Tuesday, 18 August 2026

18-08-26 Tuesday - Ortolan Bunting

Temp 14°C to 21°C - Light cloud with a moderate breeze from the west, (unpleasantly humid out of the wind).

Ortolan Bunting
Arctic Tern
Grasshopper Warbler
Tree Pipit
Yellow Wagtail

BRISTOL

No Reports

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Spotted Flycatcher, Tytherington (Mike Prior)
Tytherington:
1 Little Owl (last night - 17th/18th), 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 6 Swallow, 1 Spotted Flycatcher

Aust Warth & Services:
1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 6 Skylark, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat, 2 Stonechat, 1 Tree Pipit, 1 Ortolan Bunting (briefly)

Severn Beach:
5 Oystercatcher, 179 Ringed Plover, 40 Curlew, 6 Turnstone, 1 Knot, 68 Dunlin, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, c35 Swallow, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Wheatear, 30 Goldfinch

Wickwar:
1 Red Kite

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Red Kite, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (2ndhand report), 100+ Swallow, 4 House Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, 11+ Lesser Whitethroat, 14+ Whitethroat, 4 Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Tree Pipit

NORTH SOMERSET

No Reports

BELOW M4 & BANES

Oldland:
1 Raven (on garage roof)

Hanham:
1 Swift

Langridge:
10 Swallow, 20 House Martin

Lansdown:
1 Kestrel, 2 Whitethroat, 123 Starling

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks (WeBS):
2 Mute Swan, 1 Black Swan, 11 Canada Goose, 1 Pochard, 535 Tufted Duck, 127 Mallard, 2 Teal, 42 Little Grebe, 28 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Moorhen, 415 Coot, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 32 Cormorant, 5 Grey Heron

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Mandarin Duck, 4 Egyptian Goose, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Magpie, 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Pied Wagtail
Glossy Ibis, Northshore CVL (Lee Patch)

Hobby, Northshore CVL (Lee Patch)
North Shore:

1 Glossy Ibis, 2 Hobby
Greenshank, BK hide (George Stacey)
Bernard King Hide:

2 Greenshank

Woodford:
4 Little Egret (Denny), 8 Great White Egret (Denny), 30+ Sand Martin (over lake), 10+ Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap
Black-tailed Godwit, Villice (Dave Chislett)
Villice:

1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hobby
Arctic Tern, Nunnery (Bri Thompson)
Nunnery:

1 Arctic Tern
Buzzard, Heron's Green (Ian Stapp)
Herons Green:

4 Little Grebe, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 12 Little Egret, 4 Great White Egret, 1 Cattle Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Cetti's Warbler

Stratford:
2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 Common Gull, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 9 Little Egret, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 6 Swift, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Red Kite, 10+ Swallow
Black-tailed Godwit (behind Green Sandpipers), Herriott's (Ian Stapp)

Snipe with 2 Green Sandpiper, Herriott's (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts inc Pool:

Mute Swan (family+Polish Ringed Cygnet), 13 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 28 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 12+ Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 11+ Little Egret, 4 Great White Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Kingfisher, 6 Jackdaw, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Pied Wagtail


OUT OF AREA

Velvet Bottom (BOC walk):
1 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 5 Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 8 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 15 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Wren, 1 Robin, 2 Stonechat, 4 House Sparrow, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 4 Linnet, 1 Goldfinch

Priddy Mineries:
1 Wryneck

Reported by: Graham Blacker, Pete Brain, Dave Chislett, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Sean Davies, Andy Davis, Paul Francis, Martyn Hayes, Rob Laughton, Lee Patch, Mike Prior, Paul Sadley, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Bri Thompson

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