Temp 04°C to 11°C - largely cloudy in the light SW/WSW wind to start. The wind strengthened later bringing showers and gusts to 33mph.
Photos of the Night Heron are below. There are lots of great photos taken by local birders and it is nice to be able to showcase them.
Black-crowned Night Heron- a short video taken by patch birds can be seen hereRing-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Kittiwake
Arctic Skua
Osprey
BRISTOL
No reports.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Severn Beach:
12 Curlew, 6 Turnstone, 3 Dunlin, 3 Arctic Skua, c900 Kittiwake, 30+ Common Gull, 1 Cormorant
NORTH SOMERSET
Portbury Wharf:
Tufted Duck, 2+ Swallow, c10 House Martin
Walton Bay:
2 Red Kite
BELOW M4 & BANES
Kingswood:
BRISTOL
No reports.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Severn Beach:
12 Curlew, 6 Turnstone, 3 Dunlin, 3 Arctic Skua, c900 Kittiwake, 30+ Common Gull, 1 Cormorant
NORTH SOMERSET
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| 29-03-26 Tufted Duck, Portbury Wharf (Beth Burton) |
Tufted Duck, 2+ Swallow, c10 House Martin
Walton Bay:
2 Red Kite
BELOW M4 & BANES
Kingswood:
1 Willow Warbler
Hanham Hills:
1 Swallow
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| 29-03-26 Willow Warbler Keynsham (Ian Stapp) |
Keynsham:
Garden: 1 Willow Warbler (a week earlier than last year)
Bath:
1 Black-crowned Night Heron
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck
Chew Valley Lake
Stratford:
1 Avocet, 1 Osprey, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin
Herriotts inc. Pool:
2 Lesser Scaup, 2 Scaup, 1 Osprey
Garden: 1 Willow Warbler (a week earlier than last year)
Bath:
1 Black-crowned Night Heron
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck
Chew Valley Lake
Stratford:
1 Avocet, 1 Osprey, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin
Herriotts inc. Pool:
2 Lesser Scaup, 2 Scaup, 1 Osprey
Photos of the Black-crowned Night Heron from Newbridge, Bath, today, in no particular order. Many thanks to the photographers for sharing their great photos and making the fact I could not go see the bird slightly more bearable.
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| Kevin Balch |
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| Rob Laughton |
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| Dave Hughes |
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| Rob Martin |
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| Rob Hargreaves |
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| Wayne Tucker |
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| Merv Carlyon |
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| Cliff Smith |
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| Mark Coller |
Reported by: Bronwen, Phil, Kevin Balch, George Brock, Pete Cheetham, Merv Carlyon, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Oscar Dewhurst, Julian Eastoe, David Gale, Tim Ford, Markas Gilmartin, Rob Hargreaves, Dave Hughes, Rob Laughton, Robert Kelsh, Rob Martin, Andy Mears, Ross Nairn, Tom OShea, Ash Pitny, Paul Sawyer, Cliff Smith, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Simon Stuart, Julian Thomas, Lauren Tucker, Wayne Tucker
