14-08-26 Friday

Temp 17°C to 28°C - mostly sunny, just cloud and mist to start and again in the evening. A gentle breeze from the west with gusts to 23 mph.

BRISTOL

Bishopston:

c50 Starling - flock through the garden

Horfield:

1 Swift

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Teal - juv, 1 Wheatear, 5 Yellow Wagtail

14-08-26 Starling NP (Lisa Presland)

New Passage:

1 Kingfisher, c110 Starling - on the house, 3+ Wheatear, 5 Yellow Wagtail,

Pilning Wetland / Northwick Warth:

200 Ringed Plover, 16 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Common Sandpiper, 80 Redshank, £0 Dunlin, a few Turnston

14-08-25 Sparrowhawk Ingst (Steve George)

Wickwar:

1 Little Owl - calling

Ingst:

1 Sparrowhawk - absolutely no road sense!

NORTH SOMERSET

Sand Point/Bay:
11 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Raven, 1 Sand Martin, 73 Swallow, 12 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 9 Willow Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 15 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart, 6 Stonechat, 5 House Sparrow, 10 Dunnock, 2 Yellow wagtail, 2 Tree Pipit, 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Mangotsfield:

3 Red Kite

Bath - Englishcombe Lane:
5 Swift over at 2pm    

Burnett:

1 Red Kite

Chelwood

1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

14-08-26 Mandarin Duck CVL (Merv Carlyon)

Dam:
 1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Mandarin Duck (f), 2 G BB Gull, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Magpie, 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Pied Wagtail 

Hollowbrook:
1 Hobby

Woodford:
3+ Little Egret, 5 Great White Egret - both on Denny Island, 1 Buzzard, 3 Chiffchaff

14-08-26 Lapwing CVL (Lee Patch)

Herons Green:
4 Little Grebe, 5 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Greenshank, 2 G BB Gull, 1 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 10+ Swallow, 4 House Martin, 7 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Pied Wagtail

Stratford:
74 Mute Swan - around the lake, 50 Great Crested Grebe - together, 3 Lapwing, 4 Snipe, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 4 Greenshank,  80 Cormorant, 7 Little Egret, 5 Great White Egret, 2 Cattle Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker - calling, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Hobby, 2 Cetti's Warbler

14-08-26 Wood Sandpiper CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc Pool:
Mute Swan - +cygnet inc the polish, 50+ Gadwall, 30+ Teal, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 12 Green Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 9 Little Egret, 5 Great White Egret, 3 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 3 Kingfisher, 7 Jackdaw, 2 Reed Warbler, 10+ Swallow, 6+ House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 7 Pied Wagtail

Reported by: Merv Carlyon, Bryan Cook, Steve George, Dave Hughes, Matt Hull, Laura Hussey, Lee Patch, Lisa Presland, Paul Sadley, Joe Sargent, Martyn Smith, Nick Tippett, 

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13-08-26 Thursday - Black Terns

Temp 14°C to 32°C - sunny all day with a scattering of high cloud and a light southerly breeze doing little to keep the temperature down.  Drought conditions continue.

Garganey

Black Terns 

Wood Sandpipers

Whinchat

Greenshank, Green & Wood Sandpiper on Herriotts pool (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

no reports

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

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Spotted Flycatcher at CSC (Mark Coller)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
120+ Swallow, 14 House Martin, 6 Sand Martin, 2 Whinchat, 1 Redstart, 5 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Yellowhammer (locally rare).

NORTH SOMERSET

Hewish:

2 Stock Dove, 1 Great White Egret.

Banwell:
Spotted Flycatcher, Nuthatch.

BELOW M4 & BANES

no reports

Buzzard at CVL (Ian Stapp)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:

30 Canada Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 G BB Gull, 120+ Cormorant (fishing flock), 2 G W Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Magpie, 8 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 12+ Chaffinch.

Woodford:

4 Cattle Egret (on Denny Island), 8+ Little Egret (on Denny I.), 5 G W Egret (on Denny I.), 2 Buzzard, 5+ Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff.  

Villice:
3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Marsh Harrier 2 Hobby.

Black Tern (Bri Thompson)

Herons Green:

(there is a little area of mud in the bay now)
1 Garganey, 5 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 G BB Gull, 1 Common Gull, 4 Black Tern (1 adult, 3 juv.), 3 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Hobby.

Moreton:

Mute Swan family with the 'Polish cygnet', 5 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 G W Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2+ Reed Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler. 

Barnacle Geese at Stratford (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:

6 Barnacle Goose (flushed from in front of hide and flew towards dam), 68 Mute Swan, 58 G C Grebe (together on the lake), 7 Lapwing, 4 Snipe, 9 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 7 Greenshank (flushed by Marsh Harrier), 7 G W Egret, 9+ Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 5 Cattle Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 1 G S Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3+ Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 3 Sedge Warbler.

Cattle Egret (Bri Thompson)

Herriotts Bridge:

69+ Gadwall, 30+ Teal, 2 G BB Gull, 11 Lapwing, 9 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 5 G W Egret, 9 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Cattle Egret,  1 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Kingfisher, 6 Jackdaw, 20+ House Martin, 30+ Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 7 Pied Wagtail, 3 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting.

Reported by: Ian Stapp, Bri Thompson, John Thorogood, contributors to local WhatsApp groups, opsbirding severnsidebirds

12-08-26 Wednesday - Bar-tailed Godwit

Temp 13°C to 34°C - very hot all day with a slight breeze from the South-South East gusting to 14 mph.

Mandarin Duck

Bar-tailed Godwit

Wood Sandpiper

Bonaparte's Gull

Cattle Egret

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:

20 Coot, 1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Kingfisher

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick:
7 Teal, 4 Ringed Plover, 7 Bar-tailed Godwit, 13 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 Turnstone, 10 Dunlin, 1 Bonaparte's Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Yellow Wagtail

Little Owl, Horton (Caron ThorntonTrippit)

Horton:

1 Little Owl

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Lesser Whitethroat

NORTH SOMERSET

No reports

BELOW M4 & BANES

Downend:

1 or 2 Tawny Owl - calling 22:00

Marshfield:

2 Redstart

Burnett:

2 Kestrel

Chelwood

1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:

30 Canada Goose (wall),1 Barnacle Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Mandarin Duck, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 GBB Gull,  4 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Magpie, 2 Grey Wagtail, 8 Pied Wagtail

Bittern Trail:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

Cattle Egret, Bernard King Hide (George Stacey)

Bernard King Hide:
1 Greenshank, 2 Cattle Egret, 4 Great White Egret, 10 Little Egret

Woodford:

2 Collard Dove, 100+ Cormorant (big fishing flock lake), 2 Cattle Egret (on Denny Island), 6 Great White Egret (on Denny Island), 10+ Little Egret (on Denny Island), 3+ Jackdaw, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti's Warbler,    

Herons Green:

4 Little Grebe (pool) and 11 Little Grebe (together lake), 1 Common Sandpiper (wall), 2 GBB Gull, 2 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 20+ Swallow, 10+ House Martin, 9 House Sparrow (wall), 2 Grey Wagtail (wall), 12+ Pied Wagtail (wall)   

  

Moreton:

5 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Green Woodpecker (calling),

2 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3+ Reed Warbler    

Marsh Harrier, Stratford Hide (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
74 Mute Swans (dispersed over lake from hide), 38 Great Crested Grebe (together on lake including a pair with two medium sized young,too small to have come from elsewhere), 5 Lapwing, 4 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Gull, 7 Cattle Egret (flying in to Denny Island), 3 Grey Heron, 6 Great White Egret, 12+ Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (calling), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3+ Chiffchaff (car park), 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler

Herriotts inc Pool:
72+ Gadwell (pool), 30+ Teal, 11 Lapwing (pool), 1 Common Sandpiper (pool), 9 Green Sandpiper (pool), 1 Wood Sandpiper (pool), 2 GBB Gull, 1 Cattle Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 6 Great White Egret (lake), 12+ Little Egret (pool), 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 3 Kingfisher, 6 Jackdaw, 5 Sand Martin, 30+ Swallow, 25+ House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Jon Angell, Pete Coslett, Andy Davis, Oscar Dewhurst, Caron Thornton Trippit, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Les Williams

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11-08-26 Tuesday

Temp 13°C to 28°C - unrelenting sunshine with a gentle breeze from the Southeast.

Wood Sandpiper

BRISTOL

Clifton (The Gully):

c7 Jackdaw, 8 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Wren, 1 Wren, 6+ Starling, 2 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 3 Greenfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

11 Goosander, 3 Ringed Plover, flock Long-tailed Tit, 11 Whitethroat - one singing, 2 Treecreeper - in with LT, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 

Wood Sandpiper, Pilning Wetlands (Paul Bowerman)

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Wood Sandpiper

Frampton Cotterell (BOC walk):
10 Mallard, Woodpigeon, 2 Moorhen, 1 Herring Gull, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 6 Jackdaw, 1 Rook, Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 5 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Robin, 1 Dunnock

NORTH SOMERSET

No reports

BELOW M4 & BANES

Wheatear, Marshfield (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield:
1 Wheatear

Willsbridge:
1 Jay, 1 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow 9 Mistle Thrush

Kingswood:
4 Buzzard (circling)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Cattle Egret, BK Hide (George Stacey)

Bernard King Hide:
2 Cattle Egret

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Peter Bryant, Peter Coslett, Tim Ford, Alastair Fraser, Ian Saywell, George Stacey, ~Chris

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding severnsidebirds

10-08-26 Monday

Temp 14°C to 26°C - sunny all day with a light breeze from the north and gusting to 18 mph.

Grasshopper Warbler

Redstart

Whinchat

Wood Sandpiper

Sanderling

BRISTOL

Bishopston:

1 Jay

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Cliff/Services

5 Swallow, 2 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Garden Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart - trapped and ringed, 1 Whinchat, 15+ Tree Pipit - over

Chipping Sodbury Common:
3 Stock Dove, 4 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 3 Green & Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 3 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 5 Skylark, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Sand Martin, 45 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 10 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Redstart, 1 Whinchat

NORTH SOMERSET

10-08-26 Yellow Wagtail Cl-Y (Rowan Peters)

Clevedon - Dowlais:
40+ Ringed Plover, 1 Sanderling  - ad moulting, 20+ Dunlin, 5 Yellow Wagtail

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
2 Little Grebe + juv, 2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Bullfinch

Mangotsfield:

4 Raven

10-08-26 Mistle Thrush Willsbridge (Chris Hall)

Willsbridge:
4 or 5 Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail

Oldland Common - Westcourt:

7 Swallow - over low 

Hanham:

1 Swift

Burnett:

1 Red Kite

Chelwood

1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
30 Canada Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Mandarin, 10 Egyptian Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 G BB Gull, 12 Swallow, 10+ House Martin, 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 Pied Wagtail

Woodford:
2 Collard Dove, 2 Stock Dove, 100+ Cormorant - big fishing flock, 10+ Little Egret, 3 Cattle Egret - on Denny, 8+ Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff

Herons Green:
1 Gadwall + 2 duckling, 4 Little Grebe, 7 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 G BB Gull, 3 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 20+ Swallow, 10+ House Martin, 2 Grey Wagtail, 8 Pied Wagtail

10-08-26 Hobby CVL (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
1 lapwing, 3 Snipe, 12+ Little Egret, 5 G W Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard 1 Hobby, 1 G S Woodpecker - calling, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warble , 2 Cetti's Warbler , 5+ Chiffchaff

10-08-26 Black tailed Godwit CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc Pool:

72+ Gadwell, 20+ Teal, 1 Collared Dove, 6 Lapwing, 3 Black tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 2 G BB Gull, 12+ Little Egret, 3 G W Egret, 1 Cattle Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Reed Warbler, 10+ Sand Martin, 20+ Swallow, 12+ House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Jon Angell, John Barnett, Jamie Dunning, Tim Ford, Paul Francis, Chris Hall. Annie Hawkridge, Rob Laughton, Ross Nairn, Rowan Peters, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Nick Tippett

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09-08-26 Sunday - Blue-headed Wagtail

Temp 15°C to 28°C - sunny, with light air that started from the east and veered at 10am to westerly and gusting, as the temperature climbed from mid day, to 25 mph

Yellow Wagtail - inc Blue-headed 

Redstart

BRISTOL

Clifton, Clifton Wood, Cliftonwood Terrace:

1 Peregrine - over

Bishopston:

2 Jay

City Centre :

- Temple Quay:  1 Peregrine (f)

- Castlemead Tower:  1 Peregrine (m)

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

3 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Upper Hill:

1 Hobby

Oldbury Power Station - Sailing Club:
8 Green Sandpiper, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler

09-08-26 Buzzard Wickwar (Paul Sadley)

Wickwar - garden:

1 Buzzard - juv

Yate - Kingsgate Park:
2 Collared Dove, 23 Moorhen, 8 Coot, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Chaffinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
100 Canada Goose, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Jay, 2 Swallow, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 25 Goldfinch

Clevedon - Yeo:
7 Yellow Wagtail - inc 1 Blue-headed - ad

Kingston Seymour - Rhynes

8 Moorhen - with 17 mixed aged chicks and juv

Tutshill Sluice - R Yeo:

12 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 11 Canada Goose, 15 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 2 Redshank, 7 Cormorant, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk.

Sand Point/Bay:
200 Woodpigeon, 1 Moorhen, 1 Greenshank, 1 Swift, 1 Buzzard, 5 Raven, 2 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 82 Swallow, 3+ House Martin, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 8 Lesser Whitethroat, 36 Whitethroat, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Redstart, 10 Stonechat, 30 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 9 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Tree Pipit, 9 Meadow Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

09-08-26 Little Owl MF (Les Williams)

Marshfield:
2 Little Owl, 2 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail

Willsbridge:
1 Kestrel - revealed by the noise of 3 Swallow

Mangotsfield:

1 Red Kite

Oldbury Court, Lincombe Bar:
1 Kingfisher

RESERVOIRS

09-08-26 Whitethroat BL (Marc Hunt)

Blagdon Lake:

1 Marsh Harrier (f), 1 Whitethroat

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Mandarin Duck (f)

09-08-2026 Great White Egret with rings CVL (Bri Thompson)

Herons Green:
100 Black-headed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 7 Swallow

Stratford:
1 Hobby

09-08-26 Sparrowhawk CVL (Rowan Peters)

Herriotts inc Pool:
1 Lapwing, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Snipe, 9 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine

Reported by: John Barnett, Fletcher Bowman, Beth & Darren Burton, Mark Coller, Stephen Curtis, Richard Giles, Markas Gilmartin, Chris Hall, Nick Hawkridge, Matt Hull, Marc Hunt, Pete Hazelwood, Fin Hemming, Nigel Jackson, Fiona Neate, Freddie Nash, Rowan Peters, Richard Scantlebury, Bri Thompson, Nick Tippett, Al Wilde, Les Williams

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding severnsidebirds

08-08-26 Saturday

Temp 14°C to 27°C - sunny with high cloud after lunch with a light breeze that started from the east and veered slowly during the day to finish westerly by supper time. Gusting to 19mph as the day wore on.

Spotted Flycatcher

Whinchat

Little Owl

BRISTOL

Bishopston:

1 Sparrowhawk - chased by 4 Magpie, 2 at close quarters giving sly pecks, the others above riding shotgun

Eastville Park:

5 Stock Dove, c20 Coot, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Raven

St George - Crew's Hole Woodland:

1 Collared Dove, 1 Sparrowhawk. 2 Coal Tit, 9 Blackcap - inc juv, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

3 Swift, 2 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 10 Whitethroat, 2 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Stock Dove, 5 Oystercatcher, 5 Curlew, 1 Green Sandpiper, 100 Black-headed Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 3 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green and Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 13 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 20 Long-tailed Tit, 1+ Willow Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Stonechat, 1 Greenfinch

08-08-26 Kestrel Severnside (Andy Stockhausen)

New Passage/Northwick:
Kestrel - one of 10 around Severnside at present

08-08-26 Kingfisher SB (Mark Smith)

Severn Beach:
1 Kingfisher

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Red Kite, 3 Green & Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 3 Jay, 1 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 12 Skylark, 24 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 8 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Mistle & Song Thrush, 2 Spotted Flycatcher,  1 Redstart, 1 Whinchat, 1 Yellow Wagtail

NORTH SOMERSET

Nailsea - West End:

1 Little Owl

Yatton, North End, Little River:
1 Collared Dove, 1 Moorhen, 2 Black-headed Gull, 2 Cormorant, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Swallow, 75 House Martin, 9 Starling

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Whimbrel, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 7 Swift, 2 Raven, 1 Sedge Warbler, 29 Swallow, 3 Willow Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 15 Lesser Whitethroat, 35 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart, 8 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 20 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Tree Pipit, 10 Meadow Pipit, 2 Bullfinch & 4 Greenfinch.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge - garden:

1 Swift, 1 Sparrowhawk

08-08-29 Little Owl MF (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield:

1 Little Owl, Skylark, a few Swallow, Whitethroat, 1 Redstart, 2 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear - inc juv, Linnett, Corn Bunting

RESERVOIRS

no reports

OUT OF AREA

Cotswold Water Park - BOC Walk:

2 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 20 Tufted Duck, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Moorhen, 4 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 11 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Black-headed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Magpie, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 4 Swallow, 15 House Martin, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 2 Linnet, 3 Goldfinch

Reported by: Peter Bryant, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Ben Crabb, Duncan Evered, Chris Hall, Freddie Nash, Nick Hawkridge, Matt Hull, Emily Lomas, Dean Reeves, Richard Scantlebury, Mark Smith, Andy Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland

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07-08-26 Friday

Temp 10°C to 24°C - sunny moderate westerly breeze up to 6mph.

Bonaparte's Gull

Whinchat

Bonaparte's Gull, New Passage (Mark Smith)

BRISTOL

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

46 Swift, 44 Ring-necked Parakeet(!), 10 House Martin, 25 Whitethroat, 1 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

07-08-26 Linnet, Chipping Sodbury Common (Les Williams)

Oldbury Power Station:

23 Shelduck, 9 Gadwall, 3 Little Grebe, 10 Oystercatcher, 3 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 35 Turnstone, 1 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Peregrine, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat

Bonaparte's Gull, New Passage (Mark Smith)

Northwick Warth/Pilning Wetlands:
9 Ringed Plover (2 juv), 1 Lesser Ringed Plover, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 71 Redshank, 1 Dunlin, 1 Bonaparte's Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine, 1 Hobby, 3 Sand Martin, 1 Wheatear (juv), 4 Yellow Wagtail

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Little Owl (heard), Linnet

Wickwar:

1 Hobby

NORTH SOMERSET

07-08-26 Sparrowhawk Portishead (Beth Burton)

Portishead- garden:

1 Sparrowhawk

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 25 Swallow, 6 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Redstart, 5 Stonechat, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch, 4 Greenfinch, 2 Reed Warbler.  VISMIG: 1 Sand Martin, 10 Swallow, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Tree Pipit

Uphill:
1 Whinchat (juv)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bitton/Oldland Common:

3+ Red Kite

Stanton Drew:

15+ Cattle Egret

Chelwood:

2 Red Kite

Burnett:

1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
7 Egyptian Geese, 3 Greenshank

Chew Valley Lake

08-08-26 Yellow Wagtail, CVL (Merv Carlyon)

08-08-26 Mallard and deer, CVL (George Stacey)

Dam:

12 Canada Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 6 Egyptian Goose, 1 Mandarin Duck, Common Sandpiper,  2 Grey Heron, 4 GBB Gull (out on lake), 4 Swift, 29+ Swallow, 10+ House Martins, 1 Yellow Wagtail

Bernard King Hide:
1 Greenshank

Woodford:
80+ Great Crested Grebe (lake), 100+ Cormorant (big fishing flock lake), 7 Cattle Egret, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Bullfinch

Buzzard, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herons Green:
Gadwell + (2 Ducklings pool), 4 Little Grebe (pool), 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 GBB Gull, 2 Cattle Egret, 4 Buzzard,  6+ Swift, 20+ Swallow, 10+ House Martin  

Little Egret. CVL (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
5 Lapwing, 4 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 5 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 7+ Cattle Egret, 12+ Swift (high over lake early), 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Raven, 3 Sedge Warbler (some chicks), 5+ Reed Warbler (chicks being fed), 4 Cetti's Warbler (some chicks), 

Black-tailed Godwit, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc Pool:
72+ Gadwell (pool), 9 Lapwing, 3 Black-tailed Godwit (pool), 2 Common Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 5 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret (lake),  5 Little Egret (pool),   4 Cattle Egret, 1 Reed Warbler,  2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting   

Green and Wood Sandpipers, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Reported by: Beth Burton, Merv Carlyon, Raoul Chandrasakera, Paul Francis, Anthony Goodwin, Leon Hickman, Gary Hughes, Matt Hull, Brian Lancastle, Nigel Jones, Andy Middleton, Ross Nairn, Paul Sadley, Mark Smith, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland, Les Williams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding severnsidebirds 

06-08-26 Thursday

 Temp 13°C to 21°C. Sunshine & cloud. Gentle westerly breeze gusting to 20mph in the morning.

Mediterranean & Yellow-legged Gull

Wood Sandpiper

Common & Black Redstart

Spotted & Pied Flycatcher

Whinchat

Yellow Wagtail

BRISTOL

Henbury garden near Blaise car park:

Green Woodpecker, 2 young Magpie, 2 Coal Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit inc 2 young, Nuthatch & a finch fall: 4 Chaffinch, 12 Greenfinch & 10 Goldfinch inc juvs

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Pilning Wetland:

8 Tufted Duck, 1 Teal, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Lapwing, 60 Redshank, Little Grebe, Little Egret, Buzzard, Kestrel, Yellow Wagtail

06-08-26 Black Redstart, Severn Beach (Paul Bowerman)

New Passage

28 Oystercatcher, 33 Ringed Plover, 16 Lapwing, 20 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 8 Redshank, 3 Dunlin, 2 Mediterranean Gull (ad & juv), Kestrel, 1 Hobby, Peregrine, Sand Martins, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Black Redstart (first August record at this site), 1 Yellow Wagtail

Severn Beach:
Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, Curlew, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (juv), 2 Little Egret, Buzzard, Kestrel, Peregrine, 1 Redstart

Chipping Sodbury Common:
Red Kite, 26 Swallow, 16 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 8 Lesser Whitethroat, 15 Whitethroat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Pied Flycatcher (f), 3 Redstart, Whinchat

NORTH SOMERSET

06-08-26 Whitethroat, Banwell (John Thorogood)

Banwell garden:
1 Whitethroat

BELOW M4 & BANES

Burnett:

1 Red Kite,  2 Yellowhammer

Chelwood:

1 Red Kite

Folly Farm:

1 Red Kite, 5 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 2 Swallow, 2 Long-tailed Tit,

3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

1 Greenshank, 85 Cormorant, 4 Great White Egret, 4 Swift, 1 Yellow Wagtail (m)

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:

12 Canada Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Mandarin Duck, 8 Egyptian Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6+ GBB Gull (out on lake), 2 Grey Heron, 10+ Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, 2 Grey Wagtail    

06-08-26 Common Sandpiper, Bernard King Hide (George Stacey)

Picnic site 1:
1 Common Sandpiper

Bernard King Hide:
1 Greenshank

Woodford:

2 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 120+ Cormorant (big fishing flock on lake),  8 Cattle Egret (on Denny), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Bullfinch  

06-08-26 Oystercatcher, Herons Green (Lee Patch)

Herons Green:
Gadwall (+2 ducklings), 4 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Oystercatcher, 4 GBB Gull (with 6 Crow + big fish), 100+ Cormorant (big fishing flock out on lake), 1 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 20+ Swallow, 10+ House Martin, 2 Grey Wagtail

Stratford:

4 Little Egret, 3 Swift, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Sedge Warbler

06-08-26 Greenshank, Herriotts (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc Pool:

72+ Gadwall, 8+ Teal, 11 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 12 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Cattle Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Kingfisher,  2 Reed Warbler, 4 Sand Martin, 20+ Swallow, 10+ House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting  

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Pete Brain, Sam Caswell, Mark Coller, Stephen Curtis, Andy Davis, Oscar Dewhurst, Lee Patch, Aravind Ramesh, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, John Thorogood

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding severnsidebirds

05-08-26 Wednesday - Bonaparte's Gull

Temp 17°C to 22°C - sunny with clouds after some early rain. A moderate W/SW to start, a strong W/WSW after lunch, gusts to 27 mph.

Bonaparte's Gull

Wood Sandpiper

Blue-headed Wagtail

Bonaparte's Gull, Pilning Wetlands (Brian Lancastle)

BRISTOL

Greville Smyth Park:
1 Buzzard, 8 House Martin

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust-Littleton:
2 Buzzard (adult & juv), 2 Hobby

Aust Services:

2 Buzzard, 2 Whitethroat, 4 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, mixed flock of approx 100 Linnet and Goldfinch

Aust Warth/Cake Pill:

1 juv Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, 3 Common Sandpiper, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Stonechat

Bonaparte's Gull, Pilning Wetlands (Brian Lancastle)

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
2 Mute Swan, 33 Canada Goose, 1 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Moorhen, 8 Coot (2 juv), 50+ Oystercatcher, 30+ Ringed Plover, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Lapwing, 1 Whimbrel, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 75 Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 12 Dunlin, 1 Bonaparte's Gull, c1000 BH Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Blackcap, c400 Starling, 5 Yellow Wagtail - inc 1 Blue-headed juv, 1 White Wagtail, 12 Pied Wagtail

Severn Beach:
25 Ringed Plover, 20 Curlew, 4 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Gull, 1 juv Yellow-legged Gull, 2 GBB Gull

Yate:
Kingsgate Park: 1 Mediterranean Gull

NORTH SOMERSET

No reports.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Chew Magna, Chew Hill:
1 Hobby

Chelwood:

1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon:
4 Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Redshank

Cattle Egret & Greenshank, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake

Mandarin, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Dam:
1 Barnacle Goose, 4 Egyptian Goose, 1 Mandarin Duck, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 GBB Gull, 3 Swift, 12+ Sand Martin, 20+ Swallow

Hollowbrook:

1 Kingfisher

Woodford:
2 Stock Dove, 11 Cattle Egret, 100+ Cormorant 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Chiffchaff

Herons Green:
Gadwall family, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 GBB Gull, 4 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Wagtail, 10+ House Martin

Snipe, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
1 Lapwing, 2 Snipe, 2 Cattle Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 6 Swift,  2 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 3+ Sedge Warbler

Black-tailed Godwit, CVL (George Stacey)

Herriotts inc. Pool:
66+ Gadwall, 14 Teal, 14 Lapwing, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 3 Great White Egret, 3 Cattle Egret, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail

Black-tailed Godwit  & Green Sandpiper, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Pete Brain, Mark Coller, Oscar Dewhurst, Brian Lancastle, John Lewis, Rich Mielcarek, Nick Page, Lee Patch, Lois Pryce, Tony Scott, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen

blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds