Sunday, 27 September 2026

27-09-26 Sunday- Little Tern, Long-eared Owl

Temp 12°C to 20°C - overcast some light drizzly showers. A strong S/SE/E to start moving to SW/SSW later, gusts to 30 mph.

Little Tern
Long-eared Owl
Spoonbill
Lesser Yellowlegs
Glossy Ibis
Pectoral Sandpiper

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
3 Jay

Blaise Estate:
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Firecrest, 2 Nuthatch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Grey Plover, 9 Common Tern

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
22 Wigeon, 8 Pintail, 23 Ringed Plover, 8 Bar-tailed Godwit, 23 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Spoonbill, 6 Jay (to SW), 289 Swallow, 2 Wheatear, 2 Rock Pipit

NORTH SOMERSET
Mandarin Duck, Abbots Pool (Andy Davies)
Abbots Leigh Pool:
3 Mandarin

Bristol Airport:
1 Long-eared Owl (over at 645am this morning)

Yatton, Wemberham Lane:
2 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Kestrel, 25 Starling, 11 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 12 Linnet

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports.

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon:
1 Barnacle Goose, 8 Lapwing, 1 Yellow-legged Gull

Chew Valley Lake
viewed from Stratford/Herriots: 1 Grey Plover, 1 Golden Plover, 4 Little Tern, 36+ Common Tern, 5 Spoonbill, 39 Great White Egret

Nunnery:
1 Little Stint (later seen from Sutton Wick)

Stratford:
2 Red Kite, 1 Peregrine

Herriotts inc. Pool:
72 Snipe, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 4 Ruff, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper

Reported by: Rich Andrews, Paul Bowerman, Karle Burford, Chris Craig, Andy Davies, Andy Davis, Oscar Dewhurst, Adrian Hockey, Nick Hawkridge, Emily Lomas, Ross Nairn, Ben Ofield, Nick Page, Aravind Ramesh, Andy Stockhausen, Paul Vokes,