Friday, 24 April 2026

24-04-26 Friday- Wood Warbler, Little Gull, Black Tern

Temp 05°C to 22°C - a jolly nice day with a light to moderate NE/E wind.moving to E/ESE later.

Spotted Flycatcher
White Stork
Black Tern
Common Tern
Little Gull
Wood Warbler
Kittiwake
Glossy Ibis
24-04-26 Wood Warbler, Yate-Westerleigh (Mark Coller)
BRISTOL

Downs:
2 Wheatear

Eastville Park:
2 Little Egret

Henleaze/Westbury-on-Trym:
1 White Stork over 900am, also seen on a roof (unknown origin), 1 Red Kite

Knowle:
Redcatch Park: 1 Raven over, 2 Blackcap

Sims Hill:
1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Greenshank, 7 Sanderling, 58 Common Tern, 44 Little Gull, some video footage of terns and gulls here.

Littleton:
1 Lapwing, 1 White Stork over 830am (assumed same as Westbury above)

New Passage:
1 Little Egret

Severn Beach:
7 Grey Plover, 70 Whimbrel, 61 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Greenshank, 1 Little Tern, 1 Arctic Tern, 79 Common Tern, 30 Commic Tern, 60 Black Tern, 192 Little Gull, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 22 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Tree Pipit, 3 Redpoll, 3 Siskin

Yate/Westerleigh Common:
'Road to Nowhere': 1 Wood Warbler

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Whitethroat, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting

Burrington Ham:
1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 8 Willow Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 5 Garden Warbler, 8 Blackcap, 6 Whitethroat, 2 Tree Pipit, 2 Bullfinch
24-04-26 Spotted Flycatcher, Sand Point (Matt Hull)
Sand Point/Middle Hope:
Vismig:
2 Swift, 1 Cuckoo, 25 Woodpigeon, 2 Whimbrel, 30 Bar-tailed Godwit, 10 Arctic Tern, 10 Common Tern, 23 Commic Tern, 7 Little Gull, 1 Cormorant, 6 Sand Martin, 39 Swallow, 7 House Martin, 12 Yellow Wagtail, 8 Meadow Pipit, 1 Tree Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, 5 Linnet, 11 Redpoll, 15 Goldfinch, 7 Siskin
Present:
2 Whimbrel, 11 Willow Warbler, 19 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 4 Garden Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 42 Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Whinchat, 3 Stonechat, 3 Wheatear, 11 Greenfinch

Weston Airfield:
1 Little Egret, 20+ Reed Warbler, 2+ Sedge Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear, 1 Reed Bunting

Uphill:
1 Cuckoo, 3 Sedge Warbler, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Wheatear

BELOW M4 & BANES

24-04-26 Corn Bunting, Marshfield (Rob Hargreaves)
Rushmead Lane, Marshfield:
2 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Red Lite, 2 Bizzard, 25 Skylark, 5 Swallow, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Yellow. Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chaffinch, 10 Corn Bunting, 15 Yellowhammer

Webbs Heath:
1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat

Longwell Green:
1 Garden Warbler

Burnett:
3 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Yellowhammer

Norton Malreward:
2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 6 Skylark, 5 Swallow, 1 Lesser Whitethroat,
3 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Linnet

Stanton Drew:
Sandy Lane: 6 Swallow, 1 Whitethroat

RESERVOIRS
24-04-26 Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, Ruff, CVL (Bri Thompson)
Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper, 10 Swift, 20+ House Martin

Picnic site 1 to 2:
2 Whitethroat, 4 Blackcap

Herons Green:
2 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 4 Swift, 20+ Sand Martin, 10+ Swallow, 2+ House Martin, 2 Sedge Warbler
24-04-26 Whitethroat, CVL (George Stacey)
Moreton:
21 Black Tern, 1 Kittiwake, 1 Glossy Ibis, 1 Cattle Egret, 3 Garden Warbler

Stratford:
8 Swift
24-06-24 Mallard with ducklings, CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts inc. Pool:
2 Egyptian Goose with 5 young, 3 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler, Mallard with 13 Duckling, 18 Gadwall, 16 Teal, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Snipe, 2 Ruff, 1 Greenshank, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Jay

Reported by: Phil, Peter Allen, David Allward, George Ashman, Paul Bowerman, Pete Brain, Sam Caswell, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Julian Eastoe, Markas Gilmartin, Paul Gregory, Matt Hall, Rob Hargreaves, Matt Hobbs, Paul House, Matt Hull, Rob Laughton, Ru K, Rich Keel, John Lewis, Rich Mielcarek, Adrian Morgan, Mike Moxon, Ross Nairn, Nick Page, Lee Patch, Bob Proctor, Aravind Ramesh, Joe Sargent, Ella Slinn, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Paul Tompkins, Bri Thompson, Chris Vines