Wednesday, 3 June 2026

03-06-26 Wednesday

Temp 12°C to 20°C - Raining on and off all day but with some sun. A fresh south west breeze, backing southerly until lunch, before veering to west south west for the remainder of the day and including some hefty gusts of up to 38 mph

Cuckoo
Yellowhammer
Guillemot
Arctic Skua 

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
2 Woodpigeon - soaking but stoically clearing the spilt sead, 15 House Sparrow - inc juv

Horfield Common:
5 Swift, 1 Peregrine - low down

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwickz:
44 Canada Goose, 7 Shelduck

Pilning Wetlands:
2 Mute Swan, 2 Tufted Duck, 8 Little Ringed Plover, 8 Lapwing, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Redshank, 1 BH Gull

Severn Beach:
60 Mallard, 1 Oystercatcher, 5 Curlew, 1 Kittiwake, 1 BH Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Arctic Skua, 5 Arctic Tern, 5 Common Tern, 2 Guillemot, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 2 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Mistle Thrush

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
Mute Swan & cygnets, 8 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Lapwing, 1 Swift, 3 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Greenfinch
03-06-26 Blue Tit Portishead (Darren Burton)
Portishead - garden:
Blue Tit - parenthood !

Wraxall - Watercress Farm:
6 Canada Goose, 2 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Yellowhammer

Backwell Lake:
1 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Bullfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Dyrham:
1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Swallow, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Whitethroat, 1 Grey Wagtail

Bath:
- Lansdown Cres: 1 Red Kite
- Lyncombe Hill: 4+ Swift

RESERVOIRS
03-06-26 Mute Swan CVL (Lucy Masters)
Chew Valley Lake


Dam:
56 Canada Goose, 30 Cormorant - over, 1000+ Swift - at height, 5 Magpie, 100+Swallow, 20+ House Martin, 6 Pied Wagtail

Woodford:
2 Green Woodpecker, 1 G S Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Wren, 2 Robin, 2 Greenfinch

Nunnery:
1 Cattle Egret

Herons Green:
1 Pochard (m), 2 Little Grebe, Coot +5 juv, 1 G W Egret, 3 Cattle Egret, 100+ Swift, 4 Reed Warbler - singing, 20+ Swallow and H Martin. 2 + Whitethroat - singing, 5 House Sparrow, 6 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting
03-06-26 Mute Swan CVL (Ian Stapp)
Stratford:

2 Mute Swan with 6 cygnets - inc the polish one, 2 Shoveler, 6 GC Grebe - inc nesting pair with eggs, 1 Cuckoo, 2 Great White Egret, 6+ Cattle Egret - crossing the lake, 50+ Swift, 1 Hobby, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Sand Martin, 50+ Swallow, c170 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Herriotts inc Pool:
2 Egyptian Goose +4 gosling, 3 Shoveler (f&2m), 68 Gadwell, 4 G BB Gull, 2 Little Egret, 1 G W Egret, 2 Cattle Egret - over, 3 Grey Heron, 50+ Swift, 6 Jackdaw, 3 Reed Warbler - singing, 20+ Swallow, 30+ House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Pied Wagtail


Reported by: Andrew Archer, Paul Bowerman, Beth & Darren Burton, Ben Crabb, Andy Davis, Malcolm Gibbs, Nick Hawkridge, Brian Lancastle, Mark Lillico, Lucy Masters, Steve Newland, Reuben O'Donnell, Joe Sargent, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Caron Thornton-Trippit

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