Wednesday, 25 March 2026

25-03-26 Wednesday - Osprey

Temp 03°C to 10°C - Sun around all day, with heavy clouds containing rain and hail storming over. The west north west wind increased to a strong breeze, peaking at lunch time and gusting to 36 mph.

Osprey
Ring-necked Duck

BRISTOL

Avonmouth - St Andrews Church & Park:
24 Jackdaw, 2 Great Tit - singing, 7 Chiffchaff - singing, 19 Starling, 5 Goldfinch

Bedminster - Greville Smythe Park:
1 Kestrel - hover hunting

Bishop Road - Horfield Common:
1 Collared Dove, 14 Woodpigeon, 12 Feral Pigeon, 7 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Jay, 6 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 8 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap, 3 Wren, 12 Starling, 6 Blackbird, 8 Robin, 14 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 2 Greenfinch, 16 Goldfinch
25-03-26 Treecreeper UWE (Angus Ford)
Stoke Park / Frenchay Campus:
1 Treecreeper

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Pilning Wetlands:
70 Oystercatcher, 4 Ringed Plover, 4+ Little Ringed Plover, 12 Lapwing, 30 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Jack Snipe, 3 Snipe, 50 Turnstone, 5 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow

Severn Beach:
1 Common Scoter (m), 50 Turnstone, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler

NORTH SOMERSET

Abbotts Leigh - Abbots Pool:
2 Mandarin Duck (f&m)

Backwell Lake:
7 Mute Swan, 11 Canada Geese, 3 Mallard, 10 Gadwall, 2 Tufted Duck - pair, 2 Woodpigeon, 4 Coot, 3 Moorhen, 5 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Jackdaw, 2 Magpie, numerous House Martin, 1 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Robin, 1 Great Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Greenfinch

Felton Common:
1 Swallow - over, 3 Wheatear

Yatton - Wemberham:
10 Mute Swans, 1 Teal, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Raven, 3 Skylark

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
4 Wheatear (f&3m)

Banwell:
1 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (f), 1 Blackcap (m), 2 Siskin (f&m).

BELOW M4 & BANES

Burnett:
1 Red Kite

Stanton Wick:
1 Red Kite

Chelwood:
2 Red Kite

Chew Magna:
2 Little Egret

Radstock - Writhlington:
2 Red Kite - over school

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck, several hundred Sand Martin, 1 Swallow

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
6 Canada Goose, 4 Goldeneye, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 G W Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail

Sutton Wick:
1 Osprey

Woodford:
5 Goldeneye, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker,  2 G S Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 5+ Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 5 Wren, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch

Herons Green:
2 Goldeneye, 4 Gadwell  (f&m), 2 Little Grebe, 1 G W Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, c60 Sand Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 House Sparrow, 4 Pied Wagtail

Stratford:
2 Goldeneye, 2 G BB Gull, 1 Osprey, 2 Red Kite, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff
25-03-26 Redshank CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts inc Pool:
1 Hybrid Goose, 1 Mandarin Duck (m), 5 Shelduck, 2 Goldeneye, 8 Shoveler, 28 Gadwell, 1 Pintail (m), 22 Teal, 1 Redshank, 3 G BB Gull (lake), 1 LBB Gull - intermedius, 1 G W Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard -inc the white one, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Jamie Buchan, John Budd, Raoul Chandrasakera, Andy Davis, Trevor Ford, Rupert Higgins, John Lewis, Nige Milbourne,  Mike Moxon, Ross Nairn, Dave Nevitt, Nick Page, Trevor Riddle, Ian Stapp, Gwen Thomas, John Thorogood

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