Saturday, 18 April 2026

18-04-26 Saturday

Temp 03°C to 13°C - Sunny intervals and a gentle breeze from the West, later veering Northwest.

Glossy Ibis
Guillemot
Cuckoo
Grasshopper Warbler


BRISTOL

St Michaels Hill:
1 Blackcap (singing)

Lesser Whitethroat, Whitchurch (Andrew Parsons)

Whitchurch:
1 Lesser Whitethroat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Cuckoo, 2 Grasshopper Warbler (lagoon 3 & yacht club)

Wheatear, Aust (Matt Hobbs)

Chiffchaff, Aust (Matt Hobbs)

Aust Services/STW:
7 Whimbrel, 3 Dunlin, 43 Black-headed Gull, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 10 Swallow, 4 Whitethroat, 9 Wheatear, 1 Siskin

Linnet, Pilning Wetland (Mark Smith)

Pilning Wetlands/Northwick:
2 Avocet, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redstart, 8 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail

Shaft Beach:
1 Wheatear

Red Kite, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)

Wickwar:
1 Red Kite

Wapley Bushes:
2 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 4 Carrion Crow, 6 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 12 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 21 Wren, 1 Starling, 5 Song Thrush, 14 Blackbird, 12 Robin, House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 3 Goldfinch

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Red Kite, 4 Sand Martin, 9 Swallow, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat, 1 Yellow Wagtail (flyover)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Cuckoo, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kestrel, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat

Clevedon - Yeo:
1 Guillemot (appeared oiled - and not in a rescuable position)

Skylark, Sandpoint (Caron Thornton-Trippit)

Peregrine, Sand Point (Caron Thornton- Trippit)

Sand Point/Bay:
Peregrine, Skylark, Whitethroat, Chaffinch

Lulsgate:
2 Wheatear

BELOW M4 & BANES

Mangotsfield:
2+ Raven

Willsbridge:
2 Buzzards, 3 Swallows

Queen Charlton:
Moorhen (+ 3 Juv)., 1 Red Kite, 5 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest,1 Song Thrush

Pensford:
1 Mallard (+14 young)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Common Sandpiper, Dam (George Stacey)

Dam:

2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Goldfinch

Hollowbrook:
2 Reed Warbler (heard)

Herons Green:
3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Cattle Egret

Moreton:
1 Grasshopper Warbler (reeling on lane to Stratford)


Glossy Ibis, Herriott's (Karen Wilkinson)

Egyptian Goose, Herriott's (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Herriotts inc Pool:

1 Egyptian Goose, 5 Common Sandpiper, 1 Glossy Ibis (later thought to have flown to fields by Moreton or Herons Green)

Reported by: Kevin Bainbridge, Pete Brain, Raoul Chandrasakera, Paul Chapman, Mark Coller, Alan Daniells, Peter Hazelwood, Matt Hobbs, Adrian Hockey, David Horlick, Dave Hughes, Andrew Parsons, Paul Sadley, Mark Smith, George Stacey, Gary Thorburn, Caron Thornton-Trippit,  Karen Wilkinson, Keith Williams, ~Chris

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