WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER on the Tack Piece late morning but elusive. (Ian Hull). The drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL from the Van den Bovenkamp hide. (Jonathan Bull). A Coal Tit from Kingfisher hide, a site scarcity, and the SPOONBILL still on South Lake. 16 White-fronted Geese on the Tack Piece. (Dot Jones/Paul Clark).

Saul Warth     At a very low high tide at midday 25 Curlews, a Redshank, two Little Egrets, a Kestrel, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Fieldfare, five Redwings, three Song Thrushes, two Mistle Thrushes, a Grey Wagtail, a Rock Pipit, six Meadow Pipits, three Reed Buntings, a Stonechat, 12 Long-tailed Tits and a Chiffchaff. (MK).

Kestrel by Mike King

Haw Bridge     A pair of Little Grebes on the river this morning. (Robin Lewis).

Chavenage Lane area     400+ Redwings, 130+ Fieldfares,  12+ Buzzards, two Sparrowhawks, three Kestrels and eight Red  Kites today. (Terry Grant).

Forest of Dean      Two Marsh Tits in a mixed Tit flock near Mireystock Bridge near Brierley this morning. (Geoff Fawcett).

Cleeve Hill     A Short-eared Owl, a Raven, a Kestrel, a Red Kite and Redwings and Fieldfares late afternoon. (Ian Coote).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Two Mute Swans, five Greylags, 20 Canada Geese, 105 Wigeon, two Gadwalls, 400 Teal, 40 Mallards, 30 Pintails, 48 Shovelers, five Tufted Ducks, a Little Egret, a Grey Heron, a Water Rail, 45 Black-headed Gulls, a Common Gull, a Stonechat and 15 Fieldfares today. (Mike Smart).

Ashleworth Ham     20 Mallards, seven Snipe and three Jack Snipe today. (Mike Smart).

Cobney Meadows     11 Mute Swan, a Shelduck, 120 Wigeon, 180 Teal and a Snipe. (Mike Smart).

Chedworth     A first winter male Blackcap on garden feeders today and a flock of Redwings and Blackbirds stripped all the red berried shrubs. (Harvey Sherwood).

Lydney     Late news for yesterday afternoon, a male HEN HARRIER over fields and the embankment S of Harbour Lane then flew E over the estuary. Also a very late SWALLOW. (Matt Griffiths).

WWT Slimbridge     The drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL showed well from the Robbie Garnett hide. The immature SPOONBILL still on South Lake. (Roberta Goodall).

Saul Warth     Pre-tide ten Curlews, ten Dunlins, a Great Crested Grebe on the river, a Kestrel, six Fieldfares, 24 Redwings, seven Song Thrushes, three Mistle Thrushes, a Reed Bunting, a Stonechat and two Chiffchaffs. (MK).

Stonechat by Mike King

Chavenage Lane area     450+ Redwings, 180+ Fieldfares, 14 Golden Plovers, five Red Kites, a male Peregrine and a female Goshawk today. (Terry Grant).

Halmore     A Peregrine fast over the garden at dusk and a Barn Owl hunting a field on Halmore Lane at 4:50pm. Also the first Siskins of the winter on the feeders, along with four Greenfinches and two Great Spotted Woodpeckers. (Chris Newton).

Winchcombe     This morning at 10:45am a Water Rail by the bridge below Sudeley Castle. (Martin Jauch).

Sharpness     From the picnic area on this morning’s rising tide a female COMMON SCOTER flew down river and then came back up on the tide. Also two Common Sandpipers, two Grey Herons, a Rock Pipit, two Curlews, 18 Redshanks, a Kestrel and a Peregrine. (Steve Rickard).

WWT Slimbridge     The immature SPOONBILL Spoonbill was asleep on the causeway at South Lake at 11:20am. (Andy Jordan). The drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL from Zeiss hide early morning. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Saul Warth     Bitterly cold and no sign of the Wheatear 8-10:15am. 22 Curlews, a Grey Plover, 15 Wigeon, a Kestrel, a Rock Pipit, five Meadow Pipits, two Fieldfares, 11 Redwings, three Reed Buntings, a female Stonechat, 50 Linnets and a Chiffchaff. (MK).

Rock Pipit by Mike King

Reed Bunting by Mike King

Forest of Dean     20+ Goosanders on Woorgreens Lake this morning. (Frank Williams).

Tewkesbury     A Water Rail squealing, along the footpath on the bypass side of Tewkesbury nature reserve. (Sarah Loaring).

Chavenage Lane     450+ Redwings, including an aberrant one, 80+ Fieldfares, ten Blackbirds, five Mistle Thrushes and three Red Kites. (Terry Grant).

Aberrant Redwing by Terry Grant

Fieldfare by Terry Grant

Epney     At 12:30pm, close to DC Merrett industrial estate a male Stonechat feeding at the far end of the field, a Red Kite circling overhead and a Grey Heron flew N. (Mil Petkovic).

Framilode     At the church at 1pm eight Fieldfares flew from the riverbank towards the church and two Grey Herons, one on the far bank of the river, the other flew N. (Mil Petkovic).

Arlingham     At 2pm two Reed Buntings feeding on reed heads close to Passage House, two Grey Herons and a Kestrel, hunting from tree tops and attempted a kill.  (Mil Petkovic).

Staverton     A Buzzard harassed by a Carrion Crow for c5 minutes above Gloucestershire Airport today. (Roger Wasley).

Buzzard & Carrion Crow by Roger Wasley

Coombe Hill Meadows     Four KITTIWAKES grounded in the murk/snow briefly from the hide at 10:10am, then flew S at 10:20am. (Ian Hull). In bleak conditions birds also included 80 Shovelers, 45 Pintails, eight Tufted Ducks, a Water Rail, a Little Grebe, a Woodcock near The Leigh, 20 Snipe, 11 Cattle Egrets, three Little Egrets, a Sparrowhawk and a Kingfisher. (Andy Jayne).

WWT Slimbridge     From Zeiss hide a drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL on the Top New Piece  amongst 340 Teal. (Paul Rich).

Saul Warth     Few birds in poor viz and heavy sleet, everything bedraggled, six Curlews, a Common Sandpiper, a Kestrel, the male Wheatear still (Day 18) probably roosting in the sewage works for warmth, seven Meadow Pipits, 2 two Reed Buntings, a Mistle Thrush and two Chiffchaffs. (MK).

Wheatear by Mike King

Chiffchaff by Mike King

Cotswold Water Park West     At Pit 201b a Golden Plover, 11 Snipe and 75 Lapwings. Also today a Marsh Harrier and two Treecreepers. (Richard Williams).

Ashleworth Ham     From the GWT hide late afternoon a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, 160 Mallards, a Canada Goose, five Snipe, 15 Teal, 11 Wigeon, a Buzzard, four Robins and two Chaffinches. (John Fletcher).

Great White Egret by John Fletcher

Bussage     A Green Woodpecker feeding in the garden today. (Martine & Pete Fenn).

Green Woodpecker by Pete Fenn

Severn Hams     Late news for Saturday morning, a very late juvenile OSPREY flew S following the River Severn between the Red Lion and Ashleworth flood gates. Two Goosanders, four Mandarins, a Kestrel and a Woodcock at Ashleworth and Hasfield Hams. (Robin Lewis).

Moreton-in-Marsh     Late news for Saturday morning, a very vocal Ring-necked Parakeet flew over the garden. (Mark Bonner).

WWT Slimbridge     From Estuary Tower at high tide three female/immature COMMON SCOTERS floating off the Dumbles. The immature SPOONBILL was on the foreshore. A RED-BREASTED MERGANSER flew upriver. (Martin McGill/Ian Hull). A drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL was on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide, a different bird to last week. (Martin McGill).

Saul Warth     At high tide 15 Curlews, a Common Sandpiper, 76 Lapwings S, two Little Egrets, a Kingfisher, the male WHEATEAR still (17th day), male and female Stonechat, 14 Meadow Pipits, two male Reed Buntings, seven Fieldfares, a Mistle Thrush and four Chiffchaffs, 1 singing. (MK).

Stonechat by Mike King

Reed Bunting by Mike King

Walmore Common     Two Canada Geese, 125 Greylags, two Mute Swans, ten Shovelers, 120 Wigeon, 80 Teal, a Jack Snipe, six Snipe, three Grey Herons, a Kingfisher and four Stonechats today. (Andy Jayne).

Berkeley shore     11 Turnstones, 6+ Redshanks, three Dunlins, a Curlew, two Rock Pipits and five Meadow Pipits. (Les Ditchburn).

Purton to Sharpness     Along the canal two Kingfishers,  two Cetti’s Warblers, a Water Rail heard, 4+ Little Grebes, a Common Sandpiper, a few Fieldfares, a Mistle Thrush, a Song Thrush, 10+ Redwings, a Greenfinch, a Raven, a Kestrel and a Grey Wagtail. At SARA three Snipe, Wigeons, Curlew and a Common Sandpiper and a pair of Peregrines in Dock Road. (Mike Davis/Chris Newton).

Kingfisher by Chris Newton

Gloucester     A male BLACK REDSTART high up on the SE side of the Cathedral this morning, also a Peregrine. (Steve Pullen).

Saul Warth     40 Pintails flew S, seven Shelducks, 98 Curlews, a Common Sandpiper, 230 Lapwings flew S, three Kestrels, a Little Egret, the male WHEATEAR still (16 days), four Stonechats, a Rock Pipit, a Reed Bunting, a Redwing, a Mistle Thrush and a Chiffchaff. (MK).

Kestrel by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     The immature SPOONBILL on South Lake again today. A BITTERN from Kingfisher hide today. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Frampton pools     12 Chiffchaffs, one singing, a Skylark singing, two Lesser Redpolls, four Siskins, a Yellow-legged Gull, 34 Wigeon, 40 Gadwalls, 52 Tufted Ducks, 25 Shovelers, 27 Mallards, eight Pochards, four Teal, a Great White Egret, two Kingfishers, 215 Coots, 24 Moorhens, seven Great Crested Grebes and a Little Grebe. (Nick Goatman).

Guscar Rocks/Aylburton Warth     This morning on the WeBS count 12 Shelducks, 70 Wigeon, 50 Teal, five Mallards, 11 Grey Herons, 180 Lapwings, 50 Dunlins, a Snipe, 236 Curlews, 51 Redshanks, 290 Black-headed Gulls, five Herring Gulls, three Common Gulls, 15 Skylarks and ten Meadow Pipits. (Mike Smart).

Chavenage Lane     1000+ Redwings and 220+ Fieldfares feeding in fields, two Red Kites and two Stonechats. A large mixed flock of the thrushes flew off  WNW. (Terry Grant).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This afternoon 50+ Greylags, three Canada Geese, five Egyptian Geese, three Mute Swans, 100+ Shovelers, 100+ Pintails, 100+ Wigeon, 40+ Teal, 50+ Mallards, 12 Lapwings, 35 Snipe, three Little Egrets, a Great White Egret, three Grey Herons, a Marsh Harrier and a Sparrowhawk took a Snipe. (Eden Tanner).

Marsh Harrier by Eden Tanner

Great White Egret by Eden Tanner

Avening    11 Red Kites at Ledgemore Bottom, in two groups (5 and 6), one group possibly scavenging, the other riding a thermal with several Buzzards and Ravens. (Mike Kom).

Berkeley shore    No sign of the Snow Bunting between dawn and 10am from the beginning of the seawall at the power station to the end of the wall S of Severn House farm. Birds seen included a Turnstone, 22 Redshanks, a Snipe, a Curlew, three Little Egrets, six Rock Pipits, three Stonechats and a Chiffchaff. (Paul Rich/MK).

Turnstone by Mike King

Cleeve Hill     A DARTFORD WARBLER on the common today. (Greg Mabbett).

Saul Warth     The male Wheatear (Day 15), a Stonechat, a Chiffchaff, 105 Shelducks, two Little Egrets, nine Curlews and a Kestrel late morning. (MK).

Wheatear by Mike King

Calmsden    A FIRECREST drinking from puddle with a Marsh Tit and a Treecreeper at the Stand plantation crossroads near Calmsden. (Dave Soons).

Sharpness     Between 11am-1pm 1+ BLACK REDSTART around the docks again today. (Mark Dowie/Andy Jordan/Jeremy Holland).

Chavenage Lane area     800+ Redwings, many dropping in to a field to feed, 130+ Fieldfares, four Mistle Thrushes and two Red Kites. At Barton End 16 Golden Plovers and a male and female Stonechat. (Terry Grant). This afternoon at Barton End at least nine Red Kites, five Buzzards and two Kestrels, eight Red Kites near Hunters Hall and another at Nympsfield. (Paul Sutton).

Gloucester     Late morning at Hempsted a Cormorant, a Buzzard, a Kestrel, a Green Woodpecker, a Chiffchaff in the plantation at Sudmeadow, a female Stonechat along the Severn Way and a pair of Ravens at GLS. (Gord Avery).

Halmore      A male Hawfinch in a private mixed wood this morning, a patch tick. Also two Buzzards, a hunting Sparrowhawk, four Ravens, a Greenfinch, c20 Redwings with some Fieldfares, a Nuthatch and a Treecreeper. This evening at dusk a Barn Owl hunting a paddock on Halmore Lane. (Chris Newton).

Hawfinch by Chris Newton

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning from dawn eight Mute Swans, 250 Canada Geese, 200 Greylags, 24 Egyptian Geese, 40 Pintails, 180 Mallards, 61 Shovelers, 200 Wigeon, 500 Teal, eight Gadwalls, four Tufted Ducks, 50 Lapwings, 22 Snipe, two Great Black-backed Gulls, five Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 70 Herring Gulls, 50 Black-headed Gulls, a Great White Egret, 12 Little Egrets, 14 Cattle Egrets, a BITTERN flew in before dawn and disappeared into the main drain just left of the Grundon hide, three Coots, two Moorhens, seven Water Rails, a female/juv Marsh Harrier, a male Peregrine, six Reed Buntings, a Kingfisher, a Cormorant, at least 8 Chiffchaff including two birds singing. (Ian Ralphs).

Ashleworth Ham     80 Greylags, ten Teal, 180 Mallards, a Grey Heron, an immature Marsh Harrier, a Buzzard, three Water Rails, 12 Snipe and a Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

Cobney Meadows     12 Mute Swans, 60 Wigeon, 200 Teal, a Pied Wagtail, five Fieldfares, two Redwings and five Long-tailed Tits today. (Mike Smart).

Leigh Meadows     Nine Canada Geese, three Teal, a Little Egret, a Moorhen, a Snipe, three Green Sandpipers, a Grey Wagtail, five Redwings and five Goldfinches today. (Mike Smart).

Tewkesbury     At Mitton in the field still shallowly flooded, 200 Wigeon, 100 Teal, five Mallards, ten Shovelers, two Grey Herons and ten Lapwings. At Mythe Hook 75 Canada Geese, a Great White Egret, 90 Wigeon, five Mallards, two Grey Herons and two Cormorants. (Mike Smart).

Berkeley shore     A SNOW BUNTING showing well this afternoon at ST 65139 98828. (Paul Taylor).

Snow Bunting by Paul Taylor

Saul Warth     A female Marsh Harrier flew towards Hock Cliff at 8:25am, two Buzzards, a Kestrel, two Little Egrets, seven Shelducks, 20 Curlews, a Grey Wagtail, 11 Meadow Pipits, a male Wheatear still, a Stonechat, three Reed Buntings, three Chiffchaffs, one singing, six Fieldfares and ten Redwings. (MK).

Wheatear by Mike King

Gloucester    Around Sandhurst minimum counts of five Gadwalls, four Wigeon, 24 Teal, a Little Grebe, two Red Kites, seven Buzzards, a Peregrine, a Little Owl , a Kingfisher, 1600 Woodpigeons, 40 Skylarks, six Chiffchaffs, two Goldcrests, 100 Chaffinches, a Brambling over, 50 Greenfinches, 300 Linnets, four Yellowhammers and four Reed Buntings. (Andy Jayne). At Horsebere Brook FSA four Reed Buntings, two Stonechats, a Buzzard, c6 Chaffinches and ten Meadow Pipits this morning. (Gary Smithson).

Sharpness     This morning two BLACK REDSTARTS on top of the tall building in Dock Road. Also a pair of Stonechats by SARA and 30+ Wigeon on the river. Four Grey Herons, four Curlews and a Reed Bunting from the picnic site, also a Peregrine, a Kestrel, eight Meadow Pipits and a Rock Pipit. (Steve Pullen).

Ashleworth Ham     This afternoon a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, a Water Rail calling, 203 Mallards, 25 Snipe, 20 Teal, a Coot, a Grey Heron, two Fieldfares, a Reed Bunting, two Buzzards, a Sparrowhawk, five Skylarks, a Meadow Pipit and 500+ Woodpigeons. (John Fletcher/Mike Smart).

Great White Egret by John Fletcher

Barnsley     A  Great White Egret flew low NW over Oxwold House this morning. (Harvey Sherwood).

Chavenage Lane area     Three Corn Buntings, two Red Kites, 70+ Yellowhammers, 80+ Linnets, seven Long-tailed Tits and two female Stonechats. (Terry Grant).

WWT Slimbridge     A MERLIN over the Tack Piece and two quarrelling Cetti’s Warblers from the Estuary Tower. (Steve Pullen). A Dark-bellied Brent Goose on the Dumbles. (Jonathan Bull). The immature SPOONBILL still on South Lake. (Dot Jones).

WWT Slimbridge     On South Lake the immature SPOONBILL, two Egyptian Geese, a Great Black-backed Gull, a Great Crested Grebe, 17 Cormorants and seven Snipe. (Roberta Goodall/Paul Clark). A Goshawk with prey on the Tack Piece, six Bewick’s Swans on the Rushy, a Chiffchaff and three Common Cranes from Estuary Tower and a Kingfisher at the Eider Lake. (Paul Clark).

Sharpness     Two BLACK REDSTARTS in Dock Road this afternoon. (Jamie Warren).

Saul Warth     Early morning at high tide two Little Egrets, 28 Shelducks, 47 Curlews, ten Dunlins, a Rock Pipit, 25 Meadow Pipits, a Grey Wagtail, the male Wheatear (13th day), two Stonechats, three Reed Buntings, three Chiffchaffs, five Song Thrushes (an influx), four Fieldfares and eight Redwings. (MK).

Song Thrush by Mike King

Longney     A Common Sandpiper tonight at dusk. (Jeremy Squire).

Chavenage Lane area     250+ Redwings, 160+ Fieldfares, eight Mistle Thrushes and a Red Kite today. (Terry Grant).

Cotswold Water Park East    Around pits 111, 126, 127 and 114 birds included a Common Sandpiper, five Pintails, 40+Red Crested Pochards, four Egyptian Geese, ten Greylags, a Green Woodpecker, four Cormorants, 10+ Great Crested Grebes and numerous Mallards, Pochards, Tufted Ducks, Wigeon, Gadwalls and Coots. (Jonathan Stebbing).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Nine Mute Swans, 32 Greylags, two Canada Geese, 16 Egyptian Goose, four Shelducks, 203+ Wigeon, a Gadwall, 300+ Teal, 100+ Mallards, 37 Pintails, 78 Shovelers, six Tufted Ducks, seven Cormorants, two Little Grebes, two Grey Herons, three Little Egrets, two Water Rails, 210 Lapwings, a Golden Plover, five Snipe, five Black-headed Gulls, two Skylarks, 35 Fieldfares and a Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

Hartpury     At the College birds included six Lapwings, ten Fieldfares, four Redwings, two Mistle Thrushes, three Greenfinches, 20 Goldfinches, 50 Common Gulls, three Stock Doves, a Jay, a Meadow Pipit, two Pied Wagtails and a Red Admiral. (Oliver Paisey).

Purton    No sign of the Common Scoter at by the timber ponds but at 1:05pm a RICHARD’S PIPIT flew over calling frequently in the direction of the ships graveyard where it may have landed but not subsequently relocated. Also a large number of Fieldfares and Redwings flew west. (Terry Grant).

WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER from Zeiss hide today and later on the Tack Piece. (Gordon Youdale/Slimbridge Sightings). The immature SPOONBILL was on South Lake early afternoon, it flew there from the estuary late morning. Also a Kingfisher at South Lake and two Cattle Egrets from Zeiss hide, later on South Lake. 11 Bewick’s Swans on the Rushy mid-morning.  (Jon Mercer).

Spoonbill by Jon Mercer

Bewick’s Swans by Jon Mercer

Sharpness    The male BLACK REDSTART was on the tallest building in the docks again today in Dock Road, catching flies in the sun and not seen lower than c25m. In the same area a Rock Pipit and three Linnets. (Terry Grant/Chris Newton).

Black Redstart by Chris Newton

Black Redstart by Terry Grant

Saul Warth     This morning two Little Egrets, 52 Shelducks, three Curlews, a Rock Pipit, two Meadow Pipits, a Grey Wagtail, a male Wheatear (12th day), a Stonechat, two Reed Buntings, a Chiffchaff and  a Common Darter in the sluice. (MK).

Wheatear by Mike King

Wheatear by Mike King

Tresham     Early morning nine Golden Plovers, six Corn Buntings, four Stonechats and five Red-legged Partridges. (Paul Rich).

Epney     A Hawfinch flew over N calling, also 70 Curlews and a Kingfisher this morning. (Jeremy Squire).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A Great White Egret, two Cattle Egrets and two Ruff this lunchtime. (Jeremy Squire).

Stonehouse     In the Bond’s Mill area at 11am three Kingfishers, two males and a female, a male Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Buzzard, a Cormorant flew along the canal and a pair of Jays. (Paul Sutton).

Kingfisher by Paul Sutton

Horsley     Four Red Kites flying over fields this afternoon. (Terry Grant).

Cheltenham     A Mandarin at Hatherley Park today. (Eric Harris).

Longney Crib     This afternoon three Little Egrets, two Lapwings, five Mallards, male and female Stonechat, 50 Rooks, 18 Carrion Crows, nine Redwings, 35 Fieldfares, 21 Jackdaws, two Ravens. 13 Starlings, five Pied Wagtails, three Goldfinches, a Song Thrush, 350+ Black-headed Gulls, 70+ Lesser Black backed Gulls, four Herring Gulls, a Great Black-backed Gull and 200+ Wood Pigeons. (John Fletcher).

Gloucester     At Horsebere Brook FSA six Reed Buntings, two Stonechats, eight Meadow Pipits, a Grey Heron, c10 Chaffinches and flocks of Goldfinches this morning. (Gary Smithson).

Stonechat by Gary Smithson