Saul Warth     At high tide this morning birds included, three Sanderlings, eight Bar-tailed Godwits, six Whimbrels, four Curlews and 40+ Shelducks including at least two pairs with small ducklings. (Steve Pullen).

WWT Slimbridge     Two SPOONBILLS from Zeiss hide today. (Dot Jones).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Eight Mute Swans, a pair of Greylags with four goslings, 20 Mallards, a Great White Egret, two Grey Herons, three Coots, a pair of Oystercatchers with two chicks three Avocets, six Lapwings, two broods with chicks, a Little Ringed Plover, two Redshanks, two Black-headed Gulls, a Cuckoo, five Skylarks, ten House Martins, two Pied Wagtails, song from Sedge Warbler, two Reed Warblers, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff and Reed Bunting and ten Carrion Crows. (Mike Smart).

Cleeve Hill      A BLACK REDSTART today, turn right at the radio masts along the wall and walk c100 yards past the trig point. (Terry Clarke).

Black Redstart by Terry Clarke

WWT Slimbridge      The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showing on and off in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut today. A SHORT-EARED OWL briefly at 11:28am. Two SPOONBILLS on the Tack Piece. Two Cattle Egrets from Van de Bovenkamp hide. (Dot Jones/Ian Hull/Slimbridge Sightings).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This evening a Grey Heron, a Great White Egret, four Lapwings, three Yellow Wagtails, a Cuckoo, a Kingfisher, a Jay, three Redshanks, an Oystercatcher, a Reed Bunting, a Whitethroat seen and lots singing and Sedge Warblers singing. Also 25 male Brimstones, an Orange Tip and a jack Pike. (Alan Hooper/Dawn Ballinger).

Yellow Wagtail by Alan Hooper

Saul Warth     At a low high tide six Whimbrels, 12 Ringed Plovers, two Dunlins, 16 Curlews, two Bar-tailed Godwits, two Oystercatchers, a distant Cuckoo heard, a Red Kite, two Swallows and the first Common Blues. (MK/Mike Davis/Geoff Moyser/Roger Gillespie).

Dunlin & Ringed Plover by Mike King

Aylburton Warth/Guscar Rocks     This morning six Canada Geese, 12 Shelducks, two Mallards, a Grey Heron, a Buzzard, five Oystercatchers, 11 Curlews, two Redshanks, 10+ Skylarks, five Swallows, a Meadow Pipit, a Cetti’s Warbler, five Reed Warblers, three Chiffchaffs, three Linnets and a Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

Oakridge Lynch     At Strawberry Banks NR at midday a Red Kite and a Sparrowhawk, also butterflies including six Marsh Fritillaries, four Small Blues, a Green Hairstreak, and good numbers of Common Blues, Small Heaths and Dingy Skippers. At France Lynch village five Swifts. (Rob Crofton).

Marsh Fritillary by Rob Crofton

The Camp     At Rough Bank N.R. at SO914087 two Ravens, a Bullfinch, and butterflies included a male Adonis Blue, a Small Blue and a Brown Argus. (Rob Crofton).

WWT Slimbridge     Two SPOONBILLS on the Tack Piece today. (Tim McGrath). Two Kingfishers from Kingfisher hide today. (Tom Blay).

Saul Warth     At high tide 18 Whimbrels, 15 Curlews, four Grey Plovers, five Ringed Plovers, five Oystercatchers, two Grey Herons, 54 Shelducks, including two pairs with broods of 4 and 3, a Swift, two Swallows and 10+ House Martins. (Paul Rich/MK). Earlier a Turnstone was present. (Martin McGill).

Frampton     Three Hobbies between the lakes high up at 12:40pm. Five Common Terns on the sailing lake. (Nick Goatman/MK). Later on Court Lake two Hobbies, a Red Kite and a Buzzard and lots of emerging Azure Damselflies. Three more Hobbies from Splatt Bridge. (Keith Colcombe).

Naunton     A Wheatear next to the dung heaps still, a Spotted flycatcher, three Garden Warblers, five Whitethroats and seven Corn Buntings today. (Jamie Brown).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Six Mute Swans, a pair of Greylags with four goslings, 30 Mallards, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, three Grey Herons, two Coots, a pair of Oystercatchers with two chicks, 1+ Avocet, ten Lapwings with four tiny chicks, two Redshanks, a Cuckoo and Skylark, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroats, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Reed Bunting all singing. (Mike Smart).

Leigh Meadows     This afternoon five Mallards, a Grey Heron, a Buzzard, a Curlew mobbing a soaring Buzzard, a Skylark, two Yellow Wagtails and Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Blackcap and Reed Bunting singing. (Mike Smart).

Hartpury     Two Coots, three Tufted Ducks, 35 Mallards with ten ducklings, 50 Greylags and 22 goslings, 30 Canada Geese and 12 goslings, a Red Kite, two Buzzards, a Chiffchaff, four Pied Wagtails, three Chaffinches, a Greenfinch, a Linnet, two Mute Swans and four Moorhens with two chicks. (Oliver Paisey).

Cotswold Water Park West     At Swillbrook Lakes, a Hobby flew from Glos to Wilts, a Cuckoo, 3/4 Common Terns and two singing Lesser Whitethroats. (Steve Brown).

Siddington     A Hobby and a Kestrel near the church. (Steve Brown).

Rendcomb     A male Grey Wagtail by the bridge and a Red Kite.  (Steve Brown).

WWT Slimbridge      The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showing on and off in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut today. A Little Ringed Plover on South Lake and the GLOSSY IBIS from Zeiss hide. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Frampton     Around the pools seven Common Terns, eight Shelducks, three Oystercatchers, two Ravens, two Spotted Flycatchers, a Kingfisher, two Bullfinches and breeding Starlings. (MK).

Spotted Flycatcher by Mike King

Starling by Mike King

Common Tern by Mike King

Roel Gate     This evening, Skylarks singing, two male Yellowhammers, a House Martin, a Buzzard and a possible Corn Bunting. (Andrew & Gill Worthington).

Ashleworth Ham     During a ringing session 22 birds caught including two Sedge Warblers, ten Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Chiffchaff and a Reed Bunting. On the reserve 60 Mallards, a Grey Heron, a Curlew bubbling, a Cuckoo, a Great Spotted Woodpecker with young, a Swallow, Redstarts, Sedge Warblers, Blackcaps, Whitethroats, Lesser Whitethroats, Chiffchaffs, a Willow Warbler and Reed Buntings all singing. (Mike Smart/Mervyn Greening).

Hardwicke     A QUAIL calling from the tanker bay opposite the promenade N of the Pilot Inn at 2:30am at a distance then moving NE. SO 79538 13782. (Julian Long).

WWT Slimbridge     Two BLACK TERNS over the Rushy heading S at 9:54am. (Tim McGrath). Two Little Ringed Plovers and two Cattle Egrets on South Lake. (Dot Jones). The GLOSSY IBIS from Zeiss hide. From Middle Point three BLACK TERNS lingering and feeding over the Severn at closing time at 5pm. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Frampton     Around the pools this evening a BLACK TERN, four ARCTIC TERNS, 12 Common Terns, a Spotted Flycatcher, a Hobby and a Red Kite. (Nick Goatman).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Two Mute Swans, two Greylags including a pair with four goslings, two Shelducks, 30 Mallards, a Great White Egret, a Grey Heron, a pair of Oystercatchers with three chicks, 1+ Avocet, ten Lapwing plus four chicks, a Little Ringed Plover, two Redshanks, a Common Sandpiper, two Black-headed Gulls, a Swallow, ten House Martins, and singing Skylark, Redstart, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Reed Bunting and ten Jackdaws. (Mike Smart).

Cotswold Water Park East    At Whelford Pools this morning a Hobby, two Buzzards, a Kestrel and three Red Crested Pochards. Also three Hairy Dragonflies and five Four-spotted Chasers. (Paul Clark).

Forest of Dean     Today at Cannop Upper Pond, a Mallard with seven ducklings, a Grey Wagtail, five Tufted Ducks and a Jay. Also a Brimstone and a Red Admiral. (Chris Keeling).

Cleeve Hill    Two pairs of Stonechats and a Redstart at Wontley Farm and a Red Kite and a Kestrel at Belas Knap this morning. (Keith White).

WWT Slimbridge      The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showing on and off in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut today. A Turnstone and five Grey Plovers from Middle Point. The GLOSSY IBIS mobile around the reserve. A Little Ringed Plover on South Lake. (Martin Price/Slimbridge Sightings).

Saul Warth    From 6am-7am this morning a CURLEW SANDPIPER, 120+ Ringed Plovers with 50+Dunlin fairly distant, at least four Sanderlings, two Knots, 12 Avocets, four Bar-tailed Godwits, four Curlews and six Oystercatchers. (Steve Pullen).

Rodley     Five Whimbrels and a Cuckoo this morning. (Rachel Thomas).

Cuckoo by Rachel Thomas

Frampton     This afternoon at Court Lake a Cuckoo, two Kingfishers, four Reed Warblers and a Sparrowhawk. At the sailing lake six Common Terns, a Black Swan and three Pied Wagtails. (John Fletcher).

Black Swan by John Fletcher

WWT Slimbridge      The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showing on and off in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut today. A MEDITERRANEAN GULL and two Little Ringed Plovers on South Lake. (Roberta Goodall/Steve Pullen).

Forest of Dean     At RSPB Nagshead Pied and Spotted Flycatchers, a Garden Warbler, a Hawfinch, Stock Doves, Goldcrests, Siskins and a Blackcap. (Mike Davis).

Gloucester     Along the Over Canal this morning a Buzzard, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, two Ravens, a Jay, two Stock Doves and 6+ Chiffchaffs. Also 4+ Hairy Dragonflies, a Broad-bodied Chaser, a Four-spotted Chaser, a Red-eyed Damselfly, 6+ Blue-tailed Damselflies, four Large Red Damselflies, 40+ Azure Damselflies and 3+ Banded Demoiselles. (Paul Clark).

Saul Warth     Early morning 109 Ringed Plovers, 32 Dunlins, 11 Sanderlings, a Turnstone flew N, 12 Curlews, 11 Bar-tailed Godwits, eight Oystercatchers and a Whimbrel. (Gordon Hodgson).

WWT Slimbridge      The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showing on and off in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut today. Five Hobbies hawking over the far end of the reserve right of the Shepherds Hut. The GLOSSY IBIS and a BITTERN from Zeiss hide. A first-summer MEDITERRANEAN GULL and two Little Ringed Plovers on South Lake. Two Ringed Plovers from Hogarth hide. (Jeremy Holland/Tim McGrath/Ken Mihill/Tom Blay).

Slimbridge     Seven Cattle Egrets feeding in field with cattle S of the Tudor Arms, viewable from Shepherd’s Patch car park. (Tim McGrath).

Cleeve Hill     A Wheatear this evening near the pylons. (Justin Taylor).

WWT Slimbridge     The GLOSSY IBIS, drake Garganey and a Greenshank viewed from Zeiss hide. The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showing on and off in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut today. (Ian Hull/Martin Price).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This evening eight Greylags, nine Canada Geese, 20 Mallards, a Great White Egret, two Grey Herons, a pair of Oystercatchers with three chicks, an Avocet, four Lapwings, five Curlews, two Snipe calling at dusk, two Redshanks, a Lesser Black-backed Gull, a Kingfisher, a Cuckoo heard, two Skylarks, two Pied Wagtails, male and female Yellow Wagtail, four Sedge Warblers, three Chiffchaffs and a Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart/GNS Group/Alan Hooper). This morning two Buzzards, a Kestrel, a Little Egret, 6+ Skylarks, two Redstarts, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Sedge Warbler and 6+ Chiffchaffs. Also hundreds of Damselflies, mainly Azure, but a few Common Blue and Blue-tailed, also 6+ Hairy Dragonflies and a Broad-bodied Chaser. (Paul Clark).

Great White Egret by Alan Hooper

Cleeve Hill & Wardens Wood     From 11am to 2pm 3+ Yellowhammers, three Linnet, 2+ Willow Warblers, 1+ Chiffchaffs, many Red Kites, a Swift and male and female Stonechat. (Samantha & Lewis Povey).

Linnet by Lewis Povey

Stonechat by Lewis Povey

WWT Slimbridge    The GLOSSY IBIS and a WOOD SANDPIPER on the Top New Piece viewed from Zeiss hide. The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showing on and off in the reedbeds at Middle Point from the Shepherds Hut today. (Paul Clark/Slimbridge Sightings).

Forest of Dean     Good numbers of Garden Warblers and Willow Warblers, two Tree Pipits and a Stonechat at Crabtree Hill. Nearby at least four Firecrests, two Wood Warblers and a Redstart. At Nagshead two Pied Flycatchers and three Redstarts. (Steve Pullen).

Frampton pools     At least five MEDITERRANEAN GULLS came in with Black-headed Gulls but all flew up very high and went off  south. Also six Common Terns, a Hobby, a Red Kite, 20+ Swifts and a Common Sandpiper. (Nick Goatman).