WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showed briefly early afternoon at Middle Point. (Dot Jones).

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge this morning on the flashes eight Great White Egrets with three Little Egrets, three Grey Herons, four Redshanks, two Lapwings and four Shovelers, and a Cuckoo calling from the 100-Acre. At the sailing lake, a Cuckoo over, four Common Terns, 50+ Swifts with 150+ hirundines. (Steve Pullen).

May Hill    12 Crossbills and a Redstart singing well in the pines at the top of the Hill this morning. (Rob & Gillian Guest).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning 33 Mute Swans, five Canada Geese, five Gadwalls, c50 Mallards and at least five broods of ducklings, a pair of Shoveler, six Tufted Ducks, two Cormorants, a Great White Egret, five Grey Herons and 12 Coots. Waders included two Oystercatchers, eight Avocets, one pair with three two-day old chicks, a Little Ringed Plover, six Lapwings, two Redshanks and a Curlew. Also five Swifts, five House Martins, at least two Yellow Wagtails. Song from Skylark, Redstart, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

Saul Warth     From Hock Ditch a male Stonechat, five Curlews, four Oystercatchers, six Shelducks, a Grey Heron and 100-200 hirundines over the treatment works, mainly House Martins. (Mike Davis).

Longney     This afternoon birds included seven Canada Geese, 13 Mallards, two Moorhens, a Shelduck, a Grey Heron, a Little Egret, two Reed Buntings, five Swallows, six Linnets, a Greenfinch, a Stonechat, four Long-tailed Tits, six Goldfinches, two Stock Doves, three Song Thrushes and 35 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. (John Fletcher).

Ashleworth Ham     A Great White Egret here recently. (Chris & Phil Andrews).

Great White Egret by Phil Andrews

Huntley     An OSPREY over N this evening. (Lewis Thomson).

Frampton pools     A Great White Egret, 100+ Swifts, 50+ Sand Martins, a few Swallows and House Martins, a Cuckoo and six Common Terns this morning. This evening 200+ Swifts, 250+ House Martins, 150+ Sand Martins, 50+ Swallows and a Hobby. (Nick Goatman). At Splatt Bridge and the North reedbed area three Great White Egrets, four Little Egrets, four Redshanks, two Oystercatchers, two drake Shovelers, three Hobbies, four Common Cranes and a Cuckoo. A female Goosander flew over Court Lake, heading for the river at 10:35am. There was an almost continuous NW movement of 450+ Swift and 300+ House Martin between 8:30am and 10:45am. (Terry Grant).

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning three Knot, a Grey Plover, a Sanderling, 21 Ringed Plovers, 75+ Dunlins, six Curlews, five Oystercatchers, two Redshanks, a Common Crane flew off N, a Great White Egret, two Little Egrets, 20+ Swifts and a drake Mandarin flew N up the canal. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge     A drake GARGANEY and a breeding plumage Dunlin on South Lake this morning. (Roberta Goodall).

Forest of Dean    At Nagshead two Spotted Flycatchers and a Kingfisher at 11:45am. (Martin Vaisey).

Aylburton Common     A male Bullfinch in the garden at 6:25pm feeding on weed seeds. (Martin Vaisey).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning birds included two Greylags, eight Canada Geese, 26 Mute Swans, an Egyptian Goose, a pair of Shelducks, two Shovelers, seven Gadwalls, 27 Mallards including two broods of ducklings, five Tufted Ducks, three Cormorants, a Buzzard, 11 Avocets including a pair with three recently hatched young on the South scrape, four Oystercatchers, a breeding plumaged Dunlin, a Curlew, two Redshanks, eight Lapwings, two Little Egrets, a Great White Egret, a pair of Little Grebes, c35 House Martins with 14 Swifts and seven Swallows, eight singing Skylarks, seven Sedge Warblers, eight Reed Buntings, four Linnets, three Yellow Wagtails and two female Redstarts, 1 with 2 juveniles. Birds singing but heard only included Reed Warbler, Wren, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Blackcap and Chiffchaff. (Caroline Quinn/Paul Clark).

Great White Egret by Caroline Quinn

Yellow Wagtail by Caroline Quinn

Saul Warth     At high tide early morning four Turnstones, a Knot, a Grey Plover, a Bar-tailed Godwit, 32 Sanderlings, 60+ Ringed Plovers, 20+ Dunlins, six Curlews, two Oystercatchers, two Great White Egrets, a Little Egret and a Common Tern and 15 Swifts over the canal. (MK).

Hartpury     22 Swifts, 9+ House Martins, five Swallows, 2+Goldcrests, a Chaffinch, three Greenfinches, a Mistle Thrush, 5+ Mallards, 30+ Woodpigeons, two Stock Doves and a Red Kite. (Oliver Paisey).

Stonehouse     Along the canal a Sedge Warbler, a Red Kite over, two Swifts, five House Martins, two Swallows, two Cetti’s Warblers calling, up to three Chiffchaffs and a Jay. (Paul Sutton).

Jay by Paul Sutton

Turkdean area     A Tree Pipit, two Redstarts, two Corn Buntings, three Yellowhammers, 10+ Skylarks, a Garden Warbler and a Kestrel today. (Paul Masters).

Forest of Dean     At Nagshead today two Pied Flycatchers, three Spotted Flycatchers, a Redstart and four Firecrests. (Jonathan Bull).

WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showed very well at 10am for c5 minutes on the left hand reedbed stick. Two Grey Plovers flew N over the shepherd’s hut at 8:50am. Three summer plumaged Knot and a summer plumaged Grey Plover at Middle Point. Two Egyptian Geese on the Tack Piece. (Geoff Moyser).

Frampton     This evening two Cuckoos calling in the distance and 5+ Swifts over. Two Oystercatchers flew over with two Lapwings. (Jacob Jenkins).

Painswick     Between 6:45-9am, 214 Swifts passed over heading NW. (John Fleming).

Forest of Dean    A Red Kite flew over Lower Mitcheldean at 5:06pm. (Chris Keeling).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This evening 30 Mute Swans, six Greylags, six Canada Geese, a pair of Shelducks, 60 Mallards and at least 5 broods of ducklings, a pair of Shovelers, a Great White Egret, three Grey Herons, 20 Coots and a brood of chicks, two Oystercatchers, six Avocets, two Little Ringed Plovers, ten Lapwings, four Curlews, at least four Redshanks and song from Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Chiffchaff and Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

Edge to Upper Kites Nest     Three Red Kites, three Buzzards, a Kestrel, four Skylarks, three Green Woodpeckers, a Nuthatch, a Willow Warbler, a Blackcap, four Song Thrushes and two Stock Doves today. (John Fletcher).

WWT Slimbridge     The WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showed for a few minutes at the back of the reedbed, singing, at Middle Point at 9am. (Paul Masters/Andy Chapman/Neil Smart). An OSPREY flew N towards Saul at 12:25pm. (Greg Anderson).

Saul Warth     At 8am the wader flock was difficult to see below a mud bank only showing on and off, a summer plumaged Curlew Sandpiper, six Sanderlings, a Little Stint, six Grey Plovers, two in summer plumage, a Whimbrel, five Curlews, 50+ Ringed Plovers, 10+ Dunlins and three Oystercatchers. Also 25 Shelducks including four ducklings, five Shovelers (4m, 1f), a Cuckoo calling near Fretherne church, a Broad-bodied Chaser and the first Painted Lady on patch. (MK).

Painted Lady by Mike King

Chaceley Meadows     A White Stork early afternoon but no sign later. (Robin Lewis). Near Chaceley Stock six Little Egrets on flood water, a Water Rail, a Curlew, a Reed Bunting, a Sedge Warbler and a Cuckoo. (Terry Fenton).

Ashleworth Ham     A Great White Egret, two Little Egrets, three Grey Herons and a pair of Gadwalls. (Terry Fenton).

Forest of Dean     A singing Wood Warbler at 11:30am from the footpath behind Woorgreens small car park. Another two early afternoon W of Crabtree Hill, one beside the track heading NNE from SO 621130, the other beside the Gloucestershire Way footpath after starting the return to Woorgreens. Also this afternoon a Grey Wagtail on rear fencing at Kensley Lodge. (Andy & Sue Gibbons/Rachel Thomas). At six Song Thrushes, three Nuthatches, a Treecreeper, a Jay, two Pied Flycatchers, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and three Chaffinches. (John Meadows).

Wood Warbler by Rachel Thomas

Hartpury     A Red Kite, two Sparrowhawks, a Mistle Thrush, two Song Thrushes, 4+ Greenfinches, a Chaffinch, 15+ Swallows, 8+ House Martins, 3+ Mallards and 4+ Stock Doves today. (Oliver Paisey).

Kingswood     A pair of Dippers on the stream through the garden have successfully fledged young again. (Tom McCarthy).

Juvenile Dipper by Tom McCarthy

Wotton-Under-Edge     At Cotswold Edge Golf Club a Red Kite, a Buzzard, a Red-legged Partridge, 2+ Ravens, a Barnacle Goose (ring no BOO for it’s 4th summer here), eight adult Greylags and two family groups each of 2 and 6. Chiffchaff, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap and Song Thrush all singing around the course. (Mike Tranter).

Barnacle Goose by Mike Tranter

Wontley Farm area     This afternoon at West Down car park 25 Lesser Black-backed Gulls circling with a Buzzard. Near Wontley Farm a pair of Stonechats, a Tree Pipit and a Corn Bunting. Near Belas Knap a pair of Redstarts and a Green Woodpecker. Butterflies included Small Blue, Small Heath, Dingy Skipper, Brimstone, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock and Speckled Wood. (Keith White).

Stonehouse     A Sedge Warbler, possibly two, and a Chiffchaff at the Ocean tonight. (Paul Sutton).

Sedge Warbler by Paul Sutton

Aylburton     Birds in and around the garden today included two House Martins nesting on the house, two Greenfinches, scarce here, two Goldfinches, a Pied Wagtail and a Collared Dove. (John Meadows).

Saul Warth     This morning two red Knot, six Sanderlings, a Little Stint, ten Grey Plovers, 51 Dunlins, 72 Ringed Plovers, three Curlews and three Oystercatchers. Also three Great White Egrets on the Warth. (MK).

WWT Slimbridge     Two drake GARGANEYS on the Top New Piece from Zeiss hide. (David Creber/Roberta Goodall). From Martin Smith hide a female Kingfisher, a Grey Heron sunbathing and a Fox cub spent 20 minutes in front of the hide. (Dave Tait).

Fox cub by Dave Tait

Halmore     A Cuckoo again calling intermittently for most of the day from oak trees in the woods and feeding on caterpillars. A Sparrowhawk and a Red Kite over and two Swifts and four Swallows overhead. Also two Beautiful Demoiselles, several Broad-bodied Chasers, a few Orange Tips and still plenty of Brimstones. (Chris Newton).

Cuckoo by Chris Newton

Frampton     Early morning from Splatt Bridge, a Great White Egret, two Little Egrets, three Redshanks, two Lapwings, two Oystercatchers, two Common Cranes flew N, a Cuckoo calling and two Roe Deer. (MK). Around the pools a Yellow-legged Gull, Mistle Thrush chicks growing well, six Swifts, six Swallows, eight House Martins, seven Common Terns, three Red Kites, five Buzzards, four Whitethroats, a Kingfisher, 53 Mute Swans, a Bullfinch with young and three Oystercatchers. (Nick Goatman).

Forest of Dean     A Wood Warbler by Woorgreens small carpark. At Nagshead two Pied Flycatchers, a Redstart and a Garden Warbler. (Mark Coller).

Wood Warbler by Mark Coller

Moreton Valence     A Red Kite over Putloe Farm at 10:30am. (MK).

Cam     11 Red Kites, a Hobby, a Kestrel and 7+ Buzzards over Tesco Cam car park at 1:45pm. (Jonathan Bull).

Prestbury     Early this afternoon there was a Spotted Flycatcher on Mill Lane by the gates of ‘Headlands’ in the older trees. (Ken Heron).

Alvington    A Hobby and a Red Kite over Clanna Country Park this afternoon. (Paul Woolams).

Coombe Hill Meadows     This morning eight Avocets, four Oystercatchers, two Redshanks, two Ringed Plovers, two Shovelers, two Tufted Ducks, four Gadwalls, two Great White Egrets, 3+ Little Egrets and a Red Kite. (Paul Clark).

Purton     A WOODLARK flew NE at 6:47am. Also this morning a Turnstone, 15 Sanderlings, a Little Ringed Plover, five Ringed Plovers, a Cuckoo, a Red Kite, a Yellow Wagtail and a Siskin. (Francis Steuck).

WWT Slimbridge     The GLOSSY IBIS was seen briefly at 7:50am between the canal and the WWT. (Slimbridge Sightings). A BITTERN flew S at 8:05am seen from Knott hide. (Tan Grigg).

Frampton     A near adult SPOONBILL on Splatt flashes this morning. (Gordon Hodgson). It wasn’t there early afternoon but returned at 3:45am. (Colin Greenfield). This afternoon a drake GARGANEY on the flashes. Also two Little Egrets, three Lapwings, four Redshanks, an Oystercatcher and a pair of Shovelers. 7+ Common Terns and an Oystercatcher on the sailing lake. (MK).

Epney    At least two Yellow-legged Gulls loafing in the roost this afternoon. (MK).

Forest of Dean     In Woorgreens car park a Wood Warbler at 8am. A Crossbill calling from a conifer over the road from Dilke Hospital. (Steve Brown). At Cannop Ponds today birds included a Mandarin, a pair of Little Grebes with young, a Kingfisher, Tufted Ducks, a Grey Wagtail, a Pied Wagtail, Mute Swans, a Treecreeper and Blackcaps. (Julie Loxley).

Coombe Hill Meadows    29 Mute Swans, 16 Greylags, eight Canada Geese, seven Gadwalls, c50 Mallards, three Shovelers, four Tufted Ducks, two Cormorants, a Great White Egret, two Cattle Egrets, three Grey Herons, 15 Coots, two Oystercatchers, eight Avocets, 10+ Lapwings, two Ringed Plovers, two Little Ringed Plovers, two Curlews, eight Redshanks, a Greenshank, a Buzzard, a Red Kite, a Peregrine, a Hobby, two pairs of Yellow Wagtails and song from Cuckoo, Skylark, Redstart, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and a Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart/Sam Walker).

Whitminster     A Red Kite flew over Hyde Lane circled then headed N at 3:30pm. (Tanya Allen).

Stonehouse     Two Cetti’s Warblers and a Sedge warbler on the Stroudwater canal. (Paul Sutton).

Cetti’s Warbler by Paul Sutton

Halmore     In and around the woods today a Cuckoo seen and calling, a Hobby over, a Goshawk in a tree being mobbed by Crows, after dark a Barn Owl hunting in a meadow and two Little Owls duetting. (Chris Newton).

Leighterton     Two Swifts, two Red Kites and three Corn Buntings E of the village this afternoon. (Terry Fenton).

WWT Slimbridge    The WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showed again this morning at Middle Point. A Cuckoo calling from the treeline opposite the Robbie Garnett hide. Another Cuckoo calling near Kingfisher hide. (Tim Jukes).

Frampton     At the pools a Mediterranean Gull at the sailing lake, the Court Lake Oystercatchers have two young tonight. Also seven Common Gulls, two Hobbies, a Swift, two Swallows and four House Martins. (Nick Goatman). From Splatt Bridge this morning a Common Tern flew towards the river, a Cuckoo calling, four Redshanks, two Lapwings, an Oystercatcher and three Reed Buntings. (Steve Pullen).

Cleeve Hill     An unidentified ringtail Harrier passed over Dry Bottom being mobbed by crows, a few seconds later a very agitated male Grey Partridge came from the opposite direction and landed on valley side at SO990264. (Giles Alder).

Cheltenham     Three Buzzards and a Sparrowhawk in dispute over Leckhampton Road. (Steve Brown).

WWT Slimbridge     A GLOSSY IBIS flew around the site at 8:05am before heading N. (Tim McGrath). The WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showed again this morning at Middle Point. A Grey Plover, a Bar-tailed Godwit and a Knot on the river at Middle Point. (Roberta Goodall/Jeremy Holland). Three Red Kites over the Rushy at midday. (Louise Rumsey/Tim McGrath).

Frampton      The GLOSSY IBIS dropped in to Splatt flashes N of the N reedbed at 8:40am where it fed for an hour, but elusive in long grass, before flying off in the direction of Saul Warth at 9:45am. Also four Redshanks, four Shelducks, two Little Egrets and four Gadwalls. At Court Lake two Hobbies and on the Sailing Lake, 7 or 8 Common Terns. (Terry Grant).

Glossy Ibis (record shot) by Mike King

Framilode Passage     16 Shelducks, three Little Egrets and a Red Kite this morning. (Terry Grant).

Forest of Dean     A Spotted Flycatcher in Flaxley woods this evening, also a Garden Warbler. (Rachel Thomas). At Parkend two Firecrests, a Goldcrest, two Dippers, two juvenile Grey Wagtails, a Buzzard and a Fox. (Dave Stone).

Spotted Flycatcher by Rachel Thomas

Garden Warbler by Rachel Thomas

Ashleworth Ham     The pair of Shelducks with three ducklings, a Great White Egret, two Grey Herons, an Oystercatcher, a Curlew, song from Cuckoo, Redstart, Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat, at least three singing Willow Warblers, Chiffchaff and Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart/Mervyn Greening/Barrie Mills).

WWT Slimbridge     Five Dunlins, a red Knot, a Bar-tailed Godwit, a Whimbrel, six Sanderlings and six Grey Plovers off of Middle Point this morning. Also many Sedge Warblers singing and displaying, a Grasshopper Warbler heard reeling to the N and a Cuckoo heard. From Estuary Tower seven DARK-BELLIED BRENT GEESE on the foreshore again. (Martin McGill/Neil Smart/Geoff Bryant).

Saul Warth     Very quiet at low tide 62 Shelducks with the first eight ducklings, nine Curlews, four Oystercatchers, a Little Egret, a male Stonechat, three Whitethroats and 14 Goldfinches early morning. (MK).

Frampton     From Splatt Bridge this morning, five Great White Egrets, four Little Egrets, a Greenshank, two Redshanks, six Lapwings, an Oystercatcher, four Gadwalls, 18 Shelducks, three Cetti’s Warblers, four Sedge Warblers, two Swifts, six Linnets and a Roe Deer. (Steve Pullen).

Hartpury     A Raven, a Red Kite, two Red-legged Partridges, two Siskins, seven Pied Wagtails, six Mallards, three Chaffinches, a Mistle Thrush, two Goldcrests and two Song Thrushes today. (Oliver Paisey).

Forest of Dean     Nightjars were back at traditional sites last night. (Steve Brown). Lots of singing warblers at Woorgreens this evening, Willow Warblers, Garden Warblers, Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps. Also a Tree Pipit, Siskins and Buzzards. Also a Wild Boar with four boarlets. (Rachel Thomas).

Wild Boar by Rachel Thomas

Coombe Hill Meadows     At least 34 Mute Swans, 26 Greylags, four Canada Geese, three Shelducks, five Gadwalls, 40 Mallards and a female by The Wharf with eight ducklings, two pairs of Shovelers, 2 or 3 pairs of Tufted Ducks, four Grey Herons, four adult Little Egrets, a Cattle Egret in summer plumage and ten Coots. Waders included an Oystercatcher, two Avocets, c10 Lapwings, three Little Ringed Plovers, a Curlew, 4+ Redshanks and two Greenshanks. Also two Yellow Wagtails and song from Skylark, Redstart, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Chiffchaff and Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

Ashleworth Ham     This evening four Mute Swans, five Greylags, and a  pair with three goslings, two Canada Geese, a pair of Shelducks with three ducklings, at least 60 Mallards, including two creches of 8 and 12 and two broods of two and five ducklings, a Great White Egret, three Grey Herons, a Cuckoo singing, and a Blackcap and a Chiffchaff singing. (Mike Smart).

Cheltenham     A young Raven with two adults, presumably successfully fledged from the nearby nest site close to the Park Campus. A female Beautiful Demoiselle in the Pilley Bridge reserve. (Steve Brown).

Elmore Court     At the rewilding area this afternoon on the scrape two Little Grebes, two Lapwings, two Tufted Ducks, four Mallards, a Coot, two Mute Swans and two Canada Geese. Also a Cuckoo calling E of the path, a male Stonechat, two Red Kites, two Buzzards, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Reed Bunting, four Skylarks, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Reed Warbler heard and two Ravens. Also, several Brimstones, Peacock, Orange Tip, Green-veined White and Small Tortoiseshell butterflies on the wing. (Steve Pullen).

Sharpness     This evening along the riverbank near Sharpness four Stonechats, a Meadow Pipit, four Skylarks, two Shelducks and seven Oystercatchers flying up the Severn. (Jacob Jenkins).