WWT Slimbridge     Two GANNETS flew upriver past the Estuary Tower late morning. (John Budd). From Zeiss hide a BITTERN, a SPOONBILL and a Garganey. (Mike Davis). The leucistic Marsh Harrier again on the Tack Piece. (Martin Price/Martin McGill). Four Greenshanks, two Spotted Redshanks, three Green Sandpipers and 14 Ruff mobile between the hides. (Roberta Goodall).

Saul Warth     An adult KITTIWAKE past Hock Ditch at 11:35am. Also a Peregrine hunting gulls off of Awre Point, a Little Egret, 30+ Shelducks, two Curlews, a Common Sandpiper and ten Pied Wagtails new in. (MK).

Pied Wagtail by Mike King

Frampton pools     Two Hobbies, two Swifts, the adult Yellow-legged Gull, 50+ Swallows, 100+ Sand Martins, 30+ House Martins, 14 Little Egrets, 22 Gadwalls, a Raven and a Kingfisher this afternoon. (Nick Goatman).

Cerney Wick     This afternoon from the Old Railway Line two Green Sandpipers, a Common Sandpiper, c40 Lapwings and a near adult Yellow-legged Gull. (Duncan Dine).

WWT Slimbridge     A leucistic Marsh Harrier flew in from the Frampton direction and flew across just beyond the hedge line on the W side of the Rushy heading SW at 1:30pm, seen from the Rushy. Possibly one of the Otmoor birds. (Andrew Bluett). This bird was also seen on the Monday Safari. (Roberta Goodall). From Middle Point on the rising tide 30+ Curlews, 60+ Ringed Plovers, 20+ Dunlins, a Turnstone, a Redshank, a Greenshank, five Little Egrets, five Grey Herons and two Common Sandpipers. Also a Sparrowhawk. (Mike Davis). A Kestrel and a Sparrowhawk battling together from Kingfisher hide. (Matty England).

Marsh Harrier by Andrew Bluett

Marsh Harrier by Andrew Bluett

Kestrel v Sparrowhawk by Matty England

Saul Warth     At high tide four Turnstones, 23 Ringed Plovers, seven Dunlins, 20 Avocets, 80+ Curlews, a Greenshank, 120+ Shelducks and four Little Egrets. Also a Marsh Harrier, two Kestrels, a Yellow Wagtail, two Lesser Whitethroats, a Whitethroat, three Chiffchaffs, three Blackcaps and six Long-tailed Tits. Also a Kingfisher on the canal. (MK).

Long-tailed Tit by Mike King

Lesser Whitethroat by Mike King

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning two Red Kites, two Buzzards, two Great White Egrets, nine Little Egrets, 4+ Grey Herons, 8+ Linnets, one feeding a juvenile, 20+ Teal and two Kingfishers. Dragonflies included three male Southern Migrant Hawkers and two Brown Hawkers. (Paul Clark/Les Ditchburn). A male Willow Emerald on the canal today. (Nick Hughes).

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge this morning, a Whimbrel heard, a Marsh Harrier, a Kingfisher and a Great Crested Grebe on the canal, and 200+ Starlings left the reedbed at 6:15am. At the Sailing lake, a Tree Pipit with five Yellow Wagtails and the adult Yellow-legged Gull. (Steve Pullen).

Elmore Court     A Little Grebe, two Green Sandpipers, a Great White Egret, three Little Egrets, a juvenile Marsh Harrier, 2+ Buzzards, three Kestrels, two Hobbies, a Peregrine, a Jay, 30 House Martins, a Sedge Warbler and a Grey Wagtail. (Andy Jayne).

Longney Sands     This evening three adult Mediterranean Gulls. (Andy Jayne).

Saul Warth     At high tide 19 Avocets, 92 Curlews, a Whimbrel, two Greenshanks, a Redshank, 135 Shelducks, five Little Egrets, a Kestrel, 25 Swallows and a Yellow Wagtail heard. In the hedges a juvenile Spotted Flycatcher, 1+ Lesser Whitethroats, two Chiffchaffs and four Blackcaps. Six Mandarins flew N up the canal. (MK).

Frampton     At the sailing lake early morning 500+ hirundines mostly Sand Martins with smaller numbers of House Martins and Swallows. Also 3+ Willow Warblers, 15 Linnets, two Cetti’s Warblers and two Jays. (Steve Pullen). Later around the pools 18 Mistle Thrushes, the adult Yellow-legged Gull, a Swift, three Spotted Flycatchers, six Yellow Wagtails, a Willow Warbler, 21 Chiffchaffs, 17 Blackcaps, 100+ Sand Martins, 20+ House Martins, 10+ Swallows, 100+ Starlings, 55 Greylags, 14 Barnacle Geese and 17 Gadwalls. (Nick Goatman).

WWT Slimbridge    On the Rushy three Greenshanks, three Spotted Redshanks and a Snipe this morning. (Mike Davis).

Saul Warth     At high tide at 7:45am three Turnstones, 19 Avocets, 120+ Curlews, a Greenshank, five Redshanks, seven Ringed Plovers, 15 Dunlins, 66 Shelducks, two Grey Herons, eight Little Egrets and two Kestrels. In the hedges four Lesser Whitethroats, two Whitethroats, a Sedge Warbler, three Chiffchaffs and a Blackcap. (MK).

Sedge Warbler by Mike King

Coombe Hill Meadows     At 10am, three Whinchats in rough vegetation W  of north scrape. On north scrape a Common Sandpiper on a small island and two Great White Egrets. (Les Ditchburn).

WWT Slimbridge     Three Spotted Redshanks and two Greenshanks on the Rushy. (Warren Gill).

Lydney     At the New Grounds 400+ Canada Geese, a Peregrine through, three Little Egrets, a Cormorant, 20 Great Black-backed Gulls and 25 Lesser Black-backed Gulls today. (Paul Sutton).

Ashleworth Ham     A CES ringing session caught 25 birds including a Redstart, a Sedge Warbler, a Reed Warbler, a Whitethroat, a Willow Warbler, three Chiffchaffs and seven Long-tailed Tits. On the reserve a Mute Swan, two Mallards, a Grey Heron, three Moorhens, a House Martin and a Raven. (Mervyn Greening/Mike Smart).

Purton     A COMMON SCOTER just S of Tite’s Point at 5:30pm about to head up on the tide. (Andy Jordan).

Berkeley shore     Birds today included a drake COMMON SCOTER flew upriver at 9:35am, four Common Sandpipers, 83 Redshanks at the Pill, 160 Mallards, 124 Canada Geese, 24 Common Gulls, nine Cormorants, a Little Egret, a Ringed Plover, male and female Sparrowhawk and a female Kestrel. (Jon Haw/Dave Emery).

Saul Warth     At high tide at 7:45am 19 Avocets, 122+ Curlews, a Ringed Plover, 31 Shelducks, seven Grey Herons, five Little Egrets and two Kestrels. In the hedges four Lesser Whitethroats, two Whitethroats, a Sedge Warbler, a Chiffchaff, two Blackcaps, a male Yellow Wagtail and a pair of Greenfinches. On the canal a Kingfisher and a Reed Warbler. (MK).

Kingfisher by Mike King

Bourton-on-the-Water     An adult and a young Hobby picking off dragonflies close to the surface of the south pit today. (Andy Lewis).

Frampton pools     Late evening two Dunlins over, 3+ Spotted Flycatchers, 16 Little Egrets, two Ravens, 16 Gadwalls, two Sparrowhawks, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, 123 Coots, 36 Moorhens, 67 Mute Swans, 38 Greylags, 17 Barnacle Geese, two Little Grebes and four Great Crested Grebes. (Nick Goatman).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Late morning viewing from the canalside footpath beyond (W of) the closed Grundon hide, a Stock Dove, two Grey Herons, three Great White Egrets, a Little Egret, a distant Buzzard, a Kestrel and five Whinchats, at least two juveniles. (Andy & Sue Gibbons).

WWT Slimbridge     On the Top New Piece this morning a juvenile WOOD SANDPIPER, a Garganey, a juvenile Little Ringed Plover and three juvenile Greenshanks. (Martin McGill).

Elmore Court    This lunchtime in the rewilding area viewed from the public footpath along Broadmeadow Bank birds included 2+ Greenshanks on the scrape with two Green Sandpipers, three Lapwings, the Great White Egret still, three Little Egrets and two Grey Herons. Also two Green Woodpeckers and four Yellow Wagtails flushed by a hunting Kestrel. (Steve Pullen).

Gloucester     Around Alney Island and Over 4+ Southern Migrant Hawkers, a Buzzard, a Green Woodpecker, a Kingfisher, three House Martins and a pair of Mute Swans with six juveniles. (Paul Clark).

Cleeve Hill     Near Wontley Farm towards Warden’s Wood a Whinchat, a Stonechat, four Yellowhammers, two Whitethroats, a small mixed flock of Goldfinches and Linnets and two Ravens. At Warden’s Wood two Bullfinches and a Yellowhammer. A Corn Bunting at the fence between West Down and the main common. (Steve Brown).

Guscar Rocks/Aylburton Warth     This morning birds included two Snow Geese, 45 Canada Geese, two Shelducks, 25 Mallards, six Grey Herons, two Oystercatchers, 74 Ringed Plovers, 14 Dunlins, 492 Curlews, a Redshank, a Turnstone, a Buzzard, six Skylarks, 20 Swallows, 12 Yellow Wagtails, two Reed Warblers, two Willow Warblers, two Chiffchaffs, 90 Carrion Crows, 40 Linnets and a Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

Cheltenham    This morning a Grey Heron  in a tree by the lake in the Park Campus. (David Norman).

Grey Heron by David Norman

Chavenage Lane area     Early afternoon a CORNCRAKE called briefly as the fields were being mowed. It didn’t call again after 2:15pm. Also 8+ Red Kites, at least 18 Buzzards, four Kestrels and a Hobby. Also, a small movement of Phylloscopus warblers and 30+ Swallows feeding over the fields. (Terry Grant).

Tresham     A large flock of 60 Corn Buntings flushed by a hunting Sparrowhawk, three Yellow Wagtails, a Whinchat, a Stonechat, a Stock Dove, a Red Kite and a Little Owl this morning. (Paul Rich).

Saul Warth     This morning 35 Curlews, 1+ Greenshank, a Ringed Plover, two Little Egrets, two Kestrels, a Grey Wagtail, six Chiffchaffs, three Lesser Whitethroats, a Blackcap, a Whitethroat, seven Swallows, 50 Goldfinches and a Raven. (MK).

Frampton     This morning from Splatt Bridge an adult Hobby, a very dark juvenile Marsh Harrier, three Kestrels, two Green Sandpipers, two Yellow Wagtails over, a juvenile Bullfinch and a pair of Great Crested Grebes with three well grown young on the canal. (Gordon Hodgson).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Birds today included 306 Mallards, 55 Teal, six Gadwalls, six Shovelers, five Mute Swans, 25 Canada Geese, 23 Lapwings, two Common Sandpipers, two Snipe, three Grey Heron, three Great White Egrets, two Little Egret, two Kingfishers, a Sparrowhawk, two Whinchats, at least four Sedge Warblers and a Reed Bunting. (Ian Ralphs/Mike Smart).

Halmore     This morning a juvenile male Kingfisher fishing for sticklebacks, first record for several years, a juvenile Bullfinch, juvenile Spotted Flycatchers, several Blackcaps and a Treecreeper. (Chris Newton).

Kingfisher by Chris Newton

Stonehouse     In fields below St Cyr’s church late afternoon two Red Kites, two Buzzards and a mixed flock of over 60 Swallows and House Martins feeding over fields being bailed. (Paul Sutton).

Red Kite by Paul Sutton

Tidenham Chase An influx of 40+ Willow Warblers today. Also four Buzzards, a Green Woodpecker, five Stonechats and a Tree Pipit. (Andy Jayne).

Forest of Dean    A juvenile Marsh Harrier at Stowe Green Quarry today. Also three Teal, two Red Kites, two Buzzards, a Hobby, a pair of Little Grebes with five chicks, a Spotted Flycatcher, a Whinchat, seven Stonechats and a Tree Pipit. (Andy Jayne).

Saul Warth     This afternoon a Wheatear and a Whinchat at Hock Ditch, two Buzzards and two Kestrels. (Nigel Young). Two Spotted Flycatchers this evening and a Yellow Wagtail over. (Gordon Hodgson).

Whinchat by Nigel Young

Buzzard by Nigel Young

Stinchcombe Hill     This morning a male Redstart, a Yellow Wagtail, a Swift amongst the House Martins, and a few Willow Warblers amongst the noisy Chiffchaffs, one singing and c100 Goldfinches. (James Robinson).

WWT Slimbridge     From Middle Point 12 Little Egrets, a Great White Egret, a Peregrine, 130 distant small waders including Ringed Plovers, Dunlins, Sanderlings and a Little Stint, a breeding plumage Grey Plover, two Greenshanks and a female Wheatear. Around the grounds three Spotted Redshanks and seven Green Sandpipers. (Tim Jukes/Dot Jones/Oliver Paisey).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning nine species of dragonflies and damselflies but no sign of Willow Emeralds. Southern and Migrant Hawkers the most abundant. Also a Kingfisher, a Raven, 2+ Chiffchaffs, a Whitethroat, a Blackcap, 30+ Goldfinches and a Bullfinch calling. (Paul Masters/MK). This afternoon a Kingfisher, a Redstart, a Sedge Warbler with three young, a Reed Bunting, three Willow Warblers, three Grey Herons and a Great White Egret. (Paul Clark).

Southern Hawker by Mike King

Gloucester     A Peregrine flew N over Walham ponds at 8:30am. (Paul Masters/MK).

Elmore Court    This morning in the rewilding area viewed from the public footpath along Broadmeadow Bank birds included a Great Spotted woodpecker, a Kestrel, a Hobby, six Buzzards, a Grey Heron, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, Sedge Warblers and three Linnets. Dragonflies included Emperor, Common Darters, Black-tailed Skimmers and Southern Hawker. (Paul Sutton).

Great White Egret by Paul Sutton

Bourton-on-the-Water     Around the Fieldbarn camp site area birds included 27 Goldfinches, seven Yellowhammer, a Green Woodpecker, a Grey Heron, two Red Kites,
two Buzzards and a Kestrel. Around the lakes birds included 31 Canada Geese, six Great Crested Grebes, three Cormorants, two Mute Swans, a Grey Heron, three Long-tailed Tits. two Grey Wagtails, a Little Egret, two Blackcaps, five Mallards and a Buzzard. (John Fletcher).

Leigh Meadows     Two Grey Herons, a Green Sandpiper, a Swallow, a Sedge Warbler, two Chiffchaffs and five Linnets today. (Mike Smart).

Cobney Meadows     Seven Mute Swans, a Teal, 20 Mallards, a Grey Heron, two Buzzards, two Whinchats sitting on fence posts along the Old Parish Drain, a Sedge Warbler, two Chiffchaffs and two Jays. (Mike Smart).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area between 6am-7am from Broadmeadow Bank, 2+ Whinchats with 2+ Stonechats, a Greenshank, 4+ Green Sandpipers, 6+ Teal, two Little Grebes, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, four Grey Herons, two Red Kites, three Kestrels and six Mistle Thrushes. (Steve Pullen).

Frampton     This evening two Crossbills flew over the sailing lake, 10+ Yellow Wagtails in the weed field S of the lake, four Swifts, 200+ Sand Martins, four Spotted Flycatchers, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, 11 Little Egrets and two Kingfishers. (Nick Goatman).

Saul Warth     Early morning, a Red Kite mobbed by four Ravens, four Buzzards, three Kestrels, 77+ Curlews, seven Shelducks, 18 Swallows flew S, nine Cormorants flew E, a Willow Warbler and two Chiffchaffs. 22 Linnets and four Pied Wagtails on stubble opposite Saul Lodge. (MK).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning a Common Sandpiper, a Ringed Plover, four Little Egrets and a small group of Teal. (Les Ditchburn).

Sherborne    7+ Spotted Flycatchers in the woods at the meadows today. (Jamie Brown).

WWT Slimbridge    From Middle Point 30+ Curlews, 4+ Little Egrets and a Wheatear on the Tack Piece fence. (Mike Davis).

Ebworth    A Wheatear along the drive to Ebworth this morning. Also 50+ Goldfinches feeding on thistles. (Tom Griffin).

Bourton-on-the-Water     At Fieldbarn camping park birds included three Yellowhammers, four Meadow Pipits, six Swallows, two Swifts, nine Goldfinches, two Chaffinches, five Red Kites, two Kestrels, two Ravens and 93 Red-legged Partridges. (John Fletcher).

Frampton     At the sailing lake this afternoon the adult Yellow-legged Gull, 15+ Yellow Wagtails, all females and juveniles, in the 1st stubble field on the left after the lake but hard to see on the ground. Good numbers of warblers in the elders at the end of the path S of the lake including 6+ Chiffchaffs, 2+ Blackcaps, a Willow Warbler and a Goldcrest. (MK).

Yellow-legged Gull by Mike King

Yellow-legged Gull by Mike King

Willow Warbler by Mike King

Yellow Wagtail by Mike King

Elmore Court     A SHORT-EARED OWL near the Severn at Elmore Court rewilding today. From Broadmeadow Bank birds included two Little Grebes, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, two Red Kites, a Hobby, a Lesser Whitethroat, eight Mistle Thrushes, a pair of Stonechats and 120 Goldfinches. (Andy Jayne). This evening four Whinchats from the Broadmeadow Bank. (Mark Hobson).

Saul Warth     A moulting adult Mediterranean Gull over the Warth this evening. (Gordon Hodgson).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning three Kingfishers, a Sedge Warbler, a Chiffchaff and a Redstart . On the scrapes a Great White Egret, six Little Egrets, three Grey Herons. a juvenile Dunlin, a Common Sandpiper and a Snipe. Shoveler and Teal numbers creeping up. (Ian Hull). Additionally in the evening ten Mute Swans, two Canada Geese, 15 Teal, 50 Mallards, an adult Coot with three fully grown young, three Lapwings, two Little Ringed Plovers, a Green Sandpiper, three Chiffchaffs calling and a huge Jackdaw roost of many hundred birds over Long Pool. (Mike Smart).

Epney     Below the Anchor Inn this afternoon a Common Sandpiper, three Lapwings, a Common Gull amongst the growing gull roost and 48 Mallards. (MK).

Frampton    From Splatt Bridge early morning two Kingfishers and three Grey Herons. At the Sailing Lake, two Yellow Wagtails and 4+ Willow Warblers. Also 150+ Woodpigeons, 20+ Stock Doves, 100+ Rooks and 25+ Greylags feeding in the recently harvested wheat fields. (Steve Pullen). Later around the pools the first Wigeon, two Green Sandpipers, a Whimbrel, two Teal, four Gadwalls, 85 Coots, 35 Moorhens, ten Willow Warblers, 15 Blackcaps, 37 Chiffchaffs, two Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroat, a juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker, 12 Sand Martins, 20+House Martins and 10+ Swallows. (Nick Goatman).

WWT Slimbridge    From Zeiss hide a SPOONBILL, four Ringed Plovers, 65 Lapwings, the Ross’s Goose, a Marsh Harrier, two Ravens and a Kingfisher. Also two Greenshanks on the Tack Piece. (Oliver Paisey).

Saul Warth     This morning 31 Curlews, a Whimbrel, 20 Avocets, nine Shelducks, a Little Egret, four Kestrels, a Buzzard, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Raven, two Blackcaps, two Willow Warblers, three Chiffchaffs, 18 Swallows and 60+ on wires in Saul village. The juvenile Great Crested Grebe still on the canal. (MK).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning a Marsh Harrier on a kill, then mobbed by a Carrion Crow, then chased by a Lapwing. Other birds included three Chiffchaffs, 23 Goldfinches, seven Greenfinches, two Sedge Warblers, two Kingfishers, four Stock Doves, Mallards with 8 and 6 young, 12 Teal, six Grey Herons, ten Little Egrets, four Lapwings, a Common Sandpiper, a Snipe, eight Mute Swans and a Kestrel. (Richard Badley/Rob Langley/Ian Hull).

Marsh Harrier by Richard Badley

Gloucester     At Alney Island 3-4 male Southern Migrant Hawkers today and yesterday. (Andy Jayne).

Southern Migrant Hawker by Andy Jayne