Sunday, 1 February 2026

01-02-26 Sunday

Temp 03°C to 09°C - cloudy and still to start. Showers later that got heavier and more frequent in the moderate W/WSW wind.

White-fronted Goose
Merlin
Black Redstart
Crossbill
Ring-necked Duck

BRISTOL

Arnos Vale:
1 Blackcap (singing)
01-02-2026 Canada Goose-RiverAvon (David Minshall)
Badock's Wood LNR:
1 Blackcap, 29 Redwing, 35 Siskin

Frenchay Common:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 20+ Redwing
2026_02_01-Oystercatcher-RiverAvon (David Minshall)
River Avon:
16 Canada Goose, 2 Shelduck, 6 Mallard, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 15+ Redshank

Redland Green Park:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 6+ Redwing

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Bradley Stoke:
Three Brooks LNR: 1 Ring-necked Parakeet

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Mediterranean Gull (adult), 1 Peregrine

Portishead Marina: 
1 Black Redstart, 2 Stonechat

Clevedon:
Blind Yeo/Wain's Hill Sluice Marsh: 19 Goosander
Garden: 1 Blackcap

Kenn Moor:
18 Snipe, 1 Stonechat, 50 Meadow Pipit

Worle:
Garden: 1 Merlin

Uphill:
11 Avocet, 25 Ringed Plover, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Rock Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bitton:
Holm Mead: 135 Canada Goose, 4 Greylag, 3 White-fronted Goose

Lord's Wood:
60 Redwing, 1 Firecrest, 15+ Crossbill

RESERVOIRS

Barrow:
1 Common Sandpiper

Blagdon Lake:
308 Pochard, 1 Ring-necked Duck

Chew Valley Lake

Woodford/Wally Bank:
2 Goosander

Herons Green:
1 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 5 Goldeneye, 45+ Cattle Egret (fields to west)

Reported by: John Aldridge, Paul Chapman, Geoff Dring, Julie Evans, Matt Hobbs, Dave Horlick, Yvonne Howard, Rob Laughton, Rich Keel, David Minshall, Ross Nairn, Mike Neale, Steve Newland, Blake Norton, Nick Page, Milo Peters, Mike Owen, Trevor Riddle, Isiah Rudkin, Simon Stuart