Wednesday, 12 August 2026

12-08-26 Wednesday - Bar-tailed Godwit

Temp 13°C to 34°C - very hot all day with a slight breeze from the South-South East gusting to 14 mph.

Mandarin Duck
Bar-tailed Godwit
Wood Sandpiper
Bonaparte's Gull
Cattle Egret

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
20 Coot, 1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Kingfisher

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick:
7 Teal, 4 Ringed Plover, 7 Bar-tailed Godwit, 13 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 Turnstone, 10 Dunlin, 1 Bonaparte's Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Yellow Wagtail

Little Owl, Horton (Caron Thornton-Trippit)
Horton:
1 Little Owl

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Lesser Whitethroat

NORTH SOMERSET

No reports

BELOW M4 & BANES

Burnett:
2 Kestrel

Chelwood
1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
30 Canada Goose (wall),1 Barnacle Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Mandarin Duck, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 GBB Gull,  4 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Magpie, 2 Grey Wagtail, 8 Pied Wagtail

Bittern Trail:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Cattle Egret, Bernard King Hide (George Stacey)
Bernard King Hide:
1 Greenshank, 2 Cattle Egret, 4 Great White Egret, 10 Little Egret

Woodford:
2 Collard Dove, 100+ Cormorant (big fishing flock lake), 2 Cattle Egret (on Denny Island), 6 Great White Egret (on Denny Island), 10+ Little Egret (on Denny Island), 3+ Jackdaw, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti's Warbler,    

Herons Green:
4 Little Grebe (pool) and 11 Little Grebe (together lake), 1 Common Sandpiper (wall), 2 GBB Gull, 2 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 20+ Swallow, 10+ House Martin, 9 House Sparrow (wall), 2 Grey Wagtail (wall), 12+ Pied Wagtail (wall)   
  
Moreton:
5 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Green Woodpecker (calling),
2 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3+ Reed Warbler    
Marsh Harrier, Stratford Hide (Ian Stapp)
Stratford:
74 Mute Swans (dispersed over lake from hide), 38 Great Crested Grebe (together on lake including a pair with two medium sized young,too small to have come from elsewhere), 5 Lapwing, 4 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Gull, 7 Cattle Egret (flying in to Denny Island), 3 Grey Heron, 6 Great White Egret, 12+ Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (calling), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3+ Chiffchaff (car park), 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler

Herriotts inc Pool:
72+ Gadwell (pool), 30+ Teal, 11 Lapwing (pool), 1 Common Sandpiper (pool), 9 Green Sandpiper (pool), 1 Wood Sandpiper (pool), 2 GBB Gull, 1 Cattle Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 6 Great White Egret (lake), 12+ Little Egret (pool), 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 3 Kingfisher, 6 Jackdaw, 5 Sand Martin, 30+ Swallow, 25+ House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Jon Angell, Andy Davis, Oscar Dewhurst, Caron Thornton-Trippit, George Stacey, Ian Stapp

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