Sunday, 17 May 2026

17-05-26 Sunday - Spotted Flycatcher

Temp 08°C to 15°C - Sunny first thing, then cloud rolling in after midday carrying a little rain, A gentle breeze from the west backing to west south west at teatime and gusting to 26 mph.

Spotted Flycatcher
Cuckoo
Kittiwake
Sanderling

BRISTOL

Clifton:
6 Swift, 1 Peregrine

Eastville Park:
1 Swift, 2 Kingfisher, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Greenfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
17-05-26 Hobby Wickwar (Paul Sadley)
Wickwar:
1 Red Kite - north, 1 Hobby

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Cuckoo, 5 Stock Dove, 1 Barn Owl, 3 Raven, lots of Chiffchaff, and Blackcap. 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 11 Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Reed Bunting

NORTH SOMERSET
17-05-26 Grey Heron Pill (Denise Rudeforth)
Pill:
Grey Heron - family portrait (from Lamplighters)

Clevedon - Cl-Y, WeBS:
16 Mute Swan, 3 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 25 Shelduck, 10 Mallard, 17 Oystercatcher, 40 Ringed Plover, 8 Whimbrel, 5 Sanderling, 150 Dunlin, 15 Herring Gull,  3 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 10 Skylark, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail
17-05-26 Swift Long Ashton (Karen Wilkinson)
Long Ashton - garden:

6 Swift

Wrington:
2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Swallow, 1 Firecrest, 2 Treecreeper, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Siskin

Yatton - Strawberry Line:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 5 Swallow, 20 Starling, 4 Stonechat, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Linnet

BELOW M4 & BANES

Stoke Gifford - UWE entrance:
2 Coal Tit - feeding 5 fledglings

Emersons Green - Lyde Green Lake:
Mute Swan, Mallard with young, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 4 House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting

Oldland Common - Jarretts & Westerleigh:
4 Red Kite

Marshfield:
1 Spotted Flycatcher, lots of Corn Bunting - singing, Yellowhammer
17-05-26 Tawny Owl Dyrham (Caron Thornton-Trippit)
Dyrham Park:
1 Tawny Owl + 2 owletts 
17-05-26 Sparrowhawk Dyrham (Caron Thornton-Trippit)
Dyrham - garden:
1 Sparrowhawk

Marksbury:
1 Red Kite

Chelwood
1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
2 Swift, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, c100 Sandmartin, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail

Chew Valley Lake

Middle of the Lake:
3 Kittiwake

Dam:
12 Canada Goose, 1 G W Egret, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Pied Wagtail

Woodford:
2 Collared Dove, 2 G S Woodpecker, 10+ Jackdaw, 10+ L TT, 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 2 Wren - feeding chicks, 2 Robin - plus 3 chicks, 4 Dunnock, 2 Bullfinch
17-05-26 Wren CVL (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:

1 Wren - feeding family

Herons Green:
2 Little Grebe, 3 Cattle Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler - singing, 8+ House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail
17-05-26 G S Woodpecker CVL (Ian Stapp)
Stratford:

1 Cuckoo, 2 G BB Gull, 4 Cattle Egret, 60+ Swift, 1 Buzzard, 1 G S Woodpecker - feeding chicks, 5 Hobby, 4 Reed Warbler - singing, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler - singing, 2 Wren

Herriotts inc Pool:
2 Egyptian Goose +4 Goslings, 38 Gadwell, 3 Shoveler (f&2m), 3 G BB Gull, 2 Little Egret, 1 G W Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 60+ Swift, 1 Buzzard, 2 Hobby, 6 Jackdaw, 5 Reed Warbler - singing, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Pied Wagtail

Reported by: John Barnett, Mark Coller, Ben Crabb, Julie Evans, Chris Hall, Rupert Higgins, Mike Jackson, Andy Mears, Denise Rudeforth, Paul Sadley, Mark Savage, Richard Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Chris Teague, Gary Thoburn, Julian Thomas, Caron Thornton-Trippit, Reuben Veal, Karen Wilkinson, Jason Williams

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