WWT Slimbridge     A GLOSSY IBIS flew over the Tack Piece into South Lake for c15 minutes before flying to the Top New Piece with no further reports. (Tim McGrath/Gordon Youdale).

Walmore Common     A BITTERN today and a female type Marsh Harrier. (Andy Jayne).

Saul Warth     At high tide mid-morning 110+ Black-tailed Godwits, c100 Avocets, 25+ Curlews, a Whimbrel, four Oystercatchers, two Dunlins, a Lapwing, 120+ Shelducks, a Marsh Harrier, a Kestrel, 20+ Swallows, a Sand Martin and a Lesser Whitethroat. (MK).

Frampton     From Fretherne Bridge to Splatt Bridge two Little Egrets, four Oystercatchers over, a pair of Mute Swans with six juveniles, three Stock Doves, two Chiffchaffs, two Blackcaps and a male Reed Bunting. (MK).

Coombe Hill Meadows     A Great White Egret this morning. (Duncan Dine).

Great White Egret by Duncan Dine

Cleeve Hill     This morning four Stonechats, c20 Linnets, two Bullfinches, three Yellowhammers, a Dunnock taking food to nest, numerous Skylarks and Meadow Pipits and lots of Dark-green Fritillaries. (Paul Masters).

Cheltenham     Yesterday a leucistic Kestrel in a private garden for a short while. Pics by Steve Money.

Ashleworth Ham     A ringing session today caught 48 birds including four Redstarts, three Sedge Warblers, 18 Whitethroats, five Lesser Whitethroats, a Blackcap, three Bullfinches and a Linnet. On the reserve a Skylark still singing, some song from Whitethroats and Reed Buntings and two Ravens. (Mike Smart/Stuart Brown/Matt Smith).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This afternoon a juvenile WOOD SANDPIPER, two Ruff, two Greenshanks, two Little Ringed Plovers, one a juvenile, a juvenile Redshank, a female Marsh Harrier and two Great White Egrets. (Ian Hull).

WWT Slimbridge    From the Estuary tower this morning 42+ Curlews, two Whimbrels, a Bar-tailed Godwit, 100+ small waders off the Royal Drift and a Peregrine. From the Robbie Garnett hide seven Green Sandpipers, three Oystercatchers, a Common Sandpiper and a Little Egret. On South Lake an adult Mediterranean Gull, the Black Swan, an Egyptian Goose with two goslings, the Spotted Redshank again, at least ten Ruff and an adult and a juvenile Little Ringed Plover. (Neil Smart/Martin Price/Terry Stevenson). A Small Elephant Hawk Moth in the Martin Smith hide. (Terry Stevenson).

Wotton-under-Edge     At Cotswold Edge Golf Club two Red Kites, a Raven and a Buzzard. (Mike Tranter).

Stanton     This morning three Swifts, 6+ House Martins, a Green Woodpecker calling, Chiffchaffs singing and a Red Kite overhead. (Andrew & Gill Worthington).

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still at Middle Point showed well between 8:30-9:15am and again this afternoon until 3:20pm at least. (MK/Andy Jayne). On South Lake three Dunlins, a Green Sandpiper, 120+Black-tailed Godwits, 20+ Redshanks, a Spotted Redshank, six Ruff, 6+ Lapwings, an Avocet, four Oystercatchers, a Black Swan and a pair of Egyptian Geese with three goslings. (MK).

White-spotted Bluethroat by Mike King

White-spotted Bluethroat by Mike King

White-spotted Bluethroat by Mike King

Black Swan by Mike King

Spotted Redshank by Mike King

Spotted Redshank by Mike King

Cam     A Little Owl at Woodend Lane just before 8am this morning. (Mike Davis).

Whitminster     A Red Kite flew low over the A38 at Attwoolls at 12:55pm. (Ian Elphick).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This evening 12 Mute Swans, a Canada Goose, two Teal, 60 Mallards, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, a Grey Heron, a Sparrowhawk, an adult female Marsh Harrier, a Buzzard, a Water Rail calling, three Little Ringed Plovers, a Black-tailed Godwit, a Green Sandpiper, a Redshank, 10+ Swifts, 15+ Sand Martins, 5+ House Martins and song from at least five Sedge Warblers and two Reed Warblers, also odd Blackcaps and Reed Buntings. (Mike Smart).

Saul Warth     This afternoon two Black-tailed Godwits, two Lapwings, 80+ Curlews, two Oystercatchers, 50+ Shelducks, a Little Egret, two Swifts, three Sand Martins and two male Emperors. (MK).

Frampton pools    This morning 200+Sand Martins, 20+ Swifts, a Hobby, 109 Barnacle Geese, 56 Greylags, two Canada Geese, the Ross’s Goose, 82 Mute Swans, two pairs of Great Crested Grebes both with three young, two Oystercatchers, four Common Terns, four Little Egrets and two Kingfishers. (Nick Goatman).

Witcombe Reservoirs    A Redshank, unusual here, and an adult Hobby today. (Andy Jayne).

Frampton     At Splatt Bridge this morning, two Common Sandpipers on the canal, five Bar-tailed Godwits flew N, a Black-tailed Godwit flew high S, 13 Curlews, 30+ Avocets over the estuary, a male Yellow Wagtail, four young Black-headed Gulls and a Common Tern flew S. (Gordon Hodgson). On Court Lake the Ross’s Goose, 55 Greylags, 92 Barnacle Geese, a Canada Goose, 60 Mute Swans, a Common Tern and 25+ Swifts. (MK).

Ross’s Goose by Mike King

Gloucester    At 5:20pm a Red Kite drifted low across the Randwick Park area of Tuffley. (Ian Elphick).

WWT Slimbridge    A Common Sandpiper on the Tack Piece. Five Little Ringed Plovers and 50+ Redshanks on South Lake. (Dot Jones/Neil Smart/Mike Davis).

Winchcombe     This afternoon a male Sparrowhawk on the lawn with a Great Spotted Woodpecker in its talons, and then flew off with it. (Andrew & Gill Worthington).

Brockhampton     This evening a Barn Owl flying low over fields, a Buzzard, two Yellowhammers, two Goldfinches, Chiffchaffs singing and a House Martin. (Andrew & Gill Worthington).

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still at Middle Point today showing almost continuously 11am-1pm. Also a Red kite. (Tim Jukes/Oliver Paisey). A Common Sandpiper on the Rushy and six Green Sandpipers on the Tack Piece. (Dot Jones). On South Lake from Hogarth hide the Spotted Redshank. Also on South Lake an Egyptian Goose with five goslings and a Black Swan. (Ian Hull).

Gloucester    Between Longford and Abbots Lodge this afternoon three Little Owls, three Sand Martins, 40+ House Martins, a male Redstart, four Yellow Wagtails and two Reed Buntings. (Andy Jayne).

Forest of Dean     A Spotted Flycatcher in Bearfoot Wood, high on May Hill today. (Rob Guest).

Saul Warth     This afternoon two Avocets, 35 Curlews, six Oystercatchers, two Lapwings, a Little Egret, 45+ Shelducks including 15 ducklings, 16 Long-tailed Tits, a Swift, a Swallow, four Whitethroats, a male Blackcap and a Chiffchaff. Also a Roebuck, the first Brown Hawker and 2+ male Emperors. (MK).

Whitminster     A Red Kite over the Forge at 12:36pm. (MK).

Epney     At 3:45pm a Common Sandpiper, 15+ Sand Martins and an adult Great Black-backed Gull with commoner gull species. (MK).

Common Sandpiper by Mike King

Saul Warth      At 7:30am at high tide 140+ Avocets, a Black-tailed Godwit, 75+ Curlews, two Lapwings, 15 Oystercatchers, 130+ Shelducks including ten ducklings, two Little Egrets, two adult Common Gulls, a Yellow Wagtail, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Sedge Warbler, seven Sand Martins, four Swifts and a Common Darter. (MK).

Lesser Whitethroat by Mike King

Epney     30+ Sand Martins over the river at 7am. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge    Four Little Ringed Plovers, 18 Redshanks, a Spotted Redshank, six Ruff, 10+ Black-tailed Godwits, an Egyptian Goose with five goslings, and four Teal on South Lake. A pair of Common Cranes with two juveniles from Hogarth hide, a male Marsh Harrier on the Tack Piece. (Paul Clark/Neil Smart/Ken Mihill).

Saul Warth     At high tide at 6:30am a Great White Egret, two Little Egrets, three Grey Herons, two Great Crested Grebes on the river, 50+ Shelducks including 20 ducklings, a Common Tern and another on the canal, 130+ Avocets, 105+ Curlews, three Lapwings, eight Oystercatchers and a Marsh Harrier. (MK).

Avocets by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still at Middle Point today. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Nailsworth     A very early male MERLIN, chasing a small bird at Barton End this afternoon. Also, two Red Kites, a Buzzard and a Kestrel there. A small southerly movement of 60+ Swifts this morning over Windsoredge. (Terry Grant).

Stonehouse     In the Bond’s Mill area this afternoon a Peregrine hunting high around the mill. Also a Buzzard, a Grey Heron, a Kingfisher, a Chiffchaff and a Kestrel. (Paul Sutton).

Peregrine by Paul Sutton

Maisemore     This afternoon 38 House Martins, two Swallows, a Kingfisher, eight Moorhens, a Coot, a female Tufted Duck, three Blackcaps, six Chiffchaffs, a Song Thrush, two Jays, two Buzzards, nine Mallards, two Mute Swans and 200 corvids, Rooks and Crows. (John Fletcher).

WWT Slimbridge    This morning the Ross’s Goose on the Tack Piece, which has now been present in the Frampton/Slimbridge area for 3 years, six Little Ringed Plovers, 70+ Black-tailed Godwits, four Green Sandpipers, an Egyptian Goose with six goslings and a pair of Common Cranes with two juveniles (view from Hogarth hide) on South Lake. (MK/Magnus Carter). This afternoon the summer-plumaged Spotted Redshank and four Ruff (2 white and 2 black in partial summer plumage) from Zeiss hide this afternoon. (Magnus Carter). A breeding plumaged Little Egret at Martin Smith hide. (Lisa Presland).

Black-tailed Godwit by Mike King

Juvenile Common Crane by Mike King

Egyptian Goose & goslings by Mike King

Ross’s Goose by Mike King

Little Egret by Lisa Presland

Frampton pools     At Court Lake a Spotted Flycatcher with young, nine Little Egrets, 16 Coots, 13 Moorhens and 12 young, a Great Crested Grebe and three young, 89 Mute Swans and six cygnets, 55 Barnacle Geese and six goslings and 52 Greylags and nine goslings. (Nick Goatman).

Halmore area     Late this evening at least two Little Owls in the Slimbridge Lane area. (Chris Newton).

Little Owl by Chris Newton

Whitminster     A Red Kite following a tractor in the field below Highfields garden centre at 12:15pm. (MK). Still present at 4:50pm. (Terry Stevenson).

Over     A Red Kite over the A40 at Over Farm at 7:30am today. (Martin Drew).

Hucclecote    This morning in the garden an adult female Mallard with a juvenile male. Yesterday three Mallards, an adult female and a juvenile male and female, a juvenile Goldfinch on a seed feeder and two Herring Gulls chased off the pigeons and ducks. (Harold Smith).

Mallards & Feral Pigeon by Harold Smith

Forest of Dean     This afternoon 4+ Ringlet butterflies at Forge Hill. (Chris Sullivan).

WWT Slimbridge     The male WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT still at Middle Point today. (Paul Sutton). A pair of Egyptian Geese with brood of seven goslings on South Lake. (Paul Masters). The summer plumage Spotted Redshank still on South Lake today. (Martin Price).

White-spotted Bluethroat by Paul Sutton

Frampton     A male Redstart in the bushes along the sea wall viewed from the towpath this morning. (Terry Grant).

Forest of Dean      At Nagshead from Campbell hide at midday a Hawfinch, a worn Great Tit and a pair each of Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Robin and Siskin. Also a Fallow doe with three fawns. Mid-afternoon a Spotted Flycatcher from the Short Trail. At Cannop Stoneworks from 4:30pm 3+ Grey Wagtails on and around the outfall including 1+ juvenile being fed by an adult. On the stoneworks hanging feeders a Marsh Tit, 2+ Great Tits, a Nuthatch, a pair of Chaffinches, 3+ Goldfinches and a male Siskin; also a Swallow briefly on the ground beneath. (Andy & Sue Gibbons).

Rodley     A Little Owl nest with juveniles showing and 5 metres away a Kestrel nest also with juveniles. (Rachel Thomas).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This afternoon 20+ Lapwings and six Mistle Thrushes on the same recently ploughed field. (Paul Clark). This evening ten Mute Swans, a Canada Goose, a female Shelduck, 60 Mallards, a Great White Egret, a Grey Heron, a Water Rail singing in the Short Pool, two Oystercatchers, 49 Lapwings (31 adults & 18 flying juveniles), two Curlews, an adult Redshank, 20+ Swifts, two Yellow Wagtails, ten Mistle Thrushes, and song from Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler and Blackcap. Also a roost of at least 1000 corvids in the Long Pool, the vast majority Jackdaws, and c50 each Carrion Crows and Rooks. (Mike Smart).

Gloucester    This morning a Red Kite at 9am, circling above the old gas works on the corner of Myers Road and Horton Road. (Julia Adamson).