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
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