Thursday, 7 May 2026

07-05-26 - White Stork - flyover

Temp 07°C to 15°C - overcast for most of the day, with some sunshine around lunchtime but then light rain in the late afternoon.  E-ESE wind 4-6mph gusting to 12mph.

Avocet
Black-winged Stilt
Little Ringed Plover
Bar -tailed Godwit
Wood Sandpiper
White Stork (flyover)
Nightjar
Siskin

BRISTOL
Nightjar, Easton (Allan Chard)
Easton- private garden:
1 Nightjar
Garden Warbler, Knowle (Jack Wylson)
Knowle:
1 Garden Warbler

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Black-winged Stilt, Pilning Wetland (Matt Hobbs)
Pilning Wetlands:
2 Avocet, 2 Black-winged Stilt, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Whimbrel, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Sparrowhawk5 Yellow Wagtail

Severn Beach:
10 Ringed Plover, 7 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 1 Bar -tailed Godwit, 1 White Stork, 3 Marsh Harrier, 3 Red Kite, 5 Buzzard (all heading NE), 1 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear

NORTH SOMERSET

Strawberry Line - Yatton:
2 Moorhen, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 10 Cetti’s Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 13 Reed Warbler, 10 Blackcap, 6 Whitethroat, 19 Wren, 3 Song Thrush, 22 Robin, 3 Bullfinch, 10 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin (very unusual here in Spring)

Tutshill Sluice, Kingston Seymour:
15 Mute Swan, 1 Shelduck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Linnet

BELOW M4 & BANES

Chelwood:
2 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Goldeneye (f), 12 Swift, 1 Garden Warbler, 

Woodford and Walley Bank Path:
20+ Swift, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler (singing)

Herons Green:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Sedge Warbler, 3+ Reed Warbler, 

Stratford:
1 Sparrowhawk (f), 1 Red Kite, 9 Hobby, 1 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler
Wood Sandpiper, Herriotts Pool (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts inc Pool:
2 Egyptian Goose (+4 goslings), 36 Gadwall, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper

Reported by: Allan Chard, Andy Davis, Julian Eastoe, Matt Hobbs, Trevor Riddle, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Jack Wylson

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