Monday, 13 April 2026

13-04-26 Monday

Temp 05°C to 11°C - Sunny spells most of the day with some drizzle. A moderate breeze from the south west but veering from mid morning to west south west.

Rarities - Little Ringed Plover, Tree Pipit, Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail, Whimbrel, Ring Ouzel, Siberian Chiffchaff

BRISTOL

Abbots Pool:
1 Mandarin

Easton (over garden)
Tree Pipit

Frenchay:
3 House Martin back at the Harvester

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
Whitethroat, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting

Sims Hill
1 Skylark (singing), 3 Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler

Withywood
1 Siskin

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Whimbrel, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 4 Whitethroat

Aust Warth:
1 Peregrine, 2 Reed Warbler

Pilning Wetlands:
2 Avocet, 8 Black Tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 18 Redshank, 11 Little Ringed Plover, 5 Dunlin, 4 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great White Egret, 20+ Swallow, 200+ Sand Martin, 3 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 6 Blackcap, 1Willow Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 4 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Tree Pipit

Yate: Kingsgate Park
2 Gadwall, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
6 Little Grebe, 2 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Sand Martin, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Reed Bunting

Kenn:
2 Swallow

Yatton:
2 Mallard with 12 Ducklings, 1 Kingfisher, 9 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 5 Whitethroat, 2 Bullfinch

Sand Point/Bay:
Whimbrel, Ring Ouzel (f)

Weston-Super-Mare: (Sewage Treatment Works)
2 Grasshopper Warbler, 15 Sedge Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 12 Whitethroat, 12 Blackcap, 2 Siskin, 1 Wheatear, 5 Reed Warbler

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham, Memorial Park:
1 Kingfisher 

Chelwood:
1 Red Kite

Chew Stoke
10 Cattle Egret

Chew Magna - Knowle Hill
1 Swallow, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Nuthatch, 10 Linnet

Chew Magna - Moorledge
3 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 2 Swallow, 1 Whitethroat, 5 Linnet, 3 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
13-04-2026 Chiffchaff CVL (George Stacey)
Dam:
6 Canada Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 20+ Sand Martin

Woodford:
3 Buzzard, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap (singing), 2+ Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler
13-04-2026 Sedge Warbler H Green (Ian Stapp)
Herons Green:
3 Cattle Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting

Stratford:
1 GBB Gull, 8 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Red Kite, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4+ Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 4+ Reed Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 50+ Sand Martin, 2+ House Martin, 2+ Swallow  

Blue Bowl Pub
3+ House Martin

Reported by: George Ashwell, Pete Brain, Jamie Buchan, John Croxton, Jane Cummings, Andy Davis, Andrew Harrison, Matt Hull, Tom O’Shea, Lee Patch, Trevor Riddle, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Penny Wills, Mark, Simon

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