Saturday, 19 September 2026

19-09-26 Saturday - Lesser Yellowlegs

Temp 13°C to 20°C -  rain and over cast most of the day - the sun peeped through at times. A gentle breeze reinforced by gust of up to 31mph mostly from south west/west south west.

Leach's Petrel
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Redshank
Glossy Ibis
Spotted Flycatcher
Manx Shearwater
Great Skua

BRISTOL

Badock's Wood
1 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest

Stoke Park Estate:
2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper, 3 Stonechat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Severn Beach:
6 Curlew, 12 Turnstone, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Skua, 1 Arctic Tern, 1 Leach's Petrel, 2 Manx Shearwater, 11 Swallow, 60 Starling

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Redstart, 1 Stonechat, 2 Greenfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Yatton - Little River:
11 Herring Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 7 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Chaffinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Herons Green: 
1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Redshank, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Spotted Redshank

Stratford:
35 Pochard, 2 Wigeon, 1 Pintail, 24 Ringed Plover, 2 Ruff, 4 Little Egret, 16 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 

Herriotts inc Pool:
2 Egyptian Goose, 22 Shoveler, 140 Teal, 19 Lapwing, 10 Snipe, 5 Green Sandpiper, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Greenshank - juv, 3 Ruff, 1 Common Gull, 1 Glossy Ibis1 Great White Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 6 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail

OUT OF AREA
19-09-26 Red-necked Phalarope Brue Est (Jason Williams)
Burnham on Sea - Brue Est
1 Red-necked Phalarope

Reported by:Paul Bowerman, Peter Bryant, Chris Craig, Oscar Dewhurst, Julie Evans, Matt Hobbs, John Lewis, Rob Laughton, Emily Lomas, Gary Thoburn, Reuben Veal, Jason Williams