Friday, 22 May 2026

22-05-26 Friday - Turtle Dove

Temp 13°C to 26°C - Sunny with a moderate south east breeze, veering to south by lunch and south west by dinner time. Increasingly gusty as the wind shifted southerly up to 24mph.

Turtle Dove
Sanderling
Avocet
Spotted Flycatcher

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
2 Jay, 2 Blackcap - singing 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Mute Swan, 2 Canada Goose, c.30 Shelduck, 2 Mallard + 5 young, 1 Little Grebe, 1 or 2 Cuckoo (widely separated calls), 1 Moorhen, 2 Coot +2 young, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Skylark, 7 Reed Warbler, 9 Swallow, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush.

New Passage/Northwick:
1 Turtle Dove, 3 Cattle Egret, 1 Yellow Wagtail 

Pilning Wetlands:
5 Avocet, 2 Dunlin

Wickwar:
2 Swift, 2 Red Kite

NORTH SOMERSET

Yatton - Cadbury Hill:
1 Spotted Flycatcher

St Thomas's Head:
3 Spotted Flycatcher

Worle:
1 Peregrine - juv, over the garden

Dolebury Warren:
2 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Whitethroat, 6 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Sislin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Tormarton:
6 Swift, 1 Hobby, 17 Swallow, 12 House Martin
22-05-26 Red Kite MF (Peter Coslett)
Marshfield:
2 Little Grebe +3 chicks, 6 Stock Dove, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Red Lite, 4 Buzzard, 3 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Swallow, Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Grey Wagtail

Overscourt / Shortwood, 
Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Skylark, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Goldcrest
22-05-26 Goldcrest Keynsham (Paul Tompkins)
Keynsham, garden:
1 Blue Tit, 1 Goldcrest
22-05-26 Long-tailed Tit Keynsham (Paul Tompkins)
Keynsham, Marina / Memorial Park:

10 Long-tailed Tit, Blackcap, Wren, 1 Mistle Thrush, Robin - inc juv, 

Newton St Loe - R Avon:
2 Buzzard, 2 Rook, 1 Skylark, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Swallow, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Greenfinch

Stanton Wick:
5 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard - grass cutting field

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
14 Canada Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 G BB Gull, 12+ Swift. 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Pied Wagtail

Woodford:
2 G S Woodpecker, 6+ L TT 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 4+ Blackcap, 2 Wren, 2 Robin     
22-05-26 Canada Goose CVL (Lucy Masters)
Nunnery:

Canada Goose + gosling
22-05-26 Sanderling CVL (Merv Carlyon)
Herons Green:

2 Little Grebe, 1 Sanderling, 2 G BB Gull, 2 Cattle Egret - over, 2 Buzzard, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler - singing, 2 Whitethroat (singing). 7 House Sparrow, 4 Pied Wagtail ,
2 Reed Bunting.
22-05-26 Sanderling CVL (Ian Stapp)
22-05-26 Great Spotted Woodpecker CVL (Lucy Masters)
Stratford:

1 Cuckoo - lots of calling, 1 Little Egret, 2 G S Woodpecker - food carry, 1 Hobby, 3+ Reed Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler

Herriotts inc Pool:
1 Mute Swan (ring xy9) - nesting, 2 Egyptian Goose +4 gosling, 39 Gadwell, 2 G BB Gull, 1 Little Egret, 2 G W Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 4 Hobby, 4 Jackdaw, 4+ Reed Warbler - singing. 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Pied Wagtail

Reported by: Kevin Bainbridge, Paul Bowerman, Pete Bryant, Merv Carlyon, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Tony Goodwin, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Emily Lomas, Lucy Masters, Mike Moxon, Rowan Peters, Lois Pryce, Dean Reeves, Paul Sadley, Ian Stapp, Paul Tompkins

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