WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT singing at Middle Point again today and showing well. (Paul Masters/Roberta Goodall/Terry Stevenson). The summer-plumaged Spotted Redshank showing well on South Lake today. (Andy Jayne/Mike Davis/Paul Clark).

Spotted Redshank by Andy Jayne

Frampton     At Splatt flashes this morning two Grey Herons, two Little Egrets, six Tufted Ducks, a Redshank, c30 Avocets on the river, two Oystercatchers, a distant Cuckoo calling, three Swifts, 12+ Swallows, 20+ House Martins, two Sand Martins, 4+ Skylarks and a Raven calling. (MK).

Juvenile Swallow by Mike King

Winchcombe     A Little Owl calling in the garden early morning. (Gill Worthington).

Ashleworth Ham     At this morning’s ringing session birds caught included four Redstarts, five Whitethroats, three Lesser Whitethroats, four Blackcaps, eight Chiffchaffs, two Goldcrests, three Bullfinches and three Reed Buntings. On the reserve a Little Egret, two Yellow Wagtails, two Ravens and a singing Yellowhammer. (Mike Smart).

Wotton-Under-Edge     At Cotswold Edge Golf Club this afternoon a pair of Canada Geese with three goslings, two pairs of Greylags and six goslings, three Mallards, a Red-legged Partridge, a Red Kite and a Swift. (Mike Tranter).

Frampton/Saul Warth/WWT Slimbridge     A GLOSSY IBIS at 6:55am seen by a local in the field by Frampton church. Then seen flying towards Saul Warth at 7:20am. (Steve Pullen). Relocated on the Warth at 8:20am, it circled around the Warth with three Grey Herons and three Little Egrets, then it flew S towards Splatt flashes at 8:30am. (MK). It returned to the Warth at 8:55am. (MK/Paul Masters). Then reported flying from the Tack Piece to the Rushy at 9:23am. (Slimbridge Sightings). The next report was at 2:45pm flying from Splatt towards WWT. (Chris Jones). Finally reported on the Tack Piece at 4pm in the far right channel in a small bay. (Dan Fletcher).

Glossy Ibis by Steve Pullen

“Glossy Ibis with Little Egrets and Grey Herons by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT singing at Middle Point again today and showing well. (Steve Money).

Bluethroat by Steve Money

Bluethroat by Steve Money

Forest of Dean    At 9pm, c15 Swifts high up over the hills N of Lydbrook, the first seen this year from the garden. Also a Garden Tiger moth. (Chris Sullivan).

Guscar Rocks     This morning 120 Curlews came to roost, 18 adult Shelducks, two Oystercatchers, a Redshank and a Raven. (Mike Smart).

Frampton     An adult drake COMMON SCOTER on the sailing lake from 1:10pm until 7:30pm at least. Also this evening an adult Yellow-legged Gull and two Red Kites. (Nick Goatman).

Common Scoter by Nick Goatman

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT singing at Middle Point again today and showing well. (Oliver Paisey).

Saul Warth     This morning six Grey Herons, two Little Egrets, 55 Shelducks including 15 ducklings, 12 Curlews, five Oystercatchers, two Buzzards, a Kestrel, three Swallows, three Whitethroats, two Chiffchaffs, three Blackcaps, a Reed Warbler, two Skylarks and male and female Emperor dragonflies. (MK).

Skylark by Mike King

Nailsworth     A male Goshawk circling over at 2:45pm. (Jake King).

Cheltenham     In Benhall at 3:30pm c20 Swifts overhead. (David Norman).

Berkeley     A Hobby over the garden pursued by Swallows. (Clare Glanville).

Hobby & Swallow by Clare Glanville

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT singing at Middle Point again today and showing well. Also from Middle Point, a Fox with prey, probably a Moorhen and a female Roe Deer suckling two fawns. Three Great White Egrets and three Little Egrets on the Tack Piece. A female Tufted Duck with 11 ducklings on the Rushy. A paired colour-ringed Avocet with two chicks on the Rushy. Request for info sent. (MK/Ian Hull).

Avocets by Mike King

White-spotted Bluethroat by Mike King

Bourton-on-the-Water     On North pits a pair of Oystercatchers, a Green Woodpecker, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Great Crested Grebe with two young, a Tufted Duck with two young and Greylags have had a good year here. (Keith Jennings).

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT singing at Middle Point again today and showing well. (Neil Smart/Martin Price).

Hasfield Ham     Early morning two reeling Grasshopper Warblers, one directly beneath pylon cables on the field boundary and another to the left of the lane heading to the river by fallen trees. (Jeremy Holland).

Saul Warth     At high tide 27 Avocets, 44 Curlews, 12 Oystercatchers, a Lapwing, five Ringed Plovers, 143 Shelducks, 112 adults and 31 ducklings, ten Great Black-backed Gulls, three Grey Herons, three Little Egrets and a male Marsh Harrier hunting the Warth, then flew over to Awre. (MK).

Nailsworth     A Hobby hawking for insects over the house at Walkley Wood at 1:30pm today. (Jon Haw).

Cam     A Dipper on the River Cam between Cam and Dursley this morning. (Mike Davis).

Daneway Banks     A Tree Pipit and a Redstart both singing, a vocal Red Kite, a Jay and around the immediate area Ravens and Green Woodpeckers heard several times. A Corn Bunting singing along the footpath to the N of the reserve. Also in the area a Fox, a Roe Deer and a Fallow Deer. Two Large Blue butterflies on the wing today. Also small numbers of Meadow Browns, Marbled Whites and Ringlets. (Steve Brown).

Cowley     A Red Kite today near Cockleford. (Steve Brown).

Leckhampton     Three Swifts over Fairfield Walk and a Green Woodpecker heard distant towards Pilley Bridge. (Steve Brown).

Winchcombe     Four Swifts screaming overhead, and two juvenile Goldcrests in the garden this evening. (Andrew Worthington). 40 Swifts recorded in the town on a survey this evening. Also a Sparrowhawk present. (John Kime).

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT singing at Middle Point again today and showing well. (Mike Davis/Steve Money). On the Tack piece four Little Egrets, three Great White Egrets, an Egyptian Goose and c4 Green Sandpipers. The summer plumaged Spotted Redshank on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide. 156+ adult Avocets and at least four chicks and three Little Ringed Plovers on South Lake. (Slimbridge Sightings/Tim McGrath/Helen Bojaniwska).

White-spotted Bluethroat by Steve Money

White-spotted Bluethroat by Steve Money

Coombe Hill Meadows     A QUAIL calling from the field adjacent to the path to the new hide from the canal this morning. (Nick Hughes). Also today 20 Mute Swans, a Greylag, eight Canada Geese, four Gadwalls, 30 Mallards, a Cormorant, a Great White Egret, a Grey Heron, ten Coots and an adult on the canal with five young, two Oystercatchers and a chick, three Little Ringed Plovers, 14 Lapwings, four Curlews, at least two Redshanks, an adult Common Tern and song from Skylark, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

Saul Warth     At high tide 98 Shelducks including 28 ducklings, 36 Curlews, 11 Oystercatchers, a Kestrel, six adult Great Black-backed Gulls, four Whitethroats, a Reed Warbler, a brief Little Owl, the first since January. Also the first patch Marbled White and Ringlet. (MK).

Hasfield Ham     A reeling Grasshopper Warbler again mid-morning. (Les Ditchburn).

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT singing at Middle Point again today and showing well. An Egyptian Goose, two Great White Egrets and a Little Egret on the Tack Piece. (MK).

Egyptian Goose by Mike King

Coombe Hill Meadows     A QUAIL calling at 9:52pm and a second bird heard at 10:15pm. (Paul Rich).

Forest of Dean     At Nagshead today a juvenile Hawfinch, a Spotted Flycatcher, a Siskin, a Nuthatch, a Coal Tit and a Garden Warbler. (Dave Stone).

Guscar Rocks/Aylburton Warth      Birds today included 20 Canada Geese, 18 Shelducks (also two creches of 20 nearly full grown and 15 smallish ducklings, and a recently hatched family of six), a Mallard, two Cormorants, two Grey Herons, five Oystercatchers, 78 Curlews, two Redshanks and song from Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Chiffchaff and Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge     A LITTLE TERN resting on a mud bank then flew downriver towards Purton early morning, also an adult Yellow-legged Gull. The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT singing at Middle Point again today and showing very well. Also a GOLDEN-WINGED DRAGONFLY, 3rd site record. The WOOD SANDPIPER, five Green Sandpipers, an Egyptian Goose, three Great White Egrets and two Little Egrets on the Tack Piece. (Martin McGill et al).

Green Sandpiper & Wood Sandpiper by Mike King

White-spotted Bluethroat by Mike King

Golden-ringed Dragonfly by Mike King

Coombe Hill Meadows    Three QUAIL calling from 9:55pm this evening, two N of the canal and one S. (Paul Masters).

Tresham     Early morning a Spotted Flycatcher, three Greenfinches, a Yellow Wagtail, four Corn Buntings and three Whitethroat. (Paul Rich).

Leckhampton     A Tawny Owl calling towards the Pilley Bridge Reserve at 2:30am. (Steve Brown).

Longney     Mid afternoon two Cuckoos, nine Swallows, a Willow Warbler, seven Canada Geese (3 ads, 4 goslings), five Mallards, three Grey Herons, four Cormorants, a Mediterranean Gull, 90 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, six Herring Gulls, a Sedge Warbler, two Blackcaps, 41 Jackdaws, 350+ Rooks and a Kestrel. (John Fletcher).

Cuckoo by John Fletcher

WWT Slimbridge     A WOOD SANDPIPER, five Green Sandpipers, a SPOONBILL, an Egyptian Goose, three Great White Egrets, a Cattle Egret, a Grey Heron and three Little Egrets on the Tack Piece. The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT singing at Middle Point again today and showing well. Also a juvenile Stonechat there. A summer-plumaged Spotted Redshank on the Rushy. (Martin McGill/Neil Smart/Paul Masters/Andy Jordan/Steve Pullen/Roberta Goodall/Martin Price/Geoff Bryant).

White-spotted Bluethroat by Geoff Bryant

Chaceley Stock     A QUAIL calling at 4:30pm at SO 85932 29690. (Andy Jayne).

Saul Warth     Post high tide 30 Curlews, six Oystercatchers, a Lapwing, two pairs of Shelducks both with 11 ducklings, two Grey Herons, two Little Egrets, two adult Great Black-backed Gulls and a Tawny Owl heard, mobbed in deep cover by six Blackbirds. (MK).

Chavenage Green     A male Redstart, a Red Kite and nine Buzzards today. (Terry Grant).

Redstart by Terry Grant

Coombe Hill Meadows     This evening two QUAIL calling N of the canal and either side of the Grundon hide. (Colin Greenfield).

Gloucester     A singing Blackcap in Sainsbury’s car park in Barnwood this morning. (Harold Smith).

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT singing at Middle Point again this morning and showing well. Two Red Kites in fields NE of the Shepherd’s hut. (Warren Gill/Neil Smart/Magnus Carter/Dot Jones).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Two calling QUAIL still this evening, one just to the right of the Grundon hide, but not calling this morning. (Ian Hull). Also this evening 10+ Mute Swans, two Canada Geese, 50 Mallards, a Great White Egret, three Grey Herons, a Little Grebe with two small young, two Cormorants, a female Sparrowhawk, ten Coots, a Water Rail squealing at dusk, four adult Avocets, with two broods each of two small chicks, two Oystercatchers with one chick, c5 Lapwings, three Little Ringed Plovers, four Curlews, two adult Redshanks and two chicks and song from Reed Warblers, Sedge Warblers and a Yellowhammer. Also a Roe Deer. (Mike Smart/Ian Hull).

Frampton     On the flashes this morning two Grey Herons, three Little Egrets, 6+ Redshanks, a male Cuckoo, a Cetti’s Warbler, 4+ Reed Warblers and a Yellow Wagtail. (MK). Also a Sparrowhawk caught a juvenile Blackbird, six Skylarks, four Reed Buntings, eight Gadwalls, four Tufted Ducks over, six Swifts, two Jays and two juvenile Great Spotted Woodpeckers. (Steve Pullen). A Jay and four juveniles at Court Lake at midday today. (Nigel Young).

Jay by Nigel Young

Leckhampton     A Scarlet Tiger Moth in the garden and two Ravens over. (Kim & Steve Brown).

Scarlet Tiger by Kim Brown