WWT Slimbridge     A male and a female FIRECREST active together today and seen taking grubs along the Estuary Walkway amongst Goldcrests, Chiffchaffs and Long-tailed Tits, mainly between Stephen Kirk hide and Knott hide. 29 Bewick’s Swans on site today. A Little Stint still with Dunlins on the Tack Piece. A Treecreeper in the Spinney. Two Little Grebes, a Water Rail, 30+ Fieldfares and a Sparrowhawk from Kingfisher hide. (Chris Newton/Warren Gill/Dot Jones/Paul Clark).

Firecrest by Chris Newton

Saul Warth     Early morning no tide, 33 Shelducks, 40 Wigeon flew S, a Teal, 211 Curlews, two Kestrels, two Ravens, 35 Fieldfares, two Mistle Thrushes, a singing Song Thrush, a Rock Pipit and 18 Meadow Pipits. (MK).

Broadoak     A female/immature Goosander on the river today. (Andy Jayne).

Chavenage Lane area      19 Corn Buntings, 50+ Chaffinches, a flock of 31 Collared Doves, four Red Kites, 11 Buzzards, two Kestrels and a covey of 12 Grey Partridges. (Terry Grant).

Grey Partridges by Terry Grant

Daglingworth     Five Woodcocks tonight at dusk on the Overley Road. (Andrew Morrison).

Cotswold Water Park West    At Pit 58 ten Goldeneyes and nine Goosanders. At Pit 42 large numbers of Pochards, Pintails and Tufted Ducks. (Paul Rich).

Prestbury     Eight Siskins feeding in a Silver Birch tree on the Noverton Estate this morning. (Ken Heron).

Maisemore     On the Leadon Marshes, below Persh Farm this morning six Mute Swans, one cygnet, two Wigeon, 25 Teal, ten Mallards and two Ravens. At Linton Farm Pond 15
Shelducks, 125 Mallards and a Raven. (Mike Smart).

Gloucester     At Horsebere Brook FSA an adult Mute Swan, six Mallards, two Teal, two Coots, a female Sparrowhawk, three Stock Doves, two pairs of Stonechats, a Song Thrush singing and 20+ Fieldfares feeding on Hawthorns. (Gord Avery).

Bentham     14 Coots, two Green Woodpeckers, 30 Redwings and two Mistle Thrushes today. (Gord Avery).

WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN and two Water Rails from South Finger today. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Cheltenham     A Ring-necked Parakeet flew over Webbs Garden Centre near Southam Lane. (Mark Dowie).

Cotswold Water Park East     At Pit 114 a Marsh Harrier hunting, 1000 Teal and Wigeon, a few Pintail and up to ten Goldeneyes. The escaped Scarlet Ibis showed well on Roundhouse lake from the hide in the left hand corner with three Little Egrets. (Duncan Dine).

Saul Warth     This morning a strong SW wind had cleared out the site. 65 Shelducks, 161 Curlews, four Buzzards, three Kestrels, 150 Starlings and four Fieldfares. 15 Cattle Egrets and five Little Egrets opposite Dunstalls Farm. Nearby a Red Kite at Longney at 10:24pm. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge     A Dark-bellied Brent Goose on the Dumbles again. (David Creber). The FIRECREST (below) taken on the 12th. (Gordon Wilcock).

Firecrest by Gordon Wilcock

Westonbirt    13+ Crossbills around the Silk Wood area of the arboretum this afternoon. (Jon Haw).

Frampton pools    At the sailing lake a Yellow-legged Gull, a Great White Egret and four Stonechats in the weedy field still. (Nick Goatman). Also around the pools this morning a Little Grebe, a Great Crested Grebe, a Red Kite, a Goldcrest, a Linnet and a Meadow Pipit. (Peter Bryant). In the Court Lake roost late afternoon 33 Cattle Egrets, 19 Little Egrets, five Great White Egrets and 56 Cormorants. (Nick Goatman).

Hazleton     Along the minor road towards Salperton, two BRAMBLINGS with 20 Chaffinches, c50 Fieldfares and a few Redwings. Near Hazleton Garage a singing Corn Bunting and a Kestrel. Just over the A40 on the road to Compton Abdale two Muntjacs. Several Red Kites and two Buzzards in the general area. (Steve Brown).

Chavenage Lane     Four Red Kites and 25+ Corn Buntings, and a MERLIN diving several times at something in the grass at Barton End. (Terry Grant).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area c30 Snipe flushed near the waterlogged corner, also 20+ Skylarks, 10+ Meadow Pipits, two Stonechats, six Reed Buntings. 12 Stock Doves, c20 Pheasants and two Roe Deer. (Steve Pullen).

Saul Warth     Early morning a SHORT-EARED OWL flushed by crows, a flock of 300 Wigeon flew S. Also 52 Shelducks, 128 Curlews, three Buzzards, a Raven, a Chiffchaff, three Redwings, three Fieldfares, seven Meadow Pipits and a Reed Bunting. (MK).

Short-eared Owl by Mike King

Short-eared Owl by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     52 White-fronted Geese on the Tack Piece, 16 Common Cranes (14 on Dumbles, 2 on the river), a FIRECREST and a Goldcrest close to the Robbie Garnett hide, two Marsh Harriers and a Buzzard over the Dumbles and a male Goldeneye on South Lake. (Paul Clark).

Gloucester     A Parakeet, presumably Ring-necked, seen and heard at 3.30 this afternoon flying over Horton Road towards the hospital. (Anne Dobbs).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Hook five Greylags, 90 Canada Geese, five Wigeon, 25 Teal, 40 Mallards, a singing Cetti’s Warbler and two Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart).

River Chelt and Norton and Leigh Meadows     165 Black-headed Gulls, 100+ Starling murmuration with 20+ Fieldfares, 50+ Pied Wagtails, 50 Fieldfares, ten Redwings, five Stonechats, five Meadow Pipits, three Herring Gulls, a Mute Swan, nine Mallards, six Wigeon, four Shovelers, eight Grey Herons, six Little Egrets, four Cormorants, two Ravens, a Coot, a Buzzard, a Grey Wagtail and a Reed Bunting today. (Shaun Curtis).

Frampton     At lunchtime at the sailing lake a YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER feeding well in the southern hedge. Also two Chiffchaffs, three Blackcaps, four Stonechats and a few Redwings. (Nick Goatman). The YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER was relocated in the hedge at 4:10pm after a 2 hour search. (Martin McGill/MK).

Alderton      A female BLACK REDSTART this afternoon in private gardens. (Graham Tompsett).

WWT Slimbridge     A Dark-bellied Brent Goose on the Dumbles. (Dot Jones). A very elusive FIRECREST glimpsed in the trees between Willow hide and Knott hide, with many Goldcrests and Chiffchaffs. A Kingfisher briefly from Knott hide . Three Snipe on the Tack Piece. (Chris Newton). A BITTERN flew from the Zeiss hide reedbed over Van de Bovenkamp hide into South Finger reedbed at 10:18am. (Mike Davis).

Snipe by Chris Newton

Tidenham     Two JACK SNIPE at Poor’s Allotment today. (Paul Rich).

Sapperton     This afternoon at least two Hawfinches at the western end of Sapperton Park Ride (Cirencester Park). Also further along the ride 35 Yellowhammers, a Brambling and two Marsh Tits. (Martine & Pete Fenn).

Hawfinch by Pete Fenn

Chavenage Lane area     A flock of c40 Corn Buntings flew W towards Barton End, seven Red Kites and 8+ Buzzards today. (Terry Grant).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This afternoon, no access to Grundon Hide as the path is flooded, a Buzzard, a Kestrel, 40+ Fieldfares, 10+ Redwings, three Bullfinches, a Greenfinch, three Chiffchaffs, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Lapwing, three Gadwalls, 100+ Teal and 100+ Pintails. (Paul Clark). This morning 26 Greylags, 350 Wigeon, 14 Gadwalls, 350 Teal, 30 Mallards, 60 Pintails, 12 Shovelers, a Grey Heron, a Water Rail calling, ten Coots, a Lapwing, five Herring Gulls, 30 Fieldfares and a Cetti’s Warbler singing. (Mike Smart).

Rodley    At Wilmore Common today 83 Shovelers, 210 Wigeon, 60 Teal, 35 Mallards and a Little Egret. (Andy Jayne).

Forest of Dean     This morning at Cannop lower pond a pair of Goosanders, two Kingfishers, a Little Grebe and an immature Cormorant. On the Upper pond four Little Grebes, c20 Mandarins and more Mandarins in the small ponds to the side of the main pond. (Alan Waterman).

WWT Slimbridge    A FIRECREST next to Willow hide again. 28 Bewick’s Swans on site today, a Green Sandpiper on the Rushy, a Marsh Harrier over the Dumbles, 6+ Linnets from Estuary Tower. A Sparrowhawk and a Buzzard from Zeiss hide over the Top New Piece. 10+ Long-tailed Tits, a Treecreeper and two Goldcrests in the Rookery. A Little Stint on the Tack Piece with c50 Dunlins. (Paul Masters/Paul Clark). 

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area today, a least 350 Redwings and 150 Fieldfares feeding on berries. A Green Woodpecker, a Snipe, a Cetti’s Warbler, six Stonechats, two Siskins and a flock of 29 Stock Doves. (Steve Pullen).

Cotswold Water Park East     A drake RING-NECKED DUCK on Pit 114 until 1pm at least. (Ian Ralphs).

Ring-necked Duck by Ian Ralphs

Ring-necked Duck by Ian Ralphs

WWT Slimbridge    Two FIRECRESTS this morning near the Martin Smith hide tunnel and again early afternoon near the Willow hide. (Mike Davis/Steve Money). A Marsh Harrier over the Rushy this afternoon. (Terry Stevenson).

Firecrest by Mike Davis

Firecrest by Steve Money

Firecrest by Steve Money

Saul Warth     Mid morning high tide 12 Shelducks, 42 Curlews, 93 Lapwings flew S, two Common Cranes, a Little Egret, seven Cattle Egrets and 30 more opposite Dunstalls Farm, and six Fieldfares. (MK).

Cattle Egret by Mike King

Gossington     A Siskin, a Marsh Tit, a FIRECREST heard, lots of Fieldfares and Redwings, two Blackcaps, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Buzzard and a Kestrel today. (Harrison Rowsell).

Rodley     At Wilmore Common today 76 Shovelers, three Gadwalls, 160 Wigeon, 53 Teal, 20 Mallards, a male Stonechat, a Grey Wagtail, two Water Rails and a Cetti’s Warbler heard calling. (Andy Jayne).

Walmore Common     The Tundra Bean Goose, of unknown origin, again with Greylags.  (Andy Jayne).

Winchcombe     A Kingfisher on the River Isbourne at Riverside this morning. (Peter Rodgers).

Gloucester     In the Sudmeadow, Gloucester Landfill Site and Severn Way area a Buzzard, a Chiffchaff, 10+ Meadow Pipits, 12+ Pied Wagtails, 20 Linnets, a Cormorant, two pairs of Stonechats, a Raven and six Reed Buntings today. (Gord Avery).

Maisemore     This afternoon a Little Grebe, six Canada Geese, a Common Sandpiper, 25 Fieldfares, ten Goldfinches, nine Moorhens, 15 Mallards, a Chiffchaff, five Long tailed Tits, 14 Jackdaws, a Cormorant, two Mute Swans and four Roe Deer. (John Fletcher).

Haresfield     Two Peregrines on the incinerator at Javelin Park this evening. (Harrison Rowsell).

WWT Slimbridge     A Water Rail from South Finger reedbed screen and a Peregrine on the Tack Piece disturbing everything. (Dot Jones).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A juvenile Marsh Harrier this morning. (Ian Ralphs).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A drake RING-NECKED DUCK at 9am. (Nigel Workman/Greg Lee). Also five Ruff, six Tufted Ducks, 30 Shovelers, 21 Gadwalls, 22 Mallards, 236 Pintails, 409 Wigeon, 795 Teal, 17 Coots, a Moorhen, 37 Black-headed Gulls, 12 Herring Gulls, a Peregrine and a Chiffchaff. (Greg Lee).

Ring-necked Duck by Nigel Workman

Stonehouse     A garden juvenile BLACK REDSTART over the last few days at Great Oldbury. (Cathy & Peter Pugh).

Saul Warth     Early morning high tide, 29 Shelducks, 31 Curlews, 20 Lapwings flew S, 11 Cormorants, a Common Sandpiper, eight Fieldfares, a Chiffchaff, a Stonechat and 17 Chaffinches. Ten Cattle Egrets opposite Dunstalls Farm at 7:45am. (MK).

Common Sandpiper by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     1+ FIRECRESTS between Martin Smith hide tunnel and Robbie Garnett hide early morning  and a few Chiffchaffs. A BITTERN early morning in the South Finger filtration bed. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Forest of Dean     At Cannop ponds today two Marsh Tits, two Ravens and three Mute Swans. (Wendy Conway).

Ashleworth Ham     210 Canada Geese, 160 Greylags, a Bar Headed Goose, 24 Mallards and eight Wigeon at lunchtime. (Shaun Curtis).

Bar-headed Goose by Shaun Curtis

Witcombe Reservoirs     290 Mallards, seven Tufted Ducks, three Great Crested Grebes, three Grey Herons, five Cormorants, 1+ Moorhen, 31 Black-headed Gulls, a Common Gull, a Herring Gull, a Pied Wagtail, ten Goldfinches and six Linnets today. (Gord Avery).

Bentham     13 Coots, 1+ Moorhen, a Water Rail, two Green Woodpeckers, a Mistle Thrush and two male Song Thrushes singing. (Gord Avery).

Frampton pools     The first male Goldeneye of the winter, eight Cattle Egrets, three Great White Egrets, 14 Shovelers, 49 Cormorants, 47 Tufted Ducks, seven Teal, two Pochards, 29 Mallards, 36 Mute Swans, 361 Coots, two Wigeon, 21 Gadwalls, 14 Great Crested Grebes, two Blackcaps and three Stonechats today. (Nick Goatman).

Aylburton Warth & Guscar Rocks     Two Shelducks, 150 Wigeon, 450 Teal, 12 Grey Heron, a Lapwing, 69 Dunlins, 11 Snipe, a Jack Snipe, 150 Curlews, 46 Redshanks, four Turnstones, 100 Black-headed Gulls, 15 Herring Gulls, 21 Meadow Pipits, two Grey Wagtails and a Stonechat. (Barrie Mills/Mike Smart).

Walmore Common     The Tundra Bean Goose of unknown origin. Also 155 Canada Geese, 90 Greylags, a Shelduck, 11 Shovelers, 110 Wigeon, 300 Teal, 50 Mallards, a Water Rail heard, 150 Lapwings, 12 Snipe and a Black Swan today. (Andy Jayne).

WWT Slimbridge     A FIRECREST in Welly Boot Land at 10:30am and another near the Willow hide. 27 Bewick’s Swans on the Rushy this morning. (Roberta Goodall/Oliver Paisey/Steve Pullen).

Berkeley shore     On today’s WeBS count birds included eight Teal, 204 Mallards, 37 Wigeon, eight Shelducks, four Grey Herons, a Little Egret, five Redshanks, 17 Curlews, nine Lapwings, four Turnstones, three Dunlins, 33 Black-headed Gulls, 134 Common Gulls and 12 Cormorants. Also a Yellowhammer, 150+ Fieldfares, 300+ Redwings and 25 Song Thrushes including 6+ in song. (Jon Haw).

Nympsfield     300+ Golden Plovers on fields between the Newark Park turn off and Nympsfield. (Jon Haw).