05-11-25 Wednesday

Temp 15°C to 16°C - Overnight light rain clearing for most of the day with cloud returning at the end of the day. SE wind between 5 and 13mph gusting to 22mph

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Lesser Scaup

Brambling

Redpoll

BRISTOL

Oldbury Court Estate:

2 Kingfisher

Frenchay Common:

1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Siskin

Clifton Wood:

2 Peregrine, 1 Grey Wagtail

Sparrowhawk, Coombe Dingle (Pete Bunniss)

Coombe Dingle:

1 Sparrowhawk

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

2 Stonechat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Warth:
34 Mallard, 80 Teal, 27 Rock Pigeon, 2 Stock Dove, 6 Common Wood-Pigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 1 Moorhen, 5 Snipe, 14 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 3 Magpie, 23 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 14 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 3 Redwing, 3 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 6 Stonechat (3 pairs), 3 Dunnock, 9 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 15 Linnet, 6 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting 6 Stonechat 

Whinchat, Northwick (Brian Lancastle)

New Passage/Northwick:
1 Whinchat, 2 Stonechat (f,m)

Black Redstart, Severn Beach (Les Williams)

Severn Beach:
2 Curlew, 8 Black-headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 7 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 1 Skylark, 28 Starling, 1 Blackbird, 2 Black Redstart, 1 Common Redstart, 5 Stonechat (3 x 1cy, 1f, 1m), 2 House Sparrow, 7 Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Greenfinch

Easter Compton - Bristol Zoo Wild Place:

2 Fieldfare

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - Wains Hill:
360 Starling, 8 Redwing, 920 Chaffinch, 6 Brambling, 1 Redpoll, 15 Siskin

Long Ashton - Yanley Patch:
6 Woodpigeon, 3 BH Gull,  2 Herring Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 4 Magpie, 8 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 1 Skylark, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Wren, 1 Treecreeper, 3 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 15 Goldfinch

Sand Point/Bay:
3 Shelduck, 12 Oystercatcher, 1 Golden Plover, 38 Curlew, 4 BH Gull, 1 Herring Gull,  1 GBB Gull, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Skylark, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest, 5 Goldcrest, 1894 Starling, 12 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1552 Chaffinch, 12 Brambling, 3 Greenfinch, 7 Lesser Redpoll, 11 Goldfinch, 28 Siskin

Stonechat and Black Redstart, Uphill Marina (Alex Venner)

Uphill Marina:

1 Black Redstart (f), 1 Stonechat (f)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham, Memorial Park:
1 Woodcock

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
9 Egyptian Goose

Chew Valley Lake

Lesser Scaup, Wick Green Point (George Stacey)

Wick Green Point:

1 Lesser Scaup, 1 Great White Egret

Herons Green:
7 Whooper Swan

Moreton:
5 Whooper Swan (just before dark)

Reported by: Jon Angell, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Pete Bunniss, Alastair Fraser, Andrew Harrison, Matt Hull, Brian Lancastle, Stephen Le Flohic, John Lewis, Mike Moxon, Matt Plenty, Lois Pryce, George Stacey, Howard Taffs, Rod Taylor,  Les Williams, Alex Venner

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds

04-11-25 Tuesday - Slavonian Grebe

Temp 11°C to 14°C - A dull morning, light rain and a moderate breeze from the South in the afternoon.

Slavonian Grebe

Merlin

BRISTOL

Greenbank Cemetery:

30 Goldfinch

Eastville Park:

11 Mute Swan, c30 Mallard, (inc 1 Domestic Mallard), 140+ Feral Pigeon, 30+ Woodpigeon, 3 Moorhen, c20 Coot, c40 Black-headed Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 30+ Magpie, 30+ Jackdaw, 50+ Carrion Crow, 20+ Blue Tit, 20+ Great Tit, 30+ Long-tailed Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 40+ Starling, 3 Blackbird, c20 Robin, 5 House Sparrow

Snuff Mills:

2 Woodpigeon, 40+ Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 2 Dipper

Stoke Park:

1 Kestrel, 8 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Linnet

Dunnock, Purdown (Denise Rudeforth)

Kestrel, Purdown (Denise Rudeforth)

Chiffchaff, Purdown (Vernon Holmes)

Purdown (BOC walk):

4 Mallard, Rock Dove, Woodpigeon, 1 Water Rail, 3 Moorhen, 4 Coot, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 12 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, c25 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, 4 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 18 Starling, 1 Redwing, 1 Blackbird, Robin, 1 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied/White Wagtail, 5 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
7 Black Redstart (1 x jetty, 3 together on low buildings from L2), 1st-w male (from L2), 2 ad male (Both from L2; one still singing ! and 2nd seen very briefly)

Wickwar:

1 Barn Owl

NORTH SOMERSET

No Reports

BELOW M4 & BANES

Mangotsfield:
1 Ring-necked Parakeet

Willsbridge:
1 Red Kite

Keynsham (garden):
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

Bath (Uni):
1 Black Redstart

Stanton Wick:
1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Goldeneye, 6 Great White Egret, 1 Chiffchaff, 5 Pied/White Wagtail

Woodford:
80+ Cattle Egret (cow field)

Moreton:

7 Whooper Swan

Sparrowhawk, Stratford (Ian Stapp)

Merlin, Stratford (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Stratford:
7 Whooper Swan, 20+ Wigeon, 2 Little Grebe, 38 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Slavonian Grebe (also reported at Moreton & Sutton Wick), 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff, 11 Grey Heron, 36 Great White Egret, 7 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Marsh Harrier (adult M & imm m & fem), 1 Red Kite, 1 Merlin (imm./fem sat in front of hide), 1 Peregrine (adult), 1 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 20+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Pied/White Wagtail, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 30+ Linnet

Herriotts inc Pool:
4 Shelduck, 28 Shoveler, 3 Pintail, 4 Little Grebe,   Lapwing, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 11 Grey Heron, 40 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 30+ Starling, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied/White Wagtail

Reported by: Raoul Chandrasakera, Chris Craig, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Peter Hazelwood, Vernon Holmes, Mike Moxon, Brian Mulgrew, ~Nick, Bob Proctor, Denise Rudeforth, Paul Sadley, Rich Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds

03-11-25 Monday

Temp 11°C to 16°C - cloudy, with some sunny spells and light showers. Moderate to strong SW wind. 

Whooper Swan

Black-necked Grebe

Black Redstart

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:

1 Firecrest

Stoke Park:

1 Firecrest, 14 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 1 Bullfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Severn Beach:

1 Black Redstart

NORTH SOMERSET

Wain's Hill:

Vis-mig: 1 Redpoll, 1 Brambling, 195 Chaffinch

Burrington Ham:

3 Red Kite

Wemberham:
16 Mute Swan, 2 Moorhen, 200 Herring Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron,
2 Buzzard, 1 Little Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Peregrine, 170 Starling, 2 Stonechat, 4 Meadow Pipit,
20 Goldfinch

03-11-25 Redwing, Dolebury Warren (Emily Lomas)

Dolebury Warren:

1 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, 11 Blue Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 9 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 10 Starling, 45 Redwing, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Burnett:
1 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel

RESERVOIRS

Barrow:

16 Tufted Duck, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Grey Wagtail

03-11-25 Black-necked & Little Grebes, Blagdon (Mike Moxon)

Blagdon:

1 Black-necked Grebe, Little Grebe

Chew Valley Lake

03-11-25 Whooper Swans, CVL (Mike Moxon)

Woodford:
20+ Cattle Egret

Herons Green:
1 Marsh Harrier

Moreton:
50+ Wigeon, 1 Ruff, 5 Great White Egret, 1 Raven, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 20+ Linnet

03-11-25 Yellow-legged Gull, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
7 Whooper Swan, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, c400 Common Gull, 17 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Marsh Harrier, 3 Red Kite, 1 Peregrine, 6 Skylark, c30 Meadow Pipit, c70 Linnet

03-11-25 Shoveler, CVL (George Stacey)

Herriotts inc. Pool:
4 Shelduck, 24 Shoveler, 6 Pintail, 4 Little Grebe, 14 Lapwing, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 32 Common Gull, Finnish ringed BH Gull, 17 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Rich Keel, John Lewis, Emily Lomas, Mike Moxon, Trevor Riddle, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, 

blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds

02-11-2025 Sunday - Leach's Petrel, Great Northern Diver

Temp 08°C to 12°C - largely cloudy with some sun and some showers, a light to moderate W/SW wind.

Leach's Petrel

Great Northern Diver

Red-crested Pochard

Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked Duck

Black-necked Grebe

Whooper Swan

Black Redstart

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
11 Mute Swan, c30 Mallard, 140+ Feral Pigeon, 5 Stock Dove, 30+ Woodpigeon, 6 Moorhen, c30 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 117 Black-headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 12 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Tawny Owl, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Jay, c30 Magpie, 51+ Jackdaw, 50+ Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, c20 Blue Tit, 20+ Great Tit, 1 Skylark (over South),20+ Long-tailed Tit, 5 Goldcrest, 5 Wren, 1 Treecreeper, c13 Starling, 1 Redwing, 6 Blackbird, 20+ Robin, 1 Dipper, 6 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 2 Grey Wagtail

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
12 Oystercatcher, 1 GBB Gull, 4 Black Redstart, 2 Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
220 Canada Goose, 17 Greylag Goose, 10 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 200 Wigeon, 30 Teal, 6 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 80 Lapwing, 3 Curlew, 12 Turnstone, 50 Redshank, 12 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 12 Pied Wagtail, 7 Meadow Pipit, 10 Linnet

Severn Beach:
1 Leach's Petrel

NORTH SOMERSET

Banwell:

Garden: 

Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker  (m & f), 2 Coal Tit, Marsh Tit, Goldcrest, Goldfinch (8) and seven other species.

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
1 Great Northern Diver

Uphill:

7 Sanderling

BELOW M4 & BANES

Dunkerton:

20+ Woodpigeon, 2 Buzzard, Red Kite, Green Woodpecker, 50 BH Gull, 30 Common Gull, Raven, Kingfisher, Dipper, 20 Long-tailed Tit, Song Thrush, 5 Redwing, 10 Robin, 3 Wren, 40+ Starling, 10 Goldcrest, 2 Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, 20 Goldfinch, Yellowhammer

02-11-25 Black-tailed Godwit, CVL (Mike Moxon)

RESERVOIRS

Barrow:

Tank 3/sewage works: 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Black Redstart

Blagdon Lake:
1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Ring-necked Duck

Chew Valley Lake
5 Whooper Swan

02-11-2025 Whooper Swan,  CVL (Pagan Birder)

Ringing station:
3 Bearded Tit

Woodford:
1 assumed Lesser Scaup 

02-11-2025 Meadow Pipit, CVL (Bri Thompson)

Herons Green:
1 Black-tailed Godwit, Meadow Pipit

02-10-25 Red-crested Pochard, CVL (Bri Thompson)

Moreton:
1 Red-crested Pochard, 1 Peregrine

02-11-25 ringed BH Gull, CVL (Mike Moxon)

Stratford:
5 Marsh Harrier, 2 Stonechat

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Chris Craig, Markas Gilmartin, Eleanor Harris, Matt Hull, John Lewis, Mike Moxon, Ross Nairn, Lois Pryce, Pagan Birder, James Rawson, Rich Scantlebury. Larry Sweetland, Bri Thompson, John Thorogood, Reuben Veal, Jack W, Penny Wills

blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds

01/11/25 Saturday

Temp 5°C to 12°C - Sunny periods in the early morning gave way to rain showers, with a moderate breeze from the Southwest

Firecrest

Garganey

Redpoll

Brambling

Whooper Swan

Black Redstart

Black-necked Grebe

Ring-necked Duck

BRISTOL

Fishponds:

1 Red Kite (over, low)

Kingfisher, Eastville Park (Caron Thornton-Trippit)

Eastville Park:

Mute Swan, Grey Heron, 1 Tawny Owl, Kingfisher, 1 Dipper, Robin

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

1 Little Grebe, 2 Common Gull, 1 Blackcap, 20 Redwing, 1 Stonechat, 1 Meadow Pipit, 20 Goldfinch

Redshank/Common Sandpiper, Lamplighters Marsh
(David Minshall)

Lamplighters Marsh:

1 Curlew, 2 Common Sandpiper, 7 Redshank, Black-headed Gull

Lawrence Weston (garden):

1 Firecrest

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Black Redstart, OPS (Christopher Teague)

Oldbury Power Station:
4+ Black Redstart

Bradley Stoke:
2 Red Kite

NORTH SOMERSET

Tyntesfield:
1 Marsh Tit

Sand Point/Bay:
105 Shelduck, 1 Grey Plover, 45 Black-headed Gull, 3 Common Gull, 1 Merlin, 20 Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest, 25 Goldcrest, 2700 Starling, 5 Song Thrush, 3 Redwing, 1 Fieldfare, 3 Stonechat, 15 Meadow Pipit, 429 Chaffinch, 2 Brambling, 1 Bullfinch, 17 Greenfinch, 2 Redpoll, 12 Siskin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath:
1 Firecrest (Twerton)

Dunkerton:
40+ Woodpigeon, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Skylark, 20+ Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 10+ Goldcrest, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Redpoll, 2 Siskin, 12 Yellowhammer

Red Kite, Wellow (Thomas Weston)

Wellow:
4 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Little Egret, 8 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 6 Skylark, 3 Chiffchaff, 5+ Goldcrest, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Yellowhammer

Burnett:
1 Red Kite

Chelwood:
1 Red Kite

Stanton Drew:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Skylark, 40 Starling, 6 Redwing, 5 Meadow Pipit

Compton Martin (garden):
1 Marsh Tit

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
8 Tufted Duck, 300+ Woodpigeon (roost in woods), 6 Little Grebe, 22 Great Crested Grebe, 12 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 25 Starling

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Black-necked Grebe

Chew Valley Lake

Herons Green:
100+ Wigeon, 1 Water Rail, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Cattle Egret, 7 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 11 Little Egret, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 15 Long-tailed Tit, 10+ House Sparrow, 5 Pied/White Wagtail, 7 Meadow Pipit

Whooper Swan, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
1 Greylag Goose (with a Canada Goose and 4 Hybrid Goslings), 7 Whooper Swan, 1 Scaup (f), 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 7+ Pied/White Wagtail, 10+ Meadow Pipit, 20+ Linnet

Peregrine/Marsh Harrier, Stratford (Wayne Tucker)

Stratford:
7 Whooper Swan, 1 Garganey, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine

Herriotts inc Pool:
4 Shelduck, 34 Shoveler, 6 Pintail, 1 Water Rail, 4 Little Grebe, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 32 Common Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 22 Great White Egret (inc. ring "AHH"), 4 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied/White Wagtail

Reported by: Rich Andrews, Allan Chard, Chris Craig, Rob Hargreaves, Matt Hull, Rich Keel, John Lewis, Andy Mears, Nigel Milbourne, David Minshall, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Christopher Teague, Gary Thorburn, Wayne Tucker, Thomas Weston, Karen Wilkinson

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds