Wotton-Under-Edge     A BLACK REDSTART on rooftops, seen from the Chipping car park this afternoon. (Geoff Fawcett).

Stinchcombe Hill     A Hawfinch, a Yellowhammer, a Reed Bunting, two Lesser Redpolls, 190 Woodpigeons, 25 Meadow Pipits, 17 Redwings and 11 Stock Doves over this morning. Two Chiffchaffs and a marked increase in Dunnocks around the golf course. (James Robinson).

Frampton     A first-winter LITTLE GULL on the estuary this morning. (Gordon Hodgson). Six Fieldfares in the trees next to Splatt Bridge early morning. (Steve Pullen).

Saul Warth     Early morning at high tide 102 Shelducks, three Grey Herons, two Little Egrets, 30 Curlews, a Common Sandpiper, an Avocet, a Peregrine, a Kestrel, a Kingfisher, a pair of Stonechats, the first autumn Rock Pipit, 20 Meadow Pipits, a Grey Wagtail, four Pied Wagtails, four Reed Buntings, a Redwing, 16 Skylarks, a Lesser Redpoll and a Chiffchaff singing. (MK).

Common Sandpiper by Mike King

Kingfisher by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     The immature SPOONBILL and 21 Cattle Egrets on South Lake this afternoon. Two Egyptian Geese this morning. (Roberta Goodall/Terry Stevenson/Mike Davis).

Westonbirt     Three Grey Partridges in a field close to Westonbirt at ST8487292032. Also c10 Fieldfares and 30 Redwings. (Paul Rich).

Calmsden     Four Grey Partridges this morning. (Duncan Dine).

Forest of Dean    At Nagshead two Firecrests, two Goldcrests, a Treecreeper, two Nuthatches, a Coal Tit, four Redwings, two Fallow Deer and a Wild Boar this morning. Five Goosanders at Woorgreens and another four at Upper Cannop. (Paul Clark).

Longney Crib     This afternoon at low tide 220 Lapwings, 32 Golden Plovers, 12 Canada Geese, 16 Greylags, a Grey Heron, five Cormorants, two female Stonechats, a female Reed Bunting, two Ravens and 600+ gulls. (John Fletcher).

Golden Plovers by John Fletcher

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning four Mute Swans, ten Greylags, 75 Canada Geese, eight Egyptian Geese, 500 Wigeon, 20 Gadwalls, 1200 Teal, 50 Mallards, 100 Pintails, 150 Shovelers, 70 Tufted Ducks, a Pochard, a Cormorant, a Grey Heron, a Water
Rail squealing, 14 Lapwings, five Skylarks and a Chiffchaff. (Mike Smart).

Painswick Beacon     This morning’s migration watch included 13 Hawfinches, 54 Chaffinches, seven Bramblings, 31 Goldfinches, 151 Redwings, eight Fieldfares, 68 Starlings and 3680 Woodpigeons. (John Fleming).

Saul Warth     Late morning seven Stonechats, two Mistle Thrushes, six Meadow Pipits, a Wren, two Pied and two Grey Wagtails, five Curlews, three Little Egrets, two Reed Buntings, a Raven heard and a Goshawk in the far left corner flew into an oak tree near the canal. (Paul Sutton).

Frampton     At the pools at lunchtime two Fieldfares,60+ Redwings, two Great White Egret, the Yellow-legged Gulls, two Reed Buntings, six Wigeon, five Gadwalls, two Little Grebes and five Siskins. (Nick Goatman). From Splatt Bridge early morning a small flock of thrushes in the trees behind the church contained at least three Fieldfares, eight Redwings, three Mistle Thrushes, four Song Thrushes and Blackbirds. Also a Black Swan dropped down into the pool behind the north reed bed. (Steve Pullen). At 12:30pm the Black Swan still on the flashes, a Marsh Harrier, two Mistle Thrushes, a Kingfisher, a Little Egret, two distant Great White Egrets flew low and S and a Buzzard. (Paul Sutton).

Forest of Dean     At Cannop Upper Pond this morning 14 Mandarins (10m, 4f) and on the bird table good numbers of the usual species including Nuthatch. (Chris Keeling).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Brook 12 Mute Swans, 180 Greylags, 30 Canada Geese, 30 Mallards, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, six Grey Herons and 11 Cormorants flew downstream. (Mike Smart).

Ashleworth Ham     18. Lapwings, 13 Teal, 11 Wigeon, seven Shovelers, 13 Pintails, three Gadwalls, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, a Grey Heron, 42 Greylags, 65 Canada Geese, two Coots, four Mute Swans, 75+ Mallards, two Chaffinches, five Goldfinches, a Chiffchaff, a Buzzard and a Peregrine today. (John Fletcher).

Cheltenham     At Park Campus c25 Redwings, three Goldcrests, a drake Mandarin, Green Woodpeckers calling and three Jays. A young Otter was seen in the spillpool at Pittville park yesterday. (Alan McIlquham).

Leckhampton     A very pale brown (leucistic) Carrion Crow near the junction of Leckhampton Road and Moorend Road today. (Steve Brown).

Cleeve Hill     Early afternoon a DARTFORD WARBLER c800 metres N of the masts in gorse at SO9922425412. (Duncan Dine).

Dartford Warbler by Duncan Dine

Wotton-Under-Edge     A BLACK REDSTART on top of the Wotton Baptist Church in the Chipping carpark today. (Paul Dunham).

Black Redstart by Paul Dunham

Painswick Beacon     At the hillfort this morning at 8:30am a male RING OUZEL, eight Redwings and seven Bramblings landed in a young beech on the SW corner and stayed for good views before being flushed by a Sparrowhawk. (John Fleming/Kevin Kingscott).

Saul Warth     A SHORT-EARED OWL at 3:30pm flushed by a Wren stayed for a while before being chased towards Splatt Flashes by crows. Also a Kingfisher at the sluice, a Little Owl calling at 4:20pm near Fretherne church, 66 Curlews, two Snipe, four Buzzards, two Kestrels, seven Meadow Pipits, three Stonechats and a Chiffchaff. (MK).

Short-eared Owl by Mike King

Short-eared Owl by Mike King

Lydney to Aylburton Warth     A pair of Mandarins, two Little Grebes, two Golden Plovers, 39 Snipe, two Little Egrets, a Sparrowhawk, a Kestrel, a Kingfisher, a Cetti’s Warbler, two Treecreepers, ten Stonechats, eight Rock Pipits and six Reed Buntings today. (Andy Jayne).

WWT Slimbridge     On the Rushy 21 Snipe and a Spotted Redshank. On the  Tack Piece the immature SPOONBILL, 18 Cattle Egrets and two Egyptian Geese. At Middle Point c750 Golden Plovers. (Roy Kinchin/Magnus Carter/Terry Stevenson/Jonathan Bull).

Cattle Egret by Terry Stevenson

Stonehouse     A Green Woodpecker and ten Redwings in St Cyr’s Churchyard by the Ocean early afternoon. (Nigel Young).

Green Woodpecker by Nigel Young

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning the Grundon hide was accessible from the
canal towpath for the first time in 10 days. Birds included four Mute Swans, 120 Greylags, 20 Canada Geese, three Egyptian Geese, five Shelducks, 400 Wigeon, five Gadwalls, 500 Teal, 40 Mallards, 60 Shovelers, 40 Pintails, 60 Tufted Ducks, two Grey Herons, a Little Egret, three Red Kites, three Marsh Harriers, an adult female and two immatures, a Buzzard, three Lapwings, a Snipe, three Skylarks, three Chiffchaffs and a Raven. (Mike Smart).

Cobney Meadows     14 Mute Swans and 200 Black-headed Gulls. (Mike Smart).

Ashleworth Ham     Two Mute Swans, 20 Gadwalls, 110 Mallards, three Little Egrets and a Coot. (Mike Smart).

WWT Slimbridge     A drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL from Zeiss hide at midday. (Paul Rich).

Green-winged Teal by Paul Rich

Also today seven White-fronted Geese, 21 Cattle Egrets and the immature SPOONBILL on the Tack Piece. A Little Stint from Estuary Tower. 29 Snipe and two Spotted Redshanks on the Rushy. (Ian Hull/Paul Masters).

Saul Warth     Early afternoon 60 Curlews, four Little Egrets, a Kestrel, 18 Meadow Pipits, five Pied Wagtails, a Mistle Thrush, a Stonechat and masses of corvids and gulls. (MK).

Stonechat by Mike King

Meadow Pipit by Mike King

Eastleach Downs     On the organic farm today 14 Corn Buntings, four Grey Partridges, three Stonechats, nine Yellowhammer, a Brambling, a Meadow Pipit, 35+ Linnets and big flocks of Starlings and Goldfinches. (Jamie Brown).

Painswick Beacon     This morning, 115 Redwings, 68 Chaffinches, six Bramblings, 42 Linnets and four Hawfinches. Three Red Kites were drifting around the area. (John Fleming).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Hook 18 Mute Swans, 200 Greylags, 400 Canada Geese, 420 Wigeon, two Gadwalls, 150 Mallards, 35 Shovelers, six Grey Herons and 55 Lapwings. (Mike Smart).

Lydney     Garden birds included two Long-tailed Tits, ten Goldfinches, three Linnets and a Kestrel. 90 sightings of bats over the garden between 5:10pm and 5:45pm including four  at one time. (Stephen Curtis & Carol Rushton).

Stinchcombe Hill     This morning 1000+ Woodpigeons over, 24 Bramblings, 30 Redwings, seven Siskins, three Redpolls, a Reed Bunting, a Grey Heron, 40 Chaffinches, two Greenfinches, a Chiffchaff and plenty of Goldcrests. (James Robinson).

WWT Slimbridge     The immature SPOONBILL still on South Lake today. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Frampton pools     Two Bramblings, 12 Siskins, 15 Redwings, three Chiffchaffs, 20 Skylarks, 14 Meadow Pipits, six Linnets, a Grey Wagtail, eight Goldcrests, five Bullfinches, 24 Pied Wagtails, the adult Yellow-legged Gull, 46 Tufted Ducks, 48 Cormorants, a Red Kite, two Ravens and 12 Little Egrets today. (Nick Goatman).

Saul Warth     Early morning 60 Curlews, three Grey Herons, two Little Egrets, a Kestrel, six Pied Wagtails, a Grey Wagtail, 15 Linnets, 14 Goldfinches, two Reed Buntings, two Chiffchaffs, four Stonechats, 15 Meadow Pipits, three Mistle Thrushes and five Redwings. 40 more Curlews at Epney. (MK).

Coombe Hill Meadows     The towpath leading to Grundon hide is still deeply flooded,
access to the hide currently impossible without thigh waders. A Great White
Egret and a Chiffchaff singing this morning. (Mike Smart).

Cotswold Water Park West    This afternoon at Shorncote three Stonechats, a Kingfisher, Cetti’s Warblers and Water Rails calling, a female Marsh Harrier, on the gravel wash area just past Hayward hide c400 Teal and on Pit 79 two Green Sandpipers and a Great White Egret. (Duncan Dine).

Gloucester    Viewed from Sandhurst Hill, 14 Egyptian Geese, five redhead Goosanders, a Great White Egret, three Little Egrets and 41 Lapwings at the S end of the Ashleworth Ham floods. (Andy Jayne). Around the Landfill Site today a Mute Swan, a Grey Heron, two Cormorants, two Buzzards, two Kestrels, 15 Skylarks, 12 Meadow Pipits, 50 Linnets, a male Reed Bunting and six Roe Deer. (Gordon Avery).

Witcombe     Six Red Kites circling overhead at 4pm. (John Fletcher).

Forest of Dean     Nine Goosanders at Woorgreens this morning. Two Goosanders at Upper Cannop pond with Wigeons, Mandarins, a Little Grebe and two Dippers. Nuthatches, a Marsh Tit and at least three Coal Tits at the Stoneworks and Wild Boar at Nagshead. (Mike Davis).

Cheltenham     A Harris Hawk seen today at 9:50am on the Shakespeare/Tennyson Road junction. (Anne Johnston).

Harris Hawk by Anne Johnston

WWT Slimbridge    21+ Cattle Egrets with the Longhorns, 4+ Stonechats along the Summer Walkway fence. A Great Crested Grebe, a Green Sandpiper and the juvenile SPOONBILL on South Lake. On the Rushy 35+ Snipe and two Spotted Redshanks. (Paul Clark).

Stinchcombe Hill     VisMig included four Hawfinches, seven Bramblings, 100s of Chaffinches and Woodpigeons and a steady movement of Siskins, Linnets and Meadow Pipits and 35 Redwings. (James Robinson).

Painswick Beacon     This morning’s migration watch included six Hawfinches, 104 Chaffinches, nine Bramblings, 179 Redwings, two Fieldfares, 122 Starlings, 55 Linnets, two Stonechats in the hillfort and a Red Kite drifted around late morning. (John Fleming/Nick Earl).

Elmore Court     At the Rewilding area this morning, a Snipe a pair of Gadwalls, six Stonechats, two Bullfinches and 10+ Redwings. (Steve Pullen).

Charlton Kings Common     Early morning a Woodcock flushed and a Chiffchaff. (Chris Furley).

Stonehouse     Along the canal 2/3 Kingfishers, Cormorants over and a Mute Swan territory battle. (Paul Sutton).

Kingfisher by Paul Sutton

Maisemore     This afternoon birds included nine Goosanders, three Mute Swans, two Little Grebes, 267+ Mallards, two Cormorants, 11 Moorhen, four Buzzards, a Peregrine, a Green Woodpecker, a Song Thrush, 13 Fieldfares, three Redwings and three Goldfinches. Also a Red Admiral. (John Fletcher).

Goosanders by John Fletcher

WWT Slimbridge    On the Rushy 43 Snipe, two Spotted Redshanks and two Cattle Egrets this morning. (Dot Jones). From Robbie Garnett hide six White-fronted Geese and 22 Cattle Egrets. (Tim Jukes). South Lake this morning the juvenile SPOONBILL, a Green Sandpiper, 27 Ruff, 85 Lapwings, a Spotted Redshank, ten Snipe, 488 Black-tailed Godwits, a Cattle Egret, a Kingfisher and 107 Shovelers. (Ian Hull/Jonathan Bull).

Cleeve Hill     Ten Stonechats in the heather enclosure and six Golden Plovers landed by the radio masts. (Duncan Dine).

Ebley     A Water Rail broke cover from the bank on the Stroudwater canal today. A Kingfisher active along the stretch from Ebley to Ryeford. (Mike Leahy).

Chavenage Lane area     At least ten Red Kites and seven Stonechats today. (Terry Grant).

Frampton pools     A BLACK REDSTART this evening on a fence by Court Lake. Also two Cattle Egrets, a Great White Egret, 17 Little Egrets, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, six Wigeon, five Gadwalls, 46 Tufted Ducks, 56 Cormorants, a Kingfisher, 24 Redwings, seven Starlings, two Chiffchaffs, 24 Meadow Pipits, three Siskins and a Grey Wagtail. (Nick Goatman). Earlier 18 Lapwings over, 27 Meadow Pipits, 14+ Long-tailed Tits, four Bullfinches (1m), three Cetti’s Warblers, a pair of Ravens and a late Migrant Hawker. (MK).

Migrant Hawker by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     A YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER in the hedge behind the car park this afternoon. First picked up near the Scout Hut (NE corner) then moved along the hedge, but quite mobile and calling infrequently. At least three Chiffchaffs here. A juvenile Goshawk on the Top/Bottom New Piece early afternoon. (Andy Chapman/Paul Masters). 20 Cattle Egrets around the grounds today. (Tim McGrath/Roberta Goodall). At least 50 Snipe on the Rushy this afternoon. (Terry Stevenson).

Minsterworth Ham     Five Mute Swans, 18 Shovelers, 30 Gadwalls, 100 Wigeon, 50 Mallards, 22 Pintails, ten Teal, 13 Lapwings, two Snipe, a Green Sandpiper, 16 Grey Herons, a Sparrowhawk, two Buzzards, a Kingfisher, 40+ Redwings and two Jays. (Andy Jayne).

Painswick Beacon     This morning’s migration watch included 3130 Woodpigeons, 494 Starlings, nine Hawfinches, 151 Redwings, 50 Meadow Pipits, 220 Common Gulls, 48 Goldfinches and 33 Chaffinches. (John Fleming/Kevin Kingscott).

Tewkesbury     At Cowfield Farm birds included a Buzzard, a Green Woodpecker, ten Redwings, two Water Rails calling and a Chiffchaff singing. (Les Ditchburn).

Hartpury     At the College birds included five Siskins, 70+ Redwings, two Mistle Thrushes, three Song Thrushes, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, a Green Woodpecker, five Greenfinches, 12 Goldfinches, 30 Common Gulls, Skylark, a Stock Dove, a Jay, seven Meadow Pipit and a Goldcrest. (Oliver Paisey).

Stroud-Thrupp    Along the canal, Bowbridge to the Brewery, a Water Rail, two Ravens, two Buzzards and a Kestrel. (Paul Sutton).

Water Rail by Paul Sutton

Gloucester     At Alney Island a Grey Heron, a Great White Egret, a Buzzard, a Kestrel, a pair of Stonechats on Port Ham and 12+ Long-tailed Tits today. (Gordon Avery).

Chavenage Lane     Near dusk 2000+ Starlings flew E, presumably to roost. (Terry Grant).

Westbury-on-Severn     A YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER this morning at Westbury Sewage Treatment Works in and around conifers by the filter beds. (Owen Follis).

Dursley     The YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER again along the Cotswold Way at ST74361 97703 today. (per bird news services).

Cleeve Hill    Two SHORT-EARED OWLS this evening at 6:10pm at the top of the valley that leads down to the sheep wash. (Paul Dibden).

Chavenage Lane area     A male MERLIN, flew in high from the N, dropped then continued S at 2:07pm. Also at least 12 Red Kites, 4,000+ Woodpigeons, half of which flew S, 30+ Redwings and 40+ Golden Plovers. (Terry Grant).

Nailsworth     In the Barton end area, a Kestrel, two Buzzards, nine Red Kites, 11 Stonechats, a Raven over and a second calling. (Paul Sutton).

Nympsfield     A Red Kite today. (Paul Sutton).

Kingscote     Six Red Kites today. (Paul Sutton).

Saul Warth     Three Black-tailed Godwits, 76 Curlews, 84 Shelducks, a Little Egret, four Grey Herons, two Kestrels, 26 Linnets, seven Goldfinches, 20+ Meadow Pipits and three Common Darters this afternoon. (MK).

Stonehouse     This morning five Cormorants around and a male Kingfisher and a Little Grebe at the Ocean. (Paul Sutton).

Kingfisher by Paul Sutton

Newnham-on Severn     A YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER at The Green this morning. It was generally moving around the bridge from the apple tree to the holly. (Lewis Thomson).

Yellow-browed Warbler by Lewis Thomson

Forest of Dean     A YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER in willows at the Nursery Pond, Nagshead early afternoon. (Lewis Thomson/Harriet Robins/Sam Laughlin). At Cannop Ponds birds included 2 + Marsh Tits, 2 + Nuthatches, two Treecreepers, a Raven, a Song Thrush, a Pied Wagtail, four Little Grebes, a female Goosander, a Kingfisher, 8+ Mandarins, four Tufted Ducks, c50 Mallards, three Mute Swans and a Cormorant. (Elaine Arundel).

Frampton pools     A YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER in the copse at the top of Vicarage Lane in the SW corner of the Sailing Lake at SO74795 06963 at 1:30pm. (Nick Goatman). Heard calling a few times at 3:20pm, but not seen and not again by 4:10pm. (Roberta Goodall/Paul Masters/MK).

Dursley     Late news of a YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER yesterday in a mobile tit flock along the Cotswold Way at ST74361 97703. (per bird news services).

WWT Slimbridge     The immature SPOONBILL flew out of South Lake and headed N over the car park this morning. Three White-fronted Geese on the Dumbles from Estuary Tower. (Dot Jones/Slimbridge Sightings). The SPOONBILL was back on South Lake late afternoon. (Terry Stevenson).

Spoonbill by Terry Stevenson

Whitminster     A Barn Owl at the roundabout at 6:45am. (Shane Long).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Viewed from the northern Apperley side, flooding really
extensive and deep and difficult to get views. Most birds were round the edges of a maize stubble field in the NE corner. Birds included 250 Canada Geese, eight Egyptian Geese, 25 Wigeon, 200 Teal, 30 Mallards, 12 Pintails, two Tufted Ducks, 15 Skylarks and five Redwings. (Mike Smart).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Hook eight Mute Swans, 150 Greylags, 350 Canada Geese, 130 Wigeon, two Gadwalls, 40 Mallards, ten Shovelers and 195 Lapwings today. (Mike Smart).