Thursday, 12 February 2026

12-02-26 Thursday

Temp 07°C to 10°C. Overcast with some rain, brightening a bit later. Moderate breeze from the WSW gusting to 25mph.

White-fronted Goose
Ring-necked Duck
Jack Snipe
Mediterranean Gull
Water Pipit
12-02-26 Little Egret, Clevedon Dowlais (Howard Taffs)
BRISTOL

Redland garden:
1 Blackcap (m)

Parson Street Station, Bedminster:
1 Blackcap

Alder outside Filwood Park Library, Knowle West:
33 Siskin

Withywood garden:
1 Blackcap (m)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust:
2 Jack Snipe, 1 Water Pipit

Pilning Wetlands:
2 Pochard, 3 Tufted Duck, 16 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 102 Wigeon, 88 Teal, 1 Water Rail, c400 Lapwing,  12 Snipe, 28 BH Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull (ad), 5 Common Gull, 1 Kestrel, Cetti's Warbler, 6 Goldfinch

Northwick Warth:  
5 Canada Goose, 7 Greylag Goose, 22 Shelduck, 220 Wigeon, 14 Teal, 1 Avocet, 18 Oystercatcher, 38 Curlew, 25 Redshank, 31 Turnstone, 11 Dunlin, 15 Common Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 4 LBB Gull (1 intermedius), 2 Cormorant, 1 Kestrel, 4 Raven, 20+Skylark, 11 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 4 Linnet, 6 Pied Wagtail, 12 Meadow Pipit

NORTH SOMERSET
12-02-26 Curlew, Clevedon Dowlais (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon - Dowlais:
10 Shoveler, 6 Wigeon, 6 Oystercatcher, 5 Ringed Plover, 15 Lapwing, 6 Curlew, "several thousand" Dunlin, 1 Little Egret

Uphill:
1 Mediterranean Gull, 13 Common Gull, 1 Rock Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES
12-02-26 Jay, Keynsham Community Woodland (Ian Stapp)
Keynsham,  Manor Road Community Woodlands:
6 Pheasant, 4 Collared Dove, 50+ Pigeon (Wood and Feral), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 9 Magpie,  20+ Jackdaw, 60+ Rook, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 30+ Long -tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper, 7 Wren, 50+ Starling, 2 Song Thrush, 7 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 4 Dunnock, 30+ House Sparrow, 12+ Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 14 Goldfinch, 4 Siskin
12-02-26 Water Rail, Keynsham Memorial Park (John Aldridge)
Keynsham, Memorial Park: 
2 Water Rail
12-02-26 White-fronted Goose, Holm Mead (John Aldridge)
Keynsham,  Holm Mead:
2 White-fronted Goose

Keynsham, River Avon:
16 Shoveler, 1 Coot, 2 Stonechat

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
12-02-26 Ring-necked Duck with Tufted Duck, Herons Green (Sam Caswell)
Herons Green:
1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Greylag Goose

Reported by: John Aldridge, Pete Allen, Sam Caswell, Chris Craig, John Croxton, John Lewis, Ross Nairn, Nigel Sluman, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Howard Taffs: