Spring has only just begun, yet we are already experiencing summer-level heat, with today's highs reaching 22ยบ. However, a gentle 15mph breeze from the southwest has meant that we've been blessed with a milder heat, which birds and birders alike have been making the most of!
Rarities - Mandarin Duck, Cuckoo, Little Ringed Plover, Common Redstart, White Wagtail, Tree Pipit, Redpoll, Grasshopper Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail, Sandwich Tern, Sedge Warbler
BRISTOL
Avonmouth Spur:
1 Grasshopper Warbler
Bishopston:
10 Starling, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 3 Dunnock, 2 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch
Chittening Warth:
6 Sandwich Tern
High Kingsdown:
1 Willow Warbler
Sims Hill
1 Skylark
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
New Passage/Northwick:
2 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail
Pilning Wetlands:
2 Wigeon, 10 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 Swallow
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| 08-04-2026 Skylark, Chipping Sodbury Common (Les Williams) |
1 Skylark, 1 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart, 2 Wheatear
NORTH SOMERSET
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| 08-04-2026 Whitethroat, Portbury Wharf (Daz B) |
Abbots Pool, Abbots Leigh
2 Mandarin Duck, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper
Nailsea Moor
15 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 10 Mallard, 2 Pheasant, 2 Lesser Black-Backed Gulls2 Grey Heron, 6 Buzzard, 1 Little Owl, 1 Long-Tailed Tit, 3 Skylark, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 2 Stonechat, 10 Wheatear, 1 Dunnock, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch
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| 08-04-2026 Wheateater, Clevedon (Wayne Pannell) |
15 Teal, 80 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Barn Swallow, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, 10 Starling, 1 Wheatear, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 8 Linnet, 1 Goldfinch
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Dowlais:
2 Swallow, 2 Whitethroat, 4 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 White Wagtail
Kenn:
1 Cuckoo
Kingston Seymour:
40 Shelduck, 3 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 10 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 3 Skylark, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Stonechat, 1 Pied Wagtail, 10 Linnet
Yatton:
11 Mallard, 2 Buzzard, 1 Skylark, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Pied Wagtail
Sand Point/Bay:
1 Cuckoo, 1 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 17 Willow Warbler, 34 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 33 Blackcap, 18 Whitethroat, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Redstart, 2 Stonechat, 3 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail, 18 Meadow Pipit, 4 Tree Pipit, 1 Chaffinch, 34 Linnet, 5 Redpoll, 14 Greenfinch, 44 Goldfinch, 4 Siskin
Weston-Super-Mare:
1 Redstart
BELOW M4 & BANES
Burnett:
1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard
Chelwood:
1 Red Kite
Charlton Fields
3 Wheatear
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
4 Canada Goose, 2 Goldeneye, 1 Goosander, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Red Kite, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap
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| 08-04-2026 Common Sandpiper, Dam, Chew (George Stacey) |
4 Canada Goose, 2 Goldeneye, 1 Goosander, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Red Kite, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap
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| 08-04-2026 Reed Bunting, Hollowbrook, Chew (George Stacey) |
1 Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting
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| 08-04-2026, Female and Male Bullfinch, Woodford Path, Chew (Ian Stapp) |
1 Great White Egret, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 5 Reed Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Blackcap, 8 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch,
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| 08-04-26 Sedge Warbler, Herons Green, Chew (Ian Stapp) |
4 Gadwall, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Great White Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler
Moreton:
6 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 4 Goldeneye, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Reed Bunting
Stratford:
2 Goldeneye, 1 Great White Egret 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush
Herriotts inc Pool:
8 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 14 Gadwall, 12 Teal, 4 Goldeneye, 1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting
Reported by: John Angell, Daz B, Simon Bowles, John Budd, Paul Chapman, Pete Cheetham, Mark Coller, John Croxton, Andy Davis, Trevor Ford, Matt Hull, Brian Lancastle, Rob Laughton, Emily Lomas, Nick Page, Wayne Pannell, Trevor Riddle, Mark Savage, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Simon Stuart, Howard Taffs, Caron Thornton-Trippit, Les Williams,
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