Monday, 28 September 2026

28-09-26 Monday - Lesser Yellowlegs

Temp 11°C to 18°C -  clear early morning, clouding over around midday then 40% blue sky by late afternoon.  Light easterly wind. 

Garganey, Common Scoter
Lesser Yellowlegs
Common Tern
Glossy Ibis, Spoonbills
Common Sandpiper at Chew dam (George Stacey)
BRISTOL

Bedminster Down:
1 juv. GBB Gull, 1 juv. LBB Gull, Sparrowhawk, 2 Tawny Owl, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 3 Raven, 9 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 11 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Blackcap, 13 Robin, 14 Dunnock, 3 Meadow Pipit (over, south), 2 Bullfinch.

Purdown (vismig):
5 Jay, 1 Skylark, 16 Meadow Pipit

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 drake Common Scoter, 2 Lapwing, 2 Grey Plover, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Swallow, 3 Wheatear, 1 'White' Wagtail, 1 Rock Pipit, c.100 Meadow Pipit.

Yate:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 12 Long-tailed Tit.

NORTH SOMERSET
no reports

BELOW M4 & BANES
no reports

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Meadow Pipit.  

Herons Green:
6 Cattle Egret (2 black-billed juvs. on the old road, 4 adults on pool side), 30 Great White Egret.

Stratford:
1 Common Tern, 1 Grey Plover, 1 Golden Plover, 1 Hobby, 1 juv. Marsh Harrier, 5 Spoonbill, 1 Glossy Ibis, 2 Stonechat.

Herriotts Bridge:
1 Garganey, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 3 Ruff, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank..


OUT OF AREA

Stock Hill woods:
3+ Crossbill.

Cheddar Reservoir:
1 Ringed Plover, 11 Snipe, 2 probable Curlew Sandpiper (3 small waders kept disappearing over the edge).

Reported by:  Andy Davis, Julie Evans, George Stacey, all contributors to local WhatsApp groups, opsbirding