Saturday, 22 November 2025

22-11-25 Saturday - Caspian Gull

Temp 06°C to 10°C - Heavy rain to start, slacking off after lunch and gone by teatime. A moderate breeze from the south, gusting to 32 mph but calmer as the wind veered westly at nightfall.

Caspian Gull
Firecrest
Whooper Swan

BRISTOL

Badock's Wood:
1 Firecrest

Bishopston:
2 Jay
22-11-25 Firecrest St George (Lee Gardiner)
St George:
Crews Hole Road: Tit flock, 1 Firecrest
River Avon: 1 Goosander (m)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
20 Wigeon, 10 Teal, 3 Little Grebe, 50+ Curlew, 15 Turnstone, c500 Dunlin, c50 Common Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 3 Peregrine, 1 Raven, 3 Skylark, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrest, c50 Starling, 5 Song Thrush. 1+ Redwing, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Snipe, 1 Kingfishe

Wickwar:
60 Lapwing

Easter Compton:
2 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 13 Mallard, 17 Lapwing (years since I last saw any here), 30 Common Gull, 30 Jackdaw, 40 Rook, 25 Redwing

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Hundred:
1 Red Kite

Yatton, Kenn Moor Rd:
2 Mistle Thrush, 25 Redwing, 20 Fieldfare

BELOW M4 & BANES

Conham River Park:
2 Stock Dove, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Jay, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch

RESERVOIRS

Herons Green:
6 Whooper Swan, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Marsh Harrier
22-11-2025 Caspian Gull, CVL (Gary Thoburn
Stratford:
1 Whooper Swan, 1 Goosander - redhead, Avocet,  1 Caspian Gull - 1st wint, 1 Marsh Harrier

Reported by: Rich Bradbury, Lee Gardiner, Nick Hawkridge, Jamie Hicken, Matt Hobbs, Emily Lomas, Lois Pryce, Paul Sadley, Mark Smith, Gary Thoburn, Bri Thompson

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