Wednesday, 1 July 2026

Wednesday 01-07-26 - Yellow-legged Gull

Temp 15°C to 23°C - A warm sunny day with a little bit of a fresh breeze, cloudier in the east

Mandarin
Quail
Yellow-legged Gull
01-07-26 Redshank, Portishead (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

Cumberland Basin: 
2 Oystercatchers over

Greville Smyth Park: 
1 Coal Tit singing, 2 Goldcrest

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Buzzard, 3 Swallow, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Bullfinch

NORTH SOMERSET
01-07-26 Oystercatcher, Portishead (Ian Stapp)
Portishead Lake:

Lots of Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 2 Redshank, 1 Moorhen, 8 BH Gull, 16 Herring Gull, 12 Carrion Crow, 6 House Sparrow

Uphill:
400 Woodpigeon north, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Common Sandpiper, 146 BH Gull, 1 sub-ad Med Gull, 35 Swallow

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield, drive round:
Quail, 1 Swift, 3 Buzzard, 15 Skylark, 8 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Starling, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 11 Linnet, 12 Goldfinch, 19 Corn Bunting, 4 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
18 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 14 Cattle Egret inc 1 juv, 1 Red Kite

Chew Valley Lake

Dam: 
Mandarin
Reed Warbler, CVL (George Stacey)
Picnic Site 2: 
2 Reed Warbler

Stratford:
1 Common Tern, 1 'sinensis' Cormorant
Green Sandpiper, CVL (George Stacey)
Herriotts:
10 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 Yellow-legged Gull - ad

Reports: Jon Angell, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Robert Hargreaves, John Lewis, Ross Nairn, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Chris Vines, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG