young).

Yellow-legged Gull by Nigel Young

Nailsworth     A small but steady passage of Swifts along the valley. Also 50/60 House Martins in a flock at 10:15 this morning. (Roy Bircher).