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

Purton     The drake COMMON SCOTER on the canal by the timber ponds again today. (Jeremy Squire).

WWT Slimbridge    Two Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 14 White-fronted Geese and a Little Stint on the Dumbles from Estuary Tower. Also a Goshawk flew through. Four Bewick’s Swans on the Rushy. The immature SPOONBILL on South Lake. A Cattle Egret flew over the car park. (Warren Gill/Magnus Carter/Paul Clack).

Saul Warth     This morning three Egyptian Geese, three Pintails, 44 Curlews, the male Wheatear still (11th day), a Stonechat, a Rock Pipit, 15 Meadow Pipits, a Grey Wagtail, two Chiffchaffs, a Redwing and three Reed Buntings. (MK).

Wheatear by Mike King

Frampton pools     At lunchtime a female Goosander, the adult Yellow-legged Gull, a pair of Red Crested Pochards, three male Pintails, three male Pochards, 36 Gadwalls, eight Teal, 16 Wigeon, 40+ Tufted Ducks, six Mallards, six Great Crested Grebes and 36 Cormorants. (Nick Goatman).

Westbury Strand     This morning 16 Egyptian Geese. (Andy Jayne).

Maisemore    At Leadon Meadows three Shelducks, 53 Shovelers, three Wigeon, 50 Mallards, 43 Pintails, 80 Teal and a Red Kite. (Andy Jayne). This afternoon 12 Moorhens, 100+ Mallards, two Little Egrets, two Cormorants, a male Sparrowhawk, three Red Kites, three Buzzards, two Ravens, 44 Fieldfares, four Redwings, three Long-tailed Tits and 29 Jackdaws. (John Fletcher).

Epney     Nine Golden Plovers, 115 Lapwings and 50 Curlews S of the Anchor at 10am. (MK).

Cheltenham     A Nuthatch and a Fieldfare in the garden near Cheltenham Racecourse today. (Paul Watkins).

Leckhampton     A male Blackcap feeding in the garden this morning. (John Casswell).

WWT Slimbridge     Late news of a male BEARDED TIT in the pond zone yesterday photographed by Matt Fletcher. This morning a male BEARDED TIT showed twice in the reedbed from Knott hide calling both times at 10:40am and again at 10:50am. (MK). Despite good coverage throughout the afternoon it didn’t show again although it wasn’t seen to fly off. A FIRECREST showed well from the Estuary Tower at 11am with two Cetti’s Warblers. (Paul Masters). The drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL was on the scrape in front of the Tower for much of the day. (Martin McGill). This afternoon a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was on the Dumbles but distant again. (Ian Hull/Roberta Goodall). Two Bewick’s Swans on the Rushy. (MK).

Bearded Tit by Matt Fletcher 10/11/24

Bearded Tit by Matt Fletcher 10/11/24

Firecrest by Mike King 

Green-winged Teal by Mike King 

Bewick’s Swan by Mike King 

Purton     The drake COMMON SCOTER on the canal by the timber ponds today until 3pm at least. Also two Little Grebes, four Water Rails heard, a juvenile Goshawk, a male Kestrel, five Cetti’s Warblers heard, four Chiffchaffs, a pair of Stonechats and two Lesser Redpolls. (Andy Jayne/Dave Hughes/Martine & Pete Fenn/Chris Newton).

Common Scoter by Pete Fenn

Goshawk by Dave Hughes

Sharpness     The male BLACK REDSTART at the docks again today. (Andy Jayne).

Saul Warth     This morning the male Wheatear still, a Treecreeper (3rd patch record), 14 Meadow Pipits, six Redwings, three Fieldfares, two Mistle Thrushes, three Chiffchaffs and nine Egyptian Geese flew NW. (MK).

Treecreeper by Mike King

Epney     295 Lapwings and 41 Curlews on the river early morning. (MK).

Shab Hill     Two Red Kites, a Buzzard, 14 Golden Plovers, ten Fieldfares over SW and a Raven. (Gordon Avery).

Witcombe Reservoirs     Seven Mute Swans, 273+ Mallards, 12 Tufted Ducks, six Cormorants, a Grey Heron, two Little Grebes, three Great Crested Grebes, six Moorhens, three Coots, 70 Black-headed Gulls, six Common Gulls, 22 Herring Gulls and a Green Woodpecker. (Gordon Avery).

Bentham     Seven Mallards, ten Coots, two Little Grebes, a Green Woodpecker, a Grey Wagtail and two Pied Wagtails. (Gordon Avery).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This afternoon/evening 20+ Pintails, 25+ Tufted Ducks, ten Little Grebes, three Cormorants, a Great White Egret, 15+ Egyptian Geese, a Little Egret, two Grey Herons, a Buzzard, a Red Kite, a Sparrowhawk, 123 Lapwings, a Redshank, six Long-tailed Tits, two Bullfinches and 20+ Snipe. (Paul Clark/Mike Smart).

Shepherds Patch, Slimbridge      The drake COMMON SCOTER (3rd day) on the canal between patch bridge and Purton all day again attracting a steady stream of admirers. Nearer to Purton for most of the day. (Ken Hurcombe et al).

Sharpness    At 10:20am the male BLACK REDSTART on the ships masts. Also a flock of Greylags distantly flew N with 1-5 White-fronted Geese with them, four Reed Buntings, 30 Linnets, Wigeon and Peregrine. (Oliver Paisey).

Saul Warth     This morning an unexpected Oystercatcher flew S calling, the male WHEATEAR still around the sluice, also 29 Golden Plovers flew S, 12 Curlews, a Rock Pipit, 35 Meadow Pipits, three Stonechats, three Chiffchaffs, six Fieldfares, a Redwing and two Reed Buntings. (MK).

Rock Pipit by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge    From the Estuary Tower two adult Dark-bellied Brent Geese on the Dumbles and 24 Russian White-fronted Geese and a Little Stint with Dunlins. The immature SPOONBILL on South Lake today. (Heather England/Roberta Goodall/Paul Masters).

Cirencester     A Kingfisher in the town centre this morning, along the River Churn by the open-air pool. (Jon Mercer).

Cheltenham    This morning nine Long-tailed Tits in the garden in Benhall. A Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming in Benhall Park. This afternoon at the Park Campus lake male and female Mandarins and a Grey Heron. (David Norman).

Mandarin by David Norman

Frampton pools     A Hawfinch over, a Chiffchaff still singing, four Lesser Redpolls, two Siskins, 60+ Redwings, 30+ Fieldfares, two Reed Buntings, 30+ Meadow Pipits, two Skylarks, 20+ Chaffinches, 12 Pochards, eight Wigeon, 14 Shovelers, three Teal and a Red Admiral. (Nick Goatman).

Chavenage Lane area     140+ Fieldfares, 120+ Yellowhammers, three Red Kites, three Stonechats, 60+ Linnets, 60+ Goldfinches and at Barton End 250+ Golden Plovers. (Terry Grant).

Coombe Hill Meadows    10+ Mute Swans, 270 Greylags, 100 Canada Geese, 1200 Wigeon, four Gadwalls, 1000+ Teal, 50+ Mallards, 250 Pintails, 450 Shovelers, 15 Tufted Ducks, two Little Grebes, four Grey Herons, five Little Egrets, an immature Marsh Harrier, 40 Coots, five Water Rails, 300 Lapwings, a Dunlin, ten Snipe, two Black-tailed Godwits, two Curlews, a Redshank, a Lesser Black-backed Gull, five Black-headed Gulls, five Skylarks, a Mistle Thrush, five Fieldfares and 30 Redwings. (Mike Smart).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area on the scrape 15 Wigeon, 10+ Teal, four Gadwalls, at least 30 Mallards, two Little Grebes, a Little Egret, a Mute Swan and six Moorhens. Around the scrape a Kestrel, 2+ Snipe, four Stonechats, two Bullfinches, 12 Meadow Pipits, 50+ Redwings and 20+ Fieldfares. (Steve Pullen).

Moreton-in-Marsh     The first three Fieldfares of this autumn in the garden this afternoon at Draycott. (Sue Harrison).

Cotswolds     An escaped Scarlet Ibis yesterday between Bibury and Quenington at SP 12979 05573. (Catherine Zoraida). Record shots by Catherine.

Shepherds Patch, Slimbridge      A drake COMMON SCOTER on the canal between patch bridge and Purton all day until dusk attracted a steady stream of admirers. Locations varied but at the end of the day it was at SO 70482 04049. (Mike Davis et al).

Common Scoter by Mike King

Sharpness     A male BLACK REDSTART on the tallest building in Dock Road this morning. (Andy Jordan).

Saul Warth     This morning the male WHEATEAR still flycatching and feeding well on its 8th day but lacking the feathers to migrate, it could be here all winter. 33 Curlews, a Green Sandpiper, seven Cormorants, a Little Egret, a Redwing, a Stonechat, 23 Meadow Pipits, three Chiffchaffs, a Goldcrest, 12 Linnets and five Reed Buntings. (MK).

Wheatear by Mike King

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning 15 Cattle Egrets, 17 Little Egrets, a BITTERN flushed and 14 Egyptian Geese. (Ian Ralphs).

Ashleworth Ham     15 Wigeon, two Gadwalls, 60 Teal, 100 Mallards, a Grey Heron, four Little Grebes, a Buzzard, a Water Rail calling, six Fieldfares and 120 Redwings today. (Mike Smart).

Cotswold Water Park West    At Shorncote Reedbed this morning four Green Sandpipers, a Great White Egret, two Stonechats, a Siskin, c20 Fieldfares and a Green Woodpecker. (David Creber).

Tewkesbury     This morning along Rudgeway Lane just East of the Wheatpieces estate a Water Rail and a Snipe. On Wednesday 6th a Barn Owl in the evening flew across the A38 between the Odessa pub and the Swan Inn. (Pete Long).

Standish Woods     A Woodcock flew from leaf litter under a holly tree near the Randwick Long Barrow at 3:30pm today. 200+ corvids (Jackdaws and Rooks) gathered in the fields below the south car park at 4:30pm. (Jon Dexter).

Snowshill     A Marsh Tit showed well on the path at Snowshill Manor late morning. (Jeremy Holland).

Shepherds Patch, Slimbridge     A drake COMMON SCOTER on the canal near patch bridge late afternoon. (Paul Hirst).

Cleeve Hill     At dusk, two SHORT-EARED OWLS, N of the lone tree at SO987258. (Giles Alder).

WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER on the Dumbles again this morning viewed from Estuary Tower but difficult given poor light and distance. An adult Mediterranean Gull on South Lake. (Ian Hull). Also a Little Stint and a Ringed Plover. (Paul Rich/Dot Jones q). 22 Cattle Egrets with the longhorn cattle and the immature SPOONBILL around the grounds. (Tan Grigg). A BITTERN showed well from Zeiss hide this afternoon and five Spotted Redshanks on South Lake. (Martin Price/Eden Tanner/Roy Kinchin).

Bittern by Martin Price

Bittern by Eden Tanner

Saul Warth     The male WHEATEAR still for its 7th day, 37 Curlews, a Black-tailed Godwit, a Little Egret, two Fieldfares, two Redwings, a female Stonechat, 17 Meadow Pipits, three Chiffchaffs and two Reed Buntings. (MK).

Wheatear by Mike King

Ashleworth Ham     From the GWT hide this afternoon five Little Grebes, 24 Lapwings, 26 Snipe, a Canada Goose, 250 Teal, 32 Wigeon, 106 Mallards, a Shoveler, three Gadwalls,  a Pintail, a Moorhen, two Grey Herons, 11 Fieldfares, a Buzzard, an immature Marsh Harrier, a Tawny Owl hooted briefly, five Long-tailed Tits, a Chiffchaff and four Bullfinches. (John Fletcher/Mike Smart).

Cobney Meadows     12 Mute Swans, two Canada Geese and a Grey Heron. (Mike Smart).

Stonehouse     Late afternoon a Kingfisher and a Little Grebe at the Ocean. A Fieldfare near St Cyr’s church. (Paul Sutton).

Little Grebe by Paul Sutton

Purton     At Tites Point this afternoon 80+ Dunlins, three Little Egrets, five Redshanks, two Curlews, a Lapwing, two Grey Herons, 26 Wigeon, a male Stonechat and four Linnets. (Mike Davis).

Great Rissington     Near Milestone Clump 600+ Golden Plovers, a Grey Heron, a Red Kite, two Kestrels, a Peregrine, 30 Fieldfares, 80 Redwings, a Stonechat, 100 Goldfinches and three Yellowhammers. Elsewhere Red Kites included 12 near Eastleach and 15 at Turkdean. (Andy Jayne).

Windrush    At Windrush Airfield six Grey Partridges, two Red Kites, two Buzzards, 100+ Skylarks, a Stonechat, 24 Fieldfares, 65 Redwings, 200 Linnets, five Yellowhammers and 10+ Corn Buntings. (Andy Jayne).

Tiltups End/Kingscote     From the A46 layby 184 Golden Plovers today. Also a Fieldfare, a Buzzard worming, with a big mixed flock of Starlings and Redwings at ST824956, a Red Kite over and a Raven hassling a Carrion Crow. (Jake King).

Uley     Two Red Kites at Lampern Hill at 10am. (Jamie Warren).

Wotton-Under-Edge     Four Red Kites at Newark Park at 11am. (Jamie Warren).

Epney     Early morning 87 Lapwings and 30 Curlews on the river. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER on the Dumbles this morning but always distant. Also 25 White-fronted Geese, a Little Stint and 400+ Dunlins today. The immature SPOONBILL on the Tack Piece. Two Bewick’s Swans on the Rushy. (Roberta Goodall/Paul Masters/Paul Clark).

Cleeve Hill     At 9:30am a very late SWALLOW flew S past the 6th Tee. Possibly another 60+ yards away on the same flight path, beyond some gorse in poor viz. (John Kime).

Dowdeswell Reservoir     This morning a Great White Egret, probably new for the site, and a female Goosander. (Tom Mabbett).

Saul Warth     The male WHEATEAR flycatching in the sluice this morning. 41 Curlews, 145 Dunlins, a Black-tailed Godwit, four Little Egrets, 12 Fieldfares, two Stonechats, 17 Meadow Pipits, a Rock Pipit, five Chiffchaffs, one singing and two Reed Buntings. (MK).

Rock Pipit by Mike King

Reed Bunting by Mike King

Frampton     At the sailing lake in the weedy field to the S no sign of the Corn Bunting but it could still be there. 20+ Chaffinches, 10+ Goldfinches, a Greenfinch, 20+ Fieldfares, two Jays, a Reed Bunting, a Chiffchaff and a Cetti’s Warbler. The adult Yellow-legged Gull on the lake. (Martin McGill/MK).

Yellow-legged Gull  by Mike King

Epney     Early morning 160 Lapwings and 23 Curlews on the river. (MK).

Nailsworth     A Hen-type Harrier flew NW over Windsoredge at 11:45am, being mobbed by gulls. (Terry Grant).

Chavenage Lane     Three Red Kites perched on a tree, as two others circled overhead. (Terry Grant).

Coombe Hill Meadows     17 Mute Swans, 150 Greylags, 100 Canada Geese, a Shelduck, 800+ Wigeon, 50+ Gadwalls, 1500+ Teal, 150+ Mallards, 250+ Pintails, 350+ Shovelers, 30+ Tufted Ducks, five Grey Herons, six Little Egrets, 40 Coots, a Water Rail heard, 345 Lapwings, 15 Dunlins, 15 Snipe, 30 Black-headed Gulls, five Skylarks, five Fieldfares, 15 Redwings, a Blackcap, three Chiffchaffs and a Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

Cheltenham     A Cormorant on Pittville Park lake today. (David & Carole Bastin).

WWT Slimbridge     This morning a Grey Plover heard over the grounds, a Little Stint on the Dumbles, a Turnstone with Lapwings on the Tack Piece and a SPOONBILL on the edge of the Dumbles over high tide. (Andy Jayne).

Saul Warth     This morning the first-winter male Wheatear came really close on the seawall by the sewage works. A Great White Egret again in private field behind Fretherne church, also six Redwings, eight Fieldfares, three Stonechats, 30 Meadow Pipits, four Chiffchaffs, 12 Linnets and four Reed Buntings. (MK). Also a Rock Pipit this afternoon. (Steve Pullen).

Wheatear by Mike King

Frampton pools     A Corn Bunting with a finch and winter thrush flock this afternoon. (Nick Goatman).

Epney     24 Lapwings and 15 Curlews on the river and a Muntjac in Longney early morning. (MK).

Tewkesbury      On the Mill Avon this morning, an Egyptian Goose amongst the Mallards. (Les Ditchburn).

Forest of Dean     At Cannop Ponds three Ravens, 20 Mandarins, 12 Wigeon, a female Shoveler and a Marsh Tit briefly at the feeders. Also Crossbills at New Fancy View. (Jonathan Bull).

Coombe Hill Meadows     16 Mute Swan, 150 Greylags, 50 Canada Geese, 500+ Wigeon, 50 Gadwalls, 700+ Teal, 150 Mallards, 173 Pintails, 222 Shovelers, 20 Tufted Ducks, a Great White Egret, six Little Egrets, two Grey Herons, 40 Coots, 1+ Water Rail calling, a Marsh Harrier, 196 Lapwings, a Golden Plover, seven Dunlins, 15 Snipe, a Curlew heard calling, a Green Sandpiper, ten Fieldfares, ten Redwings, two Chiffchaffs and two Reed Buntings this morning. (Mike Smart).

Saul Warth     The very late first-winter Wheatear for it’s 4th day. 70+ Shelducks, a Redshank, 30+ Curlews, a Common Sandpiper, a Great White Egret again in the private field behind Fretherne church, three Little Egrets, three Redwings, two Stonechats, 22 Meadow Pipits, a Chiffchaff, 32 Linnets, four Reed Buntings and a Nuthatch. (MK).

Stonechat by Nigel Young

Common Sandpiper by Mike King

Frampton pools     Late afternoon a Firecrest with a tit flock, eight Chiffchaffs, three Siskins, 26 Redwings, 18 Fieldfares, 30 Starlings, two male Pochards, six Wigeon, four Shovelers, six Teal, ten Gadwalls, 43 Tufted Ducks, 47 Cormorants and 17 Little Egrets. (Nick Goatman).

Gloucester     At Horsbere Brook Flood Storage Area today a Cetti’s Warbler, probably a new species for the site, Also two Water Rails calling, four Snipe, a female Stonechat and two Reed Buntings. (Andy Jayne).

Plusterwine     This morning at high tide between Plusterwine and Woolaston Grange, three Grey Herons, two Buzzards, a Kestrel, 14 Greylags, two Canada Geese, 11 Shelducks, 49 Wigeon, 17 Redshanks, 55 Lapwings, a Snipe, a Green Sandpiper, two Collared Doves, a Skylark, a Reed Bunting, nine Long-tailed Tits and a Raven. Congregating by the maize stubble, 440 Carrion Crows, 290 Jackdaws, 150 Starlings, 40 Redwings, 25 Goldfinches, four Song Thrushes and four Greenfinches. (lain Crawford).

Maisemore     This afternoon two Little Grebes, 22 Mallards, six Moorhens, a Grey Heron,
two Cormorants, a Raven, two Goldfinches, five Long-tailed Tits, a Buzzard and 91 Canada Geese flew over towards Sandhurst. (John Fletcher).

Hucclecote     This morning 20+ Goldfinches in the garden. (Harold Smith).

WWT Slimbridge     A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER on South Lake this morning briefly amongst the Dunlins. (Tan Grigg). The immature SPOONBILL on the estuary edge from Estuary Tower hide this morning. (Warren Gill). A Goshawk flew over the Tack Piece at 3pm. (Ian Hull).

Amberley     In Theescombe Lane male and female FIRECRESTS ringed in the garden this morning. (Phil Williams).

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning the very late first-winter male Wheatear for its 3rd day. Also 37 Shelducks, two Teal, a Grey Plover, a Black-tailed Godwit, 82 Curlews, three Lapwings, a Great White Egret, four Little Egrets, five Grey Herons, two Fieldfares, a Redwing, male and female Stonechats, a Rock Pipit, 30 Meadow Pipits, four Chiffchaffs, two singing, 21 Linnets, two Reed Buntings, two Goldcrests, 11 Long-tailed Tits and three Ravens. (MK).

Great White Egret by Mike King

Rock Pipit by Mike King

Elmore Court     At the rewilding area this morning birds included nine Snipe, a Little Grebe and 12 Teal on the scrape, six Stonechats, a Cetti’s Warbler heard, two Bullfinches and c30 Lapwings over. (Steve Pullen).

Coombe Hill Meadows      11 Mute Swans, 200 Greylags, 70 Canada Geese, 15 Shelducks, 500+ Wigeon, 600 Teal, 100 Mallards, 150+ Shovelers, 40 Gadwalls, 50 Pintails, 20 Tufted Ducks, a Little Grebe, 207+ Lapwings, 21 Golden Plovers, ten Dunlins, 11 Snipe, two Grey Herons, 6+ Little Egrets, a Lesser Black-backed Gull, a Marsh Harrier, a Buzzard, 33 Coots, four Water Rails calling along the canal, a Cormorant, ten Skylarks, two Fieldfares, 6+ Redwings, a Blackcap and two Chiffchaffs today. (Paul Clark/Mike Smart).