03-04-25 Thursday - lots of migrants moving

Temp 06°C to 20°C - sun with little cloud, but feeling cooler in easterly breeze gusting to 27mph

Lesser Scaup

Little & Mediterranean Gulls

Jack Snipe

Spotted Redshank

Ruff

Osprey

Ring Ouzel

Tree Pipit

Yellow & White Wagtails

Redpoll

BRISTOL

Stoke Park garden:

2 Ring-necked Parakeet

Stoke Park:

1 Fieldfare (grounded)

Lockleaze:

3 Swallow & 1 House Martin (first of the year here)

Easton:

1 Swallow & a few Meadow Pipit (over)

Cotham:

1 Red Kite & 2 Sand Martin (over)

College Green:

1 Sparrowhawk circling over

Crews Hole Woodland:

2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff singing, 6 Blackcap (5 singing), 1 Goldcrest singing

Troopers Hill LNR:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Warbler singing, 4 Chiffchaff singing, 2 Blackcap singing 1 Goldcrest singing

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Vismig to NE - 225 Woodpigeon, 20 BH Gull, 1 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 1 Redwing, 200 Meadow Pipit, 25 Linnet, 1 Redpoll, 15 Goldfinch, 

Present - 11 Oystercatcher, 3 Grey Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Dunlin, 20 Meadow Pipit 

Aust services to STW: 

all heading NE - 7 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 3 White Wagtail 

present - 5 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Wheatear (m)

Orchard Pools:

2 pairs Tufted Duck, 5 Coot, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Chiffchaff

New Passage / Pilning Wetlands:
4 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 50 Shelduck, 26 Shoveler, 16 Gadwall, 25 Teal, 3 Moorhen, 5 Coot, 3 Lapwing, 2 Ringed Plover, 6+ Little Ringed Plover, 5 Curlew, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 40 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Ruff, 15 Dunlin, 1 Grey Heron, 5 Little Egret, 6 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 3 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail (m), 5 Grey Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail, 1 Linnet

Orchard Pools:

2 pairs Tufted Duck, 5 Coot, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Chiffchaff

03-04-2025 Little Gulls, Severn Beach (Matt Hobbs)

Severn Beach:
vismig: 7 Ruff, 4 Little Gull, 1 Marsh Harrier, 28 Sand Martin, 15 Swallow, 9 House Martin, 2 Wheatear, 20 alba Wagtail, 822 Meadow Pipit, 307 Linnet, 3 Redpoll, 312 Goldfinch

Kingsgate Park:
2 Canada Goose, 2 Gadwall, 7 Tufted Duck, 2 Sand Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap

NORTH SOMERSET

Dundry:
2 Red Kite, 5 Skylark (all singing together), 1 Chaffinch (m - singing)

Pill cycle path:

Skylarks in fields by path

Ashton Court:
Tawny Owl calling

Abbotts Leigh:
1 Red Kite & 1 Raven over

Portbury Wharf:

2 Shoveler

Portishead:

1 Red Kite 

 
Clevedon Dowlais:
vismig, moving north - 35 Woodpigeon, 1 Osprey, 5 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 120 Meadow Pipit, 

on the scrape - 22 Teal, 5 Lapwing 

Backwell Lake:

15 Mute Swan, 8 Canada Goose, 10 Mallard, 3 Gadwall (2m, 1f), Woodpigeons, 4 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Herring Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Magpie, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Blue tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, Wrens, 1 Song Thrush, Blackbirds, Robins, 1 Greenfinch

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
vismig - 336 Woodpigeon, 4 Sand Martin, 21 Swallow, 9 House Martin, 3 alba Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail, 472 Meadow Pipit, 1 Tree Pipit 185 Linnet, 3 Redpoll, 178 Goldfinch

present - 1 Peregrine, 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 2 Willow Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 1 Song thrush, 2 Ring Ouzel, 1 Wheatear, 1 Greenfinch 

Weston-Super-Mare:
Anchor Head- 1 Mediterranean Gull

Madeira car park- 1 Willow Warbler

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham garden:
2 Willow Warbler

Chelwood:
1 Red Kite

Cameley:
1 Swallow, Chiffchaff & Blackcap everywhere

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

03-04-25 Goldeneye, Dam CVL (George Stacey)

Dam:
2 Goldeneye, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 40+ party of Sand Martins & 5 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Bittern Trail:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, many Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap

Woodford:

2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming), 1 Green Woodpecker (calling), 2 Jay, Raven (calling), 4 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler (singing), 11+ Chiffchaff (singing), 6+ Blackcap (singing) 

Herons Green:

32 Canada Goose, 2 Little Grebe, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff (singing)

Moreton:

2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Shelduck, 4 GBB Gull, 2 Raven, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 5+ Chiffchaff 

03-04-25 Lesser Scaup with Great Crested Grebe, Stratford (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
1 Pochard, 1 Lesser Scaup (f), 2 Stock Dove, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Gull (ad), 2 GBB Gull, 2+ Cetti's Warbler, 3+ Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap (singing) 

Herriotts inc Pool:
5 Shelduck, 13 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, 30+ Teal,  4 GBB Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 9 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Reed Bunting (singing) 

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Mark Coller, Andy Davis, Neil Delaney, Oscar Dewhurst, Duncan Evered, Trevor Ford, Andy Gibb, David Gibbs, Pete Harrison, Matt Hobbs, Matt Hull, Michael Hutchinson, Bob Medland, Steve Newland, Tom O'Shea, Nick Page, Lois Pryce, Steve Richardson, Ryan Sharvell-Smith, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Reuben Veal:
blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds