Thursday, 19 February 2026

19-02-26 Thursday - Swallow

Temp 03°C to 06°C. Cloudy with some light rain. Cold northerly breeze gusting to 16mph in the morning turning to westerly in the afternoon.

Swallow
White-fronted Goose
Slavonian Grebe
Little Stint
Mediterranean Gulls - amongst an impressive gull count at CVL
Water Pipit

BRISTOL
19-02-26 Curlew, Lamplighters Marsh (David Minshall)
Lamplighters Marsh, Shirehampton:
4 Mallard, 2 Oystercatcher, 5 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Redshank, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron
19-02-26 Little Egret, St Judes Bristol (Andrew Parsons)
River Frome, St Judes:
1 Little Egret

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
89 Snipe flew from saltmarsh, 3 Ringed Plover, 40 Turnstone, 50 Dunlin, 1 Nuthatch 

Aust Warth:
1 GBB Gull, 4 Raven, 1 Stonechat, 4 Linnet.

New Passage / Pilning Wetland:
2 Mute Swan, 8 Greylag Goose 12 Canada Goose, 37 Shelduck, 27 Shoveler, 8 Gadwall, c200 Wigeon, 3 Pintail, c100 Teal, 1 Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 85 Oystercatcher, 1 Golden Plover, 150 Lapwing, 120 Curlew, 14 Snipe, 80 Redshank, 14 Turnstone, 16 Knot, 300 Dunlin, c200 BH Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 7 Common Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 4 LBB Gull, 2 Little Egret, 2 Kestrel, 3 Skylark, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 20 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 15 Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, 8 Meadow Pipit, 1 Linnet, 9 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch, 5 Reed Bunting

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Water Rail

Portishead Marina:
1 Black Redstart

Clevedon - Dowlais:
150 Shelduck, 12 Shoveler, 10 Wigeon, 10 Teal, 12 Ringed Plover, 100 Redshank, Turnstone, 800 Dunlin, 1 Little Stint (estuary side, with Ringed Plovers & Turnstones), 2 GBB Gull, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 50 Skylark

Clevedon Moor:
2 Mute Swan, 4 Canada Goose, 1 Green Sandpiper, 60 BH Gull, 15 Common Gull, 14 Herring Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Stonechat,, 1 Grey Wagtail

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge:
1 Stock Dove, 4 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Song Thrush, 20 Redwing, 11 Blackbird, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch

Keynsham, Holm Mead & river:
103 Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 4 Canada x Greylag hybrid, 6 Russian White-fronted Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Coot on the river (rare here), 2 Stonechat

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Nunnery Point:
Gull Roost Count - 
10,450 BH Gull, 7 Mediterranean Gull, 4,500 Common Gull, 830 Herring Gull, 5 GBB Gull, 3,640 LBB Gull
+ 5 Mute Swan, 45 Canada Goose, 24 Mallard, 1 Pochard, 550 Tufted Duck, 95 Goldeneye, 25 Coot, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 65 Great Crested Grebe, 21 Cormorant, 16 Little Egret, 40 Cattle Egret, 6 Great White Egret, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Water Pipit

Herriotts inc Pool:
1 Mediterranean Gull (ad)

Blue Bowl, East Harptree:
1 Swallow

Reported by: Paul Chapman, Ben Crabb, Oscar Dewhurst, Julian Eastoe, Duncan Evered, Rob Laughton, John Lewis, David Minshall, Andrew Parsons, Lee Patch, Rowan Peters, Andy Stockhausen, Chris Vines 

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