WWT Slimbridge     A WOOD SANDPIPER on the Tack Piece today, until 4:20pm at least. A Spotted Redshank on the Top New Piece this morning and a GLOSSY IBIS until 7:45am when it flew off N. (Martin McGill). A Common Tern briefly on South Lake this morning before flying off high and lost to view. (Paul Masters). Two SPOONBILLS in flight over the entrance road fields at 7:45am. (Tan Grigg). One was later on the Tack Piece. (Dot Jones). A Whimbrel from Zeiss hide at 10:25am. (Phil Pope).

Wood Sandpiper by Paul Masters

Wood Sandpiper by Bob Shiret

Frampton      On the canal and flashes at Splatt Bridge early morning a GLOSSY IBIS, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, two Common Cranes over, a Whimbrel heard, 4+ Redshanks, three Swallows, eight Sand Martins, three Cetti’s Warblers, two Whitethroats, three Reed Warblers, a Sedge Warbler, six Blackcaps and four Chiffchaffs. (MK). Around the pools two Hobbies, a Common Tern, a Cuckoo, three Lesser Whitethroats, 12 Whitethroats, a Garden Warbler, a Willow Warbler, 32 Chiffchaffs, 34 Blackcaps, a Yellowhammer, five Cetti’s Warblers, two Ravens and 63 Tufted Ducks. (Nick Goatman).

Glossy Ibis (record shot) by Mike King

Saul Warth     Five Whimbrels briefly dropped down into Saul Warth at dawn today before heading inland. (Steve Pullen). One still there at 11am. (Nigel Young).

Whimbrel by Nigel Young

Crickley Hill area     A Red Kite, a Kestrel, a Marsh Tit, a Garden Warbler, three Whitethroats, two Nuthatches, three Tree Pipits and a pair of Bullfinches. Nearby, a family of at least four Ravens in a tall pine at Shurdington. (Andy Jayne).

Elmore Court    Birds seen from the public footpath through the rewilding area this morning included two Red Kites over, two Buzzards, a Kestrel, a pair of Stonechats, 5+ singing Skylarks, nine Linnets, four Whitethroats, four Sedge Warblers, a Reed Warbler, and two Lapwings and two Little Egrets on the scrapes. (Caroline Quinn).

Chedworth     On the airfield tonight a Whinchat and four Wheatears (Duncan Dine).

Whinchat by Duncan Dine

Stanley Downton     This morning a Whitethroat, a Linnet, a Treecreeper, a Goldcrest, a Goldfinch, a Buzzard, a Grey Wagtail, a Pied Wagtail, Swallow numbers increasing, many Chiffchaffs and three Greylags landed in a field near the sewage works. (Paul Sutton).

Treecreeper by Paul Sutton

Saul Warth     This afternoon ten Bar-tailed Godwits, 3/4 Whimbrels, 20 Dunlins, six Ringed Plovers, two SPOONBILLS through and at least three possibly five adult LITTLE GULLS and a Swift. (Gordon Hodgson). Also a Marsh Harrier hunting the private grounds of the house next to Fretherne church before flying off N, a Red Kite over high, 15 Curlews, ten Oystercatchers, a Grey Wagtail, two Linnets, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Whitethroat, a Chiffchaff, a Blackcap and four Sand Martins. (MK).

Linnets by Mike King

Frampton     Two Lesser Whitethroats at Splatt Bridge this morning and a Cuckoo calling at the sailing lake. (Gordon Hodgson). This afternoon three LITTLE GULLS with Black-headed Gulls on Court Lake and a Common Sandpiper on the sailing lake. (Alan Baxter/Derek Summers). A Cuckoo and a Lesser Whitethroat on the edge of Nebrow Hill this morning. (Nick Goatman).

Cotswold Water Park West     A LITTLE GULL on Pit 57  this morning and a Lesser Whitethroat and a Cuckoo at Shorncote Reedbeds. (David Creber).

Forest of Dean    Two male Pied Flycatchers disputing a hole near the Crabtree Hill paving area. A Grasshopper Warbler reeling between the Crematorium and Crabtree Hill. A WOOD WARBLER briefly calling nearby in mixed woodland (1st heard 2 days ago). (Frank Williams).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A Common Tern today. (Ian Hull/Ian Ralphs).

Dudbridge     At least three Swifts and 10+ House Martins circled around low for a few minutes before they slowly drifted N at lunchtime today. (Steve Pullen).

Gloucester     At Horsebere Brook four Wheatears on the dung heap with a Yellow Wagtail still. Also three Sedge Warblers, two Reed Warblers and a Whitethroat. (Keith Colcombe).

Purton     This afternoon 6+ Swallows, a Red Kite, a Buzzard, a pair of Oystercatchers, at least two Whitethroats, Shelducks and a Reed Warbler. (Mike Davis).

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge at 8pm a GLOSSY IBIS flew over high heading towards WWT. (Paul Sutton).

Glossy Ibis by Paul Sutton

Hidcote     A Grasshopper Warbler this afternoon in the sheep field at Hidcote Manor NT. (Mark Hobson).

Saul Warth     Early morning 35 Shelducks, 15 Bar-tailed Godwits, a Whimbrel, nine Curlews, two Oystercatchers, a Redshank, ten Dunlins, two Little Egrets, a female Wheatear went straight through, perching once, three Swallows, 200+ Sand Martins, a Whitethroat, a male Blackcap and a Chiffchaff. (MK).

Norton     Ten Cattle Egrets in a field of cows late afternoon. (Keith Colcombe).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Early this afternoon three Buzzards, a Kestrel, a Peregrine, two Ravens, two Great White Egrets, a Little Egret, two Grey Herons, two Oystercatchers, three Avocets, a Redshank, 10+ Lapwings, four Great Spotted Woodpeckers, two Yellow Wagtails, two Greenfinches, a Redstart heard, 12 Sedge Warblers and eight Whitethroats. (Paul Clark/Sarah Townsend).

Yellow Wagtail by Sarah Townsend

Sedge Warbler by Sarah Townsend

Ashleworth & Hasfield Hams     Between 11:30am and 2:15pm at least five singing Whitethroats in roadside hedgerows between Meerend Thicket and Stank Lane.  Along Stank Lane at least another five Whitethroats, two Lesser Whitethroats, at least two Redstarts. Also Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs and Skylarks all singing, a Buzzard and a Red Kite.  (Andy & Sue Gibbons).

Barnsley Warren     From the Welsh Way to the pump house, six Red Kites and four Buzzards up together, two pairs of Ravens, a Green Woodpecker, 6+ singing Redstarts, three Blackcaps, a Yellowhammer, a Coal Tit and a Stoat. Also around the area many Orange Tip butterflies, mostly female. (Steve Brown).

Cleeve Hill     A Cuckoo, a Redstart and a Grey Partridge at the Bill Smyllie butterfly reserve this morning. (Jeremy Holland).

Gloucester     At Horsebere Brook early morning a Wheatear, a Yellow Wagtail and a Whitethroat. (Ken Hurcombe).

Minsterworth     A Redstart opposite the Severn Bore pub this morning. (Jeremy Squire).

Walmore Common     A Yellow Wagtail, three Lapwings and a pair of Shelduck this morning. (Dan Watson).

Awre     A Lesser Whitethroat this morning. (Dan Watson).

WWT Slimbridge     The immature SPOONBILL, a male and female Wheatear and three Greenshanks on the Tack Piece and a Marsh Harrier flew past the Estuary Tower headed upriver and a Great White Egret. (Caroline Quinn).

Spoonbill by Caroline Quinn

Aylburton     From the garden this morning a Buzzard mobbed by three Carrion Crows, eight House Martins with birds having returned to nests on the house and a neighbouring house, Woodpigeons nesting, two Swallows and a male Chaffinch singing. On a walk to the River Severn and back a Red Kite, two Jays, two Moorhens, ten Shelducks, six Curlews, five Skylarks, three Linnets, a Reed Warbler and a Buzzard mobbed by a Jackdaw. (John Meadows).

Stanley Downton     This morning eight Swallows, two House Martins, at least six Whitethroats and good numbers of singing Chiffchaffs. (Paul Sutton).

Saul Warth     At high tide at midday 68 Shelducks, 60+ Bar-tailed Godwits, 13 Whimbrels, two Curlews, five Grey Plovers, ten Oystercatchers, a Redshank, a Common Sandpiper, 25 Dunlins, 11 Ringed Plovers, a Yellow Wagtail flew E, two Swallows, a House Martin, 100+ Sand Martins and a Whitethroat. (MK). This evening 83 Bar-tailed Godwits, seven Curlews, 29 Dunlins, four Grey Plovers, ten Ringed Plovers, six Oystercatchers, two Little Egrets, a Marsh Harrier, 100 Sand Martins, a House Martin and a Swallow. (Mark & Emily Hobson).

Tresham     Late afternoon a MERLIN and a RING OUZEL. Also two Wheatears, two Whitethroats, three Corn Buntings, two Red Kites and a Stock Dove. (Paul Rich).

WWT Slimbridge    A MERLIN on the Dumbles early afternoon. Also six Yellow Wagtails, five Greenshanks, a Green Sandpiper, a SPOONBILL and a Common Sandpiper on the Tack Piece, and a Cuckoo calling to the S from Knott hide. (Paul Masters/Tom Blay). Three juvenile/first-winter KITTIWAKES moving upstream from Estuary Tower. (Tim McGrath).

Stroat     At 11.45am a Swift seen from road near the church. (Stephen Curtis & Carol Rushton).

Churchdown Hill      Three Wheatears today. Also a Bullfinch seen and heard. (Sarah Townsend).

Wheatear by Sarah Townsend

Gloucester     At Horsebere Brook NR this afternoon 4 or 5 Wheatears on the extended manure pile along the track E of Horsbere Brook, leading up the hill to the farm. Also a Yellow Wagtail, a Common Whitethroat, two Reed Warblers, two Sedge Warblers, two Chiffchaffs, a Blackcap, a Swallow, a Greenfinch and a Skylark. (Rob Crofton).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area this evening, a Great White Egret, two Little Egrets a Grey Heron, three Lapwings and two Little Grebes on the scrape. Also four Sedge Warblers, a Cetti’s Warbler, eight Chiffchaffs and a late Fieldfare. (Steve Pullen).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Today five Greylags, three Canada Geese, a Mute Swan, five Shelducks, three Wigeon, three Gadwalls, 12 Teal, 26 Mallards, three Grey Herons, two Great White Egrets, four Avocets, a Little Ringed Plover, 12 Lapwings, two Oystercatchers, a Dunlin, a Snipe, four Whimbrels, three Curlews, four Redshanks, three Skylarks, 23 Yellow Wagtails, a White Wagtail, four Pied Wagtails, two Meadow Pipits, nine Sand Martins, 200 Swallows and House Martins, three Redstarts, four Sedge Warblers, eight Whitethroats, three Blackcaps, three Chiffchaffs, a Treecreeper and two Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart/Caroline Quinn/Jeremy Squire/Shaun Curtis).

White Wagtail by Caroline Quinn

Longney     Four Yellow Wagtails on the horse fields at Longney Church this evening. (Jeremy Squire).

Highnam Woods     Two Nightingales singing and showing well, two Hawfinches and an adult male Goshawk today. (Mike Prior).

Nightingale by Mike Prior

Frampton     A SPOONBILL and two Little Egrets at Splatt Bridge at 5pm. The SPOONBILL flew off NE at 5:10pm. (Pete Chappell). The SPOONBILL flew over the pools at 6:30pm towards the 100-Acre. The drake RING-NECKED DUCK was back on Court Lake this evening. Also today two Lesser Whitethroats, 14 Whitethroats, two Garden Warblers, a Sedge Warbler, three Reed Warblers, two Cetti’s Warbler, 57 Chiffchaffs, 45 Blackcaps, a Common Sandpiper, four Oystercatchers, 100s of Sand Martins, 10+ Swallows and a Common Crane. (Nick Goatman).

WWT Slimbridge     A juvenile SPOONBILL and two Egyptian Geese on the Tack Piece at midday. (Dot Jones).

Cotswold Water Park West     At Shorncote Reedbeds a Grasshopper Warbler, a Cuckoo and a Garden Warbler this morning. At Pit 57 this evening a COMMON TERN and a House Martin. (Dave Creber).

Priors Norton     At 4:40pm 11 Cattle Egrets feeding amongst cattle near Priors Norton at SO870250. (Gus Ariss).

WWT Slimbridge     A Grasshopper Warbler reeling in the hedge/scrub below Estuary Tower this morning. A SPOONBILL and a White Wagtail on the Tack Piece. (Roberta Goodall). A Cuckoo calling near the Estuary Tower walkway at 10:55am. (Tim McGrath). Later it or another was calling near Kingfisher hide. (Steve Pullen).

Frampton pools     This evening the drake RING-NECKED DUCK had relocated to the sailing lake. Around the pools two Whitethroats, a Common Sandpiper, three Reed Warblers, a Willow Warbler, 29 Chiffchaffs, 34 Blackcaps, 50+ Sand Martins, five Swallows, a House Martin, two Oystercatchers, three Mandarins, 16 Gadwalls, 46 Tufted Ducks and 21 Mallards. (Nick Goatman). A very showy Cetti’s Warbler between the sailing lake and Vicarage Lane. (Richard Cawsey).

Cetti’s Warbler by Richard Cawsey

Highnam Wood     This evening 2-3 Nightingales singing, also a Fieldfare calling overhead. (Tim McGrath/Steve Rickard).

Elmore Court     A SHORT-EARED OWL hunting in the rewilding area this evening. (Andy Jayne).

Chedworth     Five Wheatears and a male Whinchat today. (Steve Rickard).

Hasfield Ham     Along Stank Lane birds included a Yellow Wagtail, seven Redstarts, two Curlews, a Sedge Warbler, at least eight Whitethroats, a Willow Warbler, at least seven Chiffchaffs, three Treecreepers, two pairs of Bullfinches, six Reed Buntings, two Ravens and five Skylarks. (Richard Humphrey).

Redstart by Richard Humphrey

Yellow Wagtail by Richard Humphrey

Leigh Meadows     Two male Whinchats today along the River Chelt. Also a male Wheatear. On Tuesday a Whimbrel at Haw Bridge East. (Dan Gornall).

Whinchat by Dan Gornall

Saul Warth     At low tide this morning 90 Shelducks, two Avocets, nine Bar-tailed Godwits, eight Curlews, 12 Dunlins, two Oystercatchers, 100+ Sand Martins, two Whitethroats, two Chiffchaffs and a pair of Reed Buntings. (MK).

Ebworth     Seven Wheatears along the Ebworth drive this evening. (Tom Griffin).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning a pair of Greylags, two pairs of Canada Geese, a pair of Shelducks, two Teal, 30 Mallards, three Great White Egrets, four Grey Herons, a Coot, two Oystercatchers, eight Avocets, eight Lapwings, two Snipe, a distant Curlew bubbling, four Redshanks, a Common Sandpiper, a Cuckoo, a Yellow Wagtail, four Redstarts, five Sedge Warblers, a Whitethroat, two Blackcaps, four Chiffchaffs, five Carrion Crows and two Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart).

Dowdeswell Reservoir    A Common Sandpiper, a pair of Great Crested Grebes, four Moorhens and the first Reed Warbler in the reedbed. (Tom Mabbett).

Twyning    Curlews on Abbotts Court Farm across the fields and down to the River Avon daily over the last 2 weeks. (Kate Sammels).

Edge    A singing Willow Warbler on Rudge Hill this evening and two Swallows through. (Jon Dexter).

Gloucester     A Red Kite drifted quite low across Tuffley Lane at 1:10pm. (Ian Elphick).

Leckhampton Hill     At least four RING OUZELS on the scarp this evening. (Tom & Greg Mabbett).

Frampton     The drake RING-NECKED DUCK still on Court Lake today. (Mark & Emily Hobson).

Guscar Rocks    Two Little Ringed Plovers this morning was unusual. Also seven Shelducks, two Oystercatchers, a Whimbrel, 85 Curlews, two Bar-tailed Godwits and a Redshank. (Andy Jayne).

Fretherne     News received this afternoon of a Hoopoe in a private garden on Monday and Tuesday, but not today. It has been searched for this afternoon but no sign in strong winds. (per Gary Thoburn).

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning in fierce SW winds 50 Shelducks, ten Curlews, six Bar-tailed Godwits, three Oystercatchers, a Common Crane, a Kestrel, 20+ Common Gulls, 20+ Sand Martins and 20+ Swallows. (MK). Also a House Martin (Nigel Young).

Forest of Dean     A Cuckoo heard from Crabtree Hill but distantly to the N at 7:49am today. (Frank Williams). A Tree Pipit on Crabtree Hill this morning. (Geoff Fawcett).

Highnam Wood     A Nightingale singing and showing well early morning. (Tom Berry).

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning 57 Shelducks, a pair of Gadwalls, a pair of Egyptian Geese, 20 Bar-tailed Godwits, four Black-tailed Godwits, 11 Curlews, two Grey Plovers, eight Oystercatchers, two Dunlins, a Common Sandpiper, 500+ Sand Martins roosting after rain, a Swallow, a Whitethroat and two Chiffchaffs. (MK).

Sand Martins by Mike King

Common Sandpiper by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN flew from Pill Box pool reed bed to the Top New Piece viewed from Estuary Tower. (Heather England).

Sharpness     A female MERLIN S of the picnic site this evening. (Andy Jordan).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This evening two Redshanks, a Reed Bunting, a Sedge Warbler seen, many heard, an Oystercatcher, two Lapwings, two Canada Geese, a Little Egret, two Great White Egrets and a Common Crane. (Paul Dibden).

Nailsworth     A Little Grebe and a Marsh Tit at Ruskin Mill top pond today. (Paul Sutton).

Cleeve Hill     A female RING OUZEL N of the heather enclosure at 4:15pm. (Steve Rickard).

Dymock    A male Pied Flycatcher in Betty Dawes Wood, Four Oaks, near Dymock this morning. (Steve Watts).

WWT Slimbridge     A Greenshank and a Green Sandpiper on the Rushy, 12 Bar Tailed Godwit roosting over high tide on Dumbles edge and a Wheatear on Middle Point fence. A Common Sandpiper, a Whimbrel and a White Wagtail on the Tack Piece. (Ian Hull/Paul Masters/Andy Chapman).

Forest of Dean    This morning in the Staple Edge area two Tree Pipits, two Firecrests, eight Crossbills and 7+ Willow Warblers. At Lower hide Nagshead, a male Pied Flycatcher still. (Mark & Emily Hobson).

Frampton     The drake RING-NECKED DUCK still on Court Lake today. (Nick Goatman).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This evening a Mute Swan, two Greylags, eight Shelducks, four Wigeon, eight Teal, 20 Mallards, six Grey Herons, a Great White Egret, two Oystercatchers, four Avocets, six Lapwings, two Curlews, two Redshanks, 20 Pied Wagtails and 15 Yellow Wagtails roosting, a Sedge Warbler, a Lesser Whitethroat, 29 Carrion Crows and a Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart & Shaun Curtis).

WWT Slimbridge     A GLOSSY IBIS over the Tack Piece at 1:40pm, then on South Lake and then mobile around the grounds. (Julian Gould). On South Lake the Spotted Redshank and a SPOONBILL, later on the Tack Piece, also 98 Avocets, 65 Black-tailed Godwits and a Common Sandpiper. (Slimbridge Sightings). 20+ Sand Martins feeding in front of the Robbie Garnett hide. (Martin Price). Six Golden Plovers on the Bottom New Piece. (Martin McGill).

Cotswold Water Park East     The drake LESSER SCAUP still on Pit 111 at Whelford today. (Greg Mabbett).

Saul Warth     At high tide 48 Shelducks, 26 Curlews, 26 Bar-tailed Godwits, a Grey Plover, two Redshanks, eight Ringed Plovers, 11 Dunlins, five Oystercatchers, a Red Kite, a Sparrowhawk, a Buzzard, a Whitethroat, three Chiffchaffs and two Reed Buntings. (MK).

Frampton      Three Common Sandpipers on the canal at Splatt Bridge this morning. Also 35+ Swallows, 10+ Sand Martins and 5+ House Martins over the canal and flashes. (Steve Pullen).

Berkeley shore    Nine Shelducks, 24 Mallards, a female Wigeon, 18 Redshanks, three Common Sandpipers, a male Wheatear, 100+ Meadow Pipits passing over N, a good passage of hirundines, two Reed Warblers and a Cetti’s Warbler today. (Jon Haw).

Halmore    A Redwing, a Goshawk and a Red Kite over, many Chiffchaffs and a good number of Willow Warblers, several Blackcaps, several Long-tailed Tits, two Treecreepers and two Ravens. (Chris Newton).

Twyning     A Cetti’s Warbler on a small pond at Church End today. (Leonie Parker).

Aylburton Warth/Guscar Rocks     A Canada Goose, 15 Shelducks, two Mallards, two Tufted Ducks, a Grey Heron, two Oystercatchers, 170 Curlews, two Whimbrels, four Redshanks, a Greenshank, five Skylarks, three Swallows, a Wheatear, three Cetti’s Warblers, a Whitethroat, three Chiffchaffs, 35 Carrion Crows and 20 Linnets today. (Mike Smart).

Leigh Meadows     A Grey Heron, a Snipe, a Yellow Wagtail, a Redstart and a Blackcap today. (Mike Smart).

Batsford Arboretum     Two Goldcrests and a Firecrest, a Willow Warbler, a Tree Pipit, a large flock of Goldfinches, three Red Kites, four Buzzards, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Green Woodpecker and a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming. (Stuart Priest). A Firecrest singing today. Also a Willow Warbler singing on 11th April. (admission charge). (Michael Hunt).

Avening     At Nags Head Lane, close to the rear entrance gate to Minchinhampton Golf Club a male Blackcap, a male Mistle Thrush and a Chiffchaff this afternoon. (Mil Petkovic).

Blackcap by Mil Petkovic