Saturday, 25 April 2026

25 April - Arctic Skua, Mediterranean Gulls

Temp 06°C to 20°C - Sunny, blue sky's. A light westerly breeze.

Rarities
Mediterranean Gulls,
Osprey
Yellow Wagtail
Arctic Skua
24-04-26 Wood Warbler, Yate-Westerleigh (Mark Coller) - From yesterday



BRISTOL

Lawrence Weston:
Lesser Whitethroat

St Andrew:
3 Swift, 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Shepperdine
Osprey

Pilning Wetlands:
Yellow Wagtail

Kingswood:
Red Kite (over)

Yate Common:
Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, 8 Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap

Olveston
White Tailed Eagle (probable)


NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
3 Gadwall, 4 Shelduck, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, Cettie's Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 7 Lesser Whitethroats, Whitethroat, 4 Stonechat, 

Nailsea
2 Swifts

Sand Point/Bay:
c230 Common Tern, 11 Black Tern, Fulmar, c1500 Commic Tern, 2 Mediterranean Gulls, 8 Whimbrel, 2 Rock Pipits, 3 Curlew, Cettis Warbler, 40+ Skylark, 20+ Whitethroat, 7 Stonechat, 4 Meadow Pipit, 14 Linnet, 20 Arctic Tern, 2 Arctic Skua, 2 Avocet, 2 Bar tailed Godwit, 3 Common Gull, 2 Garden Warbler, 

Woodspring Priory
2 Whinchat 3 Wheatear

BELOW M4 & BANES

Somerdale Path Railway
Greater Whitethroat

Folly Farm:
2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Willow Warbler, 4 Whitethroat

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
15 Common Sandpiper (various)

Woodford:
2 Garden Warblers

Nunnery:
Oystercatcher

Herriotts inc Pool:
Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, Ruff, Mandarin (m), Little Ringed Plover, Glossy Ibis

Blue Bowl
House Martins prospecting
 
OUT OF AREA



Reported by:

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirdingsevernsidebirds Adrian Morgan, Phil, John Rossetti, Paul Gregory, Gary Thoburn, Matt Hull, Mark Collier, Bri, Peter Hazlewood, David Hughes, Paul Bowdler, Carol Rushton, Paul Tompkins, Caron Thornton-Trippit, Giles Morris, Pete Brain, Matthew Hall, Stephen Curtis, Carol Rushton