Friday, 20 March 2026

20-03-26 Friday - Tree Pipit

Temp 05°C to 16°C - Sunny with a light east north east breeze, gusting to 14 mph.

Tree Pipit 
Purple Sandpiper
Wheatear
Little Gull
Green Sandpiper
Black Redstart


BRISTOL

Coombe Dingle - garden:
2 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin

Withywood:
1 Red Kite

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick:
Knot, Ruff, Redwing, Wheatear

Severn Beach:
5 Common Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull - 2nd yr, 4 Little Egret, 2 Sand Martin, 11 Chiffchaff, 1 Redwing, 2 Wheatear, 1 Tree Pipit, 466 Meadow Pipit, 1 Greenfinch, 157 Goldfinch, 102 Linnet, 16 Siskin, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Yellowhammer

NORTH SOMERSET
20-03-26 Mandarin Duck Abbots Pool (Jamie Buchan)
Abbots Leigh - Abbots Pool:
2 Mandarin (f&m), 1 Kingfisher

Portbury Wharf:
2 House Martin

Portishead - Battery Point:
5 Purple Sandpiper - at high tide

Clevedon - Dowlais:
13 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 9 Shovelar, 4 Mallard - inc 3 duckling, 19 Teal, 7 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 11 Snipe, 40 Redshank, 15 Dunlin, 3 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 6 Skylark, 2 Cetti's Warbler & 2 Chiffchaff - singing, 1 Black Redstart, 1 Pied Wagtail. 40 Meadow Pipit, 20 Green Finch, 2 Linnet, 

Bristol Airport:
3 Red Kite

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
 - vismig:
446 Woodpigeon, 30 Curlew, 2 Sand Martin, 244 Meadow Pipit, 36 Chaffinch, I Brambling, 
54 Siskin 
 - present: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 1 Raven, 7 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 10 Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Warmley  - Barrs Court:
1 Blackcap (m)

Oldland Common - West St:
1 Red Kite

Keynsham, Manor Road:
2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap (f), 2 Goldfinch

Holm Mead:
2 Sand Martin, 4 Redwing, 5 Fieldfare

Chelwood:
2 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
20-03-26 Greylag Goose CVL (Ian Stapp)
Dam:

12 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 9 Goldeneye, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 2 Herring Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4+ Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Pied Wagtail, 4 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Denny Island:
6 Little Gull

Woodford:
6 Goldeneye. 1 Goosander (f), 2 Collared Dove, 1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker,  4 Great Spotted Woodpecker - drumming, 1 Jay,  2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 9+ Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap (m), 3 Wren, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Blackbird, 6+ Robin, 4 Dunnock, 2 Goldfinch
20-03-26 Green Sandpiper CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herons Green:

6 Goldeneye, 6 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Green Sandpiper. 2 Great White Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Red Kite,  2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3+ Chiffchaff, 2 House Sparrow, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting, 

Moreton:
4 Goldeneye, 6 Gadwall. 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3+ Chiffchaff, 1 Wheatear

Stratford:
4 Goldeneye, 5 Shoveler, 1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret. 1 Red Kite, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush

Herriotts inc Pool:
5 Shelduck, 5 Goldeneye, 1 Scaup (f), 8 Shoveler, 26 Gadwall, 24 Teal, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3+ Chiffchaff, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Jamie Buchan, Peter Coslett, Stephen Curtis, Andy Davis, Julian Eastoe, Paul Francis, Alastair Fraser, Adrian Hockey, David Howes, Matt Hull, Rob Laughton, Brian Mulgrew, Lee Patch, Aravind Ramesh, Carol Rushton, Ian Stapp,  Howard Taffs, Reuben Veal

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