Thursday, 28 May 2026

28-05-26 Thursday

Temp 15°C to 30°C - Sunny day, clouding over briefly around midday. A gentle breeze, veering from easterly in the morning to southerly in the afternoon. Gusts max 26mph in the afternoon.

Quail
Corn Bunting

28-05-26 Cattle Egret with Painted Lady, CVL (Merv Carlyon)
BRISTOL

Redland:
5 Swift screaming over, 9 Starling in garden inc juvs

Montpelier:
5 Swift & 1 Red Kite over
28-05-26 juv Magpie, Withywood (Neil Delaney)
Knowle:
1 Red Kite over

Withywood:
1 juv Magpie

Whitchurch:
1 Hobby over

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
20 Shelduck, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, 2 Skylark, 4 Reed Warbler, 8 Swallow, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 150 Starling, 4 Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting

New Passage/Northwick:
5 Shelduck, 2 Tufted Duck, 10 Gadwall, 1 Teal, 1 Stock Dove, 6 Swift, 2 Avocet, 45 Oystercatcher, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 12 Lapwing, 5 Redshank, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 6 Skylark, 2 Sedge Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler, 3 Swallow, 16 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, 40 Starling inc juvs, 16 Pied Wagtail inc juvs, 1 Reed Bunting

Severn Beach:
7 Shelduck, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, Reed Bunting

NORTH SOMERSET

Tyntesfield:
2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker + v noisy young in nest-hole, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Skylark, 8 Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, 1 Bullfinch

Clevedon including Wain's Hill area, Ladye Bay & Blind Yeo:
2 Skylark, Reed & Cetti's Warbler heard, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Grey Wagtail

BELOW M4 & BANES
28-05-26 Corn Bunting, Marshfield (Caron Thornton-Trippit)
Marshfield:
2 Quail
singing, 1 Hobby, a few Chiffchaff, 4 Corn Bunting, 9 Yellowhammer
28-05-26 Little Egret, Dyrham (Caron Thornton-Trippit)
Dyrham garden:
Moorhen with 3 juvs under attack from LBB Gulls & Little Egret

Rush Hill, Bath:
1 Stock Dove, 1 Red Kite, 2 Great Spotted & 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 7 Skylark, 12 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 3 Goldcrest, 12 Wren, 2 Treecreeper, 15 Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 8 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 3 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
2 Goldeneye
28-05-26 Long-tailed Tits, Bittern Trail (George Stacey)
Bittern Trail:
6 Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff & Blackcaps heard

Herons Green:
1 Cattle Egret

Stratford:
1 Red Kite, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Hobby

Herriotts inc Pool:
1 Pintail (f), 1 Pochard (m), 1 Great White Egret

Reported by: Pete Allen, David Allward, Paul Bowerman, Simon Bowles, Merv Carlyon, Paul Chapman, Andy Davis, Neil Delaney, Oscar Dewhurst, Rob Hargreaves, Pete Hazelwood, Tim Marks, George Stacey, Andy Stockhausen, Caron Thornton-Trippit