Thursday, 23 April 2026

23-04-25 Thursday - Wood Sandpiper

Temp 05°C to 21°C - Sunny all day - apart from early cloud,  A gentle but cold,easterly breeze with gusts to 24 mph to keep the day feeling cool

Wood Sandpiper
Sandwich Tern
Mediterranean Gull
Glossy Ibis
Little Gull
Arctic Skua
Hobby
Blue-headed Wagtail
Whinchat
Osprey

BRISTOL

Clifton Down:
1 Red Kite

Golden Hill - bbs
7 Collared Dove, 5 Blackap, 14 Blackbird, 14 Robin

Sea Mills - Station
7 House Martin

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
25 Whimbrel, 1 Sandwich Tern 21 Little Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Swift, 9 Reed Warbler, 400 Swallow - over, 9 House Martin, 7 Cetti's Warbler, 18 Chiffchaff, 16 Blackcap,  9 Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat, 6 Yellow Wagtail

New Passage/Northwick/Pilning Wetlands - vismig:
30 Little Gull, 11 Sand Martin, 46 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 2 Yellow Wagtail

Severn Beach - vismig:
8 Little Tern, 24 Common Tern, 42 Little Gull, 1 Arctic Skua, 10 Swift, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hobby, 1 Blue-headed Wagtail, 34 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Siskin, 2 Yellowhammer

Wickwar:
1 Red Kite
23-04-26 Egyptian Goose Kendleshire (Craig Lewis)
Coalpit Heath - Kendleshire Golf Course:
2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 
23-04-26 Swallow Easter Compton (Di Bunniss)
Easter Compton - farm shop:
6 Swallow - fresh and glossy

NORTH SOMERSET

Abbots Pool:
9 Mallard, 2 Stock Dove, 6+ Woodpigeon, 1 Moorhen, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 12 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 6 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 3 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch

Ashton Court - Beggarbush Lane:
1 Mistle Thrush - singing

Long Ashton - garden:
3 Swift - circling, good to see them home

Portishead - estuary view:
- hirundines flooding past my window this morning

Gordano - Weston Moor:
1 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear

Clevedon - Wain's Head - vismig:
1 Grasshopper Warbler, 6 Sand Martin, 50 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 4 Willow Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 8 Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit, 2 Tree Pipit, 10 Greenfinch, 15 Linnet, 15 Goldfinch, 6 Siskin.

Strawberry Line - Congresbury Moor
1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 4 Sedge Warbler, 9 Reed Warbler, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 7 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat

Sand Point/Bay:
- vismig: 7 Swift, 1 Ringed Plover, 4 Whimbrel, 1 Dunlin, 1 Osprey, 38 Sand Martin, 282 Swallow, 177 House Martin, 1 Starling, 1 Mistle Thrush, 23 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 18 Mipit, 12 Tree Pipit, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 68 Linnet, 16 Redpoll, 88 Goldfinch & 19 Siskin.
- grounded: 1 Whimbrel, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 11 Willow Warbler, 14 Chiffchaff, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 15 Blackcap, 4 Garden Warbler, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 39 Whitethroat, 2 Redstart & 2 Siskin.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Kingswood - Lodge Hill:
1 Swallow, 2 House Martin

Hanham - towards the Lock & Weir
12 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Magpie, 8 Whitethroat, 10+ Wren, 2 Blackbird

Keynsham Memorial Park:
14 Mallard - inc 9 duckling , 10 Feral Pigeon, 2 Moorhen, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Rook, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Blackcap, 7 Wren, 4 Blackbird

Bath - Rush Hill, bbs:
1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 5 Skylark, 13 Chiffchaff, 9 Blackcap, 4 Whitethroat, 4 Goldcrest, 5 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 5 Linnet, 2 Goldfinch

Burnett - 2 Headed Man junc:
2 Red Kite    

Hunstrete:
1 G S Woodpecker, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Yellowhammer

Chelwood
1 Red Kite

Chew Stoke - Lower Strode:
1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat - both singing

Stanton Prior:
1 Red Kite, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel (m), 3 Swallow,
3 Whitethroat, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Greylag Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 100 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
4 Canada Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, 20+Sand Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Pied Wag, 1 Song Thrush 
23-04-26 Reed Bunting CVL (George Stacey)
Picnic Site 1 to 2:
1 Kingfisher, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Reed Bunting (m)

Woodford:
1 Collared Dove, 1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker - calling, 2 G S Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 40+ Sand Martin, some Swallow & House Martin, 5+ Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler - singing, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Robin, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch

Nunnery:
8 Common Sandpiper
23-04-26 Common Sandpiper CVL (George Stacey)
Herons Green:

2 Gadwall - pool, 2 Little Grebe - pool, 6 Common Sandpiper, 2 G BB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker - calling, 2 Sedge Warbler showing pool side, 4+ Reed Warbler - singing, 40+ Sand Martin, 10+ Swallow, 8+ House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 House Sparrow - nest box, 3 Pied Wagtail
23-04-2026 Glossy Ibis CVL (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:

10 Canada Goose, 1 Hybrid Goose, 1 Glossy Ibis, 7 Cattle Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 G S Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 3+ Reed Warbler - singing, 20+ Sand Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow warbler - singing. 3+ Chiffchaff - singing, 2 Blackcap - singing, 2 Garden Warbler, 10+ Chaffinch

Herriotts inc Pool:
1 Grey Heron, 2 Egyptian Goose +5 Gosling, 3 Shelduck, 22 Gadwall, 16 Teal, 8 Shoveler, 3 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Ruff, 3 G BB Gull, 2 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard,  2 Jay, 4 Reed Warbler - singing, 40+ Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Pied Wagtail

Reported by: George Ashwell. Paul Bowerman, Pete Brain, Di Bunniss, Simon Bowles, Chris Craig, Jan Cumming, Paul Gregory, Ken Hall, Matt Hall, Robert Hargreaves, Andrew Harrison, Nick Hawkridge, Julian Head, Matt Hobbs, Matt Hull, Craig Lewis, Matt Plenty, Andy Middleton, Rich Mielcarek,  Aravind Ramesh, Trevor Riddle, Paul Sadley, Steve Sanins, Nigel Sluman, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Howard Taffs, Paul Vokes, Karen Wilkinson

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