Bourton-on-the-Water    Two WAXWINGS still today feeding on rowan berries and rosehips in the gardens at the start of Moors Lane. (Ben Hilder).

WWT Slimbridge     The LAPLAND BUNTING again on the Dumbles this afternoon viewed from Holden Tower but distant. (Ian Hayes).

Stow-on-the-Wold     The BLUE ROCK THRUSH of unknown origin still present today in Maugersbury Park and surrounding streets. It has only been seen for an hour in Fisher Close in the last few days and Maugersbury Park is more likely. Strictly no parking in Fisher Close, there is a public car park near the Bell pub 5 minutes walk away or find alternative parking in the town. Please show the residents respect and as much privacy as is possible. There will be a collection for Kate’s Home Nursing  please give generously on site or on-line. (Ian Hayes).

Cotswolds     A Green Sandpiper at Daglingworth, 15 Bramblings at Perrot’s Brook and seven Corn Buntings at Chapman’s Cross today. (Duncan Dine/Martin Wright).

Sharpness     A wintering Common Sandpiper by the River Severn on the mud banks past the NedWest building at the end of Dock Road late afternoon. (Christopher Teague).

Brimpsfield     Eight Ravens on roadkill today. (Mark Grieve).

Ashley     A garden Coal Tit and a Moorhen, also two Mistle Thrushes, a male Sparrowhawk hunting game cover and a large mixed flock of at least 800+ Fieldfares, Redwings and Starlings on pasture. (Mark Grieve).

Cheltenham    At Naunton Park a garden Stock Dove again, two Ravens over SW, three Long-tailed Tits and four Common Gulls on the playing field. (Steve Brown).

Upham Meadow, Twyning     Three Mute Swans, 170 Canada Geese, 20 Mallards, a Grey Heron, two Buzzards, a Green Sandpiper on the bank of the Avon at Millend, a Skylark singing, a flock of 50 Meadow Pipits and 18 Pied Wagtails and a Reed Bunting singing. (Mike Smart).

Bourton-on-the-Water    Two WAXWINGS still today feeding on rowan berries and rosehips in the gardens at the start of Moors Lane. (Richard Tyler). Pics by Richard.

WWT Slimbridge     The LAPLAND BUNTING showed late morning on the Dumbles associating with Meadow Pipits but was generally elusive and difficult to see. Water Rails at Willow hide and Zeiss hide also a juvenile male Stonechat at Zeiss hide. (MK/Steve Brown). A male Goshawk on the Top New Piece with a kill a couple of times this morning but chased off by crows. (Martin McGill). Pic by Mike.

Gloucester    At Port Ham late afternoon a big roost of at least 98 Reed Buntings. Also a probable Siberian Chiffchaff with three Chiffchaffs, a Cetti’s Warbler, a pair of Stonechats and a Sparrowhawk. (Andy Jayne).

Cotswold Water Park West     Today at Shorncote Reedbed 11 Little Egrets, two Water Rail, five Chiffchaffs and a Stonechat. On Pit 44 121 Red Crested Pochards (77 drakes) and 15 Goosanders (8 drake). (Nigel Pleass).

Ashley     320+ Fieldfares, 40+ Redwings, four Stock Doves, 15+ Skylarks, 45+ Chaffinches, 100+ Linnets, a Kestrel, 6+ Reed Buntings, three Bullfinches and a Roe Deer. (Mark Grieve).

Saul     Three CATTLE EGRETS in horse paddocks on road to Arlingham after Cadbury bridge SO744085 at 9am today. (Mark Hobson).

Sharpness     Three BLACK REDSTARTS, two along Dock Road and one on Great Western Road today. (Andy Jordan/Paul Taylor). A male and female Peregrine on the silo at the Docks at lunchtime today. (Gord & Margaret Avery).

Walmore Common    Two WHOOPER SWANS and five Bewick’s Swans today. (Dave & Vanda Owen).

Forest of Dean    At Staple Edge a GREAT GREY SHRIKE and eight Crossbills. At Lightmoor a mixed flock of eight Siskins, two Lesser Redpolls and ten Goldfinches. (Dave & Vanda Owen).

Beachley Point    Three Oystercatchers, two WHIMBRELS, two Curlews, eight Redshanks, 24 Lapwings and c70 Dunlins today. (Dave & Vanda Owen).

Purton     At the Timber Ponds two Chiffchaffs and a Kingfisher today. Also 126 Pintails, c1000 Wigeon and c100 Dunlin. (Paul Taylor).

Frampton     At the pools two GREAT WHITE EGRETS, two Little Egrets, three Grey Herons, 80 Tufted Ducks, 35 Gadwall, 13 Pochards, three Shovelers, eight Great Crested Grebes, a Little Grebe and 30+ Lapwings today. (Nick Goatman). Four Green Sandpipers on the reed bed N of Splatt Bridge and a pair of Stonechats. (Paul Masters).

Stonehouse     Along the canal near St Cyr’s church a Buzzard and a Kingfisher. A Little Grebe near Bonds mill and a male Sparrowhawk. At Stanley Downton a male Sparrowhawk and three Cormorants. (Paul Sutton).

Bourton-on-the-Water    Four WAXWINGS still today feeding on rowan berries and rosehips in the gardens at the start of Moors Lane. (Tony Coatsworth/Ewan Urquhart/Les Waring). 1st pic by Ewan, 2nd by Les.

Walmore Common     This morning five Bewick’s Swans (1 juv) were joined by two adult WHOOPER SWANS later in the day. Also an Egyptian Goose and good numbers of dabbling duck including 100 Pintails. Nearby, another two adult Bewick’s Swans were at Wilmer flood at Rodley. (Andy Jayne).

Sharpness     Two BLACK REDSTARTS, one along Dock Road and one on Severn View Road by the picnic site. Also a Cetti’s Warbler. (Andy Jordan).

Frampton     The GREAT WHITE EGRET still on Court Lake late afternoon, also a Grey Wagtail, a Little Owl and a Tawny Owl. (Nick Goatman).

Forest of Dean     At Crabtree Hill the GREAT GREY SHRIKE showed well eating a beetle, also a Mistle Thrush, Crossbills, Ravens and a mixed Siskin and Lesser Redpoll flock. At Cannop Ponds at least two pairs of Mandarins and a Raven gathering nesting material. (Ivan Sansom). At Flaxley Woods a Goshawk, 150+ Siskins, a Lesser Redpoll and six Crossbills and 13 Little Grebes nearby on Flaxley Pool. (Andy Jayne). Pic by Ivan.Stow-on-the-Wold     The BLUE ROCK THRUSH of unknown origin still present today in Maugersbury Park and surrounding streets. It has only been seen for an hour in Fisher Close in the last few days and Maugersbury Park is more likely. Strictly no parking in Fisher Close, there is a public car park near the Bell pub 5 minutes walk away or find alternative parking in the town. Please show the residents respect and as much privacy as is possible. There will be a collection for Kate’s Home Nursing  please give generously on site or on-line. (Ewan Urquhart/Ali Brooks/Tony Coatsworth). Pic by Ewan.Dowdeswell     At Dowdeswell reservoir and Lineover Wood today birds included six Buzzards, two Nuthatches, four Cormorants, two Great Crested Grebes, a Kestrel, a Mistle Thrush, a Bullfinch, four Treecreepers and a Sparrowhawk. (Matt & Katie De Carles).

Harnhill    12 Grey Partridges at SP065005 today. ( Alan Baxter/Alan Hooper).

Coombe Hill Meadows     The first Curlew of the year today, a Black-tailed Godwit, 340 Lapwings, three Mute Swans, 20 Canada Geese, a Shelduck, 1040 Wigeon, 1000+ Teal, 40 Mallards, 48 Pintails (29m, 19f), 20 Shovelers and 16 Pied Wagtails. (Mike Smart).

Ashleworth Ham     Two Mute Swans, 175 Canada Geese, four Greylags, 1 Shelduck, 130 Wigeon, 800 Teal, 45 Mallards, a Pintail, two Shovelers, three Tufted Ducks, a Lapwing, two Nuthatches and a Goldcrest. (Les Brown).

Bourton-on-the-Water    Four WAXWINGS feeding on rowan berries and rosehips in the gardens at the start of Moors Lane today. (Andy Lewis/Will Masefield).

WWT Slimbridge     At 10:30am a Goshawk took a Teal and flew with it to the right of the Zeiss hide, mobbed by two Ravens. Also the Little Stint still on the Rushy Pen, and 12 Ruff on South Lake. (Chris Stott/Scott Petrek). The LAPLAND BUNTING again from Holden Tower, two BITTERNS and a Water Rail from Kingfisher hide and a Lesser Redpoll in the car park. (Neil Duggan).

Forest of Dean    At least 28 Goosanders on Woorgreens Lake today. (Frank Williams).

Stow-on-the-Wold     The BLUE ROCK THRUSH of unknown origin still present today in Maugersbury Park and surrounding streets. It has only been seen for an hour in Fisher Close in the last few days and Maugersbury Park is more likely. Strictly no parking in Fisher Close, there is a public car park near the Bell pub 5 minutes walk away or find alternative parking in the town. Please show the residents respect and as much privacy as is possible. There will be a collection for Kate’s Home Nursing  please give generously on site or on-line. (Paul Ashley/Keith Jennings).

Cheltenham     A Little Egret seen flying close to the Lillybrook at Charlton Park at 10am. (Malcolm Clark).

Cotswold Water Park West     An all-white Magpie today at Shorncote. (Clive Scarlett). Pic by Clive.

WWT Slimbridge     The first AVOCET of the year on the Rushy this morning. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Eastington     A female Kestrel, two male Great Spotted Woodpeckers, six Greenfinches (3m, 3f), 50+ Linnets, 15+ Chaffinches and ten Goldfinches today. (Stef Hawley).

WWT Slimbridge     The LAPLAND BUNTING again on the Dumbles this morning viewed from Holden Tower but distant. (Ian Hull). A BITTERN briefly from Zeiss hide, 35 White-fronted Geese and 84 Linnets from Robbie Garnett hide and 34 Curlews at South Finger. (John Fletcher).

Quedgeley    Five WAXWINGS still at Woodvale, Kingsway this afternoon at cSO814138. (Roy Widgery).

Twyning     Two GREAT WHITE EGRETS flew towards Church End this morning. (Sarah Loaring).

Beachley Point     On Chapel Rock this morning two wintering WHIMBRELS still. (Ian Hayes).

Hawling     At Larkhill Farm a female/juv MERLIN, 300 Golden Plovers, 200 Lapwings, 15 Corn Buntings, ten Yellowhammers and a Brambling with 200 Linnets today. (Terry Fenton).

Forest of Dean     At least six Goosander on Woorgreens Lake, the GREAT GREY SHRIKE still on Crabtree Hill, 12-13 Mandarins at Cannop Ponds on a small pool on the other side of the cycle path from the main lake and a Hawfinch at Parkend, several reported earlier. (Adrienne Sanders). At 10am a Red Kite over fields between Pleasant Stile and Blaize Bailey. At 12:15pm c1000 Redwings chattering in the trees at Blaize Bailey for 15 minutes, then dispersed. (Lynne Mayers & Peter Boorman).

Saul     Four CATTLE EGRETS and 16 Little Egrets in horse paddocks this morning. (Roy Widgery).

Priors Norton     Four Little Egrets in a field alongside the A38, opposite the northern access road to Priors Norton. (Adrienne Sanders).

Stow-on-the-Wold     The BLUE ROCK THRUSH of unknown origin still present today in Fisher Close and surrounding streets. Strictly no parking in Fisher Close, there is a public car park near the Bell pub 5 minutes walk away or find alternative parking in the town. Please show the residents respect and as much privacy as is possible. There will be a collection for Kate’s Home Nursing  please give generously on site or on-line.

Compton Casey     A Little Owl today. (Keith Jennings).

Beachley Point     On Chapel Rock at high tide this morning were two wintering WHIMBRELS, ten Oystercatchers, three Redshanks, 25 Dunlins and a Turnstone. On the saltmarsh a WATER PIPIT and female Stonechat. (John Sanders).

WWT Slimbridge     The LAPLAND BUNTING again on the Dumbles at lunchtime viewed from Holden Tower. (R Mundy). Two BITTERNS in flight from Zeiss Hide at 9:30am. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Stow-on-the-Wold     The BLUE ROCK THRUSH of unknown origin still present today in the area around Fisher Close but no longer roosting there. Strictly no parking in Fisher Close, there is a public car park near the Bell pub 5 minutes walk away or find alternative parking in the town. Please show the residents respect and as much privacy as is possible. There will be a collection for Kate’s Home Nursing  please give generously on site or on-line. (Keith Jennings).

Ashley     A Tawny Owl calling at 2:30am. (Mark Grieve).

Quedgeley    16 WAXWINGS still at Woodvale, Kingsway throughout the day feeding on hips along the footpath around SO814138. (Mark Hobson/Giles Diggle).

Whitminster     23 WAXWINGS flew over Highfield garden centre at 2:30pm heading for Quedgeley. (John Fletcher).

WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN still today seen from Van de Bovenkamp hide at 2:30pm. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Edgeworth     At least four BRAMBLINGS mid afternoon E of Edgeworth and E of Duntisbourne House, around the crossroads in a set-aside field. Also 50+ Yellowhammers and two Goldcrests.  (Paul Rich).

Saul     Three CATTLE EGRETS in different fields around the village this afternoon. (Roy Widgery).

Frampton     The GREAT WHITE EGRET close to the canal this morning. (Roy Widgery).

Stonehouse     A Kingfisher on the canal in front of St Cyr’s church and a Buzzard nearby. (Paul Sutton).

Ashley     16+ Blackbirds, 89+ Fieldfares, 20+ Redwings, a drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker, 105+ Linnets, 40+ Chaffinches, 36+ Yellowhammers, two Stock Doves, a Green Woodpecker, eight Song Thrushes, a Golden Plover flying N calling, a Nuthatch, 12 + Reed Buntings and three Roe Deer today. (Mark Grieve).

Tirley     A Raven over being mobbed by Buzzard, 1500+ Starlings and 100+ Fieldfares on pasture and 80 Wigeon flew down river. (Mark Grieve).

WWT Slimbridge     A LAPLAND BUNTING amongst Meadow Pipits on the Dumbles from Holden Tower today. (Martin McGill).

Quedgeley    30+ WAXWINGS still at Woodvale, Kingsway throughout the day feeding on hips along the footpath around SO814138. (Paul Masters/Paul Sutton/Mark Grieve/Peter Hilton). Pic by Peter.

Hawling     A mixed finch flock of 250+ birds including two possible Twite, Bramblings, Linnets and Chaffinches at SP066222 near Larkhill Farm. Please view only from the road and do not enter the fields. (Bob Fryer).

Nettleton Bottom     A Red Kite at 3pm. (Mark Grieve).

Nailsworth     At Ruskin Mill a Little Egret, two Little Grebes, two Grey Wagtails, two Grey Herons and a Goldcrest. (Keith & Lyn Perkins).

Frampton pools     Two CATTLE EGRETS, a GREAT WHITE  EGRET, 22 Little Egrets, two Goldeneye, nine Pochards, 109 Tufted Ducks, 40 Gadwalls, 20+ Siskins and a Lesser Redpoll. (Nick Goatman).

Cotswold Water Park     A Pit 44 ten Goosanders and 125+ Red Crested Pochards. (Steve Brown).

Harnhill     Ten Grey Partridges flushed near the crossroads just W of the village landed in the stubble field S of the no-through road. (Steve Brown).

Cheltenham     At Naunton Park a Stock Dove under the feeders, a garden tick. (Steve Brown). A garden Little Egret on the Lilley Brook. (Anthony Hird).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Birds today included a Sparrowhawk, a Stonechat, a Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, two Water Rails (one seen, another heard), two Greenfinches, a Bullfinch, 12+ Fieldfares and three Redwings. Also a Weasel, and a black Mink both near boardwalk that leads into field/Long Pool hide. (Les Waring).

Quedgeley     At Shelduck Road this morning a male Sparrowhawk caught and quickly dispatched a female Blackbird in garden at 11:30am. (Steve Pullen).

Quedgeley    30+ WAXWINGS still at Woodvale, Kingsway throughout the day feeding on hips along the footpath around SO814138. Also a Buzzard, four Fieldfares, three Redwings, a Teal and ten Goldfinches. (Les Waring/Paul Taylor/Nick Goatman). Pic by Les.

Bussage     At Frithwood 30+ Chaffinches, three Siskins, two Jays, six Wrens, a Mistle Thrush, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Green Woodpecker in the cemetery opposite. On the garden feeders a Lesser Redpoll, 12 Goldfinches, five Siskins, a male Blackcap and a female Bullfinch. In an adjacent garden on Cotoneaster and Sorbus three WAXWINGS early afternoon, seven Redwings, a Fieldfare and 14 Blackbirds. (Michael Cook).

Arlingham     The RICHARD’S PIPIT still this afternoon at 4:30pm in the field S of the mistletoe-covered hawthorn, at cSO715120. (Colin Greenfield).

Brimscombe     On the Frome two Dippers at Belvedere Mill. (Michael Cook).

Edgeworth     5-6 BRAMBLINGS this afternoon E of Edgeworth and E of Duntisbourne House, around the crossroads in a set-aside field. Also a Red Kite over A417 at Birdlip at 3pm. (Jon Mercer). Pic by Jon.

Dursley    A male BRAMBLING in with a flock c30 Chaffinches at Twinberrow Wood around the sculpture trail. (Phil Pope).

Forest of Dean    At Staple Edge Wood a GREAT GREY SHRIKE and 23 Crossbills today. At Crabtree Hill a GREAT GREY SHRIKE, seven Crossbills, two Stonechats, a Goshawk, a Red Kite and a mixed flock of 100+ Siskins and Lesser Redpolls. (Lewis Thomson/Frank Williams/Alan Baxter). At Serridge Green a Goshawk, 32 Bramblings feeding on the Beech mast and 40+ very flighty/calling Crossbills. At Parkend four Hawfinches feeding under the Yew trees. On Cannop Stoneworks Lake two male Goosanders. (Alan Baxter). A Dipper at Wenchford, and at Mallards Pike 12 Fieldfares, five Song Thrushes and three Jays. (Chris & Phil Andrews).

Symonds Yat     From Yat Rock the Peregrine pair and an intruding Peregrine, two Goshawks, a male Sparrowhawk, six Buzzards, a Tawny Owl, a Grey Heron, the resident Raven pair, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Green Woodpecker, a Goldcrest, Long-tailed Tits, a pair of Goosanders, two Stock Doves and 11 Fallow Deer. (Chris & Phil Andrews).

Frampton     The GREAT WHITE EGRET, two CATTLE EGRETS and  Little Egret late afternoon at Court Lake. (Nick Goatman). 20+ Yellowhammers down Marsh Lane early afternoon at SO749056. (MK).

Upham Meadow     The GREAT WHITE EGRET today but distant. (Sarah Loaring).

Epney     300+ Wigeon roosting opposite the Anchor Inn at 2pm, also 55 Lapwings. (MK).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Birds included a Shelduck, 110 Wigeon, 175 Teal, 20 Mallards, six Pintails, 20 Shovelers, a Grey Heron and a Peregrine. (Mike Smart).

Ashleworth     Birds included 20 Greylags, 200 Wigeon, 700 Teal, 20 Mallards, six Pintails, ten Shovelers, a Buzzard, 20 Lapwings and 15 Snipe. (Les Brown/Mike Smart).