WWT Slimbridge     The first two BEWICK’S SWANS flew into the Tack Piece at 10:50am. Two DARK-BELLIED BRENT GEESE on the Dumbles and later five more flew upriver. From Zeiss hide four Spotted Redshanks and a Great White Egret. (Jeremy Holland). All seven were on the Dumbles this afternoon. (Roberta Goodall).

Frampton     Two Hawfinches flew E over the garden at 8am. A juvenile Goshawk flew towards Saul Warth at 8:20am. (Gordon Hodgson).

Saul Warth     At high tide the very late first-winter male Wheatear still this morning. Also 50 Shelducks, two Egyptian Geese, 80 Curlews, 89 Lapwings flew S, a Common Sandpiper, three Little Egrets, ten Fieldfares, a Redwing, a Stonechat, 30 Meadow Pipits, four Chiffchaffs, 25 Linnets and four Reed Buntings. (MK).

Wheatear by Mike King

Chavenage Lane area     This morning a male MERLIN, two Stonechats and two Yellowhammers. (Paul Rich).

Gloucester    A Water Rail squealing in the marshy area next to Castle Meads car park at lunch time today. Also 12 Fieldfares and two Siskins over Gloucester Docks at 10:30am. (Steve Pullen).

Cam Long Down     This morning a Woodcock flushed. (Jonathan Bull).

WWT Slimbridge     1+ BEARDED TIT heard going over from Estuary Tower. Also a Brambling and a Hawfinch over this morning. A probable juvenile WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER on The Dumbles but not relocated. A Firecrest with a tit flock in willows just before the start of the estuary walkway. (James Robinson). A juvenile Goshawk hunting from Zeiss hide at 11:45am. Also two Great White Egrets here. At least nine Cattle Egrets with cattle on the Tack Piece. (Mark Dowie). A Peregrine and a Kestrel over the Dumbles and the hybrid Bar-headed Goose with the Barnacle Geese. On South Lake four Spotted Redshanks with 150+ Black-tailed Godwits. (Jacob Jenkins).

Saul Warth     Early morning at high tide a very late first winter male Wheatear, 78 Shelducks, eight Egyptian Geese flew past towards Awre, two Great Crested Grebes on the river, 79 Curlews, 500+ Golden Plovers over the estuary, five Dunlins, a Common Sandpiper, three Little Egrets, Marsh Harrier hunting, two Fieldfares, 20 Redwings, a Rock Pipit, 16 Meadow Pipits and two Chiffchaffs. (MK).

Wheatear by Mike King

Frampton pools     Late afternoon two Lesser Redpolls, a Siskin, two Chiffchaffs, two Treecreepers, a Nuthatch, three Cetti’s Warbler, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, 59 Cormorants, six Wigeon, eight Gadwalls, five Little Grebes, a Great White Egret, 15 Little Egrets and three Tawny Owls. (Nick Goatman).

Hawling     A female MERLIN hunting fast and low over fields near Hawling at 12:30pm today. (Martine Fenn).

Charlton Kings     A Hawfinch over at midday. (Greg Mabbett).

Painswick Beacon     This morning between 8:30-10:30am four Bullfinches in the trees to the right of the golf course near the cattle gate. Also two Treecreepers by the tee adjacent to the fork in the road to the quarry and c200 Redwings over. (Gary Smithson).

Coombe Hill Meadows     17 Mute Swans, 381 Canada Geese, 70 Greylags, four Egyptian Geese, six Shelducks, 78 Pintails, 450 Mallards, 25 Gadwalls, 170 Shovelers, 600 Teal, 500 Wigeon, 40 Tufted Ducks, 11 Little Egrets, two Grey Herons, an immature Marsh Harrier, four Snipe, 90 Lapwings, a Green Sandpiper, a Cetti’s Warbler, eight Chiffchaffs, two Kingfishers, two Water Rails. a Little Grebe, 39 Coots, 50 Skylarks, 20 Fieldfares and 200 Redwings. (Ian Ralphs/Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN showing well from Zeiss hide this afternoon. (Heather England/Mark Hobson). The immature SPOONBILL on South Lake again. (Ian Hull). Eight White-fronted Geese on the Tack Piece. (Dot Jones).

Bittern by Heather England

Saul Warth     Early morning at high tide 29 Shelducks, 73 Golden Plovers flew S, 28 Curlews, a Common Sandpiper, three Grey Herons, five Little Egrets, 15 Meadow Pipits, four Pied Wagtails, a male Stonechat, two Reed Buntings, seven Redwings, two Mistle Thrushes and a Chiffchaff. (MK). Also a Kingfisher in the sluice, a Grey Wagtail and a Lapwing over and along the Severn Way, five Stonechats, 10+ Meadow Pipits, a female Kestrel and a Great Spotted Woodpecker. (Jon Dexter).

Forest of Dean     A Hawfinch, a Sparrowhawk and two Ravens at The Pludds and 100 Fieldfares flew W. At Staple Edge two Ravens, 26 Meadow Pipits, 55 Siskins and fly-overs by four Crossbills, two Lesser Redpolls and a Brambling. In the Stowe Green Quarry area 16 Tufted Ducks, seven Coots, two Little Grebes, a Kestrel, a Peregrine, 1200 Woodpigeons, 160 Skylarks, two Stonechats, a Grey Wagtail, 100 Chaffinches and a Yellowhammer. Also a fly-over Hawfinch, Brambling and Lesser Redpoll. (Andy Jayne).

Stinchcombe Hill     This morning the first four Fieldfares of the autumn, also five Crossbills, 15 Bramblings, two Lesser Redpolls, two Siskins, 17 Redwings and 33 Woodpigeons over. (James Robinson).

Elmore Court     At the rewilding area this morning, 19 Snipe, 150+ Fieldfares with 200+ Redwings, five Stonechats, two Reed Buntings, a Little Egret, two Grey Herons, seven Teal, two Gadwalls, 30+ Mallard, two Mute Swans, two Kestrels, a Red Kite, four Buzzards, two Ravens, two Jays and three Great Spotted Woodpeckers. (Steve Pullen).

Chavenage Green     A MERLIN seen briefly as it hunted the 1800+ Starling flock, also 700+ Wood Pigeons and three Red Kites. (Terry Grant).

Cobney Meadows     17 Mute Swans, a Shelduck, 30 Wigeon, two Gadwalls, five Teal, 40 Mallards, three Pintails, three Shovelers, a Little Egret, a Water Rail squealing from the canal and six Fieldfares. (Mike Smart).

Ashleworth Ham     100+ Canada Geese, 20 Greylags and at least 200 ducks –
Wigeon, Gadwall, Teal, Pintail. Shoveler. (Mike Smart).

Cheltenham     At Pittville Park lake today an OTTER showing well. Also  several Jays, Long-tailed Tit flocks and Goldcrests and a Kingfisher. (Alan McIlquham).

Otter by Alan McIlquham

Jay by Alan McIlquham

Wotton-Under-Edge     A BLACK REDSTART on rooftops, seen from the Chipping car park this afternoon. (Geoff Fawcett).

Stinchcombe Hill     A Hawfinch, a Yellowhammer, a Reed Bunting, two Lesser Redpolls, 190 Woodpigeons, 25 Meadow Pipits, 17 Redwings and 11 Stock Doves over this morning. Two Chiffchaffs and a marked increase in Dunnocks around the golf course. (James Robinson).

Frampton     A first-winter LITTLE GULL on the estuary this morning. (Gordon Hodgson). Six Fieldfares in the trees next to Splatt Bridge early morning. (Steve Pullen).

Saul Warth     Early morning at high tide 102 Shelducks, three Grey Herons, two Little Egrets, 30 Curlews, a Common Sandpiper, an Avocet, a Peregrine, a Kestrel, a Kingfisher, a pair of Stonechats, the first autumn Rock Pipit, 20 Meadow Pipits, a Grey Wagtail, four Pied Wagtails, four Reed Buntings, a Redwing, 16 Skylarks, a Lesser Redpoll and a Chiffchaff singing. (MK).

Common Sandpiper by Mike King

Kingfisher by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     The immature SPOONBILL and 21 Cattle Egrets on South Lake this afternoon. Two Egyptian Geese this morning. (Roberta Goodall/Terry Stevenson/Mike Davis).

Westonbirt     Three Grey Partridges in a field close to Westonbirt at ST8487292032. Also c10 Fieldfares and 30 Redwings. (Paul Rich).

Calmsden     Four Grey Partridges this morning. (Duncan Dine).

Forest of Dean    At Nagshead two Firecrests, two Goldcrests, a Treecreeper, two Nuthatches, a Coal Tit, four Redwings, two Fallow Deer and a Wild Boar this morning. Five Goosanders at Woorgreens and another four at Upper Cannop. (Paul Clark).

Longney Crib     This afternoon at low tide 220 Lapwings, 32 Golden Plovers, 12 Canada Geese, 16 Greylags, a Grey Heron, five Cormorants, two female Stonechats, a female Reed Bunting, two Ravens and 600+ gulls. (John Fletcher).

Golden Plovers by John Fletcher

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning four Mute Swans, ten Greylags, 75 Canada Geese, eight Egyptian Geese, 500 Wigeon, 20 Gadwalls, 1200 Teal, 50 Mallards, 100 Pintails, 150 Shovelers, 70 Tufted Ducks, a Pochard, a Cormorant, a Grey Heron, a Water
Rail squealing, 14 Lapwings, five Skylarks and a Chiffchaff. (Mike Smart).

Painswick Beacon     This morning’s migration watch included 13 Hawfinches, 54 Chaffinches, seven Bramblings, 31 Goldfinches, 151 Redwings, eight Fieldfares, 68 Starlings and 3680 Woodpigeons. (John Fleming).

Saul Warth     Late morning seven Stonechats, two Mistle Thrushes, six Meadow Pipits, a Wren, two Pied and two Grey Wagtails, five Curlews, three Little Egrets, two Reed Buntings, a Raven heard and a Goshawk in the far left corner flew into an oak tree near the canal. (Paul Sutton).

Frampton     At the pools at lunchtime two Fieldfares,60+ Redwings, two Great White Egret, the Yellow-legged Gulls, two Reed Buntings, six Wigeon, five Gadwalls, two Little Grebes and five Siskins. (Nick Goatman). From Splatt Bridge early morning a small flock of thrushes in the trees behind the church contained at least three Fieldfares, eight Redwings, three Mistle Thrushes, four Song Thrushes and Blackbirds. Also a Black Swan dropped down into the pool behind the north reed bed. (Steve Pullen). At 12:30pm the Black Swan still on the flashes, a Marsh Harrier, two Mistle Thrushes, a Kingfisher, a Little Egret, two distant Great White Egrets flew low and S and a Buzzard. (Paul Sutton).

Forest of Dean     At Cannop Upper Pond this morning 14 Mandarins (10m, 4f) and on the bird table good numbers of the usual species including Nuthatch. (Chris Keeling).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Brook 12 Mute Swans, 180 Greylags, 30 Canada Geese, 30 Mallards, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, six Grey Herons and 11 Cormorants flew downstream. (Mike Smart).

Ashleworth Ham     18. Lapwings, 13 Teal, 11 Wigeon, seven Shovelers, 13 Pintails, three Gadwalls, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, a Grey Heron, 42 Greylags, 65 Canada Geese, two Coots, four Mute Swans, 75+ Mallards, two Chaffinches, five Goldfinches, a Chiffchaff, a Buzzard and a Peregrine today. (John Fletcher).

Cheltenham     At Park Campus c25 Redwings, three Goldcrests, a drake Mandarin, Green Woodpeckers calling and three Jays. A young Otter was seen in the spillpool at Pittville park yesterday. (Alan McIlquham).

Leckhampton     A very pale brown (leucistic) Carrion Crow near the junction of Leckhampton Road and Moorend Road today. (Steve Brown).

Cleeve Hill     Early afternoon a DARTFORD WARBLER c800 metres N of the masts in gorse at SO9922425412. (Duncan Dine).

Dartford Warbler by Duncan Dine

Wotton-Under-Edge     A BLACK REDSTART on top of the Wotton Baptist Church in the Chipping carpark today. (Paul Dunham).

Black Redstart by Paul Dunham

Painswick Beacon     At the hillfort this morning at 8:30am a male RING OUZEL, eight Redwings and seven Bramblings landed in a young beech on the SW corner and stayed for good views before being flushed by a Sparrowhawk. (John Fleming/Kevin Kingscott).

Saul Warth     A SHORT-EARED OWL at 3:30pm flushed by a Wren stayed for a while before being chased towards Splatt Flashes by crows. Also a Kingfisher at the sluice, a Little Owl calling at 4:20pm near Fretherne church, 66 Curlews, two Snipe, four Buzzards, two Kestrels, seven Meadow Pipits, three Stonechats and a Chiffchaff. (MK).

Short-eared Owl by Mike King

Short-eared Owl by Mike King

Lydney to Aylburton Warth     A pair of Mandarins, two Little Grebes, two Golden Plovers, 39 Snipe, two Little Egrets, a Sparrowhawk, a Kestrel, a Kingfisher, a Cetti’s Warbler, two Treecreepers, ten Stonechats, eight Rock Pipits and six Reed Buntings today. (Andy Jayne).

WWT Slimbridge     On the Rushy 21 Snipe and a Spotted Redshank. On the  Tack Piece the immature SPOONBILL, 18 Cattle Egrets and two Egyptian Geese. At Middle Point c750 Golden Plovers. (Roy Kinchin/Magnus Carter/Terry Stevenson/Jonathan Bull).

Cattle Egret by Terry Stevenson

Stonehouse     A Green Woodpecker and ten Redwings in St Cyr’s Churchyard by the Ocean early afternoon. (Nigel Young).

Green Woodpecker by Nigel Young

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning the Grundon hide was accessible from the
canal towpath for the first time in 10 days. Birds included four Mute Swans, 120 Greylags, 20 Canada Geese, three Egyptian Geese, five Shelducks, 400 Wigeon, five Gadwalls, 500 Teal, 40 Mallards, 60 Shovelers, 40 Pintails, 60 Tufted Ducks, two Grey Herons, a Little Egret, three Red Kites, three Marsh Harriers, an adult female and two immatures, a Buzzard, three Lapwings, a Snipe, three Skylarks, three Chiffchaffs and a Raven. (Mike Smart).

Cobney Meadows     14 Mute Swans and 200 Black-headed Gulls. (Mike Smart).

Ashleworth Ham     Two Mute Swans, 20 Gadwalls, 110 Mallards, three Little Egrets and a Coot. (Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge     A drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL from Zeiss hide at midday. (Paul Rich).

Green-winged Teal by Paul Rich

Also today seven White-fronted Geese, 21 Cattle Egrets and the immature SPOONBILL on the Tack Piece. A Little Stint from Estuary Tower. 29 Snipe and two Spotted Redshanks on the Rushy. (Ian Hull/Paul Masters).

Saul Warth     Early afternoon 60 Curlews, four Little Egrets, a Kestrel, 18 Meadow Pipits, five Pied Wagtails, a Mistle Thrush, a Stonechat and masses of corvids and gulls. (MK).

Stonechat by Mike King

Meadow Pipit by Mike King

Eastleach Downs     On the organic farm today 14 Corn Buntings, four Grey Partridges, three Stonechats, nine Yellowhammer, a Brambling, a Meadow Pipit, 35+ Linnets and big flocks of Starlings and Goldfinches. (Jamie Brown).

Painswick Beacon     This morning, 115 Redwings, 68 Chaffinches, six Bramblings, 42 Linnets and four Hawfinches. Three Red Kites were drifting around the area. (John Fleming).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Hook 18 Mute Swans, 200 Greylags, 400 Canada Geese, 420 Wigeon, two Gadwalls, 150 Mallards, 35 Shovelers, six Grey Herons and 55 Lapwings. (Mike Smart).

Lydney     Garden birds included two Long-tailed Tits, ten Goldfinches, three Linnets and a Kestrel. 90 sightings of bats over the garden between 5:10pm and 5:45pm including four  at one time. (Stephen Curtis & Carol Rushton).

Stinchcombe Hill     This morning 1000+ Woodpigeons over, 24 Bramblings, 30 Redwings, seven Siskins, three Redpolls, a Reed Bunting, a Grey Heron, 40 Chaffinches, two Greenfinches, a Chiffchaff and plenty of Goldcrests. (James Robinson).

WWT Slimbridge     The immature SPOONBILL still on South Lake today. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Frampton pools     Two Bramblings, 12 Siskins, 15 Redwings, three Chiffchaffs, 20 Skylarks, 14 Meadow Pipits, six Linnets, a Grey Wagtail, eight Goldcrests, five Bullfinches, 24 Pied Wagtails, the adult Yellow-legged Gull, 46 Tufted Ducks, 48 Cormorants, a Red Kite, two Ravens and 12 Little Egrets today. (Nick Goatman).

Saul Warth     Early morning 60 Curlews, three Grey Herons, two Little Egrets, a Kestrel, six Pied Wagtails, a Grey Wagtail, 15 Linnets, 14 Goldfinches, two Reed Buntings, two Chiffchaffs, four Stonechats, 15 Meadow Pipits, three Mistle Thrushes and five Redwings. 40 more Curlews at Epney. (MK).

Coombe Hill Meadows     The towpath leading to Grundon hide is still deeply flooded,
access to the hide currently impossible without thigh waders. A Great White
Egret and a Chiffchaff singing this morning. (Mike Smart).

Cotswold Water Park West    This afternoon at Shorncote three Stonechats, a Kingfisher, Cetti’s Warblers and Water Rails calling, a female Marsh Harrier, on the gravel wash area just past Hayward hide c400 Teal and on Pit 79 two Green Sandpipers and a Great White Egret. (Duncan Dine).

Gloucester    Viewed from Sandhurst Hill, 14 Egyptian Geese, five redhead Goosanders, a Great White Egret, three Little Egrets and 41 Lapwings at the S end of the Ashleworth Ham floods. (Andy Jayne). Around the Landfill Site today a Mute Swan, a Grey Heron, two Cormorants, two Buzzards, two Kestrels, 15 Skylarks, 12 Meadow Pipits, 50 Linnets, a male Reed Bunting and six Roe Deer. (Gordon Avery).

Witcombe     Six Red Kites circling overhead at 4pm. (John Fletcher).

Forest of Dean     Nine Goosanders at Woorgreens this morning. Two Goosanders at Upper Cannop pond with Wigeons, Mandarins, a Little Grebe and two Dippers. Nuthatches, a Marsh Tit and at least three Coal Tits at the Stoneworks and Wild Boar at Nagshead. (Mike Davis).

Cheltenham     A Harris Hawk seen today at 9:50am on the Shakespeare/Tennyson Road junction. (Anne Johnston).

Harris Hawk by Anne Johnston

WWT Slimbridge    21+ Cattle Egrets with the Longhorns, 4+ Stonechats along the Summer Walkway fence. A Great Crested Grebe, a Green Sandpiper and the juvenile SPOONBILL on South Lake. On the Rushy 35+ Snipe and two Spotted Redshanks. (Paul Clark).

Stinchcombe Hill     VisMig included four Hawfinches, seven Bramblings, 100s of Chaffinches and Woodpigeons and a steady movement of Siskins, Linnets and Meadow Pipits and 35 Redwings. (James Robinson).

Painswick Beacon     This morning’s migration watch included six Hawfinches, 104 Chaffinches, nine Bramblings, 179 Redwings, two Fieldfares, 122 Starlings, 55 Linnets, two Stonechats in the hillfort and a Red Kite drifted around late morning. (John Fleming/Nick Earl).

Elmore Court     At the Rewilding area this morning, a Snipe a pair of Gadwalls, six Stonechats, two Bullfinches and 10+ Redwings. (Steve Pullen).

Charlton Kings Common     Early morning a Woodcock flushed and a Chiffchaff. (Chris Furley).

Stonehouse     Along the canal 2/3 Kingfishers, Cormorants over and a Mute Swan territory battle. (Paul Sutton).

Kingfisher by Paul Sutton

Maisemore     This afternoon birds included nine Goosanders, three Mute Swans, two Little Grebes, 267+ Mallards, two Cormorants, 11 Moorhen, four Buzzards, a Peregrine, a Green Woodpecker, a Song Thrush, 13 Fieldfares, three Redwings and three Goldfinches. Also a Red Admiral. (John Fletcher).

Goosanders by John Fletcher

WWT Slimbridge    On the Rushy 43 Snipe, two Spotted Redshanks and two Cattle Egrets this morning. (Dot Jones). From Robbie Garnett hide six White-fronted Geese and 22 Cattle Egrets. (Tim Jukes). South Lake this morning the juvenile SPOONBILL, a Green Sandpiper, 27 Ruff, 85 Lapwings, a Spotted Redshank, ten Snipe, 488 Black-tailed Godwits, a Cattle Egret, a Kingfisher and 107 Shovelers. (Ian Hull/Jonathan Bull).

Cleeve Hill     Ten Stonechats in the heather enclosure and six Golden Plovers landed by the radio masts. (Duncan Dine).

Ebley     A Water Rail broke cover from the bank on the Stroudwater canal today. A Kingfisher active along the stretch from Ebley to Ryeford. (Mike Leahy).

Chavenage Lane area     At least ten Red Kites and seven Stonechats today. (Terry Grant).