Forest of Dean     In the Crabtree Hill area, two Wood Warblers, a Garden Warbler, two Whitethroats, a Tree Pipit, a Spotted Flycatcher, 5+ Stonechats, Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps, Willow Warblers, 22+ Crossbills, 10+ Siskins and 6+ Wood Whites. (Mark Coller). At Woorgreens a Willow Warbler, a Blackcap, a Linnet, a Buzzard, a Stonechat, a Wren, a Tree Pipit, a Mandarin and a Downy Emerald dragonfly. At Nagshead a Redstart, a Garden Warbler and a Pied Wagtail. (Eden Tanner).

Wood Warbler by Mark Coller

Wood White by Mark Coller

Garden Warbler by Eden Tanner

Downy Emerald by Eden Tanner

WWT Slimbridge    The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut today. The SPOONBILL still from Zeiss hide. (Roy Kinchin/Warren Gill).

Saul Warth     Early morning at high tide 40 Shelducks and 17, 3 and 7 ducklings, the Ross’s Goose flew S with two Barnacle Geese, 15 Oystercatchers, two Bar-tailed Godwits, 22 Curlews, two Avocets, 13 Dunlins, seven Sanderlings, a male Marsh Harrier hunting at 7am, 22 Stock Doves and two House Martins. (MK).

Shipton Oliffe     Two Swifts with c15 House Martins, four Swallows, a Green Woodpecker, two Red Kites, a Buzzard, a pair of Linnets, a Yellowhammer and a Whitethroat. (Steve Brown).

Winchcombe     Garden birds today included two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, with the female feeding a juvenile, male and female Bullfinch, a Greenfinch, a Song Thrush and two Swifts overhead. (Andrew & Gill Worthington).

Saul Warth     At 5:45am, tide still very low not yet covering the bank, a Barn Owl hunting briefly (2nd day), two Bar-tailed Godwits, two Avocets, two Whimbrels, 17 Curlews, 12 Oystercatchers, 39 Shelducks plus 17 ducklings, 19 Stock Doves, a female Marsh Harrier, a Kestrel, five Swallows and four Skylarks. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge    The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut today. (Alan Boddington).

Forest of Dean     In the Woorgreens/Crabtree Hill area a Willow Warbler, a Wood Warbler, a Garden Warbler, three Stonechats (1 juv), a Buzzard and two Linnets. At Nagshead three Redstarts, two Blackcaps, two Garden Warblers and a juvenile Nuthatch. At Cannop Ponds 30+ mixed House Martins and Sand Martins, eight Mandarins (6 juvs) and a Raven. (Paul Clark).

Leighterton     Two Yellow Wagtails this morning. (Paul Rich).

Newnham-on-Severn     A Ring-necked Parakeet at The Green this morning. (Martin Allan per Dan Watson).

Maisemore     Birds today included four Reed Buntings (2 juvs), five Swallows, four Sand Martins, seven Chiffchaffs, three Blackcaps, two Grey Wagtails, four Chaffinches, a Song Thrush, 17 Jackdaws, 14 Mallards, including five ducklings, three Moorhens and a Buzzard. (John Fletcher).

Reed Bunting by John Fletcher

Wotton-Under-Edge     A Barnacle Goose (blue leg ring BOO) back at Cotswold Edge Golf Club (ST 77496 95343) for its 4th summer. Also two Swifts. (Mike Tranter).

WWT Slimbridge    The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut today. (Greg Mabbett).

Saul Warth      At 6am at high tide, a Barn Owl, two Bar-tailed Godwits, an Avocet, 25 Curlews, three Sanderlings, 17 Dunlins, six Oystercatchers, 37 Shelducks plus 17 ducklings in a creche, a Cuckoo calling, 12 Stock Doves, a male Marsh Harrier, 15 Swallows and two House Martins. (MK).

Cotswold Water Park East     At Whelford Pools a Cuckoo, a Red Crested Pochard, c40 Swifts and at least 50 Cormorants. (Richard Williams).

Epney/Framilode     Early morning three Cuckoos (2m, 1f) over the fields and then around Framilode church. Other birds included Blackcap, Whitethroat, Linnet, Chaffinch, Song Thrush, Jay, Meadow Pipit, Grey Heron, Buzzard, Chiffchaff, Swallow, House Martin and Stock Dove. On the river Grey Heron, Little Egret and Shelducks. Also a Fox, a Muntjac and a Roe Deer. (Paul Sutton).

Cuckoo by Paul Sutton

Cuckoo by Paul Sutton

Buzzard by Paul Sutton

Hasfield Ham     Two QUAIL flushed half way down Stank Lane today. Also six Oystercatchers and three Common Sandpipers feeding on the river and three Cuckoos. (Robin Lewis).

WWT Slimbridge    The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut today. (Tom Mabbett). A 2cy Mediterranean Gull on the Rushy/South Lake. The SPOONBILL still from Zeiss hide. (Dot Jones/Oliver Paisey).

Saul Warth     At high tide 31 Shelducks including seven ducklings, 28 Mallards, three Grey Herons, a Little Egret, 21 Avocets, two Bar-tailed Godwits, two Whimbrels, 20 Curlews, ten Oystercatchers, a Cuckoo, a Kestrel, ten Goldfinches, six Whitethroats, 20 Swallows and two Mistle Thrushes. (MK).

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge this morning a Cuckoo calling, lots of Reed Warblers and Reed Buntings, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Blackcap, a few Chiffchaffs, a Kingfisher on the canal and a male Roe Deer. (Jon Dexter).

Bentham     Birds today included a Chaffinch, five Song Thrushes, two Chiffchaffs, four Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroat, two Greenfinches, a Stock Dove, three Linnets, a Blackcap, two Green Woodpeckers and two Swallows. On the small lake two Little Grebes, two Mute Swans, two Tufted Ducks, four Mallards, ten Coots with young and a singing Cetti’s Warbler, a first for the site. (John Casswell).

Cheltenham     A Ring-necked Parakeet in a private garden near the racecourse today. (Paul Watkins).

Ring-necked Parakeet by Paul Watkins

Winchcombe     Garden birds today included, two Song Thrushes, Goldfinches, two Coal Tits, a female Great Spotted Woodpecker and a male Greenfinch. (Gill Worthington).

Hasfield Ham     This afternoon about half a mile down the lane a QUAIL flushed from the side of the track which flew to a hay field on the right. Also a Redstart, plenty of Whitethroats , Reed Buntings, Goldfinches, family parties of Blue Tits, Long-tailed Tits, Great Tits, Bullfinches and a pair of Curlews. (Steve Rickard).

WWT Slimbridge      The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut today. Also four juvenile Kingfishers behind the hut. The SPOONBILL still from Zeiss hide and six Cattle Egrets. (Dot Jones/Tim Jukes/Huw Morgan).

Forest of Dean     At Woorgreens two Stonechats, four Willow Warblers, a Sparrowhawk, eight Swifts, a Whitethroat and four Linnets. At Nagshead a pair of Pied Flycatchers, two Garden Warblers, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 3+ Nuthatches, a Treecreeper and Siskins. (Oliver Paisey). A Red Kite over lower Mitcheldean at 7:05 this morning. (Chris Keeling).

Berkeley shore     Two Egyptian Geese flew S, three Reed Warblers, a Reed Bunting, a Meadow Pipit, 5+ Skylarks, 19+ Canada Geese, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, seven Linnets, a Whitethroat and 12 Stock Doves. (Oliver Paisey).

Frampton     At Splatt Bridge this morning a Common Tern, a Cuckoo, two Cetti’s Warblers and two Bullfinches. At the sailing lake a Common Tern, 20+ Swifts, a Cetti’s Warbler and a pair of Great Crested Grebes with a juvenile. (MK).

Cleeve Hill     A Red Kite, a Buzzard, Meadow Pipits, Linnet and Skylarks today. (Alan McIlquham).

Frampton     A HOOPOE flew over the sailing lake towards the Sailing Club at 7:45am and was heard calling but not relocated today. This evening five Cattle Egrets, four Little Egrets, a baby Tawny Owl and 50+ Swifts on Court Lake. (Nick Goatman).

WWT Slimbridge     The LITTLE TERN again on the river from Middle Point early morning. The SPOONBILL still from Zeiss hide, also a Cattle Egret. (Slimbridge Sightings). It was seen very briefly and distant at 10:40am but didn’t reappear. (Paul Rich). Later the male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut today. A 2cy Mediterranean Gull on the Rushy at midday. (Paul Rich/Paul Masters/Duncan & Becky Dine/MK).

White-spotted Bluethroat by Mike King

White-spotted Bluethroat by Duncan Dine

Cleeve Hill     This afternoon five Corn Buntings, one on the track between the Common and Wontley Farm and four on West Down. A Tree Pipit on the track between Wontley Farm and the Common. Other species included Yellowhammer, Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Stonechat, a Red Kite, a Kestrel and a Buzzard. (Ed Kennerley).

Stroud     At Frome Banks N.R. today a Firecrest, a Goldcrest, a Bullfinch, a Song Thrush, a Dipper, a Buzzard bathing and an Otter. (Gerard Doran).

Moreton Valence     A Red Kite over the Old Airfield at 1:35pm. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge     A LITTLE TERN off of Middle Point at 1pm for 40 minutes only on and off. The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut today. (Ian Ralphs). A SPOONBILL again from Zeiss hide. Distantly from the Estuary Tower this morning 40 Ringed Plovers, 39 Sanderlings, 50 Dunlins, ten Curlews and a Whimbrel. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Frampton     A BLACK REDSTART briefly in the churchyard at 7am, but not further sign by 10am or in another search at lunchtime. (Steve Pullen). At Splatt Bridge early morning 23 Barnacle Geese and the Ross’s Goose flew S, three Mandarins flew N, a Common Tern, a Cuckoo calling, six Swallows, three Swifts, five House Martins, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, three Reed Warblers and  a family of 6+ Greenfinches. (MK).

Black Redstart by Steve Pullen

Saul Warth      At 6:30am no tide, 24 Shelducks including a pair with seven ducklings, ten Curlews, six Stock Doves, ten Swallows, a Whitethroat, a Chiffchaff and two Skylarks. (MK).

Rodley     A Little Owlet this evening. (Rachel Thomas).

Little Owlet by Rachel Thomas

Alderley     Male and female Siskins on the bird table today. (Vic Polley).

Hardwicke     At 7am around the Pilot Inn a Cuckoo calling, a Cetti’s Warbler and a Common Tern. (Julian Long).

Forest of Dean      At Cannop ponds this morning a House Martin, three Grey Wagtails, a pair of adult Coots with 8 young and two Pied Wagtails. (Alan Waterman).

WWT Slimbridge    From Middle Point a SANDWICH TERN and an ARCTIC TERN in the estuary this morning. From Estuary Tower 69 Dunlins, ten Ringed Plovers and 28 Sanderlings. The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut today. Three Mediterranean Gulls on the Rushy. One of the gulls is Irish ringed. (Slimbridge Sightings/Dot Jones/Terry Stevenson).

Mediterranean Gull by Terry Stevenson

Mediterranean Gull by Terry Stevenson

Frampton     At Court Lake this evening nine Cattle Egrets, 80+ Swifts, 50+ Sand Martins, 20+ House Martins, a few Swallows, a pair of Spotted Flycatchers and four Ravens. (Nick Goatman).

Saul Warth     At high tide early afternoon three Mediterranean Gulls on plough behind the sewage works, 36 Shelducks, seven Oystercatchers, three Curlews, 30 Dunlins, a male Marsh Harrier, a male Kestrel, four Stock Doves, two Skylarks and two Linnets. (MK/Les Ditchburn).

Forest of Dean     A brood of fledged Hawfinches in Crabtree woods today. (Rob Husbands).

Daglingworth     A Hobby around for much of the afternoon, also three singing Corn Buntings and many Skylarks. (Andrew Morrison).

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

Cotswold Water Park West     At Shorncote Reedbeds this evening birds included a Mute Swan pair with six cygnets, a pair of Shelducks with two ducklings, a Cuckoo, a Kestrel, a Grey Heron, a Great White Egret, a Common Tern, a Chiffchaff, a Blackcap, a Reed Bunting, ten Swifts, a Reed Warbler, a Sedge Warbler, two Garden Warblers, a Cetti’s Warbler and a Whitethroat. (Bruce Kettle).

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut today. Also a Grasshopper Warbler reeling briefly. (Slimbridge Sightings). Around the grounds today a male Marsh Harrier, a Red Kite, a Cattle Egret, four Mediterranean Gulls (1 first-summer, 3 3cy) and a Great White Egret. (Craig Brookes).

Saul Warth     At high tide 52 Shelducks, a Grey Heron, 14 Oystercatchers, five Ringed Plovers, three Dunlins, ten Curlews, a male Kestrel, a Marsh Harrier, two Swallows, 3+ Skylarks, two Whitethroats and four Linnets. (MK).

Skylark by Mike King

Bourton Downs     At least six Redstarts today. (Jamie Brown).

Bourton-on-the-Water     A Cuckoo singing near the south pits. (Andy Lewis).

Frampton     At Court Lake this morning two Spotted Flycatchers, a Cuckoo calling regularly, a Common Tern, Reed Warblers, Chiffchaffs and a family of five Great Crested Grebes. (Mike Davis). From Splatt Bridge early morning two Cuckoos calling, two Common Cranes over, a Buzzard being harassed by Carrion Crows. Also eight Reed Warblers, two Sedge Warblers, two Cetti’s Warblers, four Whitethroats and five Reed Buntings in the canal side reedbeds. (Steve Pullen).

Saul     At Saul junction this morning two adult Greylags and two goslings, two adult Great Crested Grebes with a chick, a Moorhen with two chicks, two adult Mute Swans and eight cygnets, 12 Swallows, two House Martins, two Reed Warblers and several singing Cetti’s Warbler with two seen. (Alan Hooper).

Cetti’s Warbler by Alan Hooper

Reed Warbler by Alan Hooper

Stonehouse     An adult and a juvenile Dipper on the River Frome today. (Paul Sutton).

Dipper by Paul Sutton

Dipper juvenile by Paul Sutton

Ashleworth Ham     A ringing session caught 36 birds including a Redstart, four Sedge Warblers, ten Whitethroats, a Chiffchaff, three Goldfinches and a juvenile Reed Bunting. Around the reserve four Greylags, 20 Mallards, a Great White Egret, a Grey Heron, two Red Kites, a Peregrine, a Curlew, a Cuckoo, five Skylarks, three Redstarts, three Sedge Warblers, five Whitethroats, two Lesser Whitethroats, two Chiffchaffs and five Reed Buntings. (Mervyn Greening/Gordon Avery/Andy Scott/Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut today. (Richard Williams/Roberta Goodall).

Frampton pools     Around the pools the first young Tawny Owl out, five Cattle Egrets, two Spotted Flycatchers, the third brood of Great Crested Grebe chicks, a Raven with two young, a male Yellowhammer singing, a Barn Owl, five Common Terns, a male Goldeneye, 10+ Swifts and an Oystercatcher with three chicks. (Nick Goatman).

Forest of Dean    At Edgehills this morning Stonechats, Garden Warblers, Willow Warblers, Linnets, a Red Kite, a family party of Crossbills and two Tree Pipits. (Rachel Thomas).

Crossbills by Rachel Thomas

Tree Pipit by Rachel Thomas