Wednesday, 30 April 2025

30-04-25 Wednesday - Spotted Flycatcher

Temp 10°C to 26°C - Sunny with light airs from the south east, increasing slightly after dark and moving south westerly

Spotted Flycatcher
Common Scoter
Cuckoo
Osprey
Barn Owl

BRISTOL

Ashley Down - County Ground:
2 Swift - screaming, 2 Raven

Avonmouth - Chittening Warth:
1 Marsh Harrier

Bishopston:
1 Red Kite - flying north this pm

Chocolate Path - New Cut:
2 Common Sandpiper

Coombe Dingle:
1 Whitethroat - 1st in 35 yrs

Eastville:
3 Swift - back on site

Fishponds:
2 Swift - back on site

Henbury:
1 Osprey - heading north east

Montpelier:
6 Swift
30-04-25 Little Egret R Frome Valley (Tony Jones)
Oldbury Court / Vassalls Park - R Frome
1 Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Dipper

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Wickwar:
21 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose.1 Barn Owl - 21:30, 1 Little Owl, 
30-04-25 Canada Goose OPS (Pete Hazelwood)
Oldbury Power Station:
2 Canada Goose + 3 gosling - walked 1.7 mile to Oldbury Pill, 1 Grey Plover - sum plum, 17 Bar-tailed Godwit, 

Rockhampton:
1 Cuckoo, 2 Hobby, 1 Sedge Warbler, ++ Reed Warbler

Littleton Brisk Pits:
2 Cuckoo (f&m) 

Thornbury:
2 Swift - screaming

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Pochard, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 1 Cattle Egret, 3 Yellow Wagtail

Severn Beach:
4 Common Scoter, 1 Cuckoo, 36 Grey Plover, 14 Whimbrel, 13 Bar-tailed Godwit, 16 Sanderling, 5 Little Gull, 1 Common Tern, 1 Artic Skua, 1 Hobby, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat, 2 Wheartar, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Tree Pipit

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
14 Canada Goose + goslings, 4 Little Grebe, 3 Oystercatcher, 8 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 10 Dunlin, 5 Black- headed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Swallow, 3 Whitethroat

Clevedon - Yeo:
Wood Warbler - singing along Poets Walk

Congresbury Moor:
2 Stock Dove, 1 Jay, 3 Skylark, 8 Cetti’s Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 14 Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Whitethroat, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Stonechat 2 Reed Bunting

Puxton Moor:
3 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 9 Sedge Warbler, 20 Reed Warbler, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 4 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 6 Reed Bunting
30-04-25 Cuckoo Sand Point (Matt Hull)
Sand Point/Middle Hope:
4 Common Scoter, 1 Cuckoo, 50 Whimbrel, 24 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Sandwich Tern, 2 Arctic Skua, 4 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Garden Warbler, 7 Lesser Whitethroat, 30 Whitethroat, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 3 Yellow Wag & 1 Tree Pipit.

BELOW M4 & BANES
30-04-25 Skylark MF (Caron Thornton Trippit)
Marshfield:
3 Buzzard, ++ Skylark, 6 Swallow, 2 Wheatear, lots of Pied Wagtail. 4 Corn Bunting, 7 Yellowhammer

Hanham - R Avon:
1 Common Sandpiper

Chew Magna - Winford Brook
6 Swift, c10 House Martin - back on site


RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
5 Swift

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
4 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Pied Wagtail

Herons Green:
1 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler,  6+ Reed Warbler, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting
30-04-25 Greenshank CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts inc Pool:

3 Shelduck, 12+ Gadwall, 9 + Teal, 20+ Great Crested Grebe, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 5 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 8+ Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush - singing, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Loise Bailey, Paul Bowerman, Simon Bowles Dru Brooke-Taylor, John Budd, Ken Carruthers, Mark Dadds, Andy Davis, Geoff Dring, William Earp, Julian Eastoe, Andy Gibb, Matt Hall, Pete Hazelwood, Matt Hull, Tony Jones, Brian Lancastle, John Lewis, Nige Milbourne, Aravind Ramesh, Gareth Roberts, Paul Sadley, Matt Scott, Ian Stapp, Trevor Riddle, Caron Thornton Trippit


Tuesday, 29 April 2025

29-04-25 Tuesday

Temp 07°C to 23°C - Sunny with a gentle breeze from the East.

Wood Warbler
Little Tern

BRISTOL

Redland:
2 Swift

Bedminster (Victoria Park):
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Willow Warbler

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Swift, 1 Grey Plover, 3 Ringed Plover, c25 Whimbrel, 5 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Turnstone, 6 Knot, 19 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, 1 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 2 Wheatear


Bar-tailed Godwit, Pilning Wetlands (Paul Bowerman)

Pilning Wetlands (BOC walk):
8 Canada Goose, 3 Greylag Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 46 Shelduck, 1 Shoveler, 8+ Gadwall, 32 Mallard, 2 Teal, 3 Tufted Duck, 2 Rock Dove, 2 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 5 Moorhen, 8 Coot, 7 Little Grebe, 15 Oystercatcher, 10 Avocet, 15 Lapwing, 6 Ringed Plover, 10 Whimbrel, 15 Curlew, 5 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 10 Black-headed Gull, 5 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 1 Rook, 12 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 3 Skylark, 3 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 3 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 10 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 2 White Wagtail (alba), 5 Pied Wagtail (yarellii), 6 Meadow Pipit, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Linnet, 3 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

Wood Warbler, Severn Beach (Paul Bowerman)

Severn Beach:
7 Swift, 85 Whimbrel, 50 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Sanderling, 4 Greenshank, 5 Little Gull, 1 Sandwich Tern, 2 Little Tern, 6 Common Tern, 2 Red Kite, 1 Hobby, 1 Wood Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Yellow Wagtail

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
10 Bar-tailed Godwit, Marsh Harrier

Clevedon - Yeo (Dowlais):
2 Bar-tailed Godwit

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
1 Common Scoter, 1 Swift, 34 Black-headed Gull, 5 Little Gull, 1 Common Gull, 3 Sandwich Tern, 20 Commic Tern (towards Cardiff), 4 Gannet, 1 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Spotted Flycatcher (MOD), 2 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Tree Pipit, 1 Redpoll

BELOW M4 & BANES

Lyde Green Lake:
Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Song Thrush, Bullfinch, Greenfinch, Linnet, Reed Bunting

Warmley Forest Park:
Whitethroat

Bath:
1 Swift

Chew Magna:
Knowle Hill : 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 6 Whitethroat
Newtown: 4 House Martin
Moorledge: 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Yellowhammer
Village: 1 Sedge Warbler

Burrington Ham:
2 Jay, 7 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 4 Garden Warbler, 7 Whitethroat, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Stonechat, 2 Tree Pipit

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Pied/White Wagtail

Woodford & Wally Bank Path:
2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Song Thrush


Sedge Warbler, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

Herons Green:

10 Canada Goose, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Swallow, 5 House Martin (Blue Bowl), 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 4 Pied/White Wagtail

Stratford:
1 Egyptian Goose, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 4+ Reed Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler

Herriotts inc Pool:
3 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 20+ Gadwall, 12 Teal, 30+ Great Crested Grebe, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 7 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 5 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Reed Warbler, 5 Pied/White Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting


Reported by: Pete Allen, Phil Barlow, Graham Blacker, Paul Bowerman, Pete Brain, Bryan Cook, Oscar Dewhurst, Andy Gibb, Peter Hazelwood, John Lewis, Matthew Hall, Matt Hull, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, Keith Williams
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Monday, 28 April 2025

28-04-25 Monday

Temp 08°C to 24.4°C - sunny and the warmest day of the year so far. No wind in the AM, a light wind in the PM from the SW mostly.

Yellow-legged Gull
Cuckoo
Scaup
Grey Plover

BRISTOL

County Ground:
2 Raven 

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Pilning Wetlands:
1 Greylag Goose, 4 Shoveler, 37 Gadwall, 8 Tufted Duck, 1 Stock Dove, 6 Avocet, 6 Ringed Plover, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 9 Lapwing, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 3 Skylark, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat

Severn Beach:
40 Whimbrel, 70 Bar-tailed Godwit
28-04-25 Red Kite, Yate (Chris Teague)
Yate:
Garden: 1 Red Kite

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Grey Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Whitethroat, 2 Stonechat

Leigh Woods:
1 Cuckoo, 1 Marsh Tit

Nailsea:
7 Cattle Egret
28-04-25 Wheatear, Watercress Farm (Rob Martin)
Watercress Farm:
6 Canada Goose, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Common Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear

Weston-s-Mare STW:
1 Cuckoo, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear

BELOW M4 & BANES

Midsomer Norton:
1 Dipper

Chelwood:
1 Red Kite
28-04-25 Dipper, Midsomer Norton (Merv Carlyon)
Bath:
Windsor Bridge: 3 Sand Martin

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

R. Chew below Dam:
1 Cuckoo, 6 Buzzard, 2 Garden Warbler
Dam: 2 Common Sandpiper

Woodford:
3 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron,  1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 7 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler
28-04-25 Cattle Egret, CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herons Green:
1 Greylag Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Little Egret, 2 Cattle Egret, 2 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Sedge Warbler, 5+ Reed Warbler

Stratford:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Scaup (f)

Herriotts inc. Pool:
1 Egyptian Goose, 28 Gadwall, 2 Swift, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 5 GBB Gull, 5 Great White Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 7 Buzzard, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 7 Reed Warbler

Reported by: Mark, Merv Carlyon, Ben Crabb, Andy Davis, Rob Hargreaves,  Brian Lancastle, John Lees, Robin Martin, Aravind Ramesh, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Chris Teague

Sunday, 27 April 2025

27-04-25 Sunday

Temp 07°C to 19°C - Sunny with a light breeze from the south west, increasing slightly after tea and moving westerly 

Cuckoo
Yellow Wagtail
Whinchat

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
4 Buzzard - circling, 2 Raven

Henbury - Berwick Lodge:
House Martin - back on site

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 6 Whitethroat, 1 Reed Bunting

Sims' Hill:
2 Swallow, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Linnet

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Pilning Wetlands:
9 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 40 Shelduck, 18 Gadwall, 5 Tufted Duck, 6 Moorhen, 8 Coot + 2 tiny young in pool, 3 Little Grebe, 8 Lapwing, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Cormorant, 4 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 10 Swallow, 10 House Martin 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Linnet.

Severn Beach:
4 Whimbrel, 6 Black-headed Gull, 2 Little Egret, 2 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear
27-04-25 Sedge Warbler Orchard Pools (Vic Savery)
Orchard Pools:

1 Sedge Warbler, 

Western Distribution Park:
1 Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat, Stonechat

Yate:
1 Hobby - just flew past.

Tormarton - BBS:
2 Red-legged Partridge, 8 Skylark, 3 Swallow, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Linnet, 1 Corn Bunting, 3 Yellowhammer, 

NORTH SOMERSET

Nailsea - Pound Lane:
6 Swift 

Burrington Ham
1 Cuckoo

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge, Londonderry Farm
2 Swallow, 1 House Martin

Stanton Drew
:
2 Red-legged Partridge 

Compton Dando:
2 Raven, 6 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Greenfinch, 15 Linnet, 6 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Morton/Stratford:
1 Cuckoo

Nunnery:
1 Black-tailed Godwit, 

Herriotts inc Pool:
1 Scaup (f), 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper,1 Greenshank, 2 Red Kite, 3 Hobby

Out of Area

Goldcliff NR:
1 Broad-billed Sandpiper

Reported by: Rich Andrews, Pete Brain, Mark Coller, John Evens, Chris Hall, Nick Hawkridge, Robert Hawkridge,  Rupert Higgins, Matt Hobbs, Rich Keel, Rob Laughton, Lois Pryce, Vic Savery, Mark Smith, Larry Sweetland, Jane Voke
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Saturday, 26 April 2025

26-04-25 Saturday - Short-eared Owl

Temp 10°C to 19°C - overcast but bright, with the odd bit of sun later, a light breeze from the SE to start, moving around to the W later on.

Short-eared Owl
Arctic Skua
Good hirundine passage
Cuckoo

BRISTOL

Blaise Estate:
1 Cuckoo

Eastville Park:
2 Common Sandpiper

Hawkfield Meadows:
1 Lesser Whitethroat

Henbury:
1 Hobby

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Swift, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat, 2 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust STW:
4 Whimbrel, 3 Wheatear
26-04-25 Short-eared Owl, Aust (Karle Burford)
Aust Warth:
1 Short-eared Owl

Severn Beach/Pilning Wetlands (largely vismig):
31 Swift, 1 Grey Plover, 8 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 13 Whimbrel, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 40 Dunlin, 115 Sand Martin 361 Swallow, 79 House Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, 10 Sedge Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Whitethroat, 4 Stonechat, 6 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Tree Pipit, 5 Meadow Pipit
26-04-25 Wheatear, Pilning (Craig Lewis)
Severn Beach:
1 Arctic Skua, Pipes: 5 Wheatear

Chipping Sodbury Common:
Stock Dove, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, Raven, Skylark, 7 Swallow, ++ Chiffchaff, ++ Blackcap. 1 Sedge Warbler, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 8+ Whitethroat, Bullfinch, Reed Bunting

NORTH SOMERSET
26-04-25 Mandarin, Abbots Pool (Jamie Buchan)
Abbots Pool:
1 Mandarin

Weston Big Wood:
1 Cuckoo

Clevedon:
BBS: 4 Canada Goose, 6 Mallard, 28 Woodpigeon, 11 Collared Dove, 4 Moorhen, 7 Herring Gull, 4 LBB Gull, 1 Raven, 6 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 39 Starling, 1 Wheatear, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch, 1 Linnet, 4 Goldfinch

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
20 Swift, 1 Cuckoo, 8 Ringed Plover, 15 Whimbrel, 54 Sand Martin, 691 Swallow, 350 House Martin, 25 Chiffchaff, 15 Blackcap, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 28 Whitethroat, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 11 Tree Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES
26-04-25 Stonechat, Marshfield (Caron TT)
Marshfield:
1 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear

Bath, Charlcombe Rise:
1 Siskin (f) - garden feeder 
26-04-25 Sparrowhawk, Dryham (Caron TT)
Dryham:
1 Sparrowhawk - garden

Hanham/Willsbridge:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 15+ Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 10+ Blackcap, 8 Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
7 Common Sandpiper

Dam:
30+ Swift
26-05-24 Whimbrel, CVL (Nick Page)
Villice/Nunnery:
1 Pochard, 3 Whimbrel, 7 Garden Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat

Heron's Green:
1 Pochard, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper

Moreton:
1 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose

Stratford:
1 Hobby, 1 Kingfisher

Herriotts inc. Pool:
1 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Common Sandpiper

Out of area:
Broad-billed Sandpiper at Goldcliff

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Jamie Buchan, Karle Burford, Mark Coller, Matt Coward, Jane Cumming, Paul Davison, William Earp, Malcolm Gibbs, Matt Hobbs, Matt Hull, Marc Hunt, Sue & Nigel Kempson, Brian Lancastle, Craig Lewis, Nick Page, Mark Smith, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Caron Thornton-Trippit, blagdonlakebirdsopsbirdingsevernsidebirds

Friday, 25 April 2025

25-04-25 Friday Cuckoo and Swifts!

Temp 06°C to 15°C - Bright start to the morning soon turned to overcast conditions kept cool by the easterly breeze.

Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Cuckoo
Little Ringed Plover

BRISTOL

Redland Hill Roundabout:
6 House Martin - back at breeding site

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Swift

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
37 Shelduck, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Common Sandpiper, 90 Rook, 14 Chiffchaff, 3 Wheatear

Littleton Brick Pits (ringing):
1 Cuckoo(m), 5 Cormorant, 6 Jay, many Cetti's Warbler - all singing, Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, Blackcap - singing, Greenfinch - singing
25/4/25 Greenshank. Severn Beach (Brian Lancastle)
Severn Beach/Chittening Wharf:
40 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
2 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Whimbrel (on tidal mud), 2 Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 3 Sedge Warbler, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Reed Bunting
25-04-25 Red Kite Clevedon (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon:
1 Swift, 1 Red Kite

BELOW M4 & BANES
25/4/25 Lesser Whitethroat, Chewton Dando (Ian Stapp)
Bath - Bloomfield:
1 Red Kite

Chewton Dando and environs:
1 Cuckoo, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 1 Kingfisher, 20+ Chaffinch, 12 Linnet

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
2 Common Sandpiper

Woodford:
1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat

Villice:
1 Cuckoo, 1 Garden Warbler

Herons Green:
1 Common Sandpiper
25/4/25 Hobby, Stratford (Merv Carlyon)
Stratford:
1 Scaup (f), 1 Hobby, 1 Garden Warbler

Herriotts inc Pool:
34 Gadwall, 20+Teal, 2 Lesser Scaup (m,f), 48 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, many Buzzard, 1 Hobby

Reported by: Merv Carlyon, Derek Clarke, John Croxton, Andy Gibb, Paul House, Brian Lancastle, Brian Martin, Andy Mears, Andy Middleton, Mike Moxon, Clive Richards, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Wayne Tucker
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Thursday, 24 April 2025

24-04-24 Thursday

Temp 09°C to 17°C. Dry. Cloudy morning, sunny afternoon. Light north-easterly breeze. 

Scaup & Lesser Scaup
Whimbrel
Hobby
Garden Warbler
Whinchat
Corn Bunting
24-04-25 Hobby, CVL (Merv Carlyon)
BRISTOL

Badocks Wood / Henleaze Lake:
3 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Kestrel, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler

Bedminster:
2 Peregrine (over, mobbed by Herring Gulls)
24-04-25 Peregrine Avon Gorge (Tony Jones)
Avon Gorge:
2 Peregrine

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
24 Whimbrel
24-04-25 Wheatear, New Passage (Lisa Presland)
New Passage:
2 Wheatear

Horton:
3 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 4 Pheasant, 24 Lesser Black-Backed Gull, 2 Buzzard, 21 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Linnet, 11 Corn Bunting, 4 Yellowhammer

Wickwar:
3 Greylag Goose, 10 Pheasant, 2 Stock Dove, 6 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 71 Rook, 4 Carrion Crow, 5 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 6 Skylark, 1 Willow Warbler, 11 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 11 Whitethroat, 7 Wren, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 8 Blackbird, 6 Robin, 4 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 5 Linnet

Yate:
3 House Martin (over)

NORTH SOMERSET

Abbots Pool:
1 Mandarin (f)

Dundry:
1 Raven, 6 Skylark, 1 Swallow

Portbury Wharf:
4 Whimbrel
24-04-25 Purple Sandpiper, Battery Point (Mike Owen)
Battery Point, Portishead:
4 Purple Sandpiper

Weston-in-Gordano:
1 Red Kite

Clevedon - Yeo:
30 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 4 Teal, 20 Oystercatcher, 4 Lapwing, 3 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 1 Redshank,  2 Dunlin, 1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 6 Skylark, 10 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear

BELOW M4 & BANES

Rushmead Lane, Marshfield:
4 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard, 80+ Rook, 20+ Skylark, 7 Swallow, 1 Whitethroat, 4 Wren, 14 Starling, 2 Wheatear (1m, 1f), 1 Pied Wagtail, c20 Linnet, 6 Corn Bunting, 12 Yellowhammer

Keynsham:
1 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, pair Coal Tit nesting, Goldcrest

Newton St Loe / River Avon:
1 Stock Dove, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Moorhen, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Raven, 7 Skylark, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, 8 Whitethroat, 2 Nuthatch, 10 Wren, 2 Song Thrush, 7 Greenfinch, 4 Linnet, 5 Goldfinch, 1 Yellowhammer

Chelwood:
1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Woodford and path to Dam:
c25 Cattle Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Cetti’s Warbler singing, 4 Garden Warbler singing

Villice:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Raven, 1 Long-tailed Tit, Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, Goldcrest

Herons Green:
10 Canada Goose, 8 Gadwall, 20+ Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 2 GBB Gull, 12+ Sand Martin, 4 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3+ Reed Warbler, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting singing

Moreton:
4 GBB Gull, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard,   2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler (singing), 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap (singing), 2 Garden Warbler (path to Stratford, singing), 6+ Chaffinch
24-04-25 Garden Warbler, Stratford CVL (Merv Carlyon)
Stratford:
73 Tufted Duck, 1 Scaup (f), 2 Hobby, 1 Garden Warbler singing in car park
 24-04-25 Lesser Scaup, Herriotts CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts inc Pool:
19 Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 3 Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 40+ Gadwall, 20+ Teal, Tufted Duck, 2 Lesser Scaup (1m, 1f), 72 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 GBB Gull, 14 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron 7 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier (1m, 1f), 2 Buzzard, 5 Jackdaw, 40+ Sand Martin, 8 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler singing, 3 Chiffchaff singing, Sedge Warbler singing, 3 Reed Warbler singing, 1 Song Thrush singing, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Peter Bryant, Jamie Buchan, Paul Chapman, Mark Coller, Merv Carlyon, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Julian Eastoe, Rob Hargreaves, Matt Hobbs, Mark Hunt, Tony Jones, Sue Kempson, John Lewis, Mike Owen, Lisa Presland, Katie Robson, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Paul Tompkins
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Wednesday, 23 April 2025

23-04-25 Wednesday

Temp 10°C to 16°C - overcast with early rain. A light wind from the W/NW moved round to the NNE later on.

Lesser Scaup
Scaup, Ring-necked Duck
Hobby
Grasshopper Warbler
Jack Snipe

BRISTOL

Combe Dingle:
Garden: 1 Willow Warbler

Downs:
1 Peregrine

Easton:
1 Swift

Northern Slopes LNR & Malago Greenway:
19 species inc: 1 Red Kite, 1 Chiffchaff

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Warth:
1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Stonechat

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
2 Avocet, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 5 Whimbrel, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 52 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Marsh Harrier, mixed Hirundines, + Reed Warbler, + Sedge Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 4 White Wagtail

Severn Beach:
20 Oystercatcher, 1 Greenshank, 1 Redshank

NORTH SOMERSET

Banwell:
2 Swallow, 1 Mistle Thrush

Congresbury Moor:
1 Jack Snipe, 3 Kestrel, 1 Grasshopper Warbler

Weston STW:
1 Swift

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports.

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck, 28 Cattle Egret

Chew Valley Lake
23-04-25 Hobby, CVL (Wayne Tucker)
Stratford:
pr Lesser Scaup, 1 Scaup (f), 1 Dunlin, 5 GBB Gull, 4 Great White Egret, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 2 Hobby, 1 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Garden Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Common Waxbill (surely blown in from Portugal 😉😉😉)
23-04-25 Common Waxbill, CVL (Wayne Tucker)
Reported by: Mark, Kev Bainbridge, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Alastair Fraser, John Lewis, Nigel Milbourne, Aravind Ramesh, Trevor Riddle, Matt Rogers, Mark Smith, Larry Sweetland, John Thorogood, Wayne Tucker, blagdonlakebirdsopsbirdingsevernsidebirds

Tuesday, 22 April 2025

22-04-25 Tuesday

Temp 05°C to 15°C -  Mostly sunny in the morning, clouding over with a fewlight showers in the afternoon. All on a gentle breeze from the south. 

Cuckoo
Pied Flycatcher
Garden Warbler
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Grasshopper Warbler

BRISTOL

Bedminster (Victoria Park):
14 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Magpie, 12 Carrion Crow, 8 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 6 Wren, 9 Starling, 9 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 3 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 2 Greenfinch, 9 Goldfinch
Great Spotted Woodpecker/Jay, Redland (Mike Owen)
Redland (Green Park):
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay

Stoke Park/Duchess Pond:
2 Black-headed Gull, 1 Peregrine, 2 House Martin, 4 Sand Martin, 20 Swallow, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Littleton Brick Pits:
1 Cuckoo

Severn Beach:
10 Whimbrel (flying NE)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
6 Swallow, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 5+ Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat, 1 Stonechat

NORTH SOMERSET

Nailsea Moor:
7 Cattle Egret

Yatton (Congresbury Moor):
1 Grasshopper Warbler
Greenfinch/Whitethroat, Uphill (Adrian Dutt)
Uphill:
Green Woodpecker, Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Pied Flycatcher

BELOW M4 & BANES

Tog Hill:
1 Red Kite

Hanham (BOC walk):
17 Mallard, 2 Pheasant, 3 Rock Dove, 3 Stock Dove, + Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 3 Moorhen, 3 Herring Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 21 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Jay, + Magpie, + Jackdaw, + Carrion Crow, 7 Blue Tit, 18 Great Tit, 2 Swallow, 11 Chiffchaff, 16 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 15 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, + Blackbird, + Robin, 3 Dunnock, 1 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch

Oldland Common:
1 Peregrine (over)

Chelwood:
1 Buzzard

Stantonbury Hill:
2 Buzzard

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
Little Egret, CVL (21st - Thomas Weston)
Dam:

1 Common Sandpiper, 20+ Sand Martin, 50+ Swallow, 5 House Martin

Herons Green:
20 Canada Goose, 30+ Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 27 Cattle Egret, (50+ Sand Martin/Swallow), 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Pied/White Wagtail
Garden Warbler, Stratford (Ian Stapp)
Stratford:

1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Scaup (f), 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20+ Sand Martin, 12+ Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler (car park)

Herriotts inc Pool:
5 Shelduck, 7 Shoveler, 22+ Gadwall, 18 Teal, 1 Ring-necked Duck (m - far out on lake), 2 Lesser Scaup (m+f), 48 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 1 Jay, 7 Jackdaw, (30+ Swallow & Martin), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 6+ Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Pied/White Wagtail

Reported by: Mark Coller, Ben Crabb, Chris Craig, Mark Dadds, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Adrian Dutt, Tim Ford, John Lewis, Chris Mott, Mike Owen, Mark Savage, Ian Stapp, Rod Taylor, Thomas Weston

Monday, 21 April 2025

21-04-25 Monday - Unexpected Sea watch Day!

Temp 11°C to 16°C -  Persistent rain in morning, clearing to give sunny afternoon. WSW wind picked up once rain cleared, gusting to 23mph.

A good scattering of summer migrants grounded by the morning rain, with an unexpectedly large movement of seabirds following the rain up the estuary as it cleared. 

Swift
Cuckoo
Kittiwake
Arctic Tern
Great Skua, Arctic Skua
Osprey
Whinchat
21-04-25 Dipper, Bye-Mills - Stanton Drew (Raoul Chandrasakera)
BRISTOL

Blaise Castle - Golf Course:
1 Cuckoo - calling

Eastville - Bridge Farm:
2 Willow Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Whitethroat

Henbury:
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Chiffchaff

Stoke Park:
 (''3 patch year ticks'') : 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, 2 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
4 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 5 Shelduck, 3 Gadwall, 6 Mallard (1 pair with 9 ducklings), 3 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 70 Rook, 1 Skylark, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Linnet

Severn Beach:
5 Greenshank, 60 Kittiwake, 13 Black-headed Gull, 6 Common Gull, 75 Commic Tern, 1 Great Skua, 3 Arctic Skua, 1 Osprey, 18 Swallow, 2 Yellow Wagtail

Yate/Westerleigh Common:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, ++ Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Whitethroat, ++ Blackcap

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
2 Wheatear

Abbot's Pool:
1 f Mandarin

Nailsea Moor:
1 Little Owl, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 7 Sedge Warbler, 12 Reed Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Whinchat

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
Vismig:
1 Whimbrel, 77 Arctic Tern, 212 Commic Tern, 86 Herring Gull, 291 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Arctic Skua, 2 Cormorant, 1 Great White Egret, 90 Swallow, 39 House Martin, 10 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Chaffinch, 6 Greenfinch, 12 Linnet, 6 Goldfinch
Present:
6 Whimbrel, 1 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 24 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 13 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 28 Whitethroat, 3 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, 19 Meadow Pipit, 7 Greenfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1 Redstart

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Sutton Wick:
2 (m/f) Lesser Scaup

Herons Green:
30 Cattle Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Reed Warbler

Stratford:
1 Scaup, 1 Hobby
21-04-25 Lesser Scaup, Herriott's, CVL (Lee Gardiner)
Herriotts inc Pool:
Gadwall, Teal, Mallard, Tufted Duck, 2 Lesser Scaup (presumably same reported from Sutton Wick), 1 Swift, 2 Little Ringed Plover,  5 Great White Egret, Swallow, House Martin, 3 Reed Warbler, 5 Pied Wagtail, 
21-04-25 Ring Ouzel Blackdown (Milo Peters)
Out of area:
Ring Ouzel still at Black Down/Beacon Batch

Reported by: John Barnett, Paul Bowerman, Raoul Chandrasakera, Mark Coller, Ben Crabb, Stephen Curtis, Julian Eastoe, Ollie Fournier, Matt Hall, Matt Hull, Andy Mears, Tom O'Shea, Milo & Rowan Peters, Lois Pryce, Sova, Larry Sweetland, Rod Taylor, Gary Thoburn.
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Sunday, 20 April 2025

20-04-25 Sunday

Temp 05°C to 15°C -  Sunny in the morning with light cloud in the afternoon. The wind was a gentle breeze from the east.

Cuckoo
Redpoll
Black Tern
Hobby
Whinchat
Osprey
Whimbrel

BRISTOL

St George:
1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Greenfinch

Henbury (Moorgrove Woods):
1 Cuckoo

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Swallow, 1 Reed Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat, 1 Stonechat, 2 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting

Sims Hill:
4 Rook (over)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Rockhampton:
1 Whitethroat

Oldbury-on-Severn:
2 Whimbrel, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Lesser Whitethroat

Severn Beach:
1 Osprey (over estuary)

Marsh Tit, Lower Woods (Paul Sadley)

Wickwar/Lower Woods:
1 Whitethroat

Chipping Sodbury Common:
5 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 7 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, ++ Chiffchaff, ++ Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 6+ Whitethroat, 3 Whinchat

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Wheatear

Portishead (Battery Point):
2 Redstart (m+f)

Clevedon (Wains Hill):
4 Redpoll (among a "trickle" of Hirundines)

Yatton (Strawberry Line):
4 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff

Sand Point/Bay:

BELOW M4 & BANES

North Common:
c5 Red Kite

Hanham Hills:
1 Whitethroat

Bitton (River Avon area):
1 Tawny Owl (calling), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Skylark, 1 Swallow, 1 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Greenfinch

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake



Reed Bunting, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

Herons Green:

10 Canada Goose, 40+ Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 6+ Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 3+ Reed Warbler, 4 Pied/White Wagtail, 3 Reed Bunting

Commic Tern, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:

4 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Black Tern (distant), 4 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler (lane to Stratford), 6+ Chaffinch

Stratford:
6 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Black Tern, 5 Great White Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Hobby, 20+ Sand Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 4+ Reed Warbler

Herriotts inc Pool:
1 Egyptian Goose, 5 Shelduck, 7 Shoveler, 12+ Gadwall, 20+ Teal, 2 Lesser Scaup, 64 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 6 Jackdaw, 200+ Sand Martin (+ some House M & Swallows over lake), 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 6+ Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Pied/White Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting


Out of Area

Black Down/Beacon Batch (above Burrington Coombe):
2 Ring Ouzel (males)

Reported by: Phil Barlow, ~Ben, Mark Coller, Lee Gregory, Donna Harvey, Peter Hazelwood, David Howes, Dave Horlick, Dave Hughes, Brian Lancastle, Iris Langson, Rob Laughton, Paul Sadley, Matt Scott, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, Gary Thorburn
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