Thursday, 9 July 2026

09-07-26 Thursday

 Temp 17°C to 32°C. Sunny and hot with gentle westerly breeze gusting to max 13mph.

Mediterranean Gull
Marsh Tit
Lesser Whitethroat
Spotted Flycatcher
Yellow Wagtail

09-07-26 Little Grebes displaying, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

Bishopston garden:
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
A late brood of 7 Shelduck, 1 Mediterranean Gull (2nd summer) flew downriver and landed on a sandbank with c300 BH Gulls, 1 Yellow Wagtail 

New Passage/Pilning Wetland:
2 Mute Swan, 1 Greylag Goose, 13 Canada Goose, 28 Shelduck (6 ad & 3 broods of 5, 8 & 9 ducklings), 2 Gadwall +3 young, 3 Little Grebe, 3 Moorhen +3 young, 2 Coot+2 young, Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover, 14 Lapwing + young, 2 Curlew, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 19 Redshank, 260 BH Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret,  2 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 1 Skylark,  1 Reed Warbler, 6 Swallow, 7 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 7 Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting + young

Severn Beach:
80 Canada Goose, Shelduck, Curlew, 5 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Reed Bunting with young

Chittening Warth:

Lower Woods:
Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Marsh Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Whitethroat, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Spotted Flycatcher, Bullfinch

NORTH SOMERSET
09-07-26 Swift, Long Ashton (Karen Wilkinson)
Long Ashton:
21 Swift & 6 House Martin over

Uphill:
2 Curlew, 5 Common Sandpiper, 8 Redshank (first here for a month), 1 Peregrine, 2 Rock Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES
09-07-26 Kingfisher, Dyrham (Caron Thornton Trippit)
Dyrham garden:
1 Kingfisher, 2 juv Goldfinch

Keynsham, Manor Road:
8+ Screaming Swift over the houses

Chelwood roundabout:
5 Red Kite flying around over grass-cutting field

Chew Magna
8 Swift over (highest number here for a decade or so)

Winford Brook
1 Little Egret

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
150+ Canada Goose, 12+ Tufted Duck, 4 Snipe, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 20+ House Martin 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Grey Wagtail
09-07-26 Common Sandpiper, Herons Green (Lee Patch)
Herons Green:
16+ Tufted Duck, 1 Gadwall (now with only 2 ducklings), 4 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper,  1 Great White Egret, 10+ Cattle Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 10+ Swift, 4 Reed Warbler (singing), 6 Swallow, 1 Whitethroat (singing), 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Woodford:
6 GBB Gull (with a fish mid lake), 1 Great White Egret, 12+ Cattle Egret (over lake), 2 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff (singing)

Stratford:
Mute Swan family with a Polish cygnet, 8+ Great Crested Grebe, 4 GBB Gull, 30+ Cormorant (fishing mid lake), 6+ Cattle Egret (fly over), 2 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 3+ Reed Warbler, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff
09-07-26 Lapwing & Snipe, Herriotts (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts inc Pool:
2 Egyptian Goose (+4 goslings), 18+ Tufted Duck, 48+ Gadwall, 6+ Teal, 3 Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 16 BH Gull, 1 Common Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Reed Warbler (some singing), 
1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail

Reported by: Paul Barham, Paul Bowerman, Andy Davis, Nick Hawkridge, Ross Nairn, Lee Patch, Lois Pryce, Ian Stapp, Caron Thornton Trippit, Karen Wilkinson