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

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut today. Also c20 Sanderlings and c20 Dunlins. (Paul Masters). Four Mediterranean Gulls on South Lake today. (Peter Coslett/Barry Dursley/Dot Jones/Oliver Paisey).

Saul Warth     Late morning at high tide 40 Shelducks, 12 Curlews, two late Whimbrels, 12 Dunlins, 12 Oystercatchers (1 juv), four Whitethroats (1 juv), a Chiffchaff, a Blackcap, four Swallows, two Skylarks, a male Reed Bunting and a hatch of Small Tortoiseshells. (MK).

Small Tortoiseshell by Mike King

Forest of Dean     In the Crabtree Hill area a pair of Crossbills, two Wood Warblers, a Whitethroat, a Tree Pipit and a Stonechat. (Geoff Fawcett).

Cassey Compton     A Barn Owl alongside the road from Compton Abdale at 7:15am. In the vicinity of the hamlet three Red Kites, three Buzzards, a male Kestrel, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Jay, two Cormorants, a Grey Heron, a Stock Dove and singing birds including a Tree Pipit, a Redstart. a Yellowhammer and several Linnets. Also three Roe Deer. (Steve Brown).

WWT Slimbridge    The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut today. Two Mediterranean Gulls on the Rushy this morning. A SPOONBILL still on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide. (Dot Jones/Ian Hull/Tim Jukes).

Saul Warth     At high tide a Mediterranean Gull, a juvenile Peregrine, two distant male Marsh Harriers, a Kestrel, a Buzzard, two Common Cranes, two Egyptian Geese, two Barnacle Geese, 15 Curlews, seven Oystercatchers, three Skylarks, three Whitethroats, a Chiffchaff, two Swallows, two House Martins and the first Meadow Brown. (MK).

Mediterranean Gull by Mike King

Edge     At Rudge Hill N.R. a Whitethroat, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Meadow Pipit, a Skylark, a Chiffchaff, a Willow Warbler and a Blackcap. Also a Roe Deer buck. (Jon Dexter).

Northleach    A Peregrine hunting corvids along the track from Eric Loving and Son on the A429 today. (Dave Soons).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Three Mute Swans, a pair of Greylags with four large goslings, 60 Mallards, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, four Grey Herons, a Cormorant, eight Coots, six Moorhens, a pair of Oystercatchers with a chick, two Lapwings, two Redshanks, a Cuckoo, three Skylarks, two Reed Warblers, a Sedge Warbler, two Whitethroats, two Blackcaps, two Chiffchaffs and three Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge    Two Mediterranean Gulls (3CY & 2CY) on the Rushy today. (Tim McGrath/Terry Stevenson). A SPOONBILL still on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide. (Tom Blay).

Saul Warth     43 Shelducks, ten Oystercatchers, five Ringed Plovers, a Kestrel, a pair of Stock Doves, two Skylarks, a Whitethroat, a Blackcap and a Chiffchaff. (MK).

Winchcombe     Two Grey Wagtails on the River Isbourne this morning. (Peter Rodgers).

Cheltenham     A Little Egret on Pittville Park lake this morning. (Fiona Macrae).

WWT Slimbridge    A GREAT SKUA resting on the sands off of Middle Point but mobile at 7:50am. (Martin McGill). A SPOONBILL on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Sharpness     A Dark-bellied Brent Goose flew S at SARA at 8:30am. Also a Red Kite, ten Oystercatchers, two Bullfinches, four Greenfinches, three Chiffchaffs, two Pied Wagtails, a Blackcap, five Stock Doves and a Grey Heron. (Oliver Paisey).

Forest of Dean     A male Redstart in trees opposite Speech House on the Sculpture trail track. (Geoff Fawcett). This morning at Nagshead, a male Redstart, a Spotted Flycatcher and a busy pair of Pied Flycatchers feeding young. (Rachel Thomas/MK). From New Fancy View at 11am two females and a pair of Crossbills at 11am. Also 12 Siskins. (MK).

Pied Flycatcher by Mike King

Pied Flycatcher by Rachel Thomas

WWT Slimbridge     11 summer plumage Cattle Egrets on South Lake this afternoon. (Les Ditchburn/Nigel Young).

Cattle Egret by Nigel Young

Westbury-on-Severn     A Short-eared Owl along the river this morning. (David Smith).

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning two Avocets, a late Whimbrel through N, two Dunlins, seven Oystercatchers, 17 Curlews, 46 Shelducks, a Little Egret, a Kestrel and 6+ Swallows. (MK).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning a male Redstart, three Lapwing chicks, a pair of Oystercatchers, a Cuckoo, Reed Buntings, Sedge Warblers, Blackcaps and Whitethroats. (Rachel Thomas).

Walmore Common     This evening a pair of Yellow Wagtails. (Rachel Thomas).

WWT Slimbridge     Two SPOONBILLS on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide. From Estuary Tower 20 Curlews, a Whimbrel, two Ruff, 25 Sanderlings, 103 Dunlins, 90 Ringed Plovers and two Oystercatchers. Three breeding plumage Cattle Egrets on South Lake. (Slimbridge Sightings/Terry Stevenson).

Saul Warth    A Short-eared Owl at 6:30am between Hock Ditch and Hock Cliff. A Mandarin flew from Hock Ditch towards Dunstalls Farm at 6:15am. On the river at high tide  40 Shelducks and four ducklings, 18 Curlews, a Bar-tailed Godwit, three Grey Plovers, 30 Dunlins, 11 Ringed Plovers, six Sanderlings and three Oystercatchers. (MK/Gordon Hodgson).

Short-eared Owl by Mike King

Frampton     At the pools 50+ Swifts, two pairs of Great Crested Grebes with young, a Spotted Flycatcher, 80+ Sand Martins with a few House Martins and Swallows, an Oystercatcher feeding young, four breeding plumage Cattle Egrets, two Little Egrets and two Grey Heron juveniles nearly ready to fly. (Nick Goatman).

Sharpness     This morning a Lesser Black-backed Gull with white primaries, a Whimbrel, a Lapwing, three Oystercatchers, a Mistle Thrush, a Reed Warbler, 16 Shelducks, two Stock Doves, two Little Egrets, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Pied Wagtail and a Buzzard. (Oliver Paisey).

Halmore     In the woods today birds included a Cuckoo, two Bullfinches, several Spotted Flycatchers, two Nuthatches, two Coal Tits, two Blackcaps and a Little Egret. (Chris Newton).

Spotted Flycatcher by Chris Newton

Leckhampton     A Red Kite snatched a Magpie chick from the nest in the neighbour’s garden today. (Chris Furley).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Five Mute Swans, 30 Mallards, a Grey Heron, a Little Egret, a Coot, a pair of Oystercatchers with two chicks, five Lapwings, a Snipe, a pair of Redshanks with three small chicks, three Cuckoos, three Skylarks, a Redstart, a Reed Warbler, two Sedge Warblers, two Blackcaps, three Whitethroats, two Chiffchaffs and three Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart/Les Ditchburn).

Tewkesbury Abbey     Both adult Peregrines feeding a chick on the breeding platform this afternoon. (Roger Wasley).

Peregrines by Roger Wasley

Peregrine by Roger Wasley