Shepherds Patch, Slimbridge      The drake COMMON SCOTER (3rd day) on the canal between patch bridge and Purton all day again attracting a steady stream of admirers. Nearer to Purton for most of the day. (Ken Hurcombe et al).

Sharpness    At 10:20am the male BLACK REDSTART on the ships masts. Also a flock of Greylags distantly flew N with 1-5 White-fronted Geese with them, four Reed Buntings, 30 Linnets, Wigeon and Peregrine. (Oliver Paisey).

Saul Warth     This morning an unexpected Oystercatcher flew S calling, the male WHEATEAR still around the sluice, also 29 Golden Plovers flew S, 12 Curlews, a Rock Pipit, 35 Meadow Pipits, three Stonechats, three Chiffchaffs, six Fieldfares, a Redwing and two Reed Buntings. (MK).

Rock Pipit by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge    From the Estuary Tower two adult Dark-bellied Brent Geese on the Dumbles and 24 Russian White-fronted Geese and a Little Stint with Dunlins. The immature SPOONBILL on South Lake today. (Heather England/Roberta Goodall/Paul Masters).

Cirencester     A Kingfisher in the town centre this morning, along the River Churn by the open-air pool. (Jon Mercer).

Cheltenham    This morning nine Long-tailed Tits in the garden in Benhall. A Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming in Benhall Park. This afternoon at the Park Campus lake male and female Mandarins and a Grey Heron. (David Norman).

Mandarin by David Norman

Frampton pools     A Hawfinch over, a Chiffchaff still singing, four Lesser Redpolls, two Siskins, 60+ Redwings, 30+ Fieldfares, two Reed Buntings, 30+ Meadow Pipits, two Skylarks, 20+ Chaffinches, 12 Pochards, eight Wigeon, 14 Shovelers, three Teal and a Red Admiral. (Nick Goatman).

Chavenage Lane area     140+ Fieldfares, 120+ Yellowhammers, three Red Kites, three Stonechats, 60+ Linnets, 60+ Goldfinches and at Barton End 250+ Golden Plovers. (Terry Grant).

Coombe Hill Meadows    10+ Mute Swans, 270 Greylags, 100 Canada Geese, 1200 Wigeon, four Gadwalls, 1000+ Teal, 50+ Mallards, 250 Pintails, 450 Shovelers, 15 Tufted Ducks, two Little Grebes, four Grey Herons, five Little Egrets, an immature Marsh Harrier, 40 Coots, five Water Rails, 300 Lapwings, a Dunlin, ten Snipe, two Black-tailed Godwits, two Curlews, a Redshank, a Lesser Black-backed Gull, five Black-headed Gulls, five Skylarks, a Mistle Thrush, five Fieldfares and 30 Redwings. (Mike Smart).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area on the scrape 15 Wigeon, 10+ Teal, four Gadwalls, at least 30 Mallards, two Little Grebes, a Little Egret, a Mute Swan and six Moorhens. Around the scrape a Kestrel, 2+ Snipe, four Stonechats, two Bullfinches, 12 Meadow Pipits, 50+ Redwings and 20+ Fieldfares. (Steve Pullen).

Moreton-in-Marsh     The first three Fieldfares of this autumn in the garden this afternoon at Draycott. (Sue Harrison).

Cotswolds     An escaped Scarlet Ibis yesterday between Bibury and Quenington at SP 12979 05573. (Catherine Zoraida). Record shots by Catherine.

Shepherds Patch, Slimbridge      A drake COMMON SCOTER on the canal between patch bridge and Purton all day until dusk attracted a steady stream of admirers. Locations varied but at the end of the day it was at SO 70482 04049. (Mike Davis et al).

Common Scoter by Mike King

Sharpness     A male BLACK REDSTART on the tallest building in Dock Road this morning. (Andy Jordan).

Saul Warth     This morning the male WHEATEAR still flycatching and feeding well on its 8th day but lacking the feathers to migrate, it could be here all winter. 33 Curlews, a Green Sandpiper, seven Cormorants, a Little Egret, a Redwing, a Stonechat, 23 Meadow Pipits, three Chiffchaffs, a Goldcrest, 12 Linnets and five Reed Buntings. (MK).

Wheatear by Mike King

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning 15 Cattle Egrets, 17 Little Egrets, a BITTERN flushed and 14 Egyptian Geese. (Ian Ralphs).

Ashleworth Ham     15 Wigeon, two Gadwalls, 60 Teal, 100 Mallards, a Grey Heron, four Little Grebes, a Buzzard, a Water Rail calling, six Fieldfares and 120 Redwings today. (Mike Smart).

Cotswold Water Park West    At Shorncote Reedbed this morning four Green Sandpipers, a Great White Egret, two Stonechats, a Siskin, c20 Fieldfares and a Green Woodpecker. (David Creber).

Tewkesbury     This morning along Rudgeway Lane just East of the Wheatpieces estate a Water Rail and a Snipe. On Wednesday 6th a Barn Owl in the evening flew across the A38 between the Odessa pub and the Swan Inn. (Pete Long).

Standish Woods     A Woodcock flew from leaf litter under a holly tree near the Randwick Long Barrow at 3:30pm today. 200+ corvids (Jackdaws and Rooks) gathered in the fields below the south car park at 4:30pm. (Jon Dexter).

Snowshill     A Marsh Tit showed well on the path at Snowshill Manor late morning. (Jeremy Holland).

Shepherds Patch, Slimbridge     A drake COMMON SCOTER on the canal near patch bridge late afternoon. (Paul Hirst).

Cleeve Hill     At dusk, two SHORT-EARED OWLS, N of the lone tree at SO987258. (Giles Alder).

WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER on the Dumbles again this morning viewed from Estuary Tower but difficult given poor light and distance. An adult Mediterranean Gull on South Lake. (Ian Hull). Also a Little Stint and a Ringed Plover. (Paul Rich/Dot Jones q). 22 Cattle Egrets with the longhorn cattle and the immature SPOONBILL around the grounds. (Tan Grigg). A BITTERN showed well from Zeiss hide this afternoon and five Spotted Redshanks on South Lake. (Martin Price/Eden Tanner/Roy Kinchin).

Bittern by Martin Price

Bittern by Eden Tanner

Saul Warth     The male WHEATEAR still for its 7th day, 37 Curlews, a Black-tailed Godwit, a Little Egret, two Fieldfares, two Redwings, a female Stonechat, 17 Meadow Pipits, three Chiffchaffs and two Reed Buntings. (MK).

Wheatear by Mike King

Ashleworth Ham     From the GWT hide this afternoon five Little Grebes, 24 Lapwings, 26 Snipe, a Canada Goose, 250 Teal, 32 Wigeon, 106 Mallards, a Shoveler, three Gadwalls,  a Pintail, a Moorhen, two Grey Herons, 11 Fieldfares, a Buzzard, an immature Marsh Harrier, a Tawny Owl hooted briefly, five Long-tailed Tits, a Chiffchaff and four Bullfinches. (John Fletcher/Mike Smart).

Cobney Meadows     12 Mute Swans, two Canada Geese and a Grey Heron. (Mike Smart).

Stonehouse     Late afternoon a Kingfisher and a Little Grebe at the Ocean. A Fieldfare near St Cyr’s church. (Paul Sutton).

Little Grebe by Paul Sutton

Purton     At Tites Point this afternoon 80+ Dunlins, three Little Egrets, five Redshanks, two Curlews, a Lapwing, two Grey Herons, 26 Wigeon, a male Stonechat and four Linnets. (Mike Davis).

Great Rissington     Near Milestone Clump 600+ Golden Plovers, a Grey Heron, a Red Kite, two Kestrels, a Peregrine, 30 Fieldfares, 80 Redwings, a Stonechat, 100 Goldfinches and three Yellowhammers. Elsewhere Red Kites included 12 near Eastleach and 15 at Turkdean. (Andy Jayne).

Windrush    At Windrush Airfield six Grey Partridges, two Red Kites, two Buzzards, 100+ Skylarks, a Stonechat, 24 Fieldfares, 65 Redwings, 200 Linnets, five Yellowhammers and 10+ Corn Buntings. (Andy Jayne).

Tiltups End/Kingscote     From the A46 layby 184 Golden Plovers today. Also a Fieldfare, a Buzzard worming, with a big mixed flock of Starlings and Redwings at ST824956, a Red Kite over and a Raven hassling a Carrion Crow. (Jake King).

Uley     Two Red Kites at Lampern Hill at 10am. (Jamie Warren).

Wotton-Under-Edge     Four Red Kites at Newark Park at 11am. (Jamie Warren).

Epney     Early morning 87 Lapwings and 30 Curlews on the river. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER on the Dumbles this morning but always distant. Also 25 White-fronted Geese, a Little Stint and 400+ Dunlins today. The immature SPOONBILL on the Tack Piece. Two Bewick’s Swans on the Rushy. (Roberta Goodall/Paul Masters/Paul Clark).

Cleeve Hill     At 9:30am a very late SWALLOW flew S past the 6th Tee. Possibly another 60+ yards away on the same flight path, beyond some gorse in poor viz. (John Kime).

Dowdeswell Reservoir     This morning a Great White Egret, probably new for the site, and a female Goosander. (Tom Mabbett).

Saul Warth     The male WHEATEAR flycatching in the sluice this morning. 41 Curlews, 145 Dunlins, a Black-tailed Godwit, four Little Egrets, 12 Fieldfares, two Stonechats, 17 Meadow Pipits, a Rock Pipit, five Chiffchaffs, one singing and two Reed Buntings. (MK).

Rock Pipit by Mike King

Reed Bunting by Mike King

Frampton     At the sailing lake in the weedy field to the S no sign of the Corn Bunting but it could still be there. 20+ Chaffinches, 10+ Goldfinches, a Greenfinch, 20+ Fieldfares, two Jays, a Reed Bunting, a Chiffchaff and a Cetti’s Warbler. The adult Yellow-legged Gull on the lake. (Martin McGill/MK).

Yellow-legged Gull  by Mike King

Epney     Early morning 160 Lapwings and 23 Curlews on the river. (MK).

Nailsworth     A Hen-type Harrier flew NW over Windsoredge at 11:45am, being mobbed by gulls. (Terry Grant).

Chavenage Lane     Three Red Kites perched on a tree, as two others circled overhead. (Terry Grant).

Coombe Hill Meadows     17 Mute Swans, 150 Greylags, 100 Canada Geese, a Shelduck, 800+ Wigeon, 50+ Gadwalls, 1500+ Teal, 150+ Mallards, 250+ Pintails, 350+ Shovelers, 30+ Tufted Ducks, five Grey Herons, six Little Egrets, 40 Coots, a Water Rail heard, 345 Lapwings, 15 Dunlins, 15 Snipe, 30 Black-headed Gulls, five Skylarks, five Fieldfares, 15 Redwings, a Blackcap, three Chiffchaffs and a Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

Cheltenham     A Cormorant on Pittville Park lake today. (David & Carole Bastin).

WWT Slimbridge     This morning a Grey Plover heard over the grounds, a Little Stint on the Dumbles, a Turnstone with Lapwings on the Tack Piece and a SPOONBILL on the edge of the Dumbles over high tide. (Andy Jayne).

Saul Warth     This morning the first-winter male Wheatear came really close on the seawall by the sewage works. A Great White Egret again in private field behind Fretherne church, also six Redwings, eight Fieldfares, three Stonechats, 30 Meadow Pipits, four Chiffchaffs, 12 Linnets and four Reed Buntings. (MK). Also a Rock Pipit this afternoon. (Steve Pullen).

Wheatear by Mike King

Frampton pools     A Corn Bunting with a finch and winter thrush flock this afternoon. (Nick Goatman).

Epney     24 Lapwings and 15 Curlews on the river and a Muntjac in Longney early morning. (MK).

Tewkesbury      On the Mill Avon this morning, an Egyptian Goose amongst the Mallards. (Les Ditchburn).

Forest of Dean     At Cannop Ponds three Ravens, 20 Mandarins, 12 Wigeon, a female Shoveler and a Marsh Tit briefly at the feeders. Also Crossbills at New Fancy View. (Jonathan Bull).

Coombe Hill Meadows     16 Mute Swan, 150 Greylags, 50 Canada Geese, 500+ Wigeon, 50 Gadwalls, 700+ Teal, 150 Mallards, 173 Pintails, 222 Shovelers, 20 Tufted Ducks, a Great White Egret, six Little Egrets, two Grey Herons, 40 Coots, 1+ Water Rail calling, a Marsh Harrier, 196 Lapwings, a Golden Plover, seven Dunlins, 15 Snipe, a Curlew heard calling, a Green Sandpiper, ten Fieldfares, ten Redwings, two Chiffchaffs and two Reed Buntings this morning. (Mike Smart).

Saul Warth     The very late first-winter Wheatear for it’s 4th day. 70+ Shelducks, a Redshank, 30+ Curlews, a Common Sandpiper, a Great White Egret again in the private field behind Fretherne church, three Little Egrets, three Redwings, two Stonechats, 22 Meadow Pipits, a Chiffchaff, 32 Linnets, four Reed Buntings and a Nuthatch. (MK).

Stonechat by Nigel Young

Common Sandpiper by Mike King

Frampton pools     Late afternoon a Firecrest with a tit flock, eight Chiffchaffs, three Siskins, 26 Redwings, 18 Fieldfares, 30 Starlings, two male Pochards, six Wigeon, four Shovelers, six Teal, ten Gadwalls, 43 Tufted Ducks, 47 Cormorants and 17 Little Egrets. (Nick Goatman).

Gloucester     At Horsbere Brook Flood Storage Area today a Cetti’s Warbler, probably a new species for the site, Also two Water Rails calling, four Snipe, a female Stonechat and two Reed Buntings. (Andy Jayne).

Plusterwine     This morning at high tide between Plusterwine and Woolaston Grange, three Grey Herons, two Buzzards, a Kestrel, 14 Greylags, two Canada Geese, 11 Shelducks, 49 Wigeon, 17 Redshanks, 55 Lapwings, a Snipe, a Green Sandpiper, two Collared Doves, a Skylark, a Reed Bunting, nine Long-tailed Tits and a Raven. Congregating by the maize stubble, 440 Carrion Crows, 290 Jackdaws, 150 Starlings, 40 Redwings, 25 Goldfinches, four Song Thrushes and four Greenfinches. (lain Crawford).

Maisemore     This afternoon two Little Grebes, 22 Mallards, six Moorhens, a Grey Heron,
two Cormorants, a Raven, two Goldfinches, five Long-tailed Tits, a Buzzard and 91 Canada Geese flew over towards Sandhurst. (John Fletcher).

Hucclecote     This morning 20+ Goldfinches in the garden. (Harold Smith).

WWT Slimbridge     A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER on South Lake this morning briefly amongst the Dunlins. (Tan Grigg). The immature SPOONBILL on the estuary edge from Estuary Tower hide this morning. (Warren Gill). A Goshawk flew over the Tack Piece at 3pm. (Ian Hull).

Amberley     In Theescombe Lane male and female FIRECRESTS ringed in the garden this morning. (Phil Williams).

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning the very late first-winter male Wheatear for its 3rd day. Also 37 Shelducks, two Teal, a Grey Plover, a Black-tailed Godwit, 82 Curlews, three Lapwings, a Great White Egret, four Little Egrets, five Grey Herons, two Fieldfares, a Redwing, male and female Stonechats, a Rock Pipit, 30 Meadow Pipits, four Chiffchaffs, two singing, 21 Linnets, two Reed Buntings, two Goldcrests, 11 Long-tailed Tits and three Ravens. (MK).

Great White Egret by Mike King

Rock Pipit by Mike King

Elmore Court     At the rewilding area this morning birds included nine Snipe, a Little Grebe and 12 Teal on the scrape, six Stonechats, a Cetti’s Warbler heard, two Bullfinches and c30 Lapwings over. (Steve Pullen).

Coombe Hill Meadows      11 Mute Swans, 200 Greylags, 70 Canada Geese, 15 Shelducks, 500+ Wigeon, 600 Teal, 100 Mallards, 150+ Shovelers, 40 Gadwalls, 50 Pintails, 20 Tufted Ducks, a Little Grebe, 207+ Lapwings, 21 Golden Plovers, ten Dunlins, 11 Snipe, two Grey Herons, 6+ Little Egrets, a Lesser Black-backed Gull, a Marsh Harrier, a Buzzard, 33 Coots, four Water Rails calling along the canal, a Cormorant, ten Skylarks, two Fieldfares, 6+ Redwings, a Blackcap and two Chiffchaffs today. (Paul Clark/Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge     The first two BEWICK’S SWANS flew into the Tack Piece at 10:50am. Two DARK-BELLIED BRENT GEESE on the Dumbles and later five more flew upriver. From Zeiss hide four Spotted Redshanks and a Great White Egret. (Jeremy Holland). All seven were on the Dumbles this afternoon. (Roberta Goodall).

Frampton     Two Hawfinches flew E over the garden at 8am. A juvenile Goshawk flew towards Saul Warth at 8:20am. (Gordon Hodgson).

Saul Warth     At high tide the very late first-winter male Wheatear still this morning. Also 50 Shelducks, two Egyptian Geese, 80 Curlews, 89 Lapwings flew S, a Common Sandpiper, three Little Egrets, ten Fieldfares, a Redwing, a Stonechat, 30 Meadow Pipits, four Chiffchaffs, 25 Linnets and four Reed Buntings. (MK).

Wheatear by Mike King

Chavenage Lane area     This morning a male MERLIN, two Stonechats and two Yellowhammers. (Paul Rich).

Gloucester    A Water Rail squealing in the marshy area next to Castle Meads car park at lunch time today. Also 12 Fieldfares and two Siskins over Gloucester Docks at 10:30am. (Steve Pullen).

Cam Long Down     This morning a Woodcock flushed. (Jonathan Bull).

WWT Slimbridge     1+ BEARDED TIT heard going over from Estuary Tower. Also a Brambling and a Hawfinch over this morning. A probable juvenile WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER on The Dumbles but not relocated. A Firecrest with a tit flock in willows just before the start of the estuary walkway. (James Robinson). A juvenile Goshawk hunting from Zeiss hide at 11:45am. Also two Great White Egrets here. At least nine Cattle Egrets with cattle on the Tack Piece. (Mark Dowie). A Peregrine and a Kestrel over the Dumbles and the hybrid Bar-headed Goose with the Barnacle Geese. On South Lake four Spotted Redshanks with 150+ Black-tailed Godwits. (Jacob Jenkins).

Saul Warth     Early morning at high tide a very late first winter male Wheatear, 78 Shelducks, eight Egyptian Geese flew past towards Awre, two Great Crested Grebes on the river, 79 Curlews, 500+ Golden Plovers over the estuary, five Dunlins, a Common Sandpiper, three Little Egrets, Marsh Harrier hunting, two Fieldfares, 20 Redwings, a Rock Pipit, 16 Meadow Pipits and two Chiffchaffs. (MK).

Wheatear by Mike King

Frampton pools     Late afternoon two Lesser Redpolls, a Siskin, two Chiffchaffs, two Treecreepers, a Nuthatch, three Cetti’s Warbler, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, 59 Cormorants, six Wigeon, eight Gadwalls, five Little Grebes, a Great White Egret, 15 Little Egrets and three Tawny Owls. (Nick Goatman).

Hawling     A female MERLIN hunting fast and low over fields near Hawling at 12:30pm today. (Martine Fenn).

Charlton Kings     A Hawfinch over at midday. (Greg Mabbett).

Painswick Beacon     This morning between 8:30-10:30am four Bullfinches in the trees to the right of the golf course near the cattle gate. Also two Treecreepers by the tee adjacent to the fork in the road to the quarry and c200 Redwings over. (Gary Smithson).

Coombe Hill Meadows     17 Mute Swans, 381 Canada Geese, 70 Greylags, four Egyptian Geese, six Shelducks, 78 Pintails, 450 Mallards, 25 Gadwalls, 170 Shovelers, 600 Teal, 500 Wigeon, 40 Tufted Ducks, 11 Little Egrets, two Grey Herons, an immature Marsh Harrier, four Snipe, 90 Lapwings, a Green Sandpiper, a Cetti’s Warbler, eight Chiffchaffs, two Kingfishers, two Water Rails. a Little Grebe, 39 Coots, 50 Skylarks, 20 Fieldfares and 200 Redwings. (Ian Ralphs/Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge     A BITTERN showing well from Zeiss hide this afternoon. (Heather England/Mark Hobson). The immature SPOONBILL on South Lake again. (Ian Hull). Eight White-fronted Geese on the Tack Piece. (Dot Jones).

Bittern by Heather England

Saul Warth     Early morning at high tide 29 Shelducks, 73 Golden Plovers flew S, 28 Curlews, a Common Sandpiper, three Grey Herons, five Little Egrets, 15 Meadow Pipits, four Pied Wagtails, a male Stonechat, two Reed Buntings, seven Redwings, two Mistle Thrushes and a Chiffchaff. (MK). Also a Kingfisher in the sluice, a Grey Wagtail and a Lapwing over and along the Severn Way, five Stonechats, 10+ Meadow Pipits, a female Kestrel and a Great Spotted Woodpecker. (Jon Dexter).

Forest of Dean     A Hawfinch, a Sparrowhawk and two Ravens at The Pludds and 100 Fieldfares flew W. At Staple Edge two Ravens, 26 Meadow Pipits, 55 Siskins and fly-overs by four Crossbills, two Lesser Redpolls and a Brambling. In the Stowe Green Quarry area 16 Tufted Ducks, seven Coots, two Little Grebes, a Kestrel, a Peregrine, 1200 Woodpigeons, 160 Skylarks, two Stonechats, a Grey Wagtail, 100 Chaffinches and a Yellowhammer. Also a fly-over Hawfinch, Brambling and Lesser Redpoll. (Andy Jayne).

Stinchcombe Hill     This morning the first four Fieldfares of the autumn, also five Crossbills, 15 Bramblings, two Lesser Redpolls, two Siskins, 17 Redwings and 33 Woodpigeons over. (James Robinson).

Elmore Court     At the rewilding area this morning, 19 Snipe, 150+ Fieldfares with 200+ Redwings, five Stonechats, two Reed Buntings, a Little Egret, two Grey Herons, seven Teal, two Gadwalls, 30+ Mallard, two Mute Swans, two Kestrels, a Red Kite, four Buzzards, two Ravens, two Jays and three Great Spotted Woodpeckers. (Steve Pullen).

Chavenage Green     A MERLIN seen briefly as it hunted the 1800+ Starling flock, also 700+ Wood Pigeons and three Red Kites. (Terry Grant).

Cobney Meadows     17 Mute Swans, a Shelduck, 30 Wigeon, two Gadwalls, five Teal, 40 Mallards, three Pintails, three Shovelers, a Little Egret, a Water Rail squealing from the canal and six Fieldfares. (Mike Smart).

Ashleworth Ham     100+ Canada Geese, 20 Greylags and at least 200 ducks –
Wigeon, Gadwall, Teal, Pintail. Shoveler. (Mike Smart).

Cheltenham     At Pittville Park lake today an OTTER showing well. Also  several Jays, Long-tailed Tit flocks and Goldcrests and a Kingfisher. (Alan McIlquham).

Otter by Alan McIlquham

Jay by Alan McIlquham