WWT Slimbridge     A FIRECREST, two Chiffchaffs and a Goldcrest by Robbie Garnett hide. Three Little Stints on the Dumbles scrape. 35+ White-fronted Geese, a Marsh Harrier and five Ruff on the Tack Piece. A Water Rail from Martin Smith hide. 300+ Dunlins on the Rushy. A Great White Egret from Zeiss hide. Near Kingfisher Hide three OTTERS at 11:55am, also a Little Grebe, a Cetti’s Warbler and a Sparrowhawk took a Blue Tit. A Spotted Redshank on South Lake. (Slimbridge Sightings/Paul Clark/Andy Chapman/Paul Masters).

Saul Warth     Early morning, no tide, 254 Wigeon migrating S in 2 flocks, 108 Shelducks, 30 Avocets, 106 Curlews, 60 Dunlins, two Kestrels, eight Fieldfares, a Meadow Pipit and a Rock Pipit. 20 Cattle Egrets opposite Dunstalls Farm at 9:30am. (MK).

Tewkesbury     At the Mill Avon a Kingfisher flying back and forth between Healings & Abbey Mills today. (Les Ditchburn).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A pair of Mute Swans, 100+ Greylags, 200+ Canada Geese, five Egyptian Geese, two Shelducks, 1700 Wigeon, five Gadwalls, 1000 Teal, 50+ Mallards, 240+ Pintails, 30+ Shovelers, four Pochards, 45 Tufted Ducks, a Grey Heron, ten Coots,  10+ Lapwings, 300 Black-headed Gulls, ten Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 20 Herring Gulls, five Skylarks, 20 Meadow Pipits, eight Pied Wagtails, five Fieldfares, a Mistle Thrush, a Song Thrush and 50 Starlings today. (Mike Smart).

Gloucester    Along the Severn Way at Sudmeadow and the Landfill Site two Cormorants, a male Sparrowhawk, a Buzzard, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10+ Pied Wagtails feeding on the old tip dislope, male and female Stonechat, a Raven, 13 Goldfinches, 12 Linnets and three Roe Deer. (Gord Avery).

WWT Slimbridge    Two FIRECRESTS next to the Robbie Garnett hide this morning. (Tan Grigg).

Firecrest by Tan Grigg

Saul Warth     Early morning four Goosanders flew in and landed briefly at Hock Cliff, then a fifth Goosander flew in and settled, 60 Shelducks, 30 Avocets, 44 Curlews, three Redshanks, 25 Lapwings, 85 Dunlins, a Green Sandpiper in Hock Ditch, a Little Egret, ten Cattle Egrets, a Kestrel, a Stonechat, four Fieldfares, six Meadow Pipits, a Chiffchaff, 25 Goldfinches, 20 Chaffinches and a Reed Bunting. (MK).

Kestrel by Mike King

Stonechat by Mike King

Tresham     A Little Owl, a juvenile Peregrine, 24 Golden Plovers, two Stonechats, four Red Kites and four Corn Buntings today. (Paul Rich).

Gossington     A Little Owl on a derelict barn today and another calling nearby. (Harrison Rowsell).

Little Owl by Harrison Rowell

Chavenage Lane     Five Red Kites, and at nearby Barton End, a female Merlin. (Terry Grant).

Cobney Meadows     On floods 350+ Wigeon, 100+ Pintails, ten Mallards, five Canada Geese, four Tufted Ducks, 30+ Teal, 25 Shovelers, seven Shelducks, an Egyptian Goose, 35 Black-headed Gulls, 30 Carrion Crows, 10+ Fieldfares and 100+ Starlings in a small murmuration at dusk. (Shaun Curtis).

Naunton Down     200+ Redwings on winter cereals and 50+ Starlings in two mobile groups. (Phil Steele).

Coombe Hill Meadows     The Grundon hide easily accessible with wellingtons now. This morning two Mute Swans, 300 Greylags, 500 Canada Geese, 300 Wigeon, eight Gadwalls, 800 Teal, 30 Mallards, 264 Pintails, 43 Shovelers, three Pochards, 20 Tufted Ducks, a Grey Heron, five Coots, 200 Black-headed Gulls, 20 Herring Gulls, four Pied Wagtails, four Meadow Pipits, a singing Song Thrush, five Fieldfares and a Cetti’s Warbler. (Mike Smart).

Ashleworth Ham     A female Goldeneye today. (Richard Humphrey & Pete Jones).

Goldeneye by Richard Humphrey

WWT Slimbridge    In the scrub near the Decoy hide at lunchtime today a FIRECREST, two Blackcaps, a Goldcrest, a Treecreeper, a Bullfinch, a Cetti’s Warbler and a Chiffchaff. (Tim McGrath/Dave Paynter). Two Little Stints viewable from the Estuary Tower on the Tack Piece with Dunlins this morning. (Warren Gill).

Saul Warth     Mid-morning at high tide, 30 Avocets, 17 Curlews, six Redshanks, two Little Egrets, two Cattle Egrets, two Kestrels, two Buzzards, a Sparrowhawk, a Rock Pipit, a Chiffchaff and two Reed Buntings. Also in the spring like weather a Red Admiral and Rooks displaying and repairing nests. (MK).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Two Mute Swans, c300 Canada Geese, 184 Greylags, two Mandarins, 40 Shovelers, 23 Gadwalls, 800 Wigeon, 200 Pintails, 600 Teal, 20 Mallards, three Pochards, 23 Tufted Ducks, 20 Coots, three Snipe, a Sparrowhawk, 300 Black-headed Gulls, a Jay, 75 Jackdaws, 25 Carrion Crows, a Cetti’s Warbler, two Meadow Pipits, two Pied Wagtails, 60 Fieldfares, two Linnets, four Chiffchaffs, two Blackcaps and a Yellowhammer today. (Andy Jayne/Ian Hull/Mike Smart).

Forest of Dean     This morning 4+ Goldcrests, 10+ Long-tailed Tits and a Dipper at Parkend. Two Goosanders (1m), 6+ Little Grebes, four Wigeon, 8+ Mandarins and two Ravens at Cannop Ponds. At Woorgreens NR four Goosanders (1m), two Grey Herons, ten Tufted Ducks, 35+ mixed flock of Siskins, Redpolls and Goldfinches, two Ravens and three Fieldfares. (Paul Clark).

Cobney Meadows     This afternoon eight Mute Swans, seven Egyptian Geese, four Shelducks, 150 Wigeon, 50 Teal, ten Mallards, two Pintails, ten Shovelers, a Tufted Duck, ten Lapwings and 150 Black-headed Gulls. (Mike Smart).

Chavenage Lane area     Seven Red Kites, three Kestrels and seven Buzzards, and at nearby Barton End, two Red Kites, 17 Corn Buntings, two Buzzards and 45+ Linnets. (Terry Grant).

Leighterton     750+ Common Gulls feeding in fields. (Terry Grant).

Longney      A Red Kite flew N at 9:26am and nearby 69 Lapwings at Epney. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge     Two FIRECRESTS by the airlock gate leading to the Estuary Tower at 9am. (Ian Hull). From the Estuary Tower 39 White-fronted Geese on the sands then moved to the Tack Piece, also three Ruff and a Little Stint. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Saul Warth     Between 7:30-10:30am, 25 Avocets, 87 Curlews, 100 Lapwings flew S, three Redshanks, a Common Sandpiper, four Dunlins, a Kestrel, two Buzzards, a Rock Pipit, 14 Meadow Pipits, a Fieldfare, four Chiffchaffs, a female Stonechat, three Linnets and four Reed Buntings. (MK).

Rock Pipit by Mike King

Linnet by Mike King

Coombe Hill Meadows     This afternoon, the canal path passable to the Snipe Pool gate then waders needed to get to the hide, a Buzzard, two Kestrels, a Common Gull with Black-headed Gulls on the flooded fields, 250+ Teal, 50+ Pintails, a Water Rail, 25+ Fieldfares, 12+ Redwings and 18 Pied Wagtails. (Paul Clark).

Chavenage Lane area     An immature Goshawk, five Red Kites, two Kestrels, four Buzzards and at nearby Barton End a male Merlin sat in a tree by the side of the A46 and a flyover female Merlin at the same time, also 20+ Corn Buntings. (Terry Grant).

Merlin by Terry Grant

WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN showed well on the island viewed from Van de Bovenkamp hide today. (Heather England/Dave Creber). A Bar-tailed Godwit roosted on the Dumbles edge over high tide and at least 34 Avocets on the river’s edge. 13 Avocets on South Lake. (Paul Masters).

Saul Warth     Early morning high tide the first Rock Pipit of the winter, 47 Curlews all flew off N, three Shelducks, 55 Lapwings flew S, three Little Egrets, ten Grey Herons, three Buzzards, six Fieldfares, a Redwing and two Reed Buntings. (MK).

Elkstone     At the play area today at least three Bramblings on the beech mast with c30 Chaffinches. (Tom Mabbett).

Gossington     A Little Owl sat on a derelict building this morning before being spooked by horse riders and flying away. (Harrison Rowsell).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding today Fieldfare, Redwing Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, a Kestrel, two Grey Herons, a Jay and a Great Spotted Woodpecker. (Sarah Townsend). A Woodcock flushed at 11am. (Steve Pullen).

Fieldfare by Sarah Townsend

Tuffley     Two Grey Wagtails and two Pied Wagtails in the garden this afternoon. (John Fletcher).

Grey Wagtail by John Fletcher

Sandhurst    A Red Admiral at Sandhurst Hill today. (Andy Jayne).

Brookthorpe     A GLOSSY IBIS flew low over Naas Lane east over the new fishing pits on the sharp right hand bend by Chambers Farm at 1:30pm SO 82985 11910. (Martin McGill).

Gossington    Two Barn Owls flew together over the A38 near Gossington Bridge at 10:40pm. (Chris Newton).

WWT Slimbridge     26 Bewick’s Swans and 182 Dunlins on the Rushy. Four Red Crested Pochards (2m, 2f), two Cattle Egrets, a Peregrine, four Ruff, a Golden Plover, a White-fronted Goose and a Black Swan on South Lake. Four Great White Egrets on the Tack Piece. (Dot Jones/Oliver Hague/Paul Clark/David Minshall).

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning, 86 Curlews, 14 Shelducks, 25 Common Gulls, five Grey Herons, a Kestrel, a Buzzard, a Fieldfare and a Chiffchaff. No sign of the Brent today. (MK).

Curlew by Mike King

Frampton    A pair of Great White Egrets over the Court Lake this afternoon. (Simon Hart).

Cotswold Water Park East     At Pit 114 200+ Pochards, 150+ Red Crested Pochards, 100+ Wigeon, 100+ Coots, Tufted Duck flocks, two Goosanders and a Goldeneye. (Thomas McClung).

Forest of Dean     At Wenchford a Dipper from the entrance bridge. At Mallards Pike Siskins over and a Nuthatch. At Speech House, Spruce Ride car park, a Nuthatch and 3/4 Coal Tits visiting the feeders. (Steve Brown).

WWT Slimbridge     21 Bewick’s Swans on the Rushy and five on the Tack Piece. 40 White-fronted Geese from Robbie Garnett hide. A BITTERN from Zeiss hide. (Tim Jukes/Ian Hull/Oliver Paisey/Dot Jones).

Saul Warth     High tide at dawn, the Dark-bellied Brent Goose still then flew to the Noose, 30 Curlews, three Snipe, two Redshanks, a Common Sandpiper, two Little Egrets, six Grey Herons, two Kestrels, a flock of 23 Skylarks flew N, two Fieldfares, a Chiffchaff, two Stonechats and six Reed Buntings. Ten Cattle Egrets in the field opposite Dunstalls Farm at 10am. (MK).

Dark-bellied Brent Goose by Mike King

Syreford     On the track above Syreford Plantation this afternoon, 10+ Yellowhammers, five Linnets, two Buzzards, two Red Kites, a Kestrel and a Skylark. (Cottia Howard).

Yellowhammer by Cottia Howard

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area this morning, three Snipe, a Lapwing, two Grey Herons, 30+Fieldfares, 20+Redwings, eight Song Thrushes, 24 Skylarks, five Stonechats, six Reed Buntings. 14 Meadow Pipits, four Siskins, three Kestrels, four Buzzards and two Ravens. (Steve Pullen).

Maisemore    Mostly frozen, but the Leadon flood near Maisemore held eight Mute Swans, 12 Canada Geese, 14 Wigeon, 170 Teal, a Snipe, a Green Sandpiper, two Grey Herons, two  Great White Egrets, a Kingfisher, three Chiffchaffs, a Treecreeper and two Grey Wagtails. (Andy Jayne).

Gloucester     At Horsbere FSA a Buzzard, a Little Egret, a Stonechat, a Snipe and a Song Thrush, the ponds are still frozen. (Paul Clark). At Robinswood Hill this afternoon two Goldcrests, two Jays, 17 Jackdaws, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, three Song Thrushes, seven Long-tailed Tits and 13 Jackdaws. (John Fletcher).

Goldcrest by John Fletcher

Walmore Common     A drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL today. Also four Ruff in flight and another Ruff nearby at Wilmore, Rodley. (Andy Jayne).

Green-winged Teal by Andy Jayne

Longlevens     Belated news of a juvenile TURTLE DOVE in a private garden for most of the day yesterday (19th) but no sign today. (per Jim Northcott).

Saul Warth     At dawn high tide the Dark-bellied Brent Goose still, 30 Wigeon flew S, three Lapwings flew N, 67 Curlews, six Redshanks, a Common Sandpiper, a Fieldfare, a Chiffchaff, a Stonechat and six Reed Buntings. 28 Cattle Egrets opposite the parking at the Fretherne end of Hock Ditch across the road in the field with with brown cows at 9:45am. (MK).

Dark-bellied Brent Goose by Mike King

Common Sandpiper by Mike King

Cleeve Hill     A Short-eared Owl hunting near the pylons this morning.

Tresham     At least 50 Golden Plovers, 17 Lapwings, four Red Kites, six Red-legged Partridges, two Corn Buntings and a Little Owl this morning. (Paul Rich).

Forest of Dean     Three Bramblings on Serridge Ridge this morning. (Geoff Fawcett).

Maisemore    At the River Leadon flood near Maisemore birds included two Shelducks, four Gadwalls, two Shovelers, 52 Teal, 15 Mallards, a female Goosander, a Grey Heron, a Great White Egret, a female Sparrowhawk, three Chiffchaffs, four Blackcaps, a pair of Stonechat and 53 Pied Wagtails. (Andy Jayne).

Haresfield     An adult and a juvenile Peregrine on the incinerator at Javelin Park this morning. (Steve Pullen).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning viewed from the northern Apperley side due to flooding 74 Wigeon, 300 Teal, 20 Mallards, 24 Pintails and ten Fieldfares. (Mike Smart).

Saul Warth     At high tide at dawn in icy conditions a close Dark-bellied Brent Goose until 11am at least, seven Shelducks, seven Lapwings, 90 Curlews, 100 Dunlins, four Fieldfares, a Chiffchaff and a Little Egret and 11 more opposite Dunstalls Farm on the Arlingham Road. (MK).

Dark-bellied Brent Goose by Mike King

Newnham-on-Severn     A first-winter LITTLE GULL flew down river at 11:50am. (Dan Watson).

Gloucester     The male BLACK REDSTART again early morning at Manu Marble Way in Linden. (per MK).

WWT Slimbridge     Five Little Stints on the Tack Piece this morning with c400 Dunlin roosting nearby. At least eight White-fronted Geese and 19 Bewick’s Swans have been in and out through the morning. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Stonehouse     Along the canal from Ryeford to Bond’s Mill this afternoon male and female Kingfishers, three Cormorants, a Grey Heron, a Grey Wagtail and two Great Spotted Woodpeckers. (Paul Sutton).

Innsworth/Down Hatherley     A Grey Wagtail in wooded ditch between playing field and Brickhampton golf course. (Juliet Bailey).

WWT Slimbridge    On the Tack Piece 40 White-fronted Geese, 19 Bewick’s Swans and the Pink-footed Goose of unknown origin. Also a Water Rail at Willow hide, a Marsh Harrier over Tack Piece and two more over the Top New Piece and the BITTERN briefly from Zeiss hide. (Slimbridge Sightings/Paul Clark). Two Sanderlings with the Dunlin flock on the Tack Piece, four Sanderlings on the estuary, a Little Stint on the Dumbles and two on the Tack Piece. (Ian Ralphs).

Berkeley     On the flooded meadows next to the bypass at 3:15 pm two Bewick’s Swans taking off in a north-easterly direction. (Hinton Birder).

Saul Warth     At dawn high tide 18 Shelducks, 12 Stock Doves, 125 Curlews, 20 Dunlins, two Redshanks, a Tawny Owl calling, three Kestrels, eight Fieldfares, a Mistle Thrush, four Meadow Pipits, three Chiffchaffs and a Roe Deer. 20+ Cattle Egrets opposite Dunstalls Farm on the Arlingham Road. (MK).

Forest of Dean     Around Crabtree Hill this morning five Goosanders on Woorgreens Lake, two Green Woodpecker, small flock Lesser Redpolls and two flyover Crossbills. (Geoff Fawcett).

Newnham-on-Severn     A Green Sandpiper and a Cetti’s Warbler, scarce here, along the river between Newnham and Broadoak. (Dan Watson).

Elmore Court    In the rewilding area late afternoon to dusk a pair of Mute Swans, seven Teal, nine Snipe, two Grey Herons, a male Sparrowhawk, three Buzzards, three Kestrels, a Peregrine, a Barn Owl, a Green Woodpecker, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, 18 Skylarks, a Yellowhammer, and a least ten each of Stonechats, Meadow Pipits and Reed Buntings. Also three Roe Deers. (Andy Jayne).

Gloucester     At Horsbere this morning nine Teal, a calling Water Rail, five Moorhens, seven Snipe, a Cormorant, a Buzzard, a Kestrel, two Cetti’s Warblers (1 ringed), two Chiffchaffs, at least a pair of Stonechats, a Grey Wagtail and four Reed Buntings. Also a Roe Deer. (Andy Jayne/Gord Avery). A Little Egret in Barnwood Park today. (Terry Fenton).

Bentham     A Mistle Thrush, two Buzzards, two Green Woodpeckers, 13 Goldfinches, 10+ Long-tailed Tits and on the pool 13 Coots, a Moorhen and a Snipe. (Gord Avery).

Hucclecote     Three Blackcaps in the garden this afternoon. (Terry Fenton).

Stonehouse     A garden Meadow Pipit at Great Oldbury this morning. (Cathy & Peter Pugh).