Tuesday, 5 May 2026

05-05-26 Tuesday - Cuckoo

Temp 08°C to 18°C - sunny with some high cloud, A moderate breeze from the north north east backing to north from lunch time, gusts to 22 mph

Black Redstart
Osprey
Spoonbill
Purple Sandpiper
Arctic Skua
Cuckoo
Grasshopper Warbler

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
1 Jay - pinching the monkey nuts just buried by a Grey Squirrel

Eastville Park:
1 Stock Dove, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Song Thrush

Sea Mills:
1 Reed Warbler, 8 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Cuckoo, 3 Whimbrel, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 6 Sedge Warbler,, 10 Reed Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 14 Swallow, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Black Redstart (m), 8 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Siskin, 3 Reed Bunting

Pilning Wetlands:
2 Teal, 2 Avocet, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 30 Oystercatcher, 4 Whimbrel, 3 Curlew, 8 Dunlin, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Lesser Whitethroat

Severn Beach:
12 Whimbrel, 6 Arctic Skua - north east, 14 Black-headed Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Little Egret, 1 Swift, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 50+ Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Chittening Warth:
1 Spoonbill - over eastward

Yate Common:
1 Rook, 4 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Song Thrush, 

NORTH SOMERSET
05-05-26 Swift and House Martin Long Ashton (Karen Wilkinson)
Long Ashton - garden:
5 Swift, 12 House Martin    

Portishead - Battery Point:
2 Purple Sandpiper

Kenn Moor - reserve:
1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 6 Swallow, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Whitethroat.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Wick - Tog Hill farm:
1 Kestrel

Bath - Weston, garden:
1 Swift - back in my boxes

Chew Magna:
1 Red Kite - over mid afternoon

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
05-05-26 Common Sandpiper CVL (George Stacey)
Dam:

1 Goldeneye (f) - no duckling, 1 Common Sandpiper, 100+ Swift, 3 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 3 Raven - over, some Martin and Swallow,  1 Garden Warbler - singing

Picnic Site 2
Many Reed Warbler - singing

Woodford:
100+ Swift, 2 Buzzard, 1 Grasshopper Warbler - singing, small numbers of Martin & Swallow,2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4+ Chiffchaff, 6+ Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 

Herons Green:
1 Great White Egret, 100+ Swift, 2 Buzzard, 2 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler - singing, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Pied Wagtail

Stratford:
1 Little Egret & 6 Cattle Egret - in flight, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff - singing, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Blackcap
05-05-26 Cuckoo CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts inc Pool:

2 Egyptian Goose + 5 gosling, 2 Shoveler, 28 Gadwall, Mallard + 7 duckling, 2 Teal, 1 Cuckoo, 7 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 100+ Swift, 1 Osprey - over this evening, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 6 Hobby - in the air at one time, 4+ Reed Warbler, some Martin & Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler - singing, 1 Pied Wagtail

Reported by: Adam Cross, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Alastair Fraser, Nick Hawkridge, Katie Horrocks, Nigel Jones, Brian Lancastle, Chris Rawlings, Trevor Riddle, Rich Scantlebury, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Karen Wilkinson

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