6 heron day at ham wall / meare heath today, completed by the meare Purple at 6.15pm (all 3 egrets and bittern too!), after the red-footed falcon, before the glossy ibis (with the ring-necked duck there yesterday) BirdGuides RareBirdAlertUK

Impressive swirling flocks of avocet and black-tailed godwits at goldcliff yesterday afternoon, plus an immature spoonbill - yours? Slimbridge Sightings

I saw the black swan Slimbridge Sightings last Friday - is it still there? As one has now turned up in Somerset...

Quiet day on the levels, but still redshank, lapwing, cuckoo and hobbies at catcott and ham wall (14 blackwits at latter). Plus crane elsewhere Somerset Birds

Red kite circling over M5 just south of Worcester at 11am @worc

Wonderful news this evening! A pair of Montagu's Harrier has bred at a secret location in England this summer, the RSPB has announced: bit.ly/4l7fDlV