Cotswold Water Park East    At Kempsford Sewage Works c10 Chiffchaffs and on the flooded field by Pit 114 three Oystercatchers and a Green Sandpiper. (Duncan Dine).

Gloucester A male BLACK REDSTART again in private gardens in the Linden area at midday. (Ali Hendley).

Aylburton Warth/Guscar Rocks     This morning ten Canada Geese, 12 Shelducks, 87 Wigeon, 20 Teal, a Grey Heron, a Buzzard, five Oystercatchers, 70 Golden Plovers, 270 Dunlins, 510 Curlews, 23 Redshanks, a Turnstone, ten Lesser Black-backed Gulls, five Skylarks, three Meadow Pipits and three Cetti’s Warblers singing. (Mike Smart).

Kempley     A Hawfinch this morning feeding on spilt sunflower hearts in the garden. (Steve Watts).

Newnham-on-Severn     A Hawfinch in the garden for the last three mornings. (David Smith).

Frampton pools     13 Grey Herons in Court Lake reed bed, 15 Little Egrets, two Little Grebes, six Great Crested Grebes, 82 Tufted Ducks, 12 Gadwalls, a Shoveler, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, 38 Cormorants, 26 Stock Doves, 200+ Starlings, 100+ Redwings, 100+ Fieldfares, a Brambling and a Lesser Redpoll. (Nick Goatman).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area this afternoon, six Wigeon and eight Teal on the scrape, also 70+ Greenfinches gathering to roost, 35 Linnets, 20+ Meadow Pipits, four Ravens, two Stock Doves, a Little Egret and 1000+ Starlings heading E. (Steve Pullen).

Forest of Dean     At Cannop Ponds four Goosanders, 29 Mandarins, 37 Mallards, ten Coots, six Little Grebes, 21 Wigeon, six Tufted Ducks. At Parkend seven Hawfinches and 24 Chaffinches. (Paul Masters).

Sherborne     Two Common Cranes flew N following the River Windrush towards Bourton this morning at 11:30am. (Jeremy Trinder).

Bourton-on-the-Water     An Oystercatcher at Greystones Farm today. (Andy Lewis).

Ashleworth Ham     12 Greylags, 50 Canada Geese, 350 Wigeon, ten Gadwalls, 150 Teal, 40 Mallards, 15 Pintails, 75 Shovelers, four Tufted Ducks, a Great White Egret, a Grey Heron, 60 Lapwings, a Snipe, 100 Fieldfares and a Reed Bunting singing. (Mike Smart).

Cobney Meadows     Six Mute Swans, an Egyptian Goose, seven Shelducks, 200 Teal, ten Mallards, eight Shovelers, 40 Fieldfares and four Black-headed Gulls. (Mike Smart).

Leigh Meadows     Eight Mallards, a Great White Egret, three Little Egrets and a Grey Wagtail. (Mike Smart).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Hook two Mute Swans, 40 Canada Geese, a Shelduck, 50 Wigeon, a Teal, 20 Mallards, seven Shovelers, two Tufted Ducks, a Great White Egret, a Grey Heron, three Cormorants, a Buzzard, a Moorhen and three Lapwing. At Mitton a
Shelduck, 56 Wigeon, 35 Teal, eight Mallards, 15 Lapwings and a Kingfisher. (Mike Smart).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning 20 Canada Geese, 150 Greylags, an Egyptian Goose, 50 Pintails, 45 Mallards, 350 Wigeon, 500 Teal, 35 Shovelers, eight Gadwalls, six Tufted Ducks, six Mute Swans, two Oystercatchers, a Snipe, eight Lapwings, seven Coots, four Little Egrets, a Great White Egret, three Grey Herons, 30 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 100 Herring Gulls, four Black-headed Gulls and a Common Gull. (Ian Ralphs).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning five Mute Swans, 129+ Greylags, 198+ Wigeon, c500 Teal, 40 Mallards, 107 Pintails, 58+ Shovelers, two Tufted Ducks, two Little Egrets, a Great White Egret, an immature Marsh Harrier, two Coots, 46 Lapwing, a Song Thrush singing and a female Stonechat. (Mike Smart).

Cleeve Hill      Birds today included five Red Kites, a Kestrel, a pair of Ravens, five pairs of Carrion Crows, 60 Jackdaws, 16 Skylarks, 30 Linnets, six Blackbirds and a Tawny Owl heard. (Ian Coote).

Nympsfield     A male Stonechat on a fence this morning. (Juliet Bailey).

Woodchester     On the mansion pools two Mute Swans, two Cormorants, 20+ Mallards, a Grey Heron and two Ravens and two Kestrels over. (Juliet Bailey).

WWT Slimbridge     On the Rushy this morning 72 Bewick’s Swans, two WHOOPER SWANS and a Black Swan this morning. 24 Ruff on the Tack Piece. Two Little Stints and a Ringed Plover on the Estuary Tower scrape and on the Dumbles six Oystercatchers. On South Lake the SPOONBILL, five Cattle Egrets, 21 Common Gulls and 40 Golden Plovers. (Slimbridge Sightings/Roberta Goodall/Martin Price).

Forest of Dean     At Cannop ponds a Dipper, a Marsh Tit, a Goosander, 12 Mandarins and six Little Grebes. 5+ Hawfinches at Parkend with 20+ Chaffinches and three Nuthatches. At Woorgreens, eight Goosanders, five Teal, two Jays and four Treecreepers. (Steve Pullen/Angela Carswell).

Highnam woods     This afternoon two Marsh Tits, two Goldcrests, a Song Thrush, two Nuthatches, male and female Bullfinch, three Chaffinches, six Long-tailed Tits, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, seven Fieldfares and a Buzzard. (John Fletcher).

Newent Woods      Low numbers of birds from dawn, a Goldcrest, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, two Jays, a Nuthatch and two Muntjacs. At May Hill summit a Linnet, a Siskin and a Raven. (MK).

Raven by Mike King

Cobney Meadows     Six Mute Swans, two Shelducks, 300 Teal, 25 Wigeon, two Grey Herons, 50 Black-headed Gulls and 45 Stock Doves today. (Mike Smart).

Hartpury     Three Tufted Ducks (2m,1f), four Mallards, 27 Greylags, 20 Canada Geese, two Cormorants, three Moorhens, a Grey Heron, 8+ Redwings, two Mistle Thrushes, a Song Thrush, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Jay, 30 Starlings, two Goldfinches, two Stock Doves and 20+ Common Gulls today. (Oliver Paisey).

Stonehouse     In the Bond’s Mill area and fields below late afternoon a Peregrine distant on a pylon, eight Cormorants, a small flock of Siskins with Goldfinches, being followed by a small mixed tit flock and a Grey Heron. (Paul Sutton).

Gloucester     c1000 Starlings leaving a nearby roost over Sudmeadow roundabout at 7:19am. (MK).

Tresham     A female type BLACK REDSTART today, a patch tick. Also three Corn Buntings and two Red Kites. (Paul Rich).

WWT Slimbridge     The GLOSSY IBIS still in roadside fields today. On South Lake the SPOONBILL, a drake Goldeneye, two Oystercatchers and six Avocets. A Little Stint still on the Estuary Tower scrape. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Lydney     A MERLIN at 4pm this afternoon on farmland near Lydney. (Ant Dobbs).

Notgrove     From Diamond Way bridle path at Raspberry Brake near Notgrove SP0919 feeding in a field 110 Fieldfares, 90 Starlings, 29 Goldfinches, 34 Yellowhammers and a pair of Stonechats by the stream. Overhead ten Ravens, nine Red Kites, six Buzzards and two Kestrels. (Harvey Sherwood).

Berkeley shore     Turnstone and Rock Pipit on the river at Severn House Farm today. (Roberta Goodall).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning two Gadwalls, two Great White Egrets, 12+ Little Egrets, two Grey Herons, three Common Gulls, a Peregrine, a Marsh Harrier, three Bullfinches, four Skylarks and 13 Long-tailed Tits. (Paul Clark/John Fletcher/Jake King).

Stroud     At Stratford Park lake a pair of Mandarins and two Stock Doves. (Geoff Moyser).

Norton     Two Little Egrets on a flooded roadside field this morning. (John Fletcher).

WWT Slimbridge     The GLOSSY IBIS still in roadside fields today. On South Lake the SPOONBILL, five Oystercatchers and six Avocets. Two WHOOPER SWANS and 72 Bewick’s Swans early morning. (Slimbridge Sightings/Magnus Carter). Two Little Stints still on the Estuary Tower scrape. A Pink-footed Goose flew N, presumably the long-staying bird of unknown origin. Seven Common Cranes on the Tack Piece, five unringed including a juvenile. (Warren Gill).

Wisloe     A Red Kite over near the roundabout over the A38 this morning. (Magnus Carter).

Ashleworth Ham     34 Shovelers, four Gadwalls, 21 Pintails, two Tufted Ducks, 21 Mallards, 17 Teal, 95 Wigeon, 89 Lapwings, seven Canada Geese and five Greylags, 45 Fieldfares, a Buzzard, a Peregrine, six Mute Swans and a Red Kite. (John Fletcher).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Five Mute Swans, 150 Greylags, an Egyptian Goose, 500 Wigeon, 1500 Teal, ten Gadwalls, 50 Mallards, 120 Pintails, 220 Shovelers, six Tufted Ducks, six Little Egrets, a Great White Egret, 12 Coots, 142 Lapwings, two drumming Great Spotted Woodpeckers, c1000 Woodpigeons, a Skylark, a Song Thrush singing and a Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

Twyning     On Upham Meadow five Mute Swans, 104 Canada Geese, a Peregrine, two Fieldfares an d 20 Carrion Crows. (Mike Smart).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Hook 70 Canada Geese, 26 Shelducks, 40 Wigeon, 40 Mallards, a Shoveler, six Tufted Ducks, a Little Egret, a Great White Egret, 450 Lapwings and 200 Linnets. (Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge     On South Lake the SPOONBILL, later on the Rushy, two drake Goldeneyes, two Oystercatchers and six Avocets. Two WHOOPER SWANS and 72 Bewick’s Swans early morning. A Firecrest along South Finger. A Little Stint from Estuary Tower. (Slimbridge Sightings/Ed Betteridge/Ian Hull). A male and a female Goosander flew high over the South Finger reedbed towards the estuary this afternoon. (Ed Betteridge).

Forest of Dean     Seven Hawfinches at Parkend today in poor weather. (Thomas Winstone).

Wotton-Under-Edge     At Nind Lane at least one Lesser Redpoll with c40 Siskins. Also a Treecreeper, a Nuthatch, a Goldcrest, a Little Egret and a Sparrowhawk. (Paul Rich).

Winchcombe     Belated news of five Mandarins (3m, 2f) on a lake at SP036266 on the 7th February 2025. (Juliet Bailey).

WWT Slimbridge     On South Lake the SPOONBILL, four Cattle Egrets, four Oystercatchers, a drake Goldeneye and six Avocets The GLOSSY IBIS in roadside fields again. Two WHOOPER SWANS and 72 Bewick’s Swans early morning. (Slimbridge Sightings/Heather England).

Hazelton     This afternoon five Corn Buntings and 5+ Bramblings feeding with 50+ Chaffinches near to the village. Also in the area 18 Golden Plovers over, two Kestrels, two Red Kites and six Red-legged Partridges. (Steve Pullen).

Forest of Dean     A Brambling with six Chaffinches and three Reed Buntings this morning at Crabtree Hill. (Frank Williams).

Kingscote     c200 Golden Plovers at ST802961 at 11:20am. (Vic Polley).

Frampton pools    20+ Skylarks in the second field south of the sailing lake, the Yellow-legged Gull on the sailing lake but  chased off by a Herring Gull, 13 Little Egrets in the roost this evening and two Tawny Owls calling. (Nick Goatman).

Halmore     Around the woods today several drumming Great Spotted Woodpeckers, a Bullfinch, two Greenfinches, two Ravens, two Jays, two Coal Tits, a Goldcrest, five Redwings, two Mistle Thrushes, a Fieldfare, a Nuthatch, a Treecreeper, a ringed male Kingfisher, two Buzzards, a hunting Sparrowhawk, and Common Cranes heard flying over. (Chris Newton).

Kingfisher by Chris Newton

Cheltenham    This morning a male Sparrowhawk perched on the garden fence in Benhall. (David Norman).

Coombe Hill Meadows     The drake RING-NECKED DUCK again today with 35 Tufted Ducks. Also today three Marsh Harriers, two Oystercatchers, five Mute Swans, 20 Canada Geese, at least 100 Wigeon, two Gadwall, many hundreds of Teal, at least 100 Pintails, at least 100 Shovelers, 20 Lapwings, 30 Snipe, a Kingfisher, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, two Greenfinches, 2/3 Bullfinches and a Reed Bunting, a Dunnock and a Song Thrush singing. (Jeremy Holland/Mike Smart/Steve Brwon/Greg Mabbett).

WWT Slimbridge     On South Lake the SPOONBILL, 853 Lapwings, six Avocets, three Black-tailed Godwits and four Oystercatchers. (Helen Bojaniwska). The GLOSSY IBIS and two Egyptian Geese in roadside fields most of the day. A Little Stint from Estuary Tower. (Ian Ralphs/Paul Masters/Mark Hobson).

Egyptian Geese by Mike King

Leckhampton     At first light seven Ravens over high to the North in groups of 4, 2 and 1. (Steve Brown).

Coombe Hill Meadows     The drake RING-NECKED DUCK still today from Grundon hide with Tufted Ducks and later moving to the Short Pool. (Ian Ralphs).

WWT Slimbridge     Five unringed adult Common Cranes from Robbie Garnett hide this morning, including a pair mating. An Egyptian Goose from Van de Bovenkamp hide. (Dot Jones). The GLOSSY IBIS still in roadside fields today. The SPOONBILL and ten Avocets on South Lake. A Water Rail from Willow hide. From Estuary Tower two Little Stints and 50 White-fronted Geese. (Tim Jukes). Two wild drake Goldeneyes in the Eider Pen again. (Oliver Paisey).

Slimbridge     16 Cattle Egrets in a field off of Kingston Road on the sharp bend by the substation this morning. (Oliver Paisey).

Forest of Dean     Two pairs of Goosanders on Speech House lake this morning. (Geoff Fawcett).

Northleach     A Red Kite over the A40 roundabout early afternoon. (Gord Avery).

Highnam     In the Lynton Farm area 127. Fieldfares, 75 Starlings, 240 Wood Pigeons, three Chaffinches, 21 Jackdaws, 26 Mallards, two Herring Gulls and two Shelducks. (John Fletcher).

Frampton pools     A Black Swan on the sailing lake at 2pm, for its 2nd day. (MK).