Cleeve Hill     A male RING OUZEL below the heather enclosure at midday and two at 5pm. (Dave Pearce/Andy Lodge).

Aldsworth     This morning at Cocklebarrow Farm 12 Wheatears, four Corn Buntings and a Redstart. (Andy Lodge).

Forest of Dean     A WOOD WARBLER singing between Danby Lodge and Blackpool Bridge this morning. (Andy Jayne). A GARDEN WARBLER singing in Lightmoor this morning. (Owen Follis). A reeling Grasshopper Warbler at Crabtree Hill at 8:15am. (Lewis Thomson).

Coombe Hill Meadows    A WHINCHAT still today at 12:30pm. (Roberta Goodall).

Cotswold Water Park West   At Pit 43 two Nightingales, a Whitethroat and two Cuckoos today. (Roger Gillespie/Andrew Whittaker). At Pit 41 a Commic Tern and on Pit 57 the drake SCAUP still. (Roger Gillespie).

Cheltenham     At Naunton Park, a flyover Oystercatcher over N calling, the 2nd garden record in 32 years.  Also a pair of Long-tailed Tits showing signs of a nesting attempt. (Steve Brown).

Frampton    A Cuckoo calling, a LITTLE GULL, three Common Sandpipers, four House Martins, three Swallows, 100’s of Sand Martins, a pair of Pochard, three Curlews over and a Yellow Wagtail at the Sailing Lake.  (Nick Goatman/Gordon Hodgson/MK). At Splatt Bridge this evening a Short-eared Owl quartering Splatt flashes, two White Wagtails and a Yellow Wagtail. (Francis Steuck).

Highnam Woods     3+ Nightingales singing this morning. (Colin Greenfield).

Ashleworth Ham     Two Little Ringed Plovers this morning. (Colin Greenfield). This evening birds included two Little Egrets, a Redshank, four Shelducks, four Lapwings, three Swallows, three Chiffchaffs and two Willow Warblers. (John Fletcher).

Bagpath Area     A Yellow Wagtail and a Red Kite early evening. (Paul Rich).

Sharpness     A 2nd calendar year LITTLE GULL flew towards Lydney at 7:07am. (Andy Jordan).

Quedgeley     New arrivals at Netheridge Farm today a Reed Warbler, a Whitethroat and a Willow Warbler. (Mark Hobson).

Rodborough     VisMig over the Common this morning included a Whimbrel, a Corn Bunting, 40 Swallows, seven House Martins, a Sand Martin, 25 Linnets, 15 Meadow Pipits and eight Greylags. (Francis Steuck).

Ashley     12+ Skylarks, 16+ Swallows, two Cormorants NE, eight House Martins, 30+ Fieldfares, eight Wheatears (3 Greenland), 25+ Linnets, a Buzzard, two Green Woodpeckers, 11 Blackcaps, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, seven Chiffchaffs, six Willow Warblers, four Bullfinches, a Corn Bunting, two Nuthatches, a Jay, a Mistle Thrush and two Stock Doves. (Mark Grieve).

Leigh Meadows     A late Green Sandpiper along the Chelt today. Also a Kingfisher, a Redstart and a Sedge Warbler. (Mike Smart).

Stanton     Seven singing male Redstarts around Stanton today. (Roger Wasley). Pic by Roger.Coombe Hill Meadows    A WHINCHAT today. (Fred & Heather Hobson). Two Redshanks, two Curlews, a Willow Warbler, two Whitethroat, a Lesser Whitethroat heard, five Linnets, two Bullfinches, three Buzzards, a male Sparrowhawk, four Chiffchaffs, two Song Thrushes collecting grubs and numerous Sedge Warblers throughout the reserve. (Les Waring). Pic by Les.Forest of Dean    A Cuckoo at Woorgreens this morning. (Lewis Thomson/Frank Williams). At Mallards Pike a Crossbill, two Siskins, a pair of Moorhens with two tiny chicks and five Mandarins (4m, 1f) this afternoon. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge     An immature LITTLE GULL around the grounds today, a summer-plumaged Spotted Redshank on South Lake and second and third calendar year Mediterranean Gulls on the Rushy. (Andy Jordan/Roberta Goodall).

Cotswold Water Park West     A drake SCAUP still on Pit 41 and a male Goosander on Pit 44 today. (Dave Soons).

Frampton     At the Sailing Lake early morning a Common Sandpiper, a male Yellow Wagtail, a pair of Grey Wagtails, 60 Sand Martins, four Swallows, a House Martin and a pair of Ravens. (MK).

Gloucester     At Barnwood Park a Little Egret on the Wotton Brook this afternoon. (Terry Fenton).

Selsley     At the horse riding centre nine Wheatears (7m, 2f), 13 Linnets, 11 Skylarks and a Mistle Thrush today. (Keith & Lyn Perkins).

Berkeley     A Peregrine on the Power Station today. (Paddy Doyle).

Bussage     At Frithwood very early this morning, two Chiffchaffs, a male Blackcap, a Coal Tit, two Nuthatches and a Treecreeper. (Michael Cook).

Coates     Along the Wysis way through Hailey Wood this morning four Buzzards, three Jays, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Grey Wagtail, two Pied Wagtails, several Chiffchaffs in the canopy, a singing male Blackcap, and a Whitethroat near the Tunnel House, a pair of Bullfinches near the saw mill and a Speckled Wood. (Michael Cook).

Aston Down     A male Peregrine over mid morning. (Michael Cook).

Ashley     Three Buzzards and a Red Kite worming, 13+ Skylarks, 3+ Whitethroats, eight Stock Doves, 25+ Yellowhammers, two Great Spotted Woodpecker, three Blackcaps, seven Swallows, three Willow Warblers, three Chiffchaffs, a Green Woodpecker, a male Greenland Wheatear, a Corn Bunting, a Bullfinch, two Nuthatches and three House Martins today. (Mark Grieve).

Cotswolds     A Red Kite over the A417 by the Highwayman Inn. (Mark Grieve).

Nettleton     A Red Kite at Nettleton Bottom today. (Mark Grieve).

Ashleworth Ham    Two Avocets flew through this morning at 9:25am. (Les Brown).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A female American or Eurasian Wigeon (i/d disputed) from Grundon hide with three drake Eurasian Wigeon still today until 5pm at least.Also today two Little Ringed Plovers, two Yellow Wagtails, a Whitethroat,  a Lesser Whitethroat, a Sedge Warbler, Swallows, Sand Martins and a House Martin. (Mark Dowie). Pic by Mark.WWT Slimbridge     A Mediterranean Gull in front of the Rushy Hide until 2pm at least. Several Sedge Warblers and Cetti’s Warblers singing and a Little Grebe in front of Martin Smith hide. (Andrew Bluett). Pic by Andrew.Hidcote     A Red Kite over the field beyond Hidcote NT Long Walk at 5:30pm. Also several Buzzards, and Swallows skimming the field. (Andy & Sue Gibbons).

Churchdown      Belated news of a pair of Ring-necked Parakeets in Sandycroft Road on Tuesday 11th April. (Paul Makepeace).

Gloucester     The SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF still at Port Ham and singing early morning. Also a Reed Warbler. Park along the by-pass before the Over turn by the metal gate on the left. The bird is at SO817194 usually in trees/bushes on north side of reed-fringed scrape. (Andy Jayne).

Frampton     An immature LITTLE GULL at the Sailing Lake today. (Nick Goatman).

Symonds Yat     From the viewpoint today the Peregrine pair and an intruding juvenile female Peregrine, a Goshawk, two Sparrowhawks, five Buzzards, Ravens, Stock Doves, Long-tailed Tits, a Green Woodpecker, five Swallows, two Sand Martins, two House Martins, three Pied Wagtails, a pair of Marsh Tits, a pair of Goosanders, a male Blackcap, a Chiffchaff, two Song Thrushes and four Fallow Deer. (Chris & Phil Andrews).

Ashley     13+ Skylarks, seven Swallows, six Wheatears, 12+ Yellowhammers, a House Martin, five Buzzards, four Willow Warblers, a Green Woodpecker, 35+ Linnets, two Ravens, 10+ Blackcaps, 9+ Chiffchaffs, four Bullfinches, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, a Nuthatch, a Mistle Thrush, a Jay, two Stock Doves and a Stoat today. (Mark Grieve).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A female AMERICAN WIGEON from Grundon hide with four drake Eurasian Wigeon at 5:30pm. (Paul Baxter). Also two Curlews, three Redshanks, five Little Ringed Plovers, a Yellow Wagtail and a small passage of Swallow, Sand Martins and a House Martin. (Ian Hull).

Blockley     A CUCKOO calling in woods W of Blockley village at 2:30pm. (Tom Green).

Stow-on-the-Wold     30 Fieldfares still this morning. (Michael Hunt).

Painswick Beacon     Passage over the Beacon today included two Crossbills, 36 Swallows, 50 Linnets, 29 Goldfinches and 18 Chaffinches. (John Fleming).

Cambridge     A Grasshopper Warbler reeling briefly in Longaston Lane at midday. (Nick Goatman).

Aylburton Warth     Nine Wheatears, two White Wagtails, a Lesser Whitethroat and three Swallows this morning. (Lewis Thomson).

WWT Slimbridge     An immature LITTLE GULL around the grounds today, two Egyptian Geese on Tack Piece and a Common Sandpiper on South Lake. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Saul Warth     Eight Whimbrels and a Peregrine this morning. (Paul Masters/Mark Hobson/Andy Chapman/Richard Baatsen/MK).

Cotswold Water Park West     A male SCAUP still on Pit 41 today. (Roberta Goodall).

Berkeley shore     A White Wagtail, a Sedge Warbler, a Whitethroat, a JACK SNIPE, 12 Snipe, 11 Redshanks and 11 Swallows today. (Paul Taylor).

Cam     A Dipper and a Grey Wagtail behind Court House Gardens this morning. (Shane Long/Cheryle Smith).

Barnsley Warren     A male Redstart, a singing Corn Bunting, a pair of Lapwings, many Linnets and a Red Kite. (Robin Griffiths).

Selsley Common     This morning a Wheatear and a Stonechat, six Linnets, c11 singing Skylarks, three singing Meadow Pipits, a Kestrel and a pair of Mallard in one of the quarries. (Hugh Manistre).

Forest of Dean     A male Pied Flycatcher at Lower hide and a Wild Boar piglet. (Chris Snook). At Crabtree Hill a male Redstart near the bench and also a Wheatear. (Frank Williams).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Seven Sedge Warblers, a Redshank, a Little Ringed Plover, a Curlew and a Whitethroat today. (Ian Hull).

Woodchester     A Common Sandpiper at Woodchester Lakes today. (Claudia Dias).

Frampton     At the Sailing Lake a Common Sandpiper, 100+ Sand Martins, a Shelduck and two Willow Warblers. (Nick Goatman).

WWT Slimbridge     A CATTLE EGRET in the field with cattle on approach road to the Centre this morning (Gordon Youdale), a near summer-plumaged Spotted Redshank and 325 Black-tailed Godwits on South Lake and six Wheatears including a Greenland ssp. (Scott Petrek).

Cleeve Hill     Skylarks, Meadow Pipits, Linnets, a female Sparrowhawk, five Buzzards, a Mistle Thrush, a pair of Ravens, Stock Doves and a Swallow. (Chris & Phil Andrews).

Arlingham     A male Kestrel hunting, 15+ Linnets, 8+ Goldfinches, a male Reed Bunting and a Little Egret opposite Portlands Nab. (Pad Doyle).

Gloucester     At Castlemeads marsh area, Alney island two Cetti’s Warblers singing at 2pm. At Richard’s Wood, Alney Island a Willow warbler singing at 2:30pm. (Ian Elphick).

Highnam Woods     Two NIGHTINGALES in song this morning including one in full view quite high up in a tree. (Andy Jayne).

Hardwicke     A SWIFT over Quadrant Way at 1:13pm today (photographed). (Michael Cook).

Westbury-on-Severn     From Garden Cliff, a first-year LITTLE GULL feeding with other gulls in wet mud on Pimlico Sand. (Andy Jayne).

Cheltenham     A mobile Ring Necked Parakeet in Montpellier Gardens this afternoon. (Chris Furley).

Painswick Beacon     Passage over the Beacon today included three Swallows, a female RING OUZEL NE at 7:55am, ten Blackbirds , nine Song Thrushes, 33 Linnets and eight Meadow Pipits. (John Fleming).

Frampton     A Barn Owl hunting this evening from Splatt Bridge at SO740066 at 8:15pm. (Paddy Doyle). A GREAT WHITE EGRET in flight briefly late morning SW of Splatt Bridge on the 100-Acre. Also a couple of Reed Warblers singing. (Dennis Jones). Around the pools today a Red Kite, three Yellow Wagtails, 34 Blackcaps, 35 Chiffchaffs, four Willow Warblers, a House Martin, three Swallows, 300+ Sand Martins and two Teal. (Nick Goatman).

Berkeley shore     A male Greenland Wheatear this morning. (Paul Taylor).

Arlingham     A singing Whitethroat in the hedge running N from Old Passage this morning 100m from the pub. (Gordon Kirk).

Tewkesbury     On Severn Ham today two Curlews, a Swallow, a Sand Martin, two Sedge Warblers, a Willow Warbler and at least three Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart).

Chaceley     At least five singing Redstarts in a very small area in SO8429 and SO8529. Also a singing Willow Warbler and two calling Little Owls. (Mike Smart & Juliet Bailey).

Frampton     This morning at 250+ Sand Martins over the Sailing Lake at 8:30am, some drifting away high to the NE. Also 16+ Blackcaps singing in and around the Blue Pool area. (Roy Bircher). A near summer plumaged Spotted Redshank on Splatt flashes

Coombe Hill Meadows     Three Redshanks, six Curlews, five Sedge Warblers along the canal bank, a pair of Sparrowhawks displaying and a singing Lesser Whitethroat. (Ian Hull).

Ashleworth Ham     This afternoon a singing Redstart and at Stank Lane a Lesser Whitethroat. (Ian Hull).

Painswick Beacon     Passage over the Beacon today included four Common Gulls, 11 Meadow Pipits, two Swallows and at 8:25am a Hawfinch E. (John Fleming).

Sheepscombe     Along the Painswick stream a Goldcrest, three Nuthatches, four Coal Tits, three Buzzards, two Green Woodpeckers and three Long-tailed Tits. (John Fletcher).

Forest of Dean     At Nagshead a Firecrest singing at 5:15pm. (John Edwards).

Saul Warth     This morning a Mediterranean Gull, a Yellow Wagtail, two Wheatears, two Willow Warblers, a Common Sandpiper and a Whimbrel heard. (Francis Steuck/Gordon Hodgson).

Aylburton Warth     Two Whitethroats, 19 White Wagtails, two Yellow Wagtails, four Wheatears, a Little Ringed Plover, three Golden Plovers, two Ringed Plovers and two Sand Martins today. (Lewis Thomson).

Symonds Yat     From Yat Rock viewpoint the Peregrine pair, the male bringing in a kill, the female showing well later. Also six Buzzards, Nuthatches, three Canada Geese and two adult Wild Boars with 6-8 piglets from the SY Trail at 5pm. (Andy & Sue Gibbons). Also three Goshawk’s, a Sparrowhawk, two Swallows, a Sand Martin, Ravens, a pair of Stock Doves, a Marsh Tit, a pair of Mandarins, five Song Thrushes, three Blackcaps, four Chiffchaffs, a Green Woodpecker, two Pied Wagtails, Green Longhorn moths and two Fallow Deer. (Chris & Phil Andrews).

Greet     Four House Martins over Greet today at 9:15am. (Adrian Buckel).

Cotswold Water Park West     At Shorncote Reedbed 5-6pm two Oystercatchers, two Little Ringed Plovers, a Red Kite, a Swallow, a House Martin, c30 Sand Martins and five Cetti’s Warblers. (Jon Mercer).

WWT Slimbridge     A Greenshank around the grounds today. (Martin McGill).

Amberley    A male RING OUZEL this afternoon in a field bordered by Giddynapp Lane and Theescombe Lane. Also a Mistle Thrush, a Chiffchaff, a Blackcap, a Willow Warbler and a Goldcrest all singing and three Swallows over. (Phil Williams).

Wotton-Under-Edge     An OSPREY over the allotments and fire station at 3:30pm today. (Tom McCarthy).

Nailsworth     An OSPREY flew low along Nailsworth Valley at 4.30pm, circled and flew N after gaining height. (Terry Grant).

Cleeve Hill     A male Redstart, two Tree Pipits, 3+ Wheatears, a Willow Warbler, a Red Kite, three Lapwings and two Ravens today. (Mark Dowie).

Frampton     On the Sailing Lake early afternoon a first summer LITTLE GULL, two House Martins, 100+ Sand Martins, a Yellow Wagtail, 20 Blackcaps and 18 Chiffchaffs and three Willow Warblers. A Grasshopper Warbler reeling in fields opposite the double wooden gates on the Perryway in the field with the tin shed. (Nick Goatman).

WWT Slimbridge     The Dark-bellied Brent Goose still on the Dumbles, a Common Sandpiper on the Tack Piece and Reed Warbler and Lesser Whitethroat heard on this morning’s hide rounds. (Scott Petrek).

Saul Warth     Three Whimbrels and a White Wagtail this morning. (Francis Steuck). Four CATTLE EGRETS in the village with cows. (Les Ditchburn).

Witcombe Reservoirs     A Common Sandpiper today. (Mark Dowie).

Kingswood     A Swallow at 11am today. (Tom McCarthy).

Bishops Cleeve     Four Ravens over at 9:45am today. (Dave Jeynes).

Saul Warth     A flock of six SANDWICH TERNS and two adult LITTLE GULLS high through Saul Warth at 7:50am, later two more SANDWICH TERNS and a further two over Frampton village at 5:20pm. (Gordon Hodgson).

WWT Slimbridge     An immature LITTLE GULL (also seen on the canal), a Common Tern and two Mediterranean Gulls on South Lake. Also a CATTLE EGRET seen in flight. (Andy Jordan/Roberta Goodall).  Late afternoon a female MERLIN pursued and caught a Meadow Pipit on the Dumbles.  It then sat on a post and plucked and ate its prey. (Paul Rich).

Charlton Kings     A Grasshopper Warbler reeling on Charlton Kings Common at sunrise this morning at SO955185. Also three Willow Warblers, five Blackcaps, and five Chiffchaffs also in the area. (Chris Furley).

Coombe Hill Meadows     An OSPREY flew through N at 9:40am today. (Russ Peacey).

Awre     A WATER PIPIT on the foreshore this morning, but very flighty, and last seen flying away down river in the direction of Gatcombe. (John & Viv Phillips).

Frampton     Two Swallows by the church at 7:30am. A male Wheatear and eight Little Egrets on the flashes N of Splatt Bridge. A Yellow Wagtail S of the Sailing Lake, a pair of Pochards there still and five House Martins over high at 9:50am. Also seven Sand Martins at Epney. (MK). Pic by Mike. Also a Whimbrel with the Curlew flock. (Martin McGill).

Painswick Beacon     Birds over this morning included 18 Swallows, 34 House Martins, two Willow Warblers, two Redwings and a Wheatear. (John Fleming).

Ashley     19+ Yellowhammers, 13+ Skylarks, three Willow Warblers, 45+ Linnets, a Whitethroat, three Blackcaps, a Kestrel, three Stock Doves, a male Wheatear, three Buzzards, two Chiffchaffs and two Swallows. (Mark Grieve).

Forest of Dean     At least one pair of Pied Flycatchers  at Nagshead late morning. (Paul Rich).

Frampton    An OSPREY N over Splatt Bridge at 9:05am. (Gordon Hodgson). Then presumably the same bird heading slowly N quite low at Minsterworth at 10am. (John & Viv Phillips). A Yellow Wagtail by the S side of the Sailing Lake this morning. Also a Kingfisher and a pair of Pochards. (MK). Five House Martins over the village heading for the Sailing lake at 12:10pm. (Tom Weston-McClung). Pic by Gordon.

WWT Slimbridge     A second OSPREY heading N upriver at 10:30am. Also a Little Ringed Plover from Holden tower, a Spotted Redshank on South Lake and a first-winter Mediterranean Gull on the Rushy. (Paul Daunter). A CATTLE EGRET in the Decoy, then flew towards the Top New Piece and a Green Sandpiper on the Rushy. (Paul Masters).

Forest of Dean     c50 Ravens in the Cows Hill area near Hewelsfield, a Wheatear nearby at Coldharbour and a pair of Firecrests at Speech House. (Andy Jayne). At Nagshead three Song Thrushes, two Long-tailed Tits, a Tawny Owl calling, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Sparrowhawk, two Chiffchaffs and a Peacock butterfly. (Chris & Phil Andrews).

Symonds Yat     From Yat Rock viewpoint the resident Peregrines, four Ravens, five Buzzards, a juvenile Goshawk, a pair of Sparrowhawks, a Kestrel, nine Goosanders (5f, 4m), a pair of Stock Doves, a Chiffchaff, a pair of Marsh Tits, three Sand Martins, a Kingfisher, a Green Woodpecker, two male Siskins, three Pied Wagtails and two Jays. Also a Red Admiral, Holly Blue butterflies, Green Longhorn Moths, a Bank Vole and a Fallow Deer. (Chris & Phil Andrews).

Cleeve Hill     East of the Trig Point two male Wheatears, a pair of Stonechats (one male in song) and a second pair of Stonechats near the enclosure, a Red Kite and 100+ Linnets flocking over ploughed fields S of the common. Also a singing Willow Warbler near the gate from the common to Wontley Farm. (Keith White).

Sharpness    A probable Harbour Porpoise this evening. (Andy Jordan).

Ashley     8+ Skylarks, two Green Woodpeckers, 5+ Blackcaps, six Buzzards, two Swallows, three Ravens, five Fieldfares, a Redwing, 12+ Chiffchaffs, three Yellowhammers, two Willow Warblers, a Kestrel, four Stock Doves and a calling sunbathing Tawny Owl at 4:14pm. Also a Weasel, a Roe Deer, Peacock, Brimstone, Speckled Wood, Holly Blue and Orange Tip butterflies. (Mark Grieve).

Stonehouse     A Swallow over this evening. (Jon Dexter).

Cranham Common     A pair of Coal Tits, two Linnets, two Buzzards, six Long-tailed Tits, four Chiffchaffs, two Buzzards and two Tawny Owls calling to each other after dark. (John Fletcher).

Witcombe Reservoirs     Ten Chiffchaffs, three Great Crested Grebes, 12 Tufted Ducks, a male Shoveler, a Cormorant, three Blackcaps, three Willow Warblers, a Red Kite over, a Green Woodpecker, a Nuthatch, a Buzzard, a Jay and a Swallow. Also a Muntjac and two Roe Deer. (Mark Grieve).

Ashleworth Ham     Five Canada Geese, six Shelducks, three Shovelers, two Pintails, four Wigeon, two Gadwall, 78 Teal, eight Mallards, 18 Coots, a GREAT WHITE EGRET, a Little Egret, two Grey Herons, three Curlews, two Oystercatchers, a Redshank, two Snipe, eight Lapwings, two Nuthatches, a Redstart, two Chiffchaffs and a Blackcap. Also Green-veined White, Orange Tip and Brimstone. (Les Brown).