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Friday 17th May 2024

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).

Thursday 16th May 2024

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).

Wednesday 15th May 2024

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).

Tuesday 14th May 2024

Frampton Mansell     Belated news of a 2nd-calendar year female PALLID HARRIER photographed at Chapman’s Cross on the 10th May. No further sign since. (Chenie Prudhomme).

Pallid Harrier by Chenie Prudhomme

Pallid Harrier by Chenie Prudhomme

Forest of Dean     An OSPREY at Woorgreens Lake at 6pm mobbed by gulls, then flew off in a southerly direction. (Rob Ward). At Cannop Upper Pond this morning a Coot pair with three young, a drake Mandarin, a Raven taking the ducks bread and stashing it behind in the steep bank and an adult and juvenile Mute Swan. (Chris Keeling).

Coombe Hill Meadows     11 Greenshanks and two Cattle Egrets from the Grundon hide, from the boardwalk five Yellow Wagtails and three Little Ringed Plovers. Along the canal three Redstarts and three Lesser Whitethroats. Also four Avocets, three Curlews, four Oystercatchers, three Redshanks, a Red Kite and two Swifts. (Steve Brown/Neil Pryce-Jones/Paul Clark).

Leckhampton     A Red Kite over Church Road, still uncommon here, a Jay on Leckhampton Road, a Green Woodpecker heard in flight and encouraging numbers of Greenfinches and Song Thrushes around Burrows Fields. (Steve Brown).

Sapperton area     5+ Corn Buntings, 12+ Skylarks, two Garden Warblers, a male Stonechat, a Whitethroat, five Buzzards, a male Kestrel with prey, a male Yellowhammer and a Silver Y moth this afternoon. (MK).

Corn Bunting by Mike King

Frampton pools     70+ Swifts, a Common Sandpiper, ten Common Terns, 30+ Sand Martins, 12 Swallows, six House Martins, a Red Kite, two drake Mandarins, four Shelducks and a Kingfisher today. (Nick Goatman).

Monday 13th May 2024

Coombe Hill Meadows     A TEMMINCK’S STINT in the flooded field to the right of the boardwalk at  7:45pm before it flew SW calling. (Kit Britten).

WWT Slimbridge    The WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showed again today at Middle Point. It is becoming more reliable but is quite distant and a scope helps gain good views. (Slimbridge Sightings). A Common Crane with two chicks on South Lake this morning. Also another pair with two chicks on the Top New Piece from the Van de Bovenkamp Hide. Two Muntjacs in the thicket next to the Kingfisher hide. (Martin Price).

Saul Warth     At high tide at midday four Bar-tailed Godwits, two red Knots, four Curlews, a Whimbrel, a summer plumage Sanderling, 15 Ringed Plovers, nine Dunlins, three Oystercatchers, 35+ Shelducks, a Little Egret, 20+ Swallows and 30+ House Martins. (MK).

Batsford     A Spotted Flycatcher hawking insects from a tree adjacent to the road in the grounds just N of the Rockery Bridge at Batsford Arboretum today. (Andy Graham).

Winchcombe     Three Swifts over the garden and a Great Spotted Woodpecker on the garden feeders. (Andrew Worthington).

Frampton    Early morning from Splatt Bridge a Cuckoo, two Redshanks, two Lapwings, three Little Egrets, three Grey Herons, four Gadwalls and five Shelducks and a pair of Mute Swans with six cygnets on the canal. (Steve Pullen). On the flashes early afternoon a Kingfisher, a Hobby and 20+ Swifts. (MK).

Sharpness to Berkeley shore     At least eight Stonechats including four juveniles this morning. (Mike Davis).

Tewkesbury     Two Swifts over the garden heading N late morning. (Les Ditchburn).

Netheridge Farm     Five Swifts over the swing bridge early afternoon. (Mark Hobson).

Sunday 12th May 2024

WWT Slimbridge    The WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showed again today at Middle Point. It is becoming more reliable but is quite distant and a scope helps gain good views. (James Robinson/Gary Watton/Ian Ralphs/MK).

Didmarton     A WOOD WARBLER singing in Hinnegar Wood today. (Terry Grant).

Tresham     At least two pairs of Yellow Wagtails in roadside fields, and five Red Kites over. (Terry Grant).

Yellow Wagtail by Terry Grant

Nailsworth     A NIGHTJAR called over the house at Walkley Wood at 10:15pm. (Jon Haw).

Naunton     At Huntsman’s Quarry and surrounding fields today, five Garden Warblers, a Corn Bunting, a Lesser Whitethroat, three Willow Warblers and four Whitethroats. (Jamie Brown).

Aylburton Warth/Guscar Rocks     Two Canada Geese, 16 Shelducks, nine Mallards, two Grey Herons, a Buzzard, three Oystercatchers, 45 Ringed Plovers, 11 Dunlins, two Curlews, four Redshanks, 26 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Lots of singing Skylarks, a singing Meadow Pipit, two Cetti’s Warblers also singing Whitethroats, Chiffchaff and Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart).

Bourton-on-the-Water     A Common Sandpiper on north pit today. (Keith Jennings).

Epney    14 Sand Martins over the river today. (Matt Neale).

Rodborough Common     Pasque Flowers in bloom today. (Gerard Doran).

Pasque Flowers by Gerard Doran

Saturday 11th May 2024

Purton     This morning pre-10am three Sanderlings, five Dunlins, 28 Ringed Plovers, a Great White Egret, a Yellow Wagtail, a White Wagtail, a Wheatear, two Red Kites, 20 Swallows, three House Martins, a Sand Martin, 40 Goldfinches and a Siskin. (Francis Steuck).

WWT Slimbridge    The WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showed again today at Middle Point. It is becoming more reliable but is quite distant and a scope helps gain good views. Also a Grasshopper Warbler reeling briefly. (Steve Pullen/Jordan Yates/Karle Burford). A 3rd calendar-year MEDITERRANEAN GULL on South Lake causeway at 4:30pm. (Ken Mihill).

Tidenham Chase     A Wood Warbler at The Park again today. (Steve Thorogood/Martin Vaisey/Terry Stevenson).

Wood Warbler by Terry Stevenson

Forest of Dean     At Nagshead a Firecrest, two Goshawks, a Cuckoo, 14 Siskins, two Pied Flycatchers, a Swift, a Sparrowhawk, five Treecreepers, four Nuthatches, a Raven, four Stock Doves and two Great Spotted Woodpeckers. (Oliver Paisey/Dursley Birders).

Coombe Hill Meadows     Birds today included 22 Gadwalls, ten Tufted Ducks, four Shelducks, six Avocets, four Oystercatchers, four Redshanks, 20 Lapwings, two Little Ringed Plovers, a Curlew, a WOOD SANDPIPER, a Hobby, a Great White Egret, nine Little Egrets, three Cattle Egrets, a Kingfisher, 21 Sedge Warblers, six Reed Warblers, a Great Black-backed Gull, also singing Skylark, Redstart, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff and Reed Bunting. (Ian Ralph/Mike Smart).

Ashleworth Ham     Five Mute Swans, ten Greylags, eight Canada Geese, a pair of Shelducks with three ducklings, 40 Mallards, plus a female with five ducklings, four Grey Herons, a Great White Egret, three Little Egrets, two Coots, a Peregrine, two Curlews, two pairs of Yellow Wagtails, two Cuckoos and singing Skylark, Redstart, Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff and Reed Bunting. (Mike Smart/Phil & Chris Andrews).

Redstart by Phil Andrews

Halmore     In the woods today birds include a calling Cuckoo at 6pm, two Spotted Flycatchers, a Bullfinch, large numbers of Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps, a Treecreeper, a Nuthatch, several Song Thrushes, two Mistle Thrushes, three Great Spotted Woodpeckers and a Green Woodpecker, also many Orange Tips and Brimstones, including a female laying on Buckthorn, several Peacocks and Speckled Woods and a Holly Blue laying on Holly. (Chris Newton).

Bourton-on-the-Water     The Oystercatcher pair on the north pits have hatched two young. A first-summer Hobby hunting over the south pits. (Andy Lewis).

Stonehouse     Two Red Kites over and a Swift today. (Jon Dexter).

Friday 10th May 2024

WWT Slimbridge    The WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showed again today at Middle Point. It is becoming more reliable but is quite distant and a scope helps gain good views. 2+ DARK-BELLIED BRENT GEESE on the Dumbles again. Six Sanderlings on the Tack Piece. An Egyptian Goose on South Lake.  (Tim McGrath/Tim Jukes/Dot Jones/Mark Dowie). A Red Kite over the Rushy at 1pm. (Tim McGrath).

Frampton     A drake GARGANEY, five Greenshanks, six Bar-tailed Godwits, a Grey Plover, three Oystercatchers, eight Redshanks, five Lapwings and a Great White Egret on Splatt flashes this morning. (Gordon Hodgson/Steve Pullen). Two Hobbies hunting over the 100-Acre before moving towards Frampton pools. (Steve Pullen). A distant flock of 60+ small waders over the estuary, Ringed Plover, Dunlin and a c10 Sanderlings. (Gordon Hodgson).

Tidenham Chase     A Wood Warbler at The Park today. (Steve Thorogood).

Maisemore    A Cattle Egret at the River Leadon flood near Maisemore. Also two Great White Egrets, 15 Little Egrets, a Kingfisher and a singing male Redstart. (Andy Jayne).

Rodborough Common    A Swift flew N over the Common today, and several Duke of Burgundy butterflies on the wing. (Rob Crofton).

Duke of Burgundy by Rob Crofton

Stonehouse     Two Red Kites flew over slowly at 6:25pm. (Jon Dexter).

Cotswold Water Park East     This afternoon in the Whelford area five Red Crested Pochards, two Gadwalls, six Great Crested Grebes, a Little Egrets, three Mute Swans, 15 Tufted Ducks, five Coots, two Moorhens, six Mallards, 50+ Cormorants, two Greylags, a Reed Warbler, two Sedge Warblers, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, three Long-tailed Tits, three Blackcaps, two Willow Warblers and a Bank Vole. (John Fletcher).

Thursday 9th May 2024

WWT Slimbridge    The WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showed again today at Middle Point. Also two Grasshopper Warblers reeling. Two Grey Plovers, three Ringed Plovers, 31 Dunlins, a Greenshank and an Egyptian Goose on the Tack Piece. (Roberta Goodall/Paul Masters/Steve Pullen/John Fletcher). A CORN BUNTING flew past the Bluethroat watch point and landed on the fence at Middle Point. (Terry Grant).

White-spotted Bluethroat by John Fletcher

Berkeley shore     Seven DARK-BELLIED BRENT GEESE flew S at 7:12am. (Paul Taylor).

Frampton     A drake GARGANEY, a Greenshank, four Redshanks, three Bar-tailed Godwits, two Grey Plovers, two Avocets, a Cuckoo and a Red Kite over at Splatt flashes. (Gordon Hodgson). Three Hobbies high over Court Lake late morning. (Steve Young). Around the pools 42 Chiffchaffs, 12 Whitethroats, four Lesser Whitethroats, 36 Blackcaps, six Cetti’s Warblers, ten Reed Warblers, eight Common Terns, three Oystercatchers, three Shelducks, a Lapwing, a Whimbrel and  62 Stock Doves. (Nick Goatman).

Tresham     Early morning two Yellow Wagtails, three Corn Buntings and a Whitethroat. (Paul Rich).

Chedworth     Three Swift feeding at altitude over Chedworth this evening. (Harvey Sherwood).

Wednesday 8th May 2024

Cotswold Water Park East     The drake FERRUGINOUS DUCK still on Pit 111 at Whelford pools today. (Mark Dowie/Christopher Teague).

WWT Slimbridge    The WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT showed again today at Middle Point. (Mike Davis). From Estuary Tower seven DARK-BELLIED BRENT GEESE on the foreshore. (Slimbridge Sightings). At 11:35am three Red Kites drifting NW high over the Rushy and Tack Piece. (Tim McGrath).

Forest of Dean    At Nagshead today two pairs of Pied Flycatchers, a Raven, a Peregrine and two Firecrests. (Chris Snook). Five Swifts over the garden in Cinderford this morning. (Owen Follis).

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area this morning, four Gadwalls including a female with six ducklings, two Lapwings, a Grey Heron, a Cuckoo heard, a Buzzard, a Sedge Warbler, two Reed Warblers, three Lesser Whitethroats, three Whitethroats, two Reed Buntings, eight Skylarks and 12 Linnets. (Steve Pullen).

Frampton pools     Three Hobbies circling high over Court Lake this afternoon, also the Ross’s Goose. (Steve Pullen).