28-03-26 Saturday - Black-crowned Night Heron - and lots of song from other birds

Temp 04°C to 11°C - Sunny intervals all day with a moderate westerly breeze that veered to north west before lunchtime with gusting to 33 mph

Black-crowned Night Heron 

Lesser Scaup

Osprey

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:

1 Sparrowhawk. 1 Kingfisher, 3 Jay, 3 Chiffchaff, 

Golden Hill:

1 Skylark - singing (or a very good imbirdation)

Horfield Common:

1 Greenfinch - singing

28-03-26 Nuthatch Redland (Mike Owen)

Redland Green Park:

1 Green Woodpecker - calling, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - drumming, 2 Nuthatch - singing

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wheatear

Wickwar - Lower Woods:

1 Red Kite, 5 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5+ Chiffchaff, 3+ Nuthatch

28-03-26 Long-tailed Tit Yate (Chris Teague)

Yate:

 Common:
Skylark - up and singing early this morning, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff - singing, 2 Grey Wagtail

 Kingsgate Park:

8 Tufted Duck, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap

Chipping Sodbury Common:
28 Stock Dove, 1 Snipe, 2 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 6 Skylark, 1 Willow Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Greenfinch, 1 Redpoll

NORTH SOMERSET

Nailsea - Engine Lane:

1 Red Kite, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Cettie's Warbler,  1 Blackcap, 1 Fieldfare, 14 Linnet 

28-03-26 Willow Warbler Watercress Frm (Rob Martin)

Wraxall, Watercress Farm:
1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 200 Rook, 1 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Yellowhammer

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Wheatear

BELOW M4 & BANES

Downend - garden:

1 Green Woodpecker & 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - both calling

Marshfield:
1 Red Kite

Bath - marina:
1 Black-crowned Night Heron 

Bathampton Village, Canal and Meadows:
2 Stock Dove, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, 13 Chiffchaff, 30 Wren, 6 Song Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 Greenfinch

Cameley:

1 Willow Warbler

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Herons Green:
38 Cattle Egret

28-03-2026 Lesser Scaup CVL (Sam Caswell)

Moreton:
2 Lesser Scaup (f&m), 1 Scaup (f)

28-03-26 Osprey CVL (Merv Carlyon)

Herriotts inc Pool:
1 Osprey - flew up the east side of the lake, 1 Red Kite

Reported by: Pete Brain, Tony Bridges, Merv Carlyon, Sam Caswell, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Ben Crabb, Chris Craig, Barry Dursley, Alastair Fraser, Markas Gilmartin, Anthony Goodwin, Pete Hawkins, Francie Macrow, Rob Martin, Mike Owen, Nick Page, Rowan Peters, Dendy Platt, Paul Sadley, Joe Sargent, Rich Scantlebury, Andy Stockhausen, Simon Stuart, Chris Teague, Wayne Tucker, Tony Watt, 

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