Monday 28th April 2025

Saul Warth     At high tide 94 Shelducks, two Little Egrets, 14 Curlews, five Whimbrels, seven Bar-tailed Godwits, two Ringed Plovers, seven Dunlins, six Oystercatchers, a Common Sandpiper, a Marsh Harrier chased N by an Oystercatcher, a Cuckoo calling, two Swallows and a Raven. (MK).

Whimbrels by Mike King

Chavenage Lane area     A male Whinchat and at least 17 Whitethroats, four Blackcaps, a Garden Warbler, two female Wheatears, six Mistle Thrushes and a Red Kite. (Terry Grant).

Whinchat & Whitethroat by Terry Grant

Whinchat by Terry Grant

WWT Slimbridge     Two drake GARGANEYS and a SPOONBILL on the Tack Piece. The GLOSSY IBIS on the Top New Piece again. The wild drake Goldeneye in the Eider pen. (Oliver Paisey).

Whittington Woods     A Cuckoo calling, 1+ fledgling Ravens attended by both parents, a Coal Tit and a Marsh Tit. (Steve Brown).

Cotswold Water Park West    Between 6:45-8:15pm this evening at Shorncote Reedbeds birds included a Greenfinch, Blackcaps, a Lesser Whitethroat. Reed Warblers, Sedge Warblers, Chiffchaffs, two Garden Warblers, Cetti’s Warblers, Gadwalls, a Common Tern and a Green Woodpecker. (Bruce Kettle).

Chedworth     On the airfield, a male Kestrel, two Wheatears and 25 Linnets. (Steve Brown).

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Sunday 27th April 2025

WWT Slimbridge     The GLOSSY IBIS from Zeiss hide at 8:30am, also viewable from the Estuary Tower. (Geoff Moyser).

Saul Warth     At high tide a pair of Mandarins, 98 Shelducks, two Little Egrets, four Bar-tailed Godwits, a Greenshank, five Curlews, seven Whimbrels, a Common Sandpiper, a summer plumaged Grey Plover, two Ringed Plovers, 18 Dunlins and a Marsh Harrier flew N. (MK/David Lawrence/Mike Davis).

Common Sandpiper by Mike King

Mandarins by Mike King

Forest of Dean     Mid morning today at Crabtree Hill a female Pied Flycatcher, two Wood Warblers, a Garden Warbler, a Tree Pipit, a Redstart, a Siskin, 20 Willow Warblers, ten Blackcaps and three Buzzards. At Cannop ponds a Mandarin, a Nuthatch and a Red Kite. (Karle Burford). At 3:30pm for 5 minutes, a Cuckoo heard distantly from Forge Hill, Lydbrook, from the direction of English Bicknor. (Chris Sullivan). Four Swifts over Coleford this morning. (Geoff Fawcett).

Rodley    A Grasshopper Warbler today, also Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Cetti’s Warblers, Blackcaps, numerous Chiffchaffs, a Cuckoo heard, a Lapwing and a pair of Buzzards. (Rachel Thomas).

Grasshopper Warbler by Rachel Thomas

Naunton     In the quarries today two Wheatears, six Corn Buntings, two Yellow Wagtails and eight Whitethroats. (Jamie Brown).

Elmore Court     Three Common Cranes flew over the rewilding area at 7:20pm. (Nicki Barker).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Two Red Kites, two Buzzards, two Great White Egrets, a Little Egret, four Grey Herons, two Curlews, two Oystercatchers, six Avocets, two Shelducks, four Gadwalls, 6+ Skylarks, 4+ Redstarts, 10+ Chiffchaffs, three Reed Buntings, many three Whitethroats, two Lesser Whitethroats and 5+ Sedge Warblers. Also an Azure Damselfly. (Paul Clark). Also today five Greylags, two Canada Geese, 25 Mallards, a Red Kite, five Coots, ten Lapwings, a Ringed Plover, two Redshanks, a Common Sandpiper, a Pied Wagtail, a Reed Warbler, two Blackcaps and two Chiffchaffs. (DBPWS/Mike Smart).

Halmore     A Cuckoo calling in the Slimbridge Lane area, a male Goshawk and three Buzzards circling high, a Sparrowhawk over, also many Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs, two Goldcrests, eight Swallows, a male Bullfinch and a Treecreeper. (Chris Newton).

Hinchwick area     Two Wheatears, three Redstarts and three Corn Buntings today. (Andy Lewis).

Sharpness     Between Sanigar Pill and Berkeley Pill a Buzzard, a minimum of four pairs of Meadow Pipits, a pair of Skylarks, a female Wheatear, a male Reed Warbler and a pair of Shelducks. (Gord Avery).

Frampton    On Court Lake five Oystercatchers and a Common Tern. From Splatt Bridge a Common Sandpiper flew along the canal, a Peregrine through low and fast, a distant Hobby and a Little Grebe. (Paul Sutton).

Oystercatcher by Paul Sutton
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Saturday 26th April 2025

WWT Slimbridge     A WOOD SANDPIPER on the Tack Piece at 11:15am. (Paul Rich). Two drake GARGANEYS, a SPOONBILL and two Egyptian Geese also on the Tack Piece this morning. (Helen Bojaniwska).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A WOOD SANDPIPER late morning but flushed by a crow. (Ian Ralphs). Also today two Greylags, 25 Mallards, two Great White Egrets, two Little Egrets, two Grey Herons, a Buzzard, five Coots, two Oystercatchers, six Avocets, ten Lapwings, a Ringed Plover, a Dunlin, a Curlew, two Redshanks, four Swifts, three Skylarks, two House Martins, a male Yellow Wagtail, three Redstarts, a Reed Warbler, five Sedge Warblers, two Blackcaps, five Whitethroats, two Lesser Whitethroats, five Chiffchaffs and three Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart).

Saul Warth     This morning 43 Bar-tailed Godwits, six Whimbrels, seven Oystercatchers, 34 Dunlins, seven Ringed Plovers, a Greenshank, four Arctic Terns, two Wheatears, two Yellow Wagtails, 10+ Swifts and the GLOSSY IBIS. (Gordon Hodgson).

Cleeve Hill     From 6:15-8am four Wheatears, seven Stonechats (6m, 1f), a Yellow Wagtail over, a Lesser Whitethroat heard, a Buzzard, a Red Kite, c4 Whitethroats, endless song of Skylarks, Meadow Pipits, Linnets, a few Yellowhammers and a Tree Pipit below the masts. (Tom & Greg Mabbett).

Halmore     Three male Cuckoos calling today intermittently in the woods. Also five Swallows, a Garden Warbler, a Nuthatch, two Treecreepers, many Chiffchaffs, two Willow Warblers, three Song Thrushes, a Mistle Thrush, three Blackcaps, two Green Woodpeckers and two Great Spotted Woodpeckers. (Chris Newton).

Cheltenham     In the early hours a Tawny Owl heard in Eldorado Road near the railway station and a female Sparrowhawk seen in the Griffiths Avenue Nature Reserve. (Keith White).

Hampen     Two Grey Partridges beside the A436 just before the Hampen turn off, on the left side if coming from Cheltenham. (MK).

Elmore Court     A SHORT-EARED OWL hunting in the rewilding area this evening. (Mark Hobson).

Nailsworth     A pair of Dippers at Dunkirk Mills. On local streams: a Common Sandpiper and four pairs of Grey Wagtail, one pair of which carrying food and a pair of Robins were feeding recently fledged young. (Terry Grant).

Chedworth     A Peregrine over the Chedworth valley at midday today. (Harvey Sherwood).

May Hill     On the Hill this afternoon, Meadow Pipits, Linnets, a Blackcap, a Garden Warbler and a Roe Deer. (Eden Tanner).

Roe Deer by Eden Tanner

Meadow Pipit by Eden Tanner

Eastington     Along the River Frome a two very flighty Common Sandpipers, Chiffchaffs, a Blackcap, a Buzzard, a Sparrowhawk and two Grey Wagtails. (Paul Sutton).

Grey Wagtail by Paul Sutton
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Friday 25th April 2025

Saul Warth     At 6:15am a Bar-tailed Godwit, four Curlews, a Whimbrel heard, three Oystercatchers, 40 Dunlins, six Ringed Plovers, a Little Egret, 41 Shelducks, a pair of Shovelers, a pair of Gadwalls, a Swallow and a Whitethroat. (MK/Martin McGill). Later seven Whimbrels. (Tom Mabbett). This evening a drake GARGANEY arrived and flew past Hock Ditch over the Severn this evening, the returned back along the shore and seemed to drop onto Splatt Flashes. (Martin McGill).

Hasfield Ham     A pair of GARGANEYS flushed in Stank Lane then circled the reserve calling. (Les Ditchburn).

Frampton     At Court Lake at 8:30am a new in Cuckoo showed well, also the Ross’s Goose, early success for Barnacle Geese with 1 gosling, three Oystercatchers, two Swallows, a Mistle Thrush chasing a Sparrowhawk and the Bar-headed x Snow Goose hybrid. (MK).

Cuckoo by Mike King

Cuckoo by Mike King

Ashleworth Ham     At an early morning ringing session birds rung included seven Sedge Warblers, four Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Chiffchaff, a Bullfinch and two Reed Buntings. Around the reserve a Canada Goose, 20 Mallards, a Little Egret, a Grey Heron, three Curlews, five Skylarks, a male Redstart, 5+ Sedge Warblers, 5+ Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Willow Warbler, two Chiffchaffs and three Reed Buntings. (Mervyn Greening/Mike Smart).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area early morning, at least seven Sedge Warblers, a Reed Warbler, a Cetti’s Warbler, three Reed Buntings and a Stonechat. On the scrape four Little Egrets and two Lapwings. (Steve Pullen).

Gloucester     At Horsebere Brook two Yellow Wagtails still on the muck heap at 2:30pm. (Simon Hart).

Crickley Hill     A Peregrine, a Marsh Tit, a Tree Pipit, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Green Woodpecker and a female Emperor Moth female today. (Keith Colcombe).

Stonehouse     In the Ocean area this afternoon a Raven, a Sparrowhawk, a Kestrel, a Blackcap, a Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaffs and Green-veined White and Orange Tip butterflies. (Paul Sutton).

Green-veined Whites by Paul Sutton
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Thursday 24th April 2025

Redmarley     Late news of a HOOPOE in a private garden in Compton Green yesterday 23rd at 4:40pm. (per Rich Baatsen).

Frampton     Early morning from the towpath N of Splatt Bridge, the GLOSSY IBIS again, a Great White Egret, two Little Egrets, two Redshanks, three Oystercatchers, 45 Sand Martins, a Kingfisher, three Lesser Whitethroats, two Whitethroats, three Cetti’s Warblers and a Mistle Thrush. At the sailing lake two Common Terns, a Garden Warbler, a pair of Pochards, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Whitethroat, three Sand Martins, two House Martins, a Swallow and nesting Robins this morning. (MK).

Garden Warbler by Mike King

Common Terns by Mike King

Mistle Thrush by Mike King

Cotswold Water Park West     Around Pits 57/41 at least ten Garden Warblers, seven Common Terns, two Cuckoos, two Egyptian Geese and a Swift. (Paul Rich).

WWT Slimbridge     A SPOONBILL still on the Tack Piece, a Spotted Redshank from Zeiss hide and two Common Sandpipers on South Lake. (Roberta Goodall/Paul Clark/Andy & Sue Gibbons).

Over     A Yellow Wagtail in with the sheep at Over Farm. (Tom Berry).

Forest of Dean     A Whitethroat and a Garden Warbler on Crabtree Hill this morning. (Geoff Fawcett).

Chipping Campden     Two House Martins back on breeding territory today. (David Bingley).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This evening two Grey Herons, a Great White Egret, six Teal, four Gadwalls, 12 Mallards, six Avocets, two Canada Geese, three Greylags and 5+ goslings, six Shelducks, an Oystercatchers, two Mute Swans, six Pied Wagtails, five Yellow Wagtails, three Curlews, 15+ Carrion Crows, 10+ Lapwings, three Little Ringed Plovers, 5+ Swallows, 5+ House Martins, 5+ Skylarks, and Whitethroat, Willow Warbler and Sedge Warbler heard. (Shaun Curtis).

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Wednesday 23rd April 2025

Saul Warth     The GLOSSY IBIS feeding close to the canal towpath just S of the Warth at lunchtime today. (Gordon Hodgson).

Glossy Ibis by Gordon Hodgson

WWT Slimbridge     The GLOSSY IBIS at 8:15am at the back of the top pond on the Rushy. (Tan Grigg/Tim McGrath). A SPOONBILL on the Tack Piece still. The Spotted Redshank still from Zeiss hide. (Roy Kinchin/Gordon Youdale). A House Martin from Zeiss hide at 10:50am. (Howard Smith).

Paxford     At the brick work pits three Yellow Wagtails, a Little Ringed Plover, three Reed Warbler and four Little Grebes. (Jamie Brown).

Maisemore    At Leadon Meadows near Maisemore four Shelducks, two Gadwalls, a drake Pintails, four Ringed Plovers, five Little Ringed Plovers, four Dunlins, a Common Sandpiper, two Little Egrets, four Sand Martins, five House Martins and a Yellow Wagtail today. (Andy Jayne).

Gloucester     At Horsebere Brook four Wheatears and two Yellow Wagtails still. (Mark Dowie).

Ashleworth Ham     Along Stank Lane birds included Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Bullfinch, Reed Bunting, Redstart, Red Kite and two Curlews today. (Les Ditchburn).

Frampton     Early morning from Splatt Bridge towpath, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, a Redshank, 11 Sand Martins, 12 Swallows and a Great Spotted Woodpecker. On the sailing lake a Black Swan, 100+ Sand Martins, four House Martins, a Swallow and lots of warblers including two Cetti’s Warblers. (MK). A Hobby over Court Lake and 20+ House Martins at 1pm. (Nick Goatman).

Black Swan by Mike King

Forest of Dean     A Red Kite over 5 Acres Garage, Coleford at lunchtime. (Dan Watson).

Halmore     Birds around the woods today included a pair of Bullfinches, a singing Garden Warbler, several singing Willow Warblers and Blackcaps, a Nuthatch, a Green Woodpecker, a male Reed Bunting, three Swallows, a pair of Shelducks and a pair of Egyptian Geese by a pond. (Chris Newton).

Willow Warbler by Chris Newton
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Tuesday 22nd April 2025

WWT Slimbridge     A WOOD SANDPIPER on the Tack Piece today, until 4:20pm at least. A Spotted Redshank on the Top New Piece this morning and a GLOSSY IBIS until 7:45am when it flew off N. (Martin McGill). A Common Tern briefly on South Lake this morning before flying off high and lost to view. (Paul Masters). Two SPOONBILLS in flight over the entrance road fields at 7:45am. (Tan Grigg). One was later on the Tack Piece. (Dot Jones). A Whimbrel from Zeiss hide at 10:25am. (Phil Pope).

Wood Sandpiper by Paul Masters

Wood Sandpiper by Bob Shiret

Frampton      On the canal and flashes at Splatt Bridge early morning a GLOSSY IBIS, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, two Common Cranes over, a Whimbrel heard, 4+ Redshanks, three Swallows, eight Sand Martins, three Cetti’s Warblers, two Whitethroats, three Reed Warblers, a Sedge Warbler, six Blackcaps and four Chiffchaffs. (MK). Around the pools two Hobbies, a Common Tern, a Cuckoo, three Lesser Whitethroats, 12 Whitethroats, a Garden Warbler, a Willow Warbler, 32 Chiffchaffs, 34 Blackcaps, a Yellowhammer, five Cetti’s Warblers, two Ravens and 63 Tufted Ducks. (Nick Goatman).

Glossy Ibis (record shot) by Mike King

Saul Warth     Five Whimbrels briefly dropped down into Saul Warth at dawn today before heading inland. (Steve Pullen). One still there at 11am. (Nigel Young).

Whimbrel by Nigel Young

Crickley Hill area     A Red Kite, a Kestrel, a Marsh Tit, a Garden Warbler, three Whitethroats, two Nuthatches, three Tree Pipits and a pair of Bullfinches. Nearby, a family of at least four Ravens in a tall pine at Shurdington. (Andy Jayne).

Elmore Court    Birds seen from the public footpath through the rewilding area this morning included two Red Kites over, two Buzzards, a Kestrel, a pair of Stonechats, 5+ singing Skylarks, nine Linnets, four Whitethroats, four Sedge Warblers, a Reed Warbler, and two Lapwings and two Little Egrets on the scrapes. (Caroline Quinn).

Chedworth     On the airfield tonight a Whinchat and four Wheatears (Duncan Dine).

Whinchat by Duncan Dine

Stanley Downton     This morning a Whitethroat, a Linnet, a Treecreeper, a Goldcrest, a Goldfinch, a Buzzard, a Grey Wagtail, a Pied Wagtail, Swallow numbers increasing, many Chiffchaffs and three Greylags landed in a field near the sewage works. (Paul Sutton).

Treecreeper by Paul Sutton
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Monday 21st April 2025

Saul Warth     This afternoon ten Bar-tailed Godwits, 3/4 Whimbrels, 20 Dunlins, six Ringed Plovers, two SPOONBILLS through and at least three possibly five adult LITTLE GULLS and a Swift. (Gordon Hodgson). Also a Marsh Harrier hunting the private grounds of the house next to Fretherne church before flying off N, a Red Kite over high, 15 Curlews, ten Oystercatchers, a Grey Wagtail, two Linnets, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Whitethroat, a Chiffchaff, a Blackcap and four Sand Martins. (MK).

Linnets by Mike King

Frampton     Two Lesser Whitethroats at Splatt Bridge this morning and a Cuckoo calling at the sailing lake. (Gordon Hodgson). This afternoon three LITTLE GULLS with Black-headed Gulls on Court Lake and a Common Sandpiper on the sailing lake. (Alan Baxter/Derek Summers). A Cuckoo and a Lesser Whitethroat on the edge of Nebrow Hill this morning. (Nick Goatman).

Cotswold Water Park West     A LITTLE GULL on Pit 57  this morning and a Lesser Whitethroat and a Cuckoo at Shorncote Reedbeds. (David Creber).

Forest of Dean    Two male Pied Flycatchers disputing a hole near the Crabtree Hill paving area. A Grasshopper Warbler reeling between the Crematorium and Crabtree Hill. A WOOD WARBLER briefly calling nearby in mixed woodland (1st heard 2 days ago). (Frank Williams).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A Common Tern today. (Ian Hull/Ian Ralphs).

Dudbridge     At least three Swifts and 10+ House Martins circled around low for a few minutes before they slowly drifted N at lunchtime today. (Steve Pullen).

Gloucester     At Horsebere Brook four Wheatears on the dung heap with a Yellow Wagtail still. Also three Sedge Warblers, two Reed Warblers and a Whitethroat. (Keith Colcombe).

Purton     This afternoon 6+ Swallows, a Red Kite, a Buzzard, a pair of Oystercatchers, at least two Whitethroats, Shelducks and a Reed Warbler. (Mike Davis).

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Sunday 20th April 2025

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge at 8pm a GLOSSY IBIS flew over high heading towards WWT. (Paul Sutton).

Glossy Ibis by Paul Sutton

Hidcote     A Grasshopper Warbler this afternoon in the sheep field at Hidcote Manor NT. (Mark Hobson).

Saul Warth     Early morning 35 Shelducks, 15 Bar-tailed Godwits, a Whimbrel, nine Curlews, two Oystercatchers, a Redshank, ten Dunlins, two Little Egrets, a female Wheatear went straight through, perching once, three Swallows, 200+ Sand Martins, a Whitethroat, a male Blackcap and a Chiffchaff. (MK).

Norton     Ten Cattle Egrets in a field of cows late afternoon. (Keith Colcombe).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Early this afternoon three Buzzards, a Kestrel, a Peregrine, two Ravens, two Great White Egrets, a Little Egret, two Grey Herons, two Oystercatchers, three Avocets, a Redshank, 10+ Lapwings, four Great Spotted Woodpeckers, two Yellow Wagtails, two Greenfinches, a Redstart heard, 12 Sedge Warblers and eight Whitethroats. (Paul Clark/Sarah Townsend).

Yellow Wagtail by Sarah Townsend

Sedge Warbler by Sarah Townsend

Ashleworth & Hasfield Hams     Between 11:30am and 2:15pm at least five singing Whitethroats in roadside hedgerows between Meerend Thicket and Stank Lane.  Along Stank Lane at least another five Whitethroats, two Lesser Whitethroats, at least two Redstarts. Also Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs and Skylarks all singing, a Buzzard and a Red Kite.  (Andy & Sue Gibbons).

Barnsley Warren     From the Welsh Way to the pump house, six Red Kites and four Buzzards up together, two pairs of Ravens, a Green Woodpecker, 6+ singing Redstarts, three Blackcaps, a Yellowhammer, a Coal Tit and a Stoat. Also around the area many Orange Tip butterflies, mostly female. (Steve Brown).

Cleeve Hill     A Cuckoo, a Redstart and a Grey Partridge at the Bill Smyllie butterfly reserve this morning. (Jeremy Holland).

Gloucester     At Horsebere Brook early morning a Wheatear, a Yellow Wagtail and a Whitethroat. (Ken Hurcombe).

Minsterworth     A Redstart opposite the Severn Bore pub this morning. (Jeremy Squire).

Walmore Common     A Yellow Wagtail, three Lapwings and a pair of Shelduck this morning. (Dan Watson).

Awre     A Lesser Whitethroat this morning. (Dan Watson).

WWT Slimbridge     The immature SPOONBILL, a male and female Wheatear and three Greenshanks on the Tack Piece and a Marsh Harrier flew past the Estuary Tower headed upriver and a Great White Egret. (Caroline Quinn).

Spoonbill by Caroline Quinn

Aylburton     From the garden this morning a Buzzard mobbed by three Carrion Crows, eight House Martins with birds having returned to nests on the house and a neighbouring house, Woodpigeons nesting, two Swallows and a male Chaffinch singing. On a walk to the River Severn and back a Red Kite, two Jays, two Moorhens, ten Shelducks, six Curlews, five Skylarks, three Linnets, a Reed Warbler and a Buzzard mobbed by a Jackdaw. (John Meadows).

Stanley Downton     This morning eight Swallows, two House Martins, at least six Whitethroats and good numbers of singing Chiffchaffs. (Paul Sutton).

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Saturday 19th April 2025

Saul Warth     At high tide at midday 68 Shelducks, 60+ Bar-tailed Godwits, 13 Whimbrels, two Curlews, five Grey Plovers, ten Oystercatchers, a Redshank, a Common Sandpiper, 25 Dunlins, 11 Ringed Plovers, a Yellow Wagtail flew E, two Swallows, a House Martin, 100+ Sand Martins and a Whitethroat. (MK). This evening 83 Bar-tailed Godwits, seven Curlews, 29 Dunlins, four Grey Plovers, ten Ringed Plovers, six Oystercatchers, two Little Egrets, a Marsh Harrier, 100 Sand Martins, a House Martin and a Swallow. (Mark & Emily Hobson).

Tresham     Late afternoon a MERLIN and a RING OUZEL. Also two Wheatears, two Whitethroats, three Corn Buntings, two Red Kites and a Stock Dove. (Paul Rich).

WWT Slimbridge    A MERLIN on the Dumbles early afternoon. Also six Yellow Wagtails, five Greenshanks, a Green Sandpiper, a SPOONBILL and a Common Sandpiper on the Tack Piece, and a Cuckoo calling to the S from Knott hide. (Paul Masters/Tom Blay). Three juvenile/first-winter KITTIWAKES moving upstream from Estuary Tower. (Tim McGrath).

Stroat     At 11.45am a Swift seen from road near the church. (Stephen Curtis & Carol Rushton).

Churchdown Hill      Three Wheatears today. Also a Bullfinch seen and heard. (Sarah Townsend).

Wheatear by Sarah Townsend

Gloucester     At Horsebere Brook NR this afternoon 4 or 5 Wheatears on the extended manure pile along the track E of Horsbere Brook, leading up the hill to the farm. Also a Yellow Wagtail, a Common Whitethroat, two Reed Warblers, two Sedge Warblers, two Chiffchaffs, a Blackcap, a Swallow, a Greenfinch and a Skylark. (Rob Crofton).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area this evening, a Great White Egret, two Little Egrets a Grey Heron, three Lapwings and two Little Grebes on the scrape. Also four Sedge Warblers, a Cetti’s Warbler, eight Chiffchaffs and a late Fieldfare. (Steve Pullen).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Today five Greylags, three Canada Geese, a Mute Swan, five Shelducks, three Wigeon, three Gadwalls, 12 Teal, 26 Mallards, three Grey Herons, two Great White Egrets, four Avocets, a Little Ringed Plover, 12 Lapwings, two Oystercatchers, a Dunlin, a Snipe, four Whimbrels, three Curlews, four Redshanks, three Skylarks, 23 Yellow Wagtails, a White Wagtail, four Pied Wagtails, two Meadow Pipits, nine Sand Martins, 200 Swallows and House Martins, three Redstarts, four Sedge Warblers, eight Whitethroats, three Blackcaps, three Chiffchaffs, a Treecreeper and two Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart/Caroline Quinn/Jeremy Squire/Shaun Curtis).

White Wagtail by Caroline Quinn

Longney     Four Yellow Wagtails on the horse fields at Longney Church this evening. (Jeremy Squire).

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