05-09-25 Friday - Pectoral Sandpiper

Temp 12°C to 21°C - sun all day with some cloud in the pm, a light breeze from the west gusting to 20mph in the pm

Pectoral Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Glossy Ibis

Curlew Sandpiper

Grasshopper Warbler

Osprey

BRISTOL

Bishopston:

2 Jay, 1 Raven - calling

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

1 Tufted Duck, 1 Swift, 1 Whitethroat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

05-09-25 Wheatear OPS (Mike Prior)

Oldbury Power Station:
15 Mallard (out of eclipse), 9 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 3 Curlew, 20 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, c.150 BH Gull (mostly winter plumage), 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 4 GS Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Whinchat, 5 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch

Severn Beach:
1 Sparrowhawk (m), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Wheatear inc (f)

05-09-25 Chiffchaff Yate (Chris Teague)

Yate - garden:
1 Chiffchaff

Chipping Sodbury Common:
47 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 19 Chiffchaff, 15 Blackcap, 11 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 5 Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 1 or 2 Tree Pipit

Coalpit Heath:

1 Ring-necked Parakeet

NORTH SOMERSET

Banwell - garden:

2 Stock Dove, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (m), 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch

Sand Point/Bay:
141 Ringed Plover, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 86 Dunlin, 1 Common Gull, c.40 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 24 Chiffchaff, 15 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Stonechat, 3 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1+ Grey Wagtail, 20+ Meadow Pipit.

Weston-Super-Mare:

garden: 1 Swallow - vocal juv, 1 Whitethroat

Oldtown Quarry: 2 Swift, lots of Swallow and House Martin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Dyrham Park:

2 Swift, 500+ House Martin - over in 30 mins

05-09-25 Nuthatch Conham (Paul Tompkins)

Conham River Park:

Nuthatch

Hunstrete - garden:

1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard. 10 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Greenfinch, 11+ Linnet, 12+ Goldfinch, 3 Yellowhammer

05-09-25 Blackbird Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters)

Chew Stoke:
Blackbird - juv

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Osprey - feeding

Chew Valley Lake

05-09-25 Dunlin Pectoral Sandpiper & Ruff CVL (Ian Stapp)

Nunnery:

27 Ringed Plover, 1 Ruff, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 12+ Dunlin, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper - (juv), 5 Common Tern, 4 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 30+ House Martin & Sand Martin, 10+ Swallow

05-09-2025 Glossy Ibis CVL (Lee Gardiner)

Herons Green:
22 Little Grebe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Greenshank, 1 Black-headed Gull - leucistic, 2 G BB Gull, 2 Glossy Ibis, 5 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 16 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher,  Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 40+ House Martin & Sand Martin, 10+ Swallow, 30+ Pied Wagtail

05-09-25 Peregrine CVL (Dave Hughes)

Stratford:
c15 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff, 1 Dunlin, 7 Greenshank, 30 Great White Egret, 1 Osprey - hunting, 1 Tawny Owl - called, 2 Hobby, 2 Peregrine - ad and Juv, 3 Chiffchaff - singing

Herriott's Bridge:
14 Little Grebe, 4 Lapwing, 29 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff, 15 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 5 Greenshank, 4 G BB Gull, 2 Glossy Ibis, 5 Grey Heron, 32 Great White Egret, 16 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (imm m), 1 Kingfisher, 2 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 50+ House Martin & Sand Martin, 10+ Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 30+ Pied Wagtail

Reported by: Alex Carlisle, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Steve Curtis, Andy Davis, Lee Gardiner, David Gibbs, Dave Hanks, Nick Hawkridge, Pete Hazelwood, Dave Hughes, Matt Hull, John Lewis, Lucy Masters, Andy Mears, Rick Mielcarek, Mike Moxon, Mike Prior, Lois Pryce, Dean Reeves, Darren Robson, Carol Rushton, Mark Smith, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland, Chris Teague, Bri Thompson, John Thorogood, Paul Tompkins
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