Cotswold Water Park East     At Pit 114 this morning the PINK-FOOTED GOOSE feeding alone in a field near the feral goose flock at SU1935498933. On the lake, a drake Goosander, a juvenile SCAUP, 70 Red Crested Pochards, 150 Pochards, 40 Tufted Ducks, 23 Wigeon and four Egyptian Geese. On the floods near the geese a Great White Egret, six Cattle Egrets and 25 Little Egrets. In the hedgerows three Bullfinches, a Siskin and two Ravens over. On Pit 127 a drake Goldeneye and at Whelford pools six Goosanders (5 drakes), 60 Gadwalls and 80 Teal. (MK/Paul Masters).

Pink-footed Goose by Mike King

Egyptian Geese by Mike King

Forest of Dean    At Mallards Pike six Goosanders (5 redheads), a showy Kingfisher, a Raven over. Three Crossbills towards Staple-edge Wood. (Mark Hobson). At Woorgreens four Goosanders (1m, 3f), two Lesser Redpolls and many Siskins. At Cannop ponds four Goosanders (2m/2f), nine Mandarins on lower pond and 1 Mandarin on upper pond and a Goshawk flying over. (Joe Sargent). This morning on upper pond six Wigeon (3m, 3f), a Gadwall, two Ravens, a Nuthatch and a Marsh Tit. (Chris Keeling).

Eastington to Stonehouse     Along the Stroudwater canal a pair of Kingfishers near the disused locks near Churchend and another fishing on the Ocean at the Stonehouse end. Also two Moorhens, two pairs of Mute Swans and two Wrens. (Mike Fisher). Near Wycliffe old boat house the drake Goosander and a Kingfisher. (Paul Sutton).

Goosander by Paul Sutton

Gloucester     A Kingfisher at Saintbridge Pond today and a Raven calling as it flew over. (John Elley).

Ashleworth Ham     WeBS count two Mute Swans, 154 Wigeon, 52 Mallards, 15 Pintails and four Moorhens. Also two Buzzards, a Meadow Pipit, four Pied Wagtails, 15 Fieldfares, two Cetti’s Warblers and two Ravens. (Mike Smart).

Coombe Hill Meadows    WeBS count 150 Wigeon, 80 Teal, five Canada Geese, 15 Greylags, eight Mallards, 17 Shovelers, 74 Pintails, two Gadwalls, two Moorhens, a Coot, a Lesser Black-backed Gull and two Grey Herons. (Ian Ralphs).

Tewkesbury     WeBS count at Mythe Hook 270 Wigeon, 345 Teal, five Pintails, 42 Shovelers, 133 Mallards, 17 Greylags, 22 Canada Geese, a Great White Egret, two Little Grebes, two Mute Swans, a Coot and 200+ Golden Plovers over. (Andy Warr).

Frampton     The juvenile GREAT NORTHERN DIVER still on Court Lake today. (James Robinson et al). The local fishermen reported the diver as being on the sailing lake Saturday and Sunday. (per Nick Goatman). c4000 Starlings in a murmuration at Court Lake late afternoon. (Steve Money).

Great Northern Diver by Steve Money

Starlings by Steve Money

Forest of Dean    At Soudley Ponds today 60 Mandarins, 20 Goosanders, five Little Grebes, a Kingfisher, four Ravens and 83 Siskins. Another 60+ Siskins, 20+ Bramblings, male Sparrowhawk and 200+ Woodpigeons nearby at Blaize Bailey. (Andy Jayne). At Parkend at the  cricket pitch, two Hawfinches, nearby at the Church seven Crossbills. At Cannop Ponds four Wigeon, two Gadwalls, seven Little Grebes, a Dipper, a Marsh Tit and Siskins. Opposite the Crematorium, several flocks of Lesser Redpolls and a large number of Chaffinches with a few Bramblings. (Mick Jones).

WWT Slimbridge     From Kingfisher hide three OTTERS swam downstream at 10:45am. 13 Snipe in the field to the right of the hide and a Buzzard over. (Jacob Jenkins/Dot Jones). Two Water Rails from Willow hide. (Jonathan Bull).

Shepherd’s Patch, Slimbridge     13 Little Egrets and at least one Cattle Egret late afternoon in the field opposite the Patch car park. (Roberta Goodall).

Gloucester     At Saintbridge Pond today a Cetti’s Warbler, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Grey Wagtail and at least three Chiffchaffs. (John Elley).

Cetti’s Warbler by John Elley

Twyning     At Upham Meadow five Mute Swans, 157 Greylags, 210 Canada Geese, 247 Wigeon, 22 Teal, 75 Black-headed Gulls and 25 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. (Mike Smart).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Hook all the wildfowl today were on the inland east (Shuthonger) side of the embankment by the Mythe Brook three Mute Swans, five Canada Geese, 45 Wigeon, 240 Teal, 20 Mallards, a Pintail, four Shoveler, two Little Grebes, 35 Lapwings, 250 Golden Plovers and a Cetti’s Warbler. (Mike Smart).

Frampton     The juvenile GREAT NORTHERN DIVER showing very well on Court Lake today.  (Les Ditchburn/Nick Goatman/Terry Grant). At lunchtime three Bewick’s Swans (2ads, 1 juv) flew over E, 10+Skylark, an Avocet flew over S also Wigeon, Shoveler and a male Goldeneye on the Sailing Lake. (Nick Goatman). At Splatt Bridge a Peregrine and two Sparrowhawk and a huge distant flock of Golden Plovers and Lapwings. (Terry Grant). c4000 Starlings in a murmuration at Court Lake late afternoon. (Tanya Allen).

Great Northern Diver by Terry Grant

Great Northern Diver by Terry Grant

Cotswold Water Park East     This morning a PINK-FOOTED GOOSE still at Pit 114 with Greylags, and the Ferruginous Duck or hybrid still but views/pics are still inconclusive. (Matt Pringle).

Pink-footed Goose by Matt Pringle

Forest of Dean    At English Bicknor this morning, a Grey Heron, a Buzzard, five Collared Doves, 55 Common Gulls, 30 Goldfinches and five Redwings. (Iain Crawford).

WWT Slimbridge     Two Water Rails showing well from Willow hide at 2:11pm. (Les Ditchburn). Three OTTERS showed well this morning in the channel at Kingfisher hide. (Mike Davis).

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning three Grey Herons, 11 Shelducks, a Common Sandpiper, 37 Lapwings flew S, a male Kestrel, a Rock Pipit, four Meadow Pipits, two Pied Wagtails, four Fieldfares, six Goldfinches and a Chiffchaff. (MK).

Stonehouse    Around the Ocean/Bond’s Mill, lots of Wrens on dredge debris piled on the reeds opposite the tow path, a male and a female Kingfisher, two Little Grebes, a Jay and a Grey Heron. A small flock of Linnets near the sewage works and 2 or 3 Goldcrests there. (Paul Sutton).

Kingfisher by Paul Sutton

Frampton pools     The juvenile GREAT NORTHERN DIVER still on Court Lake today. (Jonathan Bull et al). Also today a male Goldeneye on the Sailing Lake, a male Pochard, 43 Tufted Ducks, 38 Gadwalls, four Teal, two Little Grebes, six Great Crested Grebes, 16 Cormorants and three Grey Herons. (Nick Goatman).

Saul Warth     At high tide this morning four Curlews, 300+ Dunlins, 35 Lapwings flew N, two Little Egrets, a Shelduck, a Common Gull, two Buzzards, a male Kestrel, 15 Magpies, a Mistle Thrush and a Chiffchaff at the sewage works. (MK).

Quedgeley     The Ring-necked Parakeet heard calling only in Taylor’s Ground Grove again this morning. (Steve Pullen).

Uley    Several Bramblings with a flock of 50+ Chaffinches at the top of Lampern Hill above Uley this morning. (Neil Smart).

Coombe Hill Meadows     The car park is underwater. Around the car park a Goldfinch, three male Blackcaps, a Song Thrush, a Fieldfare, a Redwing, Long Tailed Tits and Wigeon calling nearby. (Alan McIlquham).

Coombe Hill car park by Alan McIlquham

Frampton pools     The juvenile GREAT NORTHERN DIVER still at the N end of Court Lake today. (Steve Pullen et al).

Great Northern Diver by Mike King

WWT Slimbridge     Seven Avocets on South Lake, a DARK-BELLED BRENT GOOSE, an Egyptian Goose, a Marsh Harrier and a Spotted Redshank on the Tack Piece. (Dot Jones/Roy Kinchin).

Stonehouse/Stanley Downton    A female Kingfisher this morning. From the Ocean to Bond’s Mill a Peregrine distant on pylons towards Cress Green, a Little Grebe at the Ocean, a few Redwings, two Mistle Thrushes and five Cormorants. (Paul Sutton).

Stroud     A southerly movement of Fieldfares involving 300+ birds between 8:10-8:35am and two high-flying Blackbirds with them. (Terry Grant).

Twyning     At Upham Meadow five Mute Swans, 45 Greylags, an adult White-fronted Goose, 245 Canada Geese, 126 Wigeon, a Gadwall, two Teal, three Grey Herons and a Meadow Pipit. (Mike Smart).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Hook 30 Greylags, 40 Canada Geese, 100 Wigeon, 50 Teal, 60 Mallards, a Pintail and ten Shovelers. The waders were sitting in maize stubble, partly hidden 100+ Lapwings, 100+ Golden Plovers and 10+ Dunlins. (Mike Smart).

Brockworth     A pair of Blackcaps on the feeder today. (John Miles).

Kempley Green     Garden birds today included a male Blackcap, a female Great Spotted Woodpecker, c10 Long-tailed Tits and a Coal Tit. (Steve Watts).

Frampton pools     A juvenile GREAT NORTHERN DIVER at the N end of Court Lake today. (Eric Palmer).

WWT Slimbridge     The juvenile DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE distantly on the Tack Piece, viewed from the Estuary Tower between 12:30 and 1pm at least.  Seven Avocets this afternoon on South Lake. (Andy & Sue Gibbons). A Green Sandpiper on the Rushy early then flew towards South Lake. (Slimbridge Sightings).

Whitminster    Along the River Frome at lunchtime four Stonechats, a Kestrel, a few Fieldfares and Redwings and a Reed Bunting. (Nick Goatman).

Cotswold Water Park East     This morning the juvenile GREATER SCAUP still on Pit 114 and nearby two Great White Egrets, 19 Little Egrets and four Cattle Egrets. (Duncan Dine/Paul Rich). The Ferruginous Duck or hybrid still on Pit 114 but views/pics inconclusive. (Paul Rich).

Hatherop     A Red Kite, a Buzzard and a Raven contesting possession of roadkill Pheasant. (Alan Williams).

Saul Warth     A Common Sandpiper, a Curlew, two Grey Herons, two Buzzards, a male Kestrel caught a mouse, two Stonechats, a male Blackcap, two Mistle Thrushes, two Rock Pipits below Hock Cliff and three Chiffchaffs and a Goldcrest at the Sewage Works. (MK).

Chiffchaff by Mike King

Kingscote Wood     Two Siskins in a flock of Blue Tits, Great Tits, Long-tailed Tits, Chaffinches, a Nuthatch and a Great Spotted Woodpecker. Also a Red Admiral in the garden at Cam Green. (Brian Kings).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Hook 20 Greylags, 20 Canada Geese, 100 Wigeon, five Teal, 20 Mallards, 25 Shovelers, a Tufted Duck, two Little Grebes and 100 Lapwings today. (Mike Smart).

Quedgeley     From Dimore Brook to Clearwater Drive a Kingfisher, a singing Stock Dove, at least one Water Rail and a Redwing. (Paul Masters).

Gloucester     At Kingsholm, Gloucester at least 150 Pied Wagtails roosting in a shrub by The Coach & Horses pub at dusk. (Andy Jayne). A Peregrine on the Cathedral this morning. (Steve Pullen).

Cirencester Park     A BRAMBLING in the park today. (Clive Scarlett).

Brambling by Clive Scarlett

Cotswold Water Park East     Two PINK-FOOTED GEESE in with the Greylag flock near Pit 114. Also a leucistic Greylag in the same flock. The juvenile GREATER SCAUP still today and 244 Pochards on the pit with three Great White Egrets, three Cattle Egrets and 20 Little Egrets in an adjacent flooded field. (Nigel Pleass).

Pink-footed Geese by Nigel Pleass

Forest of Dean    At Edge Hills this morning six Hawfinches in the treetops. (Owen Follis).

Eastleach     A SHORT-EARED OWL the Eastleach Downs crossroads at 3:45pm. Also a Peregrine, two Kestrels, 17 Corn Buntings and a Stonechat. (Ian Ralphs).

WWT Slimbridge     Two DARK-BELLIED BRENT GEESE, the Lesser White-fronted Goose of unknown origin, the Pink-footed Goose, the Ross’s Goose and two WHOOPER SWANS still all from Estuary Tower. A Spotted Redshank and 30 Ruff on the Tack Piece. Six Avocets on South Lake. (Mark Dowie/Slimbridge Sightings).

Ebley     A drake Goosander on the canal at Ebley Mill this morning. (Simon Spedding).

Frampton pools     The 3000+ Starling roost included a pure white bird, two male Goldeneyes, 79 Tufted Ducks, 20 Gadwalls, five Teal, two Wigeon, nine Mallards, a Shoveler, seven Little Egrets, three Grey Herons, a Kingfisher, a Chiffchaff, 20 Siskins, a Cetti’s Warbler, 208 Redwings, 20 Fieldfares, a Lesser Redpoll and a Grey Wagtail this afternoon. (Nick Goatman).

Quedgeley     No sign of the Ring-necked Parakeet around Taylors Ground Grove this morning but a Kingfisher and a female Blackcap of note. Along Elmore Lane West to the river eight Cormorants, a Chiffchaff, two Meadow Pipits, 20 Redwings, a Mistle Thrush, two Ravens and two Buzzards. (MK).

Elmore Court     At the Rewilding Project from the public footpath along Broadmeadow Bank Ditch birds this afternoon included three Wigeon, two Shelducks, eight Mallards and three Mute Swans on the scrape. Also two Stonechats, two Bullfinches, seven Meadow Pipits, 12 Redwings, seven Fieldfares, four Linnets, two Ravens, a Kestrel, and a Buzzard. (Steve Pullen).

Gloucester     At Robinswood Hill this morning two Stock Doves, a Treecreeper, a Bullfinch, two Ravens, a Jay and good numbers of Redwings. (Greg Anderson).

Lechlade     A wintering male Blackcap feeding on mahonia flowers in the garden. Also a rare visit from a Song Thrush. (Alan Williams).

WWT Slimbridge     This morning from the Kingfisher hide 112 White-Fronted Geese feeding in the Bottom New Piece. (Neil Smart). Two WHOOPER SWANS on the Tack Piece briefly before returning to the fields to the N. A Spotted Redshank on the Tack Piece. Two DARK-BELLIED BRENT GEESE on the Dumbles. Also today a Marsh Harrier, an Avocet and 38 Greenfinches in alders. (Ian Ralphs/Dan Fletcher/Dean Reeves & Karen Jayne).

Shepherd’s Patch     12 Egrets, including at least three Cattle Egrets, feeding in the grass field. (Neil Smart).

Quedgeley     A Ring-necked Parakeet on the edge of Taylors Ground Grove at lunchtime today showing very well. Along Sims Lane this morning in the waterlogged field between the canal and the farm, 29 Pied Wagtails, a Grey Wagtail, 20+ Meadow Pipits, 30+ Linnets, 10+ Chaffinches, 40+ Starlings, a Buzzard and 12 Black-headed Gulls. (Steve Pullen).

Ring-necked Parakeet by Steve Pullen

Saul Warth     This afternoon a Rock Pipit at Hock Cliff, a Chiffchaff at the sewage works, two Meadow Pipits, a Greenfinch and an adult Great Black-backed Gull eating an eel. (MK).

Rock Pipit by Mike King

Chapman Cross     500+ Fieldfares, including a leucistic bird, 1200+ Starlings, 500+ Linnets, 180+ Goldfinches, a Corn Bunting, two Red-legged Partridges and a Kestrel. (Terry Grant).

Chavenage Lane area     Four Red Kites today. (Terry Grant).

WWT Slimbridge    Two DARK-BELLIED BRENT GEESE, the Lesser White-fronted Goose of unknown origin and two WHOOPER SWANS still all from Estuary Tower. (Dot Jones/Jonathan Bull). A Water Rail briefly this morning from Stephen Kirk hide. (Paul Clark). 40+ Siskins and a Chiffchaff near the Hogarth hide. (Steve Pullen). A Spotted Redshank on the Tack Piece and a female Goldeneye on South Lake. (Martin Price).

Frampton pools     Two male Goldeneyes, three Shovelers, a Pochard, 107 Tufted Ducks, 52 Gadwalls, seven Great Crested Grebes, three Grey Herons, 18 Cormorants, 100+ Black-headed Gulls, 34 Fieldfares and two Nuthatches today. (Nick Goatman).

Cotswold Water Park West    This morning on Pit 65/43 13 Goldeneyes and three Goosanders, on Pit 57 five Goldeneyes and three Goosanders, on Pit 41 eight Goosanders, on Pit 31 six Goosanders and on Pit 16 four Goldeneyes. (Paul Rich).

Stroud    30 Siskins in the Alders at Wallbridge and a drake Mandarin at Lodgemore Mill pond this lunchtime. (Richard Williams/Simon Ashley). A drake Goosander on the Stroudwater Navigation, near Lidl this morning. (Jeremy Nottingham).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Hook 20 Canada Geese, 45 Wigeon, three Teal, a Gadwall, five Shovelers, at least 250 Lapwings, at least 270 Golden Plovers and at least five Dunlins. (Mike Smart).

Walmore Common    A Marsh Harrier hunting unsuccessfully for at least an hour today. Also 72 Canada Geese, 80 Greylags, two Shovelers, 160 Wigeon, 54+ Mallards, 400 Teal and a Peregrine. (Andy Jayne).

Awre     Four Common Cranes this morning. (David Smith).

Saul Warth     At dawn 14 Meadow Pipits, two Reed Buntings, 50+ Starlings, five Pied Wagtails, a Kestrel hunting over the flashes, two Grey Herons, two Cormorants and a Snipe. (Steve Pullen). Later a Curlew, 45 Lapwings flew S and a female Blackcap at the sewage works. (MK).

Framilode     Ten Little Egrets and two Grey Herons along Passage Road. (MK).

Cirencester     A MERLIN along the Whiteway towards Cirencester by the old pig fields this morning. (Dave Soons).

Leigh Meadows     400 Wigeon on the floodwater, sheltering under hedge from the strong wind today. (Mike Smart).

Tewkesbury     At Mythe Hook five Greylags, 15 Teal, 20 Mallards, five Shovelers, 450 Lapwings, 210 Golden Plovers and 40 Dunlins today. (Mike Smart).