Thursday, 14 May 2026

14-05-26 Thursday

Temp 05°C to 13°C - Cloudy with showers but the sun breaking through. A gentle breeze varying from north north west to north west and gusting by late afternoon to 26 mph

Black-Winged Stilt
Spoonbill

BRISTOL

Eastville Park
1 Pint-footed Goose - hello again

Oldbury Court Estate:
2 Stock Dove, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Song Thrush

Shirehampton - Lamplighter Marsh:
1 Gadwall, 1 Buzzard, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Greenfinch

Stoke Park:
2 Reed Warbler

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Avening Green - garden:
Swallow - back after 2yr absence

Oldbury Power Station:
25 Shelduck, 6 Stock Dove, 1 Collared Dove, 3 Little Grebe, 3 Oystercatcher, 7 Whimbrel, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 20+ Rook, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Reed Bunting

Pilning - Road:
2 Stock Dove, 1 Little Owl, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff

Severn Beach:
1 Whimbrel, 6 Curlew, 1 Dunlin, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 19 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 100 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Yellow Wagtail

Yate Kingsgate Park:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Grey Wagtail - fledged juv, 2 Greenfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
2 Shelduck, 3 Tufted Duck, 3 Coot, 4 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing, 1 Spoonbill, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Reed Bunting
Black-winged Stilt (Les Williams)
Portishead - Lake Grounds:
1 Black-Winged Stilt

Brockley Combe Rd - Tall Pines Golf:
1 Red Kite

Cleeve - Goblin Combe:
1 Swift, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Greenfinch,, 2 Siskin
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14-05-26 Small waders Cl-Y (Paul Chapman)
Clevedon including Wain's Hill area, Ladye Bay & Blind Yeo
1 Egyption Goose - salt marsh, 40 Ringed Plover, 1 Turnstone, 3 Sanderling, 60 Dunlin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Oldland Common - Jarretts:
6 Red Kite
14-05-26 Little Egret Dyrham (Caron Thornton-Trippit)
Dyrham - garden

1 Little Egret

Bath - Royal Victoria Park:
1 Moorhen, 1 Buzzard, 2 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush

River Avon - above Bath:
2 Mute Swan - with juv, 4 Mandarin Duck (m), Mallard - with juv, 2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Chiffchaff - singing, 1 Whitethroat - singing, 1 Grey Wagtail

Marksbury:
6+ Red Kite - at grass cutting field

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
8 Canada Goose, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 3 Pied Wagtail

Denny Island
2 Tern sp 
14-05-26 L TT - chick CVL (Ian Stapp)
Woodford:

1 Red Kite, 1 Green Woodpecker - calling, 2 G S Woodpecker, 6+ L TT, 4+ Chiffchaff, 4+ Blackcap, 2 Robin - with 3 chicks, 4 Dunnock

Herons Green:
2 Little Grebe - pool, 5 Cattle Egret, 14+ Swift. 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler - singing, 7 House Sparrow, 3 Pied Wagtail

Stratford:
2 G BB Gull, 80+ Swift, 3 Hobby, 2 Reed Warbler - singing, 6+ Swallow, 10+ House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler - singing

Herriotts inc Pool:
2 Egyptian Goose +4 Gosling, 1 Shoveler (m), 42 Gadwell, 3 G BB Gull, 1 G W Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 100+ Swift 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 3 Hobby, 8 Jackdaw, 5 Reed Warbler - singing, 6 Swallow, 12+ House Martins, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Pied Wagtail, 

Reported by: Beth & Darren Burton, Paul Chapman, Mark Coller, Ben Crabb, Julian Eastoe, Julie Evans, Tim Ford, Clare Gordon, Robert Hawkridge, Emily Lomas, Fen Marshall,  Rich Mielcarek, Mike Moxon, Lee Patch, Steve Rickard, Nige Sluman, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Caron Thornton-Trippit, Les Williams

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