Sunday, 10 August 2025

10-08-25 Sunday - Crossbill

Temp 14°C to 26°C - Sunny and the occasional cloud - with a light breeze from the west south west, gusting to 18 mph by teatime and veering to west north west.

Tree Pipit
Yellow Wagtail
Crossbill
Wood Sandpiper
Spotted Flycatcher
Osprey

BRISTOL

Clifton - Observatory:
1 Crossbill - calling going over

Knowle:
1 Tree Pipit - over calling
10-08-25 Common Sandpiper Sea Mills (Tony Scott)
Sea Mills - R Avon WeBS

55 Mallard, 11 Common Sandpiper, 50c Redshank, 72 Black-headed Gull, 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard - inc 1juv, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Nuthatch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Marsh Harrier - juv, 30+ Swallow - mostly juv

Avening Green, Damery Bridge, Little River Avon:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail
10-08-25 Red Kite Wickwar (Paul Sadley)
Wickwar - garden: 

1 Red Kite

Yate - garden:
2 Red Kite

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Willow Warbler, 2 Redstart, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Tree Pipit, 

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - Marina mouth:
16 Dunlin, 100+ Redshank

Clevedon - Yeo WeBS:
15 Mute Swan, 5 Egyptian Goose, 25 Shelduck inc 6 juv, 80 Mallard, 2 Little Grebe,
48 Oystercatcher, 20 Ringed Plover, 2 Whimbrel, 85 Curlew,20 Dunlin, 120 Redshank,
7 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 6 Little Egret, 3 Sparrowhawk

Sand Point/Bay:
12 Shelduck, 19 Oystercatcher, 10 Ringed Plover, 83 Curlew, 11 Dunlin, 4 Redshank, 775 Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 6 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 9 Little Egret, 3 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 91 Carrion Crow, 31 Swallow, 85 Starling, 1 Stonechat, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 20 Pied Wagtail.

Weston-Super-Mare - garden:
3 Peregrine - inc 2 noisy juv after food

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1 Red Kite - Tormarton Rd

Kingswood - garden:
1 Willow Warbler - juv

Emerson's Green, Pomphrey Hill
1 Sparrowhawk - calling

Siston Hill:
1 Raven - vocal

Wick - Riding Barn Hill:
1 Little Owl - calling, 3 Raven - over

Saltford:
3 Little Owl

Chew Stoke, Gravel Hill:
3 Cattle Egret - 'it looked like they were catching grasshoppers' no livestock in the field.

Chew Magna:
1 Hobby

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Herons Green:
20 Great White Egret, 68 Little Egret, 

Moreton:
2 Cattle Egret

Stratford:
4 Gargeney - flying round, 5 Ringed Plover, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Greenshank, 6 Common Tern, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier
10-08-25 Osprey CVL (Bri Thompson)
Herriott's Bridge:

5 Lapwing, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff, 4 Snipe, 11 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 4 Greenshank, 1 Osprey - north

Reported by: David Allward, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Oscar Dewhurst, Barry Dursley, Anthony Goodwin, Martyn Hayes, Matt Hull, Nigel Jones, Andy Mears, Karen Poole, Phil Quinn, Dean Reeves, Paul Sadley, Tony Scott, Chris Teague, Gary Thoburn, Bri Thompson, Jason Williams
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