25-03-25 Tuesday

Temp 08°C to 18°C - largely sunny with some cloud, a moderate W/WSW wind.

Blagdon Lake: please note there is currently no car access for permit holders at the Fishing Lodge gate. It is not known how long the situation will last. Check https://www.blagdonlakebirds.com/diary/ for updates.

Water Pipit

Jack Snipe

Osprey

Swallow

Common Scoter

BRISTOL

25-03-25 Kingfisher, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

Eastville:

1 Red Kite

Park: 1 Pink-footed Goose, 1 Kingfisher

25-03-25 Jay, Redland Green (Mike Owen)

Redland Green Park:

2 Jay

St Andrew's Park:

9 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 2+ Herring Gull, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 10 Redwing, 7 Blackbird, 12 Robin, 2 Pied Wagtail, Goldfinch

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Pink-footed Goose

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
14 Avocet, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Jack Snipe, 3 Redshank, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Sand Martin, 2 White Wagtail, 1 Water Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:

Common Scoter (over on noc-mig watch), + Redwing

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:

1 Snipe, 1 Red Kite, 1 Blackcap

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
3 Brambling

BELOW M4 & BANES

Peasedown:
Garden: 7 Greenfinch

Compton Martin:
1 Osprey

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
5 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Raven

Woodford:
3 Scaup, 16 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Dunlin, 2 Little Egret, 12+ Great White Egret, 3+ Redwing, 9+ Chiffchaff

Herons Green:
2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 2 GBB Gull

Moreton:
15+ Goldeneye, 2 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 6 GBB Gull, 2 Raven, 1 Reed Bunting

Stratford:
2 Scaup, 20+ Goldeneye, 80+ Great Crested Grebe, 5 Little Gull, 6 GBB Gull, 37 egret sp., 1 Red Kite, 1 Sand Martin

25-03-25 Intermedius LBB Gull, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc. Pool:
34 Shoveler, 2 Pintail, 4 GBB Gull, 1 LBB Gull (intermedius), 3 Little Egret, 13 Great White Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Swallow

Reported by: Derek Angell, Simon Bowles, Allan Chard, Chris Craig, Mark Coller, Andy Davis, Julian Eastoe, Dave Hughes, Matt Hull, Andy Mears, Alex Montacute, Nick Page, Aravind Ramesh,  Dean Reeves, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Reuben Veal.

blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds

24-03-25 - Monday - Seabird movement

Temp 08°C to 15°C - Grim, overcast morning, followed by glorious sunshine! A force 3 NNE wind gradually dropping to force 1.

Unusual movement of Kittiwakes/Gannets heading up the Bristol Channel again today with large numbers of birds flying in to the NNE wind - possibly birds on their way to breeding grounds in North Sea. 

Smaller numbers of routine migrants continuing to trickle in to the area.

BTO Breeding Bird Survey (Avon) – Unallocated National Squares (2025)

*transect route not yet mapped Contact Peter Bryant (peterbryant31@gmail.com)

South Gloucestershire
ST7380 (local) – Kingrove Common, Chipping Sodbury
ST7383 (local) – Sodbury Common
ST7774 – NW Marshfield (local)
ST7785 – Highfield Lane – S of Hawkesbury Upton*
ST7870 – St Catherine’s Valley
ST7986 - Farmland & Woodland N of Dunkirk

North Somerset
ST3566 – Wick Warth
ST3665 - Wick St Lawrence
ST3859 - Knightcott - W of Banwell *
ST3957 - Lox-Yeo River
ST3960 - Moorland Farm, N of Banwell *
ST4056 - Barton Drove (SW of Winscombe) *
ST4060 – Towerhead Brook
ST4158 - N of Winscombe*
ST4257 - Sidcot *
ST4364 - Congresbury Moor
ST4366 – E of Yatton
ST4367 - Farmland of Kenn Moor, North of railway
ST4461 – Brinsea (S of Congresbury)
ST4860 - Farmland East of Langford

Bath & North-East Somerset
ST5958 - White Cross, S of Bishop Sutton *
ST5966 (local) – S of Whitchurch
ST6356 - Hallatrow
ST6556 - Paulton
ST6757 – Radford
ST6862 - E of Stanton Prior
ST6954 - Radstock *
ST7057 - Peasedown St John
ST7157 - E of Peasedown St John
ST7160 - Farmland N of Dunkerton *
ST7168 - Bath Racecourse
ST7257 - Wellow Road, E of Peasedown St John*
ST7569 - N of Upper Swainswick

Somerset
ST3754 – Levels S of Loxton
ST3854 – S of Crook Peak
ST3850 - Levels W of Chapel Allerton*
ST4250 – Farmland to NE of Washbrook
ST4556 - Long Bottom (SE of Shipham) *
ST4651 - Cheddar Moor Drove*
ST4953 - Cheddar Head*
ST5153 - Yoxter Farm, Mendip
ST5256 - Green Plantation, S. of Ubley
ST5650 - Tower Hill (E of Priddy (Mendip)) *
ST5851 – Nedge Hill, NE of Green Ore*
ST6050 - SW of Emborough (W of Old Down)*
ST6054 - Farmland E of Litton
ST6154 - NW of Ston Easton *
ST6250 - N of Gurney Slade
ST6251 - Old Down (Mendip)
ST6352 – N of Chilcompton
ST6750 - N of Holcombe (E of Stratton on the Fosse)*
ST6850 - Lipyeate
ST7050 - Wincanton Racecourse *
ST7452 - Hardington & surrounding farmland
ST7652 - E of Hardington
ST7851 - Lullington (N of Frome) *
ST7853 - W of Woolverton (nr Rode but W of A36)*

Dark-bellied Brent Goose

Little Ringed Plover, Jack Snipe

Spoonbill

Little Gull

BRISTOL

Frenchay:

10 Redwing, 70 Fieldfare

Greenbank Cemetary:

1 Willow Warbler

Millennium Green:

18 Feral Pigeon, 24 Woodpigeon, 12 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1+ Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay (mimicking Herring Gull), 10 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 10 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1+ Greenfinch, 3+ Goldfinch

24-03-25 Greenfinch, Purdown Green Space (Danny Sturgeon)

Purdown Green Space:

7 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch

Redland Green:

1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch

Sims Hill:

37 Redwing, 4 Linnet

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

1 Water Rail, 6 Redwing, 2 (m/f) Stonechat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Gadwall, 24 Wigeon, 26 Teal, 3 Stock Dove, 4 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 35 Black-headed Gull, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 18 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 23 Redwing, 2 Stonechat 

Aust Services:
4 Spoonbill - later arrived at Slimbridge, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Redwing, 1 Rock/Water Pipit, 1 Redpoll

Pilning Wetlands:
12 Avocet, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Jack Snipe, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker

Severn Beach:

Present:
55 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 6 Curlew, 40+ Turnstone, c.250 Kittiwake, 6 ad Gannet, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Red Kite

Vismig:

11 Teal, 1300+ Kittiwake, 36 Black-headed Gull, 27 Common Gull, 52 Herring Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 93 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Sand Martin, 40 Starling, 33 Redwing, 4 alba Wagtail, 116 Meadow Pipit, 9 Chaffinch, 57 Linnet, 32 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin

Western Approach - Severnside:
5 Buzzard - calling

NORTH SOMERSET

24-03-25 Sparrowhawk, Middle Hope (Matt Hull)

M5 - W-s-M to Bristol:
3 Buzzard

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
Vismig:

1 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Common Gull, 108 Herring Gull, 118 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 47+ Gannet, 1 Cormorant, 1 Red Kite, 1 Rook, 3 Swallow, 80 Redwing, 9 alba Wagtail, 238 Meadow Pipit, 39 Chaffinch, 21 Linnet, 26 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin

Present:

1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Song Thrush, 21 Fieldfare, 4 Stonechat, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham - garden:
4 Chiffchaff

24-03-25 Siberian Chiffchaff, Compton Dando STW (Ian Stapp)

Compton Dando STW:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 6+ Chiffchaff, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 10+ Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Yellowhammer

Hunstrete:

1 Red Kite, 2 Raven

Peasedown St. John:
1 Blackcap, 1 Chaffinch

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
11 (9ad, 2w, 1w) Little Gull - around lake

Nunnery:
38+ Goldeneye, 1 Scaup

Herons Green:
40+ Canada Goose, 4 Gadwall, 30+ Tufted Duck, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 10 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting

Moreton:
26+ Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 24+ Tufted Duck, 1 Scaup, 2 Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Raven, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti's Warbler

Stratford:
1 Great White Egret, 2+ Little Gull, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Red Kite, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4+ Chiffchaff

Herriotts inc Pool:
40+ Shoveler, 8 Gadwall, 2 Pintail, 30+ Teal, 2 Goldeneye, 30+ Great Crested Grebe, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 36 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 13 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Out of area:

2 sum plum Black-necked Grebe at Cheddar Reservoir - won't be long before they leave now!

Reported by: Rich Andrews, Paul Bowerman, Simon Bowles, Michael Davis, Don Dickinson, Jamie Dunning, Julian Eastoe, Peter Hazelwood, Matt Hobbs, Matt Hull, Brian Lancastle, Andrew Middleton, Alex Montacute, Ross Nairn, Mike Owen, Aravind Ramesh, Dean Reeves, Ian Stapp, Danny Sturgeon, Larry Sweetland
blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds

23-03-25 Sunday - Osprey

Temp 07°C to 14°C - overcast all day, with a gentle breeze from the north - gusts to 18 mph.

BTO Breeding Bird Survey (Avon) – Unallocated National Squares (2025)

*transect route not yet mapped Contact Peter Bryant (peterbryant31@gmail.com)

South Gloucestershire
ST7380 (local) – Kingrove Common, Chipping Sodbury
ST7383 (local) – Sodbury Common
ST7774 – NW Marshfield (local)
ST7785 – Highfield Lane – S of Hawkesbury Upton*
ST7870 – St Catherine’s Valley
ST7986 - Farmland & Woodland N of Dunkirk

North Somerset
ST3566 – Wick Warth
ST3665 - Wick St Lawrence
ST3859 - Knightcott - W of Banwell *
ST3957 - Lox-Yeo River
ST3960 - Moorland Farm, N of Banwell *
ST4056 - Barton Drove (SW of Winscombe) *
ST4060 – Towerhead Brook
ST4158 - N of Winscombe*
ST4257 - Sidcot *
ST4364 - Congresbury Moor
ST4366 – E of Yatton
ST4367 - Farmland of Kenn Moor, North of railway
ST4461 – Brinsea (S of Congresbury)
ST4860 - Farmland East of Langford

Bath & North-East Somerset
ST5958 - White Cross, S of Bishop Sutton *
ST5966 (local) – S of Whitchurch
ST6356 - Hallatrow
ST6556 - Paulton
ST6757 – Radford
ST6862 - E of Stanton Prior
ST6954 - Radstock *
ST7057 - Peasedown St John
ST7157 - E of Peasedown St John
ST7160 - Farmland N of Dunkerton *
ST7168 - Bath Racecourse
ST7257 - Wellow Road, E of Peasedown St John*
ST7569 - N of Upper Swainswick

Somerset
ST3754 – Levels S of Loxton
ST3854 – S of Crook Peak
ST3850 - Levels W of Chapel Allerton*
ST4250 – Farmland to NE of Washbrook
ST4556 - Long Bottom (SE of Shipham) *
ST4651 - Cheddar Moor Drove*
ST4953 - Cheddar Head*
ST5153 - Yoxter Farm, Mendip
ST5256 - Green Plantation, S. of Ubley
ST5650 - Tower Hill (E of Priddy (Mendip)) *
ST5851 – Nedge Hill, NE of Green Ore*
ST6050 - SW of Emborough (W of Old Down)*
ST6054 - Farmland E of Litton
ST6154 - NW of Ston Easton *
ST6250 - N of Gurney Slade
ST6251 - Old Down (Mendip)
ST6352 – N of Chilcompton
ST6750 - N of Holcombe (E of Stratton on the Fosse)*
ST6850 - Lipyeate
ST7050 - Wincanton Racecourse *
ST7452 - Hardington & surrounding farmland
ST7652 - E of Hardington
ST7851 - Lullington (N of Frome) *
ST7853 - W of Woolverton (nr Rode but W of A36)*

Osprey

Ring-necked Duck

Arctic Skua

Ring-necked Parakeet

Wheatear

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:

many Chiffchaff - calling

Hallen Marsh:

1 Glossy Ibis, 4 Little Egret, 10 Canada Goose, 2 Shelduck, 4 Gadwall, 20 Teal, 5 Lapwing, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Skylark, 6 Redwing, 20 Fieldfare, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit

Hengrove:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - drumming, 

Clifton - Hope Chapel Hill:

1 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, Wren, Robin, Dunnock - - - every thing singing

Greenbank Cemetery:
1 Willow Warbler

Snuff Mills - R Frome Walkway
5 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Grey Wagtail

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

63 Meadow Pipit - over north

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Osprey - north

Severn Beach:
500 Kittiwake, 1 Arctic Skua - dark phase, 115 Gannet

NORTH SOMERSET

Leigh Woods:

4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush

Clevedon - Highdale House:
3 Feal Pigeon, 3 Herring Gull, 1 Jay, 2 Jackdaw, 16 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit

Backwell Lake:

Nailsea Moor:

1 Greylag Goose, 1 Great White Egret, possible Little Ringed Plover - over

Tickenham Moor:

8 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 7 Mallard, 4 Herring Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 GW Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 15 Rook, 1 Skylark, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 120 Starling with 80 Fieldfare, 30 Meadow Pipit - flock, 4 Greenfinch.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hanham - Holm Mead:
Skylark, flock of Redwing, inc one singing, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting - - song from them all.

Saltford:
1 Red Kite, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush, 60+ Redwing, 5 Greenfinch

Bath, Kensington Meadows:

1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Goldfinch

23-03-25 Ring-necked Parakeet Stanton Drew (Rich Keel)

Stanton Drew:
1 Ring-necked Parakeet, on the feeder

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Wheatear

Blagdon Lake:
3 Ring-necked Duck

Chew Valley Lake

Woodford:
9 Little Gull 

Nunnery:
100+ Redwing - very noisy

Moreton:
1 Osprey

Herriotts inc Pool:
1 Collared Dove, 1 Water Rail, 2 Grey Heron, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Chaffinch, Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Rich Andrews, Allan Chard, Ben Crabb, Rob Daw, Neil Delaney, Tim Fell, Fermandez Francis, Ollie Fournier, Malcolm Gibb, Matt Hall, Rick Keel, Brian Lancastle, Rob Laughton, John Lewis, Nige Milbourne, Elliot Stanton, Gary Thoburn, Chris Vines

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds

22-03-25 Saturday - Booted Eagle!

Temp 10°C to 16°C - Mostly cloudy, but quite warm.  Wind Force 1 from the east.

Ring-necked Duck
Little Gull
Jack Snipe
Booted Eagle

Wheatear
Ring-necked Parakeet
Willow Warbler

BRISTOL

Aspects Leisure: 

1 Kestrel

Horfield Common: 

1 Red Kite

Redland, Cranbrook Road
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Jay

Greenbank Cemetery
1  Willow Warbler

Withywood / Highridge Lane: 

1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 2 Peregrine

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Wickwar:

1 Little Owl

Northwick Warth/Pilning Wetland:
Ringed Plover, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Jack Snipe, Snipe, 1 Booted Eagle pale phase, Sand Martin, 1 Wheatear, 1 Water Pipit, Reed Bunting

Severn Beach:
1 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow

Chipping Sodbury Common:
3 Stock Dove, 1 Jack Snipe 3 Raven, 4 Skylark, 12+ Chiffchaff, 2 Redwing, 5 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting

Yate garden:
1 Red Kite

NORTH SOMERSET

Watercress Farm, Belmont:
Teal, Moorhen, 2 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, Jay, 20+ Skylark, 1 Sand Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Yellowhammer, 4 Reed Bunting

Banwell garden:
2 Stock Dove ,2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 m Blackcap singing    , 1 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 5 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch

Weston STW:
1 Ring-necked Parakeet

BELOW M4 & BANES

Oldland Common, Jarrets:
1 Red Kite

22-03-25 Chiffchaff, Keynsham Garden (Ian Stapp)

Keynsham Garden:
1 Sparrowhawk often, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Wren, 3 Blackbird, 2 Greenfinch

STW Compton Dando:
6 Pheasant, 30+ Woodpigeon, 2 Red Kite, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 30+ Crow & Jackdaw, 1 Raven, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Wren, 10+ Redwing, 3 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Yellowhammer

22-03-25 Dipper Willsbridge (Donna Harvey}

Willsbridge - Siston Brook:

2 Mallard (f&m), 2 Dipper, 2 Raven, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap (f & 2m), 2 Grey Wagtail

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Red Kite

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck

Chew Valley Lake
31 Little Gull, 1 ad Mediterranean Gull, 30 Sand Martin

Stratford:

6 Scaup, 4 Little Gull,

Herriott's:
1 ad Mediterranean Gull, 12 Cattle Egret

 
Reports: Rich Andrews, John Budd, Karle Burford, Ken Carruthers, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Fern, Ollie Foster, Ollie Fournier, Paul Francis, Donna Harvey, Maggie Jessop, Craig Lewis, Andy Mears, Mel P, Lee Patch, Mark Ponsford, Matt Prior, Dean Reeves, Mike Rowan, Paul Sadley, Joe Sargent,  Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen‬, Simon Stuart, Bri Thompson, John Thorogood, Lauren & Wayne Tucker, Gordon Youdale, Chris Vines, 

blagdonlakebirds, eBird, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

21-03-25 Friday - Little Gull

Temp 09°C to 18°C - a little light rain early on, quite heavy after tea, but nice for the rest of the day, a moderate breeze from the south east with gusts to 32mph.

BTO Breeding Bird Survey (Avon) – Unallocated National Squares (2025)

*transect route not yet mapped Contact Peter Bryant (peterbryant31@gmail.com)

South Gloucestershire
ST7380 (local) – Kingrove Common, Chipping Sodbury
ST7383 (local) – Sodbury Common
ST7774 – NW Marshfield (local)
ST7785 – Highfield Lane – S of Hawkesbury Upton*
ST7870 – St Catherine’s Valley
ST7986 - Farmland & Woodland N of Dunkirk

North Somerset
ST3566 – Wick Warth
ST3665 - Wick St Lawrence
ST3859 - Knightcott - W of Banwell *
ST3957 - Lox-Yeo River
ST3960 - Moorland Farm, N of Banwell *
ST4056 - Barton Drove (SW of Winscombe) *
ST4060 – Towerhead Brook
ST4158 - N of Winscombe*
ST4257 - Sidcot *
ST4364 - Congresbury Moor
ST4366 – E of Yatton
ST4367 - Farmland of Kenn Moor, North of railway
ST4461 – Brinsea (S of Congresbury)
ST4860 - Farmland East of Langford

Bath & North-East Somerset
ST5958 - White Cross, S of Bishop Sutton *
ST5966 (local) – S of Whitchurch
ST6356 - Hallatrow
ST6556 - Paulton
ST6757 – Radford
ST6862 - E of Stanton Prior
ST6954 - Radstock *
ST7057 - Peasedown St John
ST7157 - E of Peasedown St John
ST7160 - Farmland N of Dunkerton *
ST7168 - Bath Racecourse
ST7257 - Wellow Road, E of Peasedown St John*
ST7569 - N of Upper Swainswick

Somerset
ST3754 – Levels S of Loxton
ST3854 – S of Crook Peak
ST3850 - Levels W of Chapel Allerton*
ST4250 – Farmland to NE of Washbrook
ST4556 - Long Bottom (SE of Shipham) *
ST4651 - Cheddar Moor Drove*
ST4953 - Cheddar Head*
ST5153 - Yoxter Farm, Mendip
ST5256 - Green Plantation, S. of Ubley
ST5650 - Tower Hill (E of Priddy (Mendip)) *
ST5851 – Nedge Hill, NE of Green Ore*
ST6050 - SW of Emborough (W of Old Down)*
ST6054 - Farmland E of Litton
ST6154 - NW of Ston Easton *
ST6250 - N of Gurney Slade
ST6251 - Old Down (Mendip)
ST6352 – N of Chilcompton
ST6750 - N of Holcombe (E of Stratton on the Fosse)*
ST6850 - Lipyeate
ST7050 - Wincanton Racecourse *
ST7452 - Hardington & surrounding farmland
ST7652 - E of Hardington
ST7851 - Lullington (N of Frome) *
ST7853 - W of Woolverton (nr Rode but W of A36)*

Little Gull

Firecrest

Siberian Chiffchaff

BRISTOL

Avonmouth St Andrews Rd:

1 Peregrine

Bishopston:

2 Raven - over, calling

Eastville Park, Snuff Mills, Vassals Park:

5 Canada Goose, 1 Pink-footed Goose, 7 Mute Swan, 20 Mallard, 15 Feral Pigeon, 16 Woodpigeon, 3 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 4 Herring Gull, 3 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (1 drumming), 1 Jay, 5 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 23 Carrion Crow, 10 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Firecrest - singing in Snuff Mills car park, 8 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Starling, 4 Song Thrush, 7 Blackbird, 8 Robin, 1 Dipper, 4 Dunnock, 4 Grey Wagtail, 1 Goldfinch.

Purdown: early wander

inc; 1 Collared Dove, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, usual corvids, 5 Chiffchaff, Song Thrush, Greenfinch

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

1 Red Kite, 1 Rook

St Andrews Park:

19+ Redwing - early morning

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Marsh Harrier - juv, heading south

Aust Cliff - vimig:
1000 Woodpigeon, 10 Sand Martin, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch, 1 Yellowhammer

21-03-25 Med Gull Pil (Paul Bowerman)

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Pintail, Pochard, 12 Avocet, 7 Lapwing, 1 Ringed Plover, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 14 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Snipe, 5 Jack Snipe, 4 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 43 Sand Martin, 2 Chiffchaff - singing, 2 Song Thrush

Severn Beach:
1 Marsh Harrier (m), 10 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow

Easter Compton:

6 Mallard, 1 Pheasant, 4 Little Egret, 15 Rook (22 Rookery nests visible along EC main road), 2 LT Tit, 3 Chiffchaff.

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - Highdale Rd:
4 Herring Gull, 1 Magpie, 22 Carrion Crow

Nailsea - Church Lane:

2 Blackcap, 2 Blackbird

Sand Point/Bay Middle Hope - inc vismig:
1747 Woodpigeon, 1 Marsh Harrier, 4 Sand Martin, 8 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 3 Redwing, 35 Pied/alba Wagtail, 526 Meadow Pipit, 19 Chaffinch, 74 Linnet, 3 Redpoll, 59 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin

BELOW M4 & BANES

21-03-25 Grey Wagtail Siston Brook (Les Williams)

Oldland Common - Siston Brook:

1 Grey Wagtail

Compton Dando STW and lanes on way to CVL:
30+Woodpigeon, 1 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 20+Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 4 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 6 L TT,  5 Skylark, 7 Chiffchaff, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff, 4 Wren,  30+ Starling, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Blackbird,  2 Robin, 20+ House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 60+ Chaffinch, 5 Linnet, 6 Yellowhammer

Radstock - Writhlington:

1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
7 Little Gull

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
20 Canada Goose, 1 Pintail (f), 4 Goldeneye, 2 Little Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Great White Egret, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Pied Wagtail

Denny Island:
91 Egret - mainly Cattle

Woodford - part of the path:
4 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 26 Great Crested Grebe, 5+ Little Gull, 5 G BB Gull,  4 G.W. Egret, 2 G S Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 2 L TT, 7 Chiffchaff - singing, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Blackbird, 2 Bullfinch,

Herons Green:

30+ Canada Goose, 2 Little Grebe - pool, 2 G BB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 3 G.W. Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Pied Wagtail

21-03-25 Pochard CVL (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
2 Grey Heron, 50 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 1 Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 36+ Pochard, 2 Scaup (m), 1 Water Rail squealing, 10 Little Gull, 6 G BB Gull, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 20+ Starling, 12+ Chaffinch

Stratford:
1 Greylag Goose, 9 Little Gull, 1 Red Kite, 1 Blackcap - singing

21-03-25 Egyptian Goose & Shoveler CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc Pool:
3 Egyptian Goose, 5 Shelduck, 54 Shoveler, 16 Gadwall, 25+ Teal, 20+Great Crested Grebe, 2 G BB Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 15 Great White Egret, 21 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 8 Jackdaw, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Ken Carruthers, Pete Cheetham, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Jamie Dunning, Ollie Fournier, Matt Hall, Pete Harrison, Nick Hawkridge, Chris Holloway, Matt Hull, John Lewis, Andy Mears, Andy Middleton, Nige Milbourne, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Lois Pryce, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Les Williams

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds

20-03-25 Thursday - White-tailed Eagle

Temp 06°C to 21°C - Beautiful warm & sunny day, with a gentle breeze from the east south east.

Scaup

Little Ringed Plover

Jack Snipe

Little Gull

Osprey

Goshawk

White-tailed Eagle

Brambling

Redpoll

20-03-25 White-tailed Eagle, Lower Woods (Mark Coller)

BRISTOL

20-03-25 Redwing, Lamplighters Marsh (David Minshall)

Lamplighters Marsh NR:

1 Curlew, 1 Cormorant, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Wren, 1 Redwing, 4 Dunnock, 3 Linnet, 6 Goldfinch

Badocks Wood LNR & Henleaze Lake:

1 Canada x Greylag Goose hybrid, 1 Jay, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail

Fishponds garden:

1 Greylag Goose (over)

Highridge:

2 Red Kite soaring low over the houses

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

2 Canada Goose, 1 Mute Swan, 4 Mallard, 5 Teal, 6 Moorhen, 3 Little Grebe, 4 Ringed Plover, c130 Turnstone, 1 Grey Heron, 5 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 11 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap singing, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch

Oldbury Village & surroundings:

c15 Rook & 15 nests, c20 Common Gull with Herring Gulls, 1 Song Thrush

Severnside, Aust Cliffs:

   Vismig - 12 Stock Dove, 1272 Woodpigeon, 3 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 alba Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 26 Meadow Pipit, 27 Chaffinch, 6 Bullfinch, 4 Greenfinch, 20 Linnet, 55 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin, 2 Reed Bunting

   Present: 1 Peregrine, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap

20-03-25 Jack Snipe, Butts Pool Pilning Wetland (Aravind Ramesh)

Pilning Wetland:

4 Canada Goose, 44 Shelduck, 38 Shoveler, 42 Gadwall, 70 Wigeon, 12 Mallard, 1 Pintail, 60 Teal, 1 Pochard, 7 Tufted Duck, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Little Grebe, 10+ Avocet, 47 Oystercatcher, 1 Ringed Plover, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Lapwing, 31 Curlew, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Turnstone, 7 Dunlin, 2 Jack Snipe, 20+ Common Snipe, 86 Redshank, 2 Common gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 2 Skylark, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 12 Meadow Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting

Severn Beach:

21 Canada Goose, 33 Shelduck, 18 Wigeon, 39 Teal, 22 Oystercatcher, 4 Ringed Plover, 35 Curlew, 3 Turnstone, 15 Dunlin, 4 Redshank, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 singing Cetti’s Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff

Lower Woods:

5 Stock Dove, 3 Sparrowhawk, 4 Red Kite, 1 White-tailed Eagle, 10+ Buzzard, 4+ Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Raven, 2 Marsh Tit, 10+ Chiffchaff, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 80+ Redwing, 4 Fieldfare, 4 Grey Wagtail

20-03-25 Little Owl, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)

Wickwar:

1 Little Owl

NORTH SOMERSET

20-03-25 Purple Sandpipers, Portishead (Mike Owen)

Portishead:
3 Purple Sandpiper

Clevedon - Yeo:
Shelduck, Shoveler, Wigeon, 2 Mallard, 2 Pintail, Teal, 1 Avocet, Oystercatcher, 1 Lapwing, 2 Redshank, 2 Common Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 4 Skylark, 3 Chiffchaff, Meadow Pipit

Clevedon Highdale Rd:

1 Woodpigeon, 22 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit

Tyntesfield:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Nuthatch

20-03-25 Firecrest, Sand Point (Matt Hull)

Sand Point / Middle Hope:

Vismig: 1110 Woodpigeon, 1 Dunlin, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Wagtail, 23 alba Wagtail, 153 Meadow Pipit, 1 Brambling, 4 Greenfinch, 18 Linnet, 1 Redpoll, 23 Goldfinch
Grounded: 23 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Firecrest, 5 Goldcrest, 1 Wheatear, 80 Meadow Pipit

Leigh Woods:

   Leigh Court: Buzzard, Tawny Owl calling at 10.30 a.m, Green Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest

   Paradise Bottom: Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Grey Wagtail

Whitchurch fields / Maes Knoll: 

1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 2+ Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 4 Raven, 1 Red Kite, 2+ Skylark, 1+ Chaffinch,  2 Greenfinch, 1 Linnet

Norton Malreward:

1 Barn Owl out in middle of the day

North Worle:
1 Goshawk & 1 Red Kite (over)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hanham:
1 Redpoll (over)

Willsbridge valley:

4 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Nuthatch, Song Thrush, Dipper, 3 Grey Wagtail

Dyrham:

1 Red Kite

Keynsham Garden:
2 Raven (over), 4 Chiffchaff 

Newton St Loe:
8 Mallard, 5 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 7 Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron (2 nests), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 14 Blue Tit, 15 Great Tit, 7 Chiffchaff all singing, 2 Blackcap, 3 Nuthatch, 15 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, 5 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Chaffinch all singing, 2 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch 

Chew Magna:

2 Kingfisher

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
5 Snipe, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Osprey (over, heading north), 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 9 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
6+ Little Gull

Herons Green:
32 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose,  8 Pochard, 4 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Cattle Egret, 4 Great White Egret, 6 Buzzard soaring, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Bunting

Moreton:

 2 Shelduck, 10+ Shoveler, 3 Wigeon, 4 Scaup, 2 GBB Gull, 3 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff

Stratford:
6 Scaup (4m), 1 Red Kite, 1 Blackcap singing

 20-03-25 Greenfinch, Herriotts CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc Pool:

1 Egyptian Goose, 3 Shelduck, 52 Shoveler, 8 Gadwall, 2 Pintail, 20+ Teal, 4 Goldeneye, 20+ Great Crested Grebe, 4 GBB Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 11 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (m), 3 Buzzard, 4 Jackdaw, 7 Sand Martin (high up over lake), 3 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Greenfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Graham Blacker, Paul Bowerman, Pete Brain, Mark Coller, Andy Davis, Paul Francis, Andy Gibb, Rob Hargreaves, Matt Hobbs, Matt Hull, Rob Laughton, Timothy Marks, Nigel Milbourne, David Minshall, Steve Newland, Jean Oliver, Mike Owen, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Lois Pryce, Aravind Ramesh, Denise Rudeforth, Paul Sadley, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Caron Thornton-Trippit
blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds

19/03/25 Wednesday - Little Gull

Temp 01°C to 15°C - a frosty start then a sunny morning with more cloud in the afternoon.  A cool ENE kept things feeling chilly this morning but dropped to make the afternoon pleasantly warm.

Scaup

Jack Snipe

Little Ringed Plover

Little Gull

Willow Warbler

Corn Bunting

BRISTOL

Greville Smyth Park:

2 Woodpigeon, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Jay, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Wren, 2 Blackbird,1 Robin,  4 House Sparrow, 1 Greenfinch,1 Goldfinch

Hope Chapel:

3 Woodpigeon, 2 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 2 Coal Tit,  2 Blue Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 5 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 3 Goldfinch  

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

1 Skylark (1st this year)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Sand Martin

Aust Warth Vis Mig:
4189 Woodpigeon, 1 Sand Martin, 1 Corn Bunting

New Passage/Northwick:
70 Wigeon, c 100 Turnstone, 2 Dunlin, 1 Peregrine, 

Pilning Wetlands:
7 Avocet, 1 Ringed Plover, 8 Little Ringed Plover, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Jack Snipe, 25+ Snipe, 2 Reed Bunting,

Hallen Marsh:

1 Lapwing, 2 Snipe

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
2 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler

Clevedon - Highdale Garden:
5 Herring Gull, 5 Woodpigeon, 3 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 20 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Robin

Sand Point/Bay Vis mig:
17 Stock Dove, 1223 Woodpigeon, 1 Golden Plover, 19 Ringed Plover, 1 Sand Martin, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Wheatear, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Grey Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail, 22 alba Wagtail, 185 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 8 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 8 Linnet, 2 Redpoll, 32 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Folly Farm:

2 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl(m), 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven,

2 Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Skylark, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrest(singing), 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper,

1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Bullfinch(m), 2 Goldfinch

Redwing and Fieldfare, Paulton ( Patrick Hancock)

Paulton:
30 Woodpigeon, 1 Raven, 1 Chiffchaff, 40 Starling, 10 Redwing, 60 Fieldfare

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Woodford:
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Cetti’s warbler, 1 Willow Warbler (in song) 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap

BH Gull and Little Gull, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
7 Scaup (3f, 4m), 1 Water Rail, 13 Little Gull (1 1st Winter), 7 Great White Egret, 1 Tawny Owl

Stratford:

1 Scaup (juv m), 40 Goldeneye, 2 Marsh Harrier (juv m, f)

Herriotts inc Pool:
2 Pintail, 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 2 Reed Bunting (singing)

Reported by: Jon Angell,  Pete Brain, Andy Davis, Julian Eastoe, Patrick Hancock, Matt Hobbs, Matt Hull, John Lewis, Nigel Povey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland
blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds

18-03-25 Tuesday - Common Scoter, Swallow

Temp 00°C to 15°C - a frosty start, largely sunshine all day, but cold in the NE/E wind.

Common Scoter

Swallow

Wheatear

Glossy Ibis

Scaup

Purple Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

18-03-25 Cattle Egret, CVL (Lucy Masters)

BRISTOL

Chocolate Path:

2 Oystercatcher

Eastville Park:
BOC walk: 25 Canada Goose, 1 Pink-footed Goose, 16 Mute Swan, 30+ Mallard, 150+ Feral Pigeon, 3 Stock Dove, 20+ Woodpigeon, 1 Collard Dove, 1 Moorhen, 10+ Coot, 14 Black-headed Gull, 10+ Herring Gull, 10+ Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Red Kite, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 30+ Magpie, 30+ Jackdaw, 40+ Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 20+ Blue Tit, 20+ Great Tit, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, 8+ Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 6 Starling, 1 Blackbird, 10+ Robin, 10 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch

Hallen Marsh:

1 Glossy Ibis

Old Sneed Park:

Garden: 1 Red Kite, 2 Greenfinch

St Andrew's Park:
2 Collared Dove, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Wren, 2 Starling, 21 Redwing

St Werburghs:

Boiling Wells Lane: 1 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, c10 Long Tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, c6 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Vismig: 80 Woodpigeon, 1 Red Kite, 2 Pied Wagtail, 100 Meadow Pipit 

Present: 2 Wheatear

18-03-25 Meadow Pipit, Aust (Vic Savery)

Aust:

3 Stonechat, + Meadow Pipit

Severn Beach:

1 Pintail, 1 Water Rail, 6+ Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Bunting

Western Distribution:

1 Green Sandpiper, 20 Linnet

Coalpit Heath/Frampton End:

1 Mallard, 7 Stock Dove, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 170 Carrion Crow (feeding flock), 12 Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 30 Chaffinch, 250 Linnet, 1 Yellowhammer

Chipping Sodbury Common:

5 Stock Dove, 1 Snipe, 7 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 5 Skylark, 3 Chiffchaff, 34 Redwing, 8 Meadow Pipit, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

NORTH SOMERSET

18-03-25 Purple Sandpipers, Portishead (Mike Owen)

Portishead:

6 Purple Sandpiper

18-03-25 Common Scoter, Grey Plover, Dowlais (Mark Savage)

Clevedon:
Dowlais-Channel View: 100 Shelduck, 1 Common Scoter, 4 Oystercatcher, 1 Lapwing, 2 Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 20 Curlew, 1 Turnstone, 2 Dunlin, 13 Redshank, 1 Raven,1 Chiffchaff, 1 Stonechat, 12 Meadow Pipit, 3 Greenfinch, 4 Linnet

Garden: 1 Feral Pigeon, 2 Herring Gull, 3 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 6 Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Robin

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
821 Woodpigeon, 1 Swallow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 White Wagtail, 38 alba Wagtail, 574 Meadow Pipit, 11 Chaffinch, 18 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin

Weston Super Mare STW:

1 Swallow, 7 Chiffchaff

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbirdge:

1 Buzzard, Long-tailed Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Dipper, 1 Chaffinch

Bath:
Carrs Woodland: 3 Stock Dove, 1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Coal Tit17 Blue Tit, 15 Great Tit, 8 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Goldfinch

Hursley Hill:
1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Barrow:
1 Common Sandpiper

Chew Valley Lake

Denny Island:
roost of 40 small egrets

Herons Green:
1 Green Sandpiper

Moreton:
1 Greylag Goose, 3 Goosander, 2 GBB Gull, 10 Little Egret, 7 Great White Egret, 49 Cattle Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Raven, 17 Meadow Pipit, 10+ Pied Wagtail, 2 Chiffchaff

18-03-25 Scaup, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
2 Shoveler, 12 Pochard, 5 Scaup, 2 Goldeneye, 1 Buzzzard, 1 Red Kite, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Chiffchaff

Herriotts inc. Pool:
5 Shelduck, 48 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, 2 Pintail, 4 GBB Gull, 7 Great White Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 4 Marsh Harrier, 3 Buzzard, 1 Jay, 5 Greenfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Mark, Si Bowles, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Markas Gilmartin, Patrick Haigh, Rob Hargreaves, Donna Harvey, Matt Hull, Mike Jackson, Lucy Masters, Mike Owen, Nigel Povey, Mark Savage, Vic Savery, Rich Scantlebury, Mark Smith, Ian Stapp, Danny Sturgeon, Larry Sweetland, Karen Wilkinson

blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds

17-03-25 Monday - Hawfinch

Temp 06°C to 08°C - some sun and some cloud. Felt cold in the moderate, NE/ENE wind.

Hawfinch

Glossy Ibis

Ring-necked Duck

Sanderling

Water Pipit

BRISTOL

Bishop Road to Horfield Common:

8 Feral Pigeon, 13 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 3 LBB Gull, 8 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 7 Crow, 1 Raven, 5 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap (singing) 3 Wren, 27 Starling, 4 Blackbird, 7 Robin, 18 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 7 Goldfinch

Frenchay, Dings Crusaders rugby pitch:
30 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, 20 Starling

Hallen Marsh:
4 Gadwall, 5 Stock Dove, 4 Lapwing, 6 Snipe, 1 Glossy Ibis, 7 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawl, 2 Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Skylark, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Redwing, 16 Pied Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit, 1 Goldfinch

Westbury on Trym:
2 Hawfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
WeBS: 3 Canada Goose, 10 Shelduck, 1 Gadwall, 66 Wigeon, 24 Mallard, 44 Teal, 4 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 14 Curlew, 60 Turnstone, 1 Sanderling, 40 Dunlin, 80 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 29 Redshank, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Rock Pipit

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
11 Avocet, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Jack Snipe

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:

6 Purple Sandpiper, 2 Rock Pipit

Nailsea Moor:

3 Canada Goose, 9 Mute Swan, 8 Mallard, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 25 Herring Gull, 1 Stock Dove, 10 Woodpigeon, 1 Magpie, 7 Rook, 15 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Wren, c 100 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 8 Fieldfare, 4 Robin, 6 House Sparrow

Clevedon:

Garden: 2 Feral Pigeon, 2 Herring Gull, 3 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 16 Crow

BELOW M4 & BANES

Compton Dando STW:
1 Green Woodpecker, 40+ Jackdaw, 3 Skylark, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff, 12+ Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail

Corston Fields:
70 Stock Dove, 70 Woodpigeon, 1 Sparrowhawk, 50 Starling

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
20 Canada Goose, 15 Mute Swan, 3 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 47 Mallard, 5 Teal, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 193 Tufted Duck, 15 Moorhen, 306 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 31 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Common Gull, 4 GBB Gull, 3 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 7 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Siberian Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Grey Wagtail

Chew Valley Lake

17-03-25 Egyptian Goose, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose, 4 Goldeneye, 8 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Chiffchaff

Herons Green:
1 Scaup, 2 Little Grebe, 2 GBB Gull, 5 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron

Moreton:
50 Canada Goose, 1 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Raven, 2 Chiffchaff, 8 Redwing, 12+ Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting

Stratford:
6 Scaup, 25 Goldeneye, 1 Red Kite, 2 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Blackcap (singing)

Herriotts inc. Pool:
5 Shelduck, 24 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, 25+ Teal, 6 GBB Gull, 9 Great White Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, John Budd, Andy Davis, Ferm Francis, Rob Hargreaves, John Lewis, Andrew Middleton, Jean Oliver, Tom O Shea, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Aravind Ramesh, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Rod Taylor, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds

16-03-25 Sunday - Glossy Ibis

Temp -02°C to 10°C - sun to start, then cloudy. Felt cold in the moderate to strong NE wind.

Yesterday's Swallow was number 144 for the Avon year list, see it here. Summer migrant arrival data can be seen here.

There are still some vacant heathland bird survey sites in Avon/the Mendips, more details here.

Glossy Ibis
Scaup

Green Sandpiper

Sand Martin

Siberian Chiffchaff

BRISTOL

16-03-25 Kingfisher, Eastville Park (James Dickinson)

Eastville Park:
c25 Canada Goose, 1 Pink-footed Goose, 16 Mute Swan, 30+ Mallard, 140+ Feral Pigeon, 3 Stock Dove, 30+ Woodpigeon, 3 Moorhen, 10+ Coot, 8 Black-headed Gull, 10+ Herring Gull, 10+ Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Cormorant, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 40+ Magpie, 30+ Jackdaw, 50+ Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 30+ Blue Tit, 20+ Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, 5 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 9 Starling, 3 Song Thrush, 4 Blackbird, 20+ Robin, 4 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Goldfinch

Hallen Marsh:
1 Glossy Ibis

Hotwells/Cumberland Basin:

6 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 1 Cormorant, 21 Jackdaw, 1 Song Thrush, 5+ House Sparrow

Sea Mills:

Webs: 14 Mallard, 7 Common Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 78 Redshank, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

16-03-25 Common Sandpiper, Oldbury (Heather England)

Oldbury Pill:

1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 50+ Redshank, 1 Stonechat

Aust Warth:
5 Skylark, 2 Stonechat, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting

16-03-25 Goldfinch, Severnside (Les Williams)

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
12 Avocet, 13+ Snipe, 25 Meadow Pipit, Greenfinch singing, Goldfinch, Linnet singing

16-03-25 Stonechat, Western D (Vic Savery)

Western Distribution:
1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 6+ Skylark, 2 pr Stonechat

NORTH SOMERSET

16-03-25 Purple Sandpiper, Portishead (Mike Owen)

Portishead:

4 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Peregrine, 1 Raven

Clevedon:
WeBs, including: 5 Egyptian Goose (record count), 12 Shoveler, 5 Goosander, 4 Oystercatcher, 4 Lapwing, 6 Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 6 Curlew, 101 Redshank, 7 Cattle Egret,  5 Skylark, 2 Cetti's Warbler

Garden: 1 Feral Pigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 4 Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Robin

Dowlais: 27 Shelduck, 18 Shoveler, 3 Wigeon, 2 Pintail,  29 Teal, 4 Oystercatcher, 4 Lapwing, 6 Curlew, 4 Snipe, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Mistle Thrush, 12 Redwing, 22 Fieldfare

BELOW M4 & BANES

16-03-25 Mistle Thrush & Fieldfare, Willsbridge (Peter Walton)

Willsbridge:

Londonderry Farm: 2 Mistle Thrush, 12 Fieldfare

Mill and Valley: 1 Kingfisher, 3 Coal Tit, 1 Firecrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail

Holm Mead:

1 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, 30 Yellowhammer

Keynsham - Broadmead:
1 Snipe

Corston Fields:

Nr Wheatsheaf: 300 Stock Dove, 1 Merlin

Compton Dando STW:
3 Chiffchaff, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Sutton Wick:
5 Scaup, 1 Sand Martin

Moreton:
3 Scaup

Stratford:
1 Marsh Harrier

Herriotts inc. Pool:
35 Shoveler

Reported by: Dru Brooke-Taylor, Stephen Curtis, Jake Cvetas, Mike Davis, James Dickinson, Heather England, Marc Hunt, Andrew Middleton, Mike Owen, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Matt Rogers, Carol Rushton, Vic Savery, Sue Sayers, Rich Scantlebury, Tony Scott, Simon Stuart, Peter Walton, Jason Williams, Les Williams

blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds