Friday, 5 June 2026

05-06-26 Friday Osprey

Temp 11°C to 17°C - Sunny start but clouding over and mixed rain and sun after lunch. A gentle breeze from the west south west, backing westerly for a short time before veering to south west and then south south west by teatime. Gusts to 21 mph.

Cuckoo
Osprey
Little Owl
Spotted Flycatcher
Yellowhammer

BRISTOL

Brislington:
4 Swift

Eastville Park:
2 Mallard, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, c 10 Jackdaq, 1 Song Thrush

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Mute Swan, 3 Canada Goose, 4 Shelduck, 4 Mallard +7 juv, 2 Pheasant, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Moorhen, 1 Coot + 2 young, 1 Little Egret, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great S Woodpecker, 2 Peregrine, 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 3 Garden Warbler, 1 Stonechat, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Goldfinch
05-06-26 Oystercatcher SB (Les Williams)
Severn Beach:
2 Oystercatcher

NORTH SOMERSET

Wraxall - Watercress Farm:
1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 5 Skylark - singing, 3 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Yellowhammer - singing
05-06-26 Great Tit Portishead (Darren Burton)
Portishead - garden:
3 Long-tailed Tit, 10+ Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit

Clevedon Pill - Wain's Hill:
20 Shelduck, 4 Collared Dove, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 Greenfinch

Nailsea Moor:
2 Moorhen, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 2 Skylark, 1 Sedge Warbler, 8 Reed Warbler, Swallow & House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Stonechat, 6 Greenfinch, 3 Reed Bunting
05-06-26 Jay BLR (Darren Burton)
Backwell Lake:
Mute Swan & Canada Goose with juv, 4 Jay, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Blackcap
05-06-26 GS Woodpecker Banwell (John Thorogood)
Banwell - garden:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - first juv on the feeder

BELOW M4 & BANES

Warmley - Cock Ridge:
1 Little Owl

Bitton:
1 Stock Dove, 1 Swift, 1 Little Egret, 1 Green and Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Skylark, 1 Swallow, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Yellowhammer

Keynsham - garden:
1 Tawny Owl - 05:25 

Chelwood
2 Red Kite

Chew Magna:
1 Little Egret & 1 Peregrine flew over the garden

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
05-06-26 Reed Warbler CVL (Lucy Masters)
Dam:

50+ Canada Goose, 2 Goldeneye (f&m), 30+ Swift, 4 Magpie, 20+Swallows, 20+ House Martins, 4 Pied Wagtail

Sutton Wick:
1 Osprey, flying around then perched

Woodford:
80+ Swift, 2 G S Woodpecker, 5 Jay - inc juv, 60+ Swallow and H Martin. 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Wren, 2 Robin

Herons Green:
2 Little Grebe, 1 G BB Gull - eating fish, 1 G W Egret, 60+ Swift , 2 Reed Warbler - singing, 60+ Swallow and H Martin, 2 Whitethroat, 6 House Sparrow, 4 Grey Wagtail, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting
05-06-26 Cuckoo CVL (Ian Stapp)
Stratford:

2 Mute Swan - 6 cygnet, one a polish, 1 Shoveler (m), 4+ G C Grebe, Coot + juv, 2 G W Egret, 4+ Cattle Egret - crossing over lake, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Cuckoo - flying calling and sitting in a tree, 100+ Swift, 2 Hobby, 6+ Reed Warbler - feeding chicks, 1 Sand Martin, 100+ H Martin, & Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Bunting - inc 2 juv

Herriotts inc Pool:
2 Egyptian Goose - 4 gosling, 2 Shoveler (f&m), 74 Gadwell, 1 Cuckoo, 2 G BB Gull, 1 Little Egret, 2 G W Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 80+ Swift, 1 Hobby, 8 Jackdaw, 3 Reed Warbler - singing, 30+Swallow, 20+House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Pied Wagtail

Reported by: Phil Barlow, Beth & Darren Burton, Andy Davis, Annali Grimes, Robin Martin, Lucy Masters, Steve Newland, Lois Pryce, Mike Prior, Gill Sapsed, Ian Stapp, Jon Thobroe, John Thorogood, Les Williams

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