Saturday, 24 January 2026

24-01-26 Saturday

Temp 06°C to 09°C -  heavy rain until tea time then easing. A fresh breeze with near gale force gusts all day, mainly from the south south east.

Sanderling
Mediterranean Gull
Black Redstart
Ring-necked Duck

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Little Grebe

Fishponds:
1 Common Gull

Henleaze Swimming Lake:
Mallard, 1 Goosander (m) - 2nd week

Sea Mills - R Avon inc WeBS count:
13 Mallard, 1 Water Rail, 90+ Lapwing, 5 Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper, 70 Redshank, 110 Black-headed Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Teal

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick:
6 White-fronted Geese - inc 1 juv, c200 Wigeon, 60 Teal, 1 Pochard (m), 1 Grey Plover, 65 Curlew, 40 Turnstone, c200 Dunlin, 2 Jack Snipe, 3 Common Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 2 Buzzard, 6 Raven, Peregrine, Kestrel, Whinchat, 2 Stonechat, 3 Rock Pipit

Pilning Wetlands:
16 Shoveler, 8 Gadwall, 1 Pochard (f), 2 Tufted Duck, c100 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Gull, Kestrel

Patchway:
1 Black Redstart (f)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
5 Purple Sandpiper

Dundry:
1 Kestrel - hunting, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush

Cleeve - Wrington Warren:
1 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper

Uphill:
16 Sanderling. 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Firecrest

BELOW M4 & BANES
24-01-26 Sparrowhawk MF (Les Williams)
Marshfield - inc BOC walk:
15 Lapwing, 8 Common Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 6 Red Kite - worming, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 10 Rook, 1 Raven, 18 Skylark, 60 Starling, 5 Redwing, 3 Blackbird, 150 Fieldfare, 4 Meadow Pipit, 8 Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch, 15 Corn Bunting, 8 Yellowhammer
24-01-25 Corn Bunting MF (Robin Martin)
Willsbridge:
1 Red Kite

Bath - Devonshire Tunnel area:
50 Siskin

Midsomer Norton:
1 Dipper

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Bernard King:
20 Goldeneye, 50 Redwing

Herons Green:
1 Greylag Goose, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Great White Egret, 220 Starling murmuarating

Herriotts inc Pool:
300 Woodpigeon- inc one with an orange looking back, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 5 Cattle Egret

Reported by: George Ashwell, Peter Bryant, Ben Crabb, Neil Delaney, Alex Dommett, William Earp, Chris Hall, Sue & Nigel Kempson, Jonathan Margetts, Robin Martin, Ross Nairn, Mike Owen, Nick Page, Tony Scott,  Andy Stockhausen, Simon Stuart, Larry Sweetland, Les Williamsblagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirdingsevernsidebirds