WWT Slimbridge     A GLOSSY IBIS on the Tack Piece briefly early afternoon before flying off south. The wild male Goldeneye in the Eider Pen again. (Thomas McClung). Later the Ibis seen circling the Trust from Awre at 3:30pm. Also four Whooper Swans. (Dan Watson). The juvenile SPOONBILL still on South Lake. (Slimbridge Sightings). Two Little Stints from the Estuary Tower again. Also a pair of Bullfinches at the Estuary Tower. (Martin Price).

Coombe Hill Meadows    The drake RING-NECKED DUCK with Tufted Ducks again today but difficult to see at the north end on a strip of water straight out from Grundon hide and tight against the willows in the distance. Wellies essential. (Ian Hull/Paul Masters). This evening birds included 11 Mute Swans, 75 Greylags, 85 Canada Geese, 500 Wigeon, 1500 Teal, 30 Mallards. 343+ Pintails, 161+ Shovelers, a male Pochard, 15 Tufted Ducks, a Grey Heron, 20 Coots, two Common Gulls, 50+ Woodpigeon and 100+ Fieldfares. (Mike Smart).

Berkeley     The female BLACK REDSTART still in the field directly opposite the entrance to Hamfield Farm at ST66475 99424. View from the gate. (Dot Jones/Terry Stevenson).

Black Redstart by Terry Stevenson

Hazleton    On the approach road from the Salperton direction on the corner by a gateway at SP0744518704 two Bramblings with Chaffinches. (Roy Shilham).

Forest of Dean     Three Teal at Woorgreens. 4+ Hawfinches at Parkend. A ringed Dipper behind the Fountain Inn. 10+ Mandarins, two Siskins and a Marsh Tit at Cannop Stoneworks. 6+ Little Grebes, a Raven and three Grey Wagtails at Cannop Ponds. (Paul Clark).

Hartpury     c20 Lesser Redpolls flew over with a few Goldfinches, 15 Common Gulls, two Mistle Thrushes, a Pied Wagtail and 12 Long-tailed Tits today. (Oliver Paisey).

Cam     A Dipper today on the River Cam at the junction with Everlands and Kingshill Lane, by the road bridge. (Geoff Moyser).

Frampton pools     At the sailing lake male and female Goldeneyes, 300 Redwings and 50 Fieldfares. On Court Lake just before dusk three Little Egrets, a male Goldeneye and 28 Cormorants. (Nick Goatman/MK).

Longney     An adult Yellow-legged Gull in the roost this afternoon. (MK).

Yellow-legged Gull by Mike King

Wotton-Under-Edge     At 1:15pm c100 Lapwings over a field harassed by a Red Kite at ST7906094927. (Mike Tranter).

Awre     This morning at high tide two Buzzards, four Common Cranes, 500 Common Gulls, a Rock Pipit and four Stonechats. (Dave Paynter/Gordon Kirk/Mike Smart). An adult and a first-winter Yellow-legged Gull on the estuary this evening. Also 28 Fieldfares, 14 Linnets, 32+ Curlews, 800+ each of Lapwings and Golden Plovers. (Dan Watson).

Charlton Kings     A Tawny Owl hooting at 7pm in Sandy Lane Road. (Steve Brown).

Coombe Hill Meadows    A drake RING-NECKED DUCK with Tufted Ducks today but difficult to see at the north end. Also eight Egyptian Geese and nine Golden Plovers. Wellies essential. (Andy Jayne).

Forest of Dean     At Parkend four Hawfinches under the Yews alongside Crown Lane. Also a Nuthatch and a Coal Tit and Redwings on the cricket pitch. At Cannop Stoneworks, highlights around the feeders included a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a female Bullfinch, two Nuthatches and two Coal Tits. 14 Mandarins on the lake. At Cannop top pond a Buzzard, two Ravens, two Jays, five Mandarins, five Little Grebes and male and female Grey Wagtail. At Woorgreens five Goosanders. (Steve Brown). A Hawfinch under garden bird feeders this morning in Coleford, massive garden tick. (Geoff Fawcett).

Huntley     A Water Rail at Huntley sewage treatment works today. (Owen Follis).

Berkeley     The female BLACK REDSTART still in the field directly opposite the entrance to Hamfield Farm at ST66475 99424. View from the gate. (Jake King/Martin Price). A Green Sandpiper on the flooded field by Berkeley Castle with a Grey Heron and two Moorhens at 12:10pm. On the Berkeley bypass floods 120+ Teal, six Shovelers, a Shelduck, nine Mallards, 38 Golden Plovers, 27+ Lapwings, a Little Egret, two Grey Herons, a Water Rail and four Moorhens. (Thomas McClung). At Severn House Farm at least five Turnstones, 50+ Redshanks, 70+ Dunlins, two Snipe, a Common Sandpiper and a Rock Pipit before high tide this morning. (Mike Davis).

Gloucester     A male BLACK REDSTART again in private gardens in the Linden area today after an absence of 13 days. Probably ranging around the industrial estate. (Megan Thornbury).

Shepherds Patch, Slimbridge    Four Cattle Egrets in the field opposite the car park today. (Terry Grant).

Ashleworth Ham     This afternoon birds included a Great White Egret, 19 Shovelers, four Gadwalls, 69 Pintails, 65 Mallards, 117 Teal, 300 Wigeon, a Grey Heron, a Canada Goose, a Peregrine, a Buzzard, a Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, six Long-tailed Tits, 21 Chaffinches and a Roe Deer. (John Fletcher).

Guscar Rocks/Aylburton Warth     WeBS count today birds included 14 Canada Geese, eight Shelducks, 128 Wigeon, 175 Teal, five Grey Herons, a Peregrine, a Golden Plover, a Lapwing, 120 Dunlins, ten Snipe, 120 Dunlins, 340 Curlews, 15 Redshanks, a Turnstone, two Skylarks, two Meadow Pipits and a Stonechat. (Mike Smart).

Frampton     A male and female Goldeneye on the sailing lake. Also 200+ Lapwings flew N and three Reed Buntings this afternoon. (MK).

Berkeley    A GLOSSY IBIS flew over the road heading south between Hamfield Farm and Berkeley early afternoon. (David Creber). The female BLACK REDSTART still in the field directly opposite the entrance to Hamfield Farm at ST66475 99424. View from the gate. (Jeremy Holland/Vic Polley). Three Turnstones on the sea wall, a Common Sandpiper, at least one Rock Pipit, a Stonechat, a Peregrine, a male Sparrowhawk, Dunlin and Redshank. (Jeremy Holland). 

Cirencester    A female/juv MERLIN perched next to road near the old pig fields on the White Way from Cirencester towards Northleach around SP0302506212. (Dave Soons).

Duntisbourne Abbots     This morning c1000 Linnets, 750 Chaffinches and a minimum of 30 Bramblings in a set-aside field on the road from Duntisbourne Abbots to Jackbarrow Lane. (Duncan Dine).

WWT Slimbridge     The drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL on the Top New Piece still. The juvenile SPOONBILL still on South Lake. Also nine Avocets. A pair of WHOOPER SWANS with 68 Bewick’s Swans this morning. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Frampton pools     The adult Yellow-legged Gull, a male Goldeneye, seven Great Crested Grebes, 21 Gadwalls, four Shovelers, 122 Tufted Ducks, six Greylags, 39 Cormorants, a Peregrine, three Lesser Redpolls, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Blackcap, 150+ Fieldfares and 150+ Redwings today. (Nick Goatman/Peter Bryant). 35 Siskins feeding in alder trees at the eastern end of Court Lake. (Peter Bryant).

Rendcomb     Near the surgery, a Goshawk flew over west, a Great White Egret on the flooded field to the south, a Little Egret, a Grey Heron, a Marsh Tit, a small flock of Long-tailed Tits and two Nuthatches. (Steve Brown).

WWT Slimbridge     The juvenile SPOONBILL still on South Lake. Also 14 Ruff and ten Avocets. Two WHOOPER SWANS with 70 Bewick’s Swans this morning on the Rushy. The wild male Goldeneye on the Eider pool.  (Slimbridge Sightings/Dot Jones/Jeanne  Vitkovskis).

Duntisbourne Abbots     A huge flock of several hundred finches, including several female and male Bramblings in a set-aside field on the road from Duntisbourne Abbots to Jackbarrow Lane. (Dave Soons).

Berkeley     The female BLACK REDSTART still in the field directly opposite the entrance to Hamfield Farm at ST66475 99424. View from the gate. (Ken Hurcombe/Steve Pullen). 10+ Turnstones on the river from Severn House Farm. (Steve Pullen).

Walmore Common     65+ Wigeon, 50+ Teal, four Shovelers and nine Dunlins today. (Dan Watson).

Elmore Court     At the Rewilding Area this afternoon on the scrapes a Little Egret. Around the site two Buzzards, two Ravens, a Kestrel, two Green Woodpeckers, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, six Stock Doves, five Stonechats, six Redwings, four Fieldfares, 30 Meadow Pipits and 45 Linnets. (MK).

Cotswold Water Park East    80 Red Crested Pochards and a male Goosander on Pit 114 and a pair of Goosanders on Pit 111. (Ian Ralphs).

Stroud to Thrupp     At least three Water Rails between Lodgemore Lane and Griffin Mill this morning. Also two Cormorants and a pair of Mandarins at Bowbridge with the leucistic drake. (Paul Sutton).

Water Rail by Paul Sutton

Gloucester     A Kingfisher at Saintbridge Balancing Pond this afternoon. (Lorraine Besent).

Plusterwine    Between Plusterwine and Woolaston Grange at high tide this morning a Grey Heron, a Cormorant, 16 Canada Geese, three Shelduck, 25 Teal, 320 Wigeon, two Buzzards, three Lapwings, 23 Redshanks, an Oystercatcher, 340 Curlews, seven Snipe, five Collared Doves, a Grey Wagtail, a female Bullfinch, three Song Thrushes, a female Reed Bunting and 15 Meadow Pipits. (Iain Crawford).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Floodwater is still extensive but the towpath is now
open. Wellies essential and a walking stick is useful. Birds today included nine Mute Swans, 70 Greylags, 100 Canada Geese, two Shelducks, 300 Wigeon, nine Gadwalls, 1500 Teal, 120 Mallards, 150 Pintails, 75 Shovelers, 40 Tufted Ducks, four Grey Herons, a Water Rail, 30 Coots, 120 Lapwings, a Golden Plover, 12 Snipe, seven Long-tailed Tits and five Greenfinches. (Mike Smart).

Forest of Dean     A Bullfinch, a Marsh Tit, a Treecreeper and a Coal Tit at the quarry by the Stoneworks. Hawfinch, Greenfinch and Nuthatch at Parkend. Seven Goosanders on Woorgreens lake. (Sarah Townsend).

Hawfinch by Sarah Townsend

Bullfinch by Sarah Townsend

Nuthatch by Sarah Townsend

Cobney Meadows    A drake RING-NECKED DUCK with 15 Tufted Ducks on distant floodwater on private land, likely to return to Coombe Hill as floodwater recedes. Also eight Mute Swans, 29 Shelducks, 80 Wigeon, two Gadwalls, five Mallards, 20 Pintails, two Shovelers and two Moorhens. (Mike Smart).

Newnham-on-Severn     A pristine first-winter CASPIAN GULL between Newnham and Broadoak viewed from The Silver Fox Café this afternoon. (Dan Watson).

Berkeley     The female BLACK REDSTART still in the field directly opposite the entrance to Hamfield Farm at ST66475 99424. View from the gate. (Thomas McClung/Paul Taylor/Roberta Goodall).

Black Redstart by Paul Taylor

Walmore Common     A male MERLIN at 4:10pm, then flew off south. (Andy Jayne).

Hazleton    On the approach road from the Salperton direction on the corner by a gateway at SP0744518704 two male and four female Bramblings, with two Corn Buntings and 40+ Chaffinches. Best viewed from your car as the flock is easily spooked. (Paul Masters/Andy Chapman/MK).

Corn Bunting by Mike King

Calmsden     Four Grey Partridges along Dark Lane between Calmsden and the White Way. Very elusive today and only located when they called then flew. (Paul Masters/Andy Chapman/MK).

Grey Partridge by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     The drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL opposite Van de Bovenkamp hide this morning. Two WHOOPER SWANS with 53 Bewick’s Swans and a Black Swan this morning on the Rushy. On South Lake three Goldeneyes (2m, 1f), the juvenile SPOONBILL and six Avocets. Two Little Stints from Estuary Tower. (Tim Jukes/Ian Hull).

Forest of Dean    This afternoon between 3pm and 4pm, at least three Hawfinches showing well by the yews next to Parkend cricket ground. (Jon Haw).

Leigh Meadows     Two Mute Swans, two Shelducks, two Mandarins, six Mallards, four Little Egrets, two Cormorants, a Buzzard, a Snipe, a Green Sandpiper, 70 Black-headed Gulls, five Skylarks, a Grey Wagtail and ten Fieldfares today. (Mike Smart).

Ashleworth Ham    Two Mute Swans, 300 Canada Geese, 1000 Wigeon, five Gadwalls, 100 Teal, 50 Mallards and 200 Pintails today. (Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge     Two WHOOPER SWANS with 68 Bewick’s Swans this morning on the Rushy. On South Lake three Goldeneyes (2m, 1f), the juvenile SPOONBILL and six Avocets. The Little Stint and a Ringed Plover on the scrape from Estuary Tower. A Great White Egret in the Decoy. (Slimbridge Sightings/Paul Masters/Roberta Goodall).

Berkeley shore    307 Dunlins, nine Turnstones, ten Redshanks, two Curlews and eight Snipe in wader roosts. Also 30+ Meadow Pipits, two Rock Pipits, two Stonechats and a Reed Bunting. (Thomas McClung). The female BLACK REDSTART still in the field directly opposite the entrance to Hamfield Farm at ST66475 99424. View from the gate. (Thomas McClung/Paul Masters/Andy Chapman).

Frampton     This afternoon on the sailing lake five Great Crested Grebes, 95 Tufted Ducks, two Gadwalls, seven Cormorants, 130 Coots, a Goldcrest and two Reed Buntings. On fields to south 250+ mixed Redwings and Fieldfares, 11 Blackbirds, two Song Thrushes and seven Goldfinches. (John Fletcher). Also this afternoon a drake Goldeneye displaying to itself in the fog, a Peregrine flew in from Vicarage Road towards Claypits and roosted on a distant pylon. Also 12 Skylarks and 15 Meadow Pipits. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge    A pair of WHOOPER SWANS on the Rushy this afternoon. (Terry Stevenson). The Little Stint and a Dunlin from the Estuary Tower this afternoon. (Martin Price).

Chavenage Green     A female MERLIN hunting over the fields and three Red Kites nearby. (Terry Grant).

Berkeley     The female BLACK REDSTART still in the field directly opposite the entrance to Hamfield Farm at ST66475 99424. Seen from the gate feeding around the trough. (Roger Gillespie).

Saul Warth     This afternoon 22 Shelducks, two Curlews, 16 Snipe, a JACK SNIPE, a Rock Pipit, a Meadow Pipit, a Bullfinch, a Chiffchaff and a Stonechat. (MK).

Chiffchaff by Mike King

Frampton     At the sailing lake a female Marsh Harrier hunting the field S of the lake at 12:20pm, also two drake Goldeneyes, 100 Tufted Ducks and a Cetti’s Warbler. From Splatt Bridge N to Saul Warth three Curlews, a Buzzard, two Cormorants, a Little Egret and a Chiffchaff. (MK).

Cormorants by Mike King

Gloucester     A Meadow Pipit under an urban bird table in the Linden area today. (Megan Thornbury).

WWT Slimbridge     The juvenile SPOONBILL again on South Lake before moving around the grounds. Also six Avocets and 72 Pochards (67m, 5f). On the Rushy two WHOOPER SWANS and 70 Bewick’s Swans. The Little Stint on the scrape from Estuary Tower. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Shepherds Patch, Slimbridge     Eight Cattle Egrets in the field opposite The Patch car park at 9am. (Geoff Moyser).

Stroud to Thrupp    On a return walk along the Thames & Severn canal from Lodgemore, Stroud to Ham Mill, Thrupp this afternoon a Dipper at Ham Mill on the Frome, a Red Kite and a Treecreeper at Griffin’s Mill, an aberrant drake Mandarin at Bowbridge, two drake Mandarins and a Little Egret on Fromehall Millpond at Lodgemore. (MK/Bridgette King).

Dipper by Mike King

Aberrant drake Mandarin by Mike King

Hazleton    On the approach road from the Salperton direction on the corner by a gateway at SP0744518704 a male and two female Bramblings, best viewed from your car. The flock is easily spooked. (Chris Snook).

Fromebridge     Two Green Sandpipers flew up from the River Frome at Fromebridge Mill this morning, seen initially from the car park, then later a bit further down the river. Also two Curlews and a Kingfisher along the river. (Sue Beynon).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Still heavy flooding, not accessible from the usual approach
along the canal towpath, so the only approach possible is from the northern
side near Apperley. Birds today included three Mute Swans, 70 Wigeon, 750 Teal, 50 Mallards, 100 Pintails, 30 Shovelers and a Coot. (Mike Smart).

Maisemore     Mid afternoon Court Lake to the upper parting above the weir 129 Fieldfares, two Mallards, nine Moorhens, three Buzzards, 230 Black-headed Gulls, two Grey Herons, five Goldfinches, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, six Great Tits and seven Chaffinches. (John Fletcher).

WWT Slimbridge     A Goshawk on the Bottom New Piece viewed from Estuary Tower. (Warren Gill). The juvenile SPOONBILL back on South Lake. On the Rushy a WHOOPER SWAN and 67 Bewick’s Swans. On the Tack Piece 11 Ruff. (Slimbridge Sightings). This morning at least five Siskins and two Lesser Redpolls feeding with a Goldfinch flock on Alders near Hogarth hide, and a Sparrowhawk in the Decoy area. (Paul Masters/Andy Chapman).

Cotswold Water Park West     This afternoon at Pit 58 30 Goosanders (20m, 10f) and a Great White Egret. At Pit 57 four Goosanders (3m, 1f), a Great White Egret and a female Marsh Harrier. On Pit 16 an influx of 43 Great Crested Grebes. (Duncan Dine).

Goosanders by Duncan Dine

Forest of Dean     A Dipper and two Ravens at Cannop ponds. At Soudley ponds male and female Goosander and a Firecrest. (Martin Price).

Rodborough Common    Four Bullfinches together in a rowan tree in the garden this morning, also two Nuthatches. (Mil Petkovic).

Stonehouse     Upper Mills to Ryeford double lock a Bullfinch, a Chaffinch, a Goldcrest, a Blackcap, a Water Rail, a female Kingfisher, two Buzzards sharing a Woodpigeon and a Cormorant over. (Paul Sutton).

Kingfisher by Paul Sutton

Goldcrest by Paul Sutton

Wotton-Under-Edge     A Red Kite over the town centre at 2:45pm. (Mike Tranter).

Frampton pools     Two male Red Crested Pochards at 8:45am but they didn’t linger, male and female Goldeneye, three Pochards, 104 Tufted Ducks, 32 Gadwalls, 22 Teal, 28 Mallards, 72 Shovelers, a Wigeon, 11 Little Grebes, eight Great Crested Grebes, ten Little Egrets, 222 Coots, 16 Moorhens, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, four Blackcaps, four Reed Buntings and two Cetti’s Warblers. (Nick Goatman). Also at the sailing lake 30 Redwings, two Fieldfares, a Mistle Thrush, eight Meadow Pipits and a Chiffchaff. (Ian Hull/MK).

Sharpness     A BLACK REDSTART in the docks again today. (Jordan Yates).

Over    At Over and the Leadon Meadows wildfowl on the ice included the family of five WHOOPER SWANS, seven Shovelers, 24 Mallards and two Pintails. Also a JACK SNIPE, seven Snipe and a Chiffchaff. (Andy Jayne).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area this afternoon birds included a Yellowhammer, a scarce bird in the Vale and species No 103 for the site, four Stonechats, 40+ Linnets, a Snipe, a Little Egret, four Kestrels, four Great Spotted Woodpeckers, two Green Woodpeckers, five Goldcrests, two Reed Buntings and a Cetti’s Warbler. (Steve Pullen).

WWT Slimbridge    On the Rushy a WHOOPER SWAN and 65 Bewick’s Swans. On the Tack Piece a Little Stint and 30 Ruff. (Slimbridge Sightings). A Water Rail at Willow hide again. (Sarah Townsend).

Berkeley shore     This morning birds included 257 Mallards, 81 Teal, 37 Wigeon, 38 Dunlins, 21 Redshanks, four Turnstones, 117 Common Gulls and three Great Black-backed Gulls. The female BLACK REDSTART showed well in the field immediately opposite the entrance to Hamfield Farm feeding around the cattle drinking trough. (Jon Haw).

Uley     A Goldcrest, two Bullfinches and a Grey Heron by Owlpen Manor stream. 14 Mandarins and 30 Mallard on Owlpen Farm lake and a male Blackcap on the garden feeder. (Tim Thompson).

Westonbirt     c90 Lapwings on the ground and later in flight, near Bowldown Farm. (Matt Neale).

Witcombe Reservoirs     WeBS count today birds included two Mute Swans, 286 Mallards, five Teal, three Tufted Ducks, a Little Grebe, three Great Crested Grebes, 13 Cormorants, 11 Moorhens, nine Coots, six Black-headed Gulls, a Common Gull and a Lesser Black-backed Gull. Also a Goldcrest, a Treecreeper, 15 Long-tailed Tits and 13 Siskins. (Gord Avery).

Shab Hill     A Red Kite, 58 Golden Plovers, a Lapwing and three Stock Doves today. (Gord Avery).

Amberley     A Red Kite and two Ravens over the house at midday in Theescombe Lane. (Phil Williams).