Great egret

RSPB Ham Wall this afternoon: bittern, garden warbler, bearded reedling, c swift & hobby all new for the year plus marsh frog & great egret @somersetbirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #somersetbirds

11:50 1 knot with black-tailed godwits on South lake. Viewable from Discovery Hide @slimbridge-wild.bsky.social #glosbirds

13:45 Ryalls Lane, Cambridge: 3 mandarin (2m & 1f) on River Cam #glosbirds

13:10 cuckoo flying through and singing from plantation on Nebrow Hill between Cambridge & Frampton-on-Severn #glosbirds

Male blackbird & ring ouzel (momentarily not fighting) at Middle Hope earlier this morning @bristolbirding.bsky.social

8:20 White-spotted bluethroat distant but visible from Estuary Tower at WWT Slimbridge singing from top of branch in reedbed left of shepherd’s hut #glosbirds @slimbridge-wild.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social