Sunday, 22 February 2026

22-02-26 Sunday

Temp 09°C to 13°C - rain stopped after breakfast, leaving a watery sunshine through to tea time. The moderate breeze from the west south west swung to the west at lunch time and back as night fell, some gusting up to 29 mph.

Ring-necked Duck
Crossbill
Scandinavian Rock Pipit
Firecrest

BRISTOL

Avonmouth STW:
20 Tufted Duck

Chittening Warth:
1 Wigeon, 5 Oystercatcher, 28 Curlew, 2 Redshank, 70 Turnstone, 22 Knot, 180 Dunlin, 

City Docks - SS Great Britain:
1 Great Crested Grebe

Hallen Marsh:
50 Shoveler, 33 Gadwall, 21 Wigeon, 60 Teal, 19 Lapwing, 1 Curlew, 1 Kingfisher

Sea Mills - WeBS
20 Mallard, 2 Shelduck, 400 Black-headed Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull - ad, 3 Herring Gull, 4 Lesser black-backed Gull, 4 Common Sandpiper, 70 Redshank, 6 Dunlin, 2 Grey Wagtail

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Cliff:
 2 Green Woodpecker, Jay, 4 Raven, 1 Blackcap (m), 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush,100+ Redwing, c100 Chaffinch, 8 Reed Bunting

New Passage/Northwick:
18 Canada Geese, 3 Greylag Goose, c100 Wigeon, 30 Teal, c60 Oystercatcher, c80 Curlew, c100 Redshank, 4 Turnstone, c 1000 Dunlin, 10 Goldfinch

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Marsh Harrier - hunting

Severn Beach:
74 Grey Plover - over up river, 9 Kittiwake, 10+ Common Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Scandinavian Rock Pipit

Easter Compton:
30 Herring Gull, 50 Rook, 25 Jackdaw, 24 Pied Wagtail - in field with sheep

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - coast road:
1 Red Kite

Redhill:
1 Red Kite

Uphill:
Redshank, 4 Knot, 100s Dunlin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bitton - Holm Mead:
6 White-fronted Goose, 1 Red Kite

Saltford - STW:
20 Cormorant, 2 Red Kite, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Peregrine, chiffchaff - singing, 2 Blackcap, 2 Treecreeper, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Redpoll, 2 Siskin

Newton St Loe:
1 Tufted Duck (f), 1 Gadwall (m), 2 Teal, 5 Little Grebe, 6 Moorhen, 4 Coot, 20 Common Gull, 2 Cormorant, 5 Grey Heron - 3 on nests, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 20 Rook, 3 Coal Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 5 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 8 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch
22-02-26 Crossbill Lords Wood (Andrew Parsons)
Pensford - Lords Wood:
Firecrest,  Goldcrest, 6 Redwing, 7 Crossbill

Chelwood:
1 Green Sandpiper

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
Tufted Duck, Mallard, 1 Great Crested Grebe, Coot, Black-headed Gull, 3 Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 

Chew Valley Lake

Woodford:
70+ Cattle Egret - trees behind the lodge

Herons Green:
some Goldeneye, 1 Mediterranean Gull - ad, 3 Cattle Egret - over

Stratford:
40+ Goldeneye, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 2 Great Black-backed Gull

Herriotts inc Pool:
15+ Cattle Egret

Reported by: Ken Blake, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Markas Gilmartin, Karen Jayne, Rob Laughton, John Lewis, Ross Nairn, Tom O'Shea, Andrew Parsons, Matt Plenty,  Lois Pryce, Phil Quinn, Dean Reeves, Sue Sayers. Tony Scott, Andy Stockhausen, Clare Tait

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