Thursday, 26 March 2026

26-03-26 Thursday - more Ospreys

Temp 03°C to 12°C. Mix of sun and light cloud. A calmer day with light northwesterly breeze turning southwesterly later in the afternoon; gusting to max 16mph.

Mandarin Duck
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Scaup
3 (possibly 4) Osprey at CVL
Black Redstart
26-03-26 Osprey, Herons Green Bay CVL (Lee Patch)
BRISTOL
26-03-26 Herons inc a well-grown chick, Lamplighters heronry (Di Bunniss)
Lamplighters heronry:
11 Grey Heron at c8 nests, inc young growing well

Redland Green Park & Allotments:
1 Stock Dove singing, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff & 1 Blackcap singing, 1 Nuthatch

Greenbank Cemetery:
2 Willow Warbler

Malago River, Bedminster:
1 Little Egret

Withywood:
1 Red Kite, 1 Raven, 1 Chiffchaff

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
A Peregrine on a fresh kill on the Tidal Res. shore, flock of 7 Jay, 7 migrant Song Thrush

Pilning Wetland:
14 shelduck, Shoveler, Gadwall, 30 Wigeon, 15 Teal, 3 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 9 Lapwing, 12 Curlew, 13 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, Skylark, Chiffchaff, Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting

New Passage:
Wigeon, Teal, Curlew, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff

Severn Beach:
5 Canada Goose, 27 Shelduck, 2 Wigeon, 4 Mallard, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plover, 11 Curlew, 1 Snipe, 20 Dunlin, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Skylark, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Meadow Pipit, 1 Greenfinch, 4 Linnet, 7 Goldfinch, 3 Reed Bunting

Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Stock Dove, 2 Snipe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 10 Skylar, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 11 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 6 Song Thrush, 1 Redwing, 12 Meadow Pipit, 9 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 9 Greenfinch, 5 Linnet, 6 Goldfinch, 3 Reed Bunting

Kingsgate Park:
2 Gadwall, Mallard (f, with 11 young), 8 Tufted Duck, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Greenfinch, 3 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET
26-03-26 Black Redstart, Portishead (Darren Burton)
Portishead Marina:
Curlew, Redshank, 1 Black Redstart, Rock Pipit, Reed Bunting

Backwell Lake:
Mute Swan on nest, 5 Gadwall, 11 Little Egret, 3 Raven, 6 Sand Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 5 Greenfinch
26-03-26 Blue Tit (Emily Lomas)
Moat Cottage/Nailsea Wall:
5 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 4 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 15 Fieldfare, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Greenfinch, 3 Goldfinch

Little River, Yatton:
20 Mute Swan, 1 Moorhen, 2 Little Egret, 4 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 1 Blue Tit, 4 Skylark, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Meadow Pipit, 3 Greenfinch, 2 Linnet

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham, Memorial Park:
3 Mallard, 5 Feral Pigeon, 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Rook, 5 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 3 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 4 Grey Wagtail

Keynsham, Manor Road Community Woodlands:
11 Woodpigeon, 7+ Magpie, 19+ Rook, 4 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 12+ Wren, 1 Treecreeper, 2+ Song Thrush, 10+ Blackbird, 10+ Robin, 1 Dunnock

Burnett:
1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard

Stanton Prior:
1 Red Kite

Chelwood to Marksbury Road:
2 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck (in Wood Bay)

Chew Valley Lake

Bittern Trail:
Pair Willow Warbler
26-03-26 Osprey, over back of Denny Island (Ian Stapp)
Picnic area no 2:
6 Canada Goose, 2 Goldeneye, 1 Osprey (over back of Denny Island), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming), 3 Chiffchaff

Dam:
6 Canada Goose, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, a few Sand Martins, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail

Woodford and path
3 Goldeneye, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 6+ Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Wren, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 4 Bullfinch

Villice:
1 Sand Martin
26-03-26 Common Gull, Herons Green (Chris Teague)
Herons Green:
2 Goldeneye, 2 Lesser Scaup (flew to Moreton), 4 Gadwall (2m, 2f), 2 Little Grebe, 2 Common Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Osprey, 1 Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Pied Wagtail

Moreton:
2 Lesser Scaup

Stratford:
7 Shelduck, 2 Goldeneye, 1 Scaup (f/imm), 2 GBB Gull, 3 Osprey, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff
26-03-26 Mandarin Duck, Herriotts (Lee Patch)
Herriotts inc Pool:
1 Canada x Greylag Goose hybrid, 1 Mandarin Duck (m), 7 Shelduck, 4 Goldeneye, 6 Shoveler, 40 Gadwall, 1 Pintail (m), 18 Teal, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 4 GBB Gull, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting
26-03-26 Mandarin Duck, Herriotts (Bri Thompson)

Reported by: Pete Allen, David Allward, Paul Bowerman, Di Bunniss, Darren Burton, Dave Chislett, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Stephen Curtis, Andy Davis, Andrew Harrison, Emily Lomas, Andy Mears, Rich Mielcarek, MJ, Andrew Parsons, Lee Patch, Carol Rushton, Nigel Sluman, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Chris Teague, Julian Thomas, Bri Thompson, Reuben Veal