Thursday, 28 August 2025

28-08-25 Thursday - Shag, Fulmar

Temp 12°C to 20°C - largely overcast with some isolated heavy downpours. A light to moderate SW/WSW wind, gusts to 24mph.

Shag - a record count
Fulmar
Cuckoo
White-tailed Eagle
Glossy Ibis
Osprey
Spotted Redshank
Wood Sandpiper
Wigeon

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Little Egret, 40 Black-headed Gull, 5 Grey Wagtail

Knowle:
1 Cuckoo (private garden)
28-08-25 Redstart, Stoke Park (Andy Davies)
Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Little Egret, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, 8 House Martin, 3 Whitethroat, 3+ Redstart

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
5+ Spotted Flycatcher
28-08-25 Fulmar, Severn Beach (Thomas Weston)
New Passage/Severn Beach:
1 Shag, 1 Fulmar, 2 Wheatear, 2 Rock Pipit
28-08-25 Wheatear, Severn Beach (Vic Savery)
Hilly Fields, Frampton Cotterell:
c50 Greenfinch

Bradley Brook LNR, Winterbourne:
1 Raven, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 1 Spotted Flycatcher

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Pied Flycatcher

NORTH SOMERSET

No reports.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Chelwood:
1 Red Kite

Newton St Loe:
2 Stock Dove, 11 Little Grebe (inc 3 young), 1 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 10 Goldcrest, 2 Linnet, 7 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS
28-08-25 Glossy Ibis, CVL (Rob Martin)
Blagdon Lake:
32 Shag, 1 Osprey

Chew Valley Lake
28-08-25 Egyptian Geese, CVL (George Stacey)
Dam/CP2:
29 species inc: 12 Egyptian Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, 12 GBB Gull, 9 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 28 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 5 Chiffchaff, 18 Pied Wagtail

Bernard King hide:
1 Garganey, 1 Swift, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 White-tailed Eagle
28-08-25 Sparrowhawk, CVL (Merv Carlyon)
Nunnery Point:
14 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 585 Cormorant
28-08-25 Black-headed Gull, CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herons Green:
24 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Leucistic Black-headed Gull, 5 Great White Egret, 6 Glossy Ibis, 2 Buzzard, 1 White-tailed Eagle, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 70+ Pied Wagtail

Moreton:
1 Osprey
28-08-25 Eagle with groupies, CVL (Mike Owen)
Stratford:
14 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff, 1 Osprey, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 3 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 3 Chiffchaff (1 singing)

Herriotts inc. Pool:
2 Wigeon, 1 Water Rail, 4 Swift, 21 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Lapwing, 2 Snipe, 7 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 4 Greenshank, 9 Great White Egret, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Jay, 2 Grey Wagtail, 40+ Pied Wagtail
28-08-25 Glossy Ibis, CVL (Ian Stapp)
Reported by: Chris, Claire S, Graham Blacker, Paul Bowerman, Tony Bridges, Merv Carlyon, Chris Craig, Raoul Chandrasakera, Jonathan Dadds, Andy Davies, Andy Davis, Rob Hargeaves, Peter Hazelwood, Mike Jackson, Brian Lancastle, John Lewis, Rob Martin, Lucy Masters, Rich Mielcarek, Nigel Milbourne, James Richard, Vic Savery, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Simon Stuart, Larry Sweetland, Bri Thompson, Mike Tranter, Chris Vines, Thomas Weston