Tuesday, 29 September 2026

29-09-26 Tuesday - Osprey

Temp 15°C to 24°C - overcast at first with the sun coming through after 10am. A moderate breeze boosted by gusts to 32 mph from the east veering to south east by lunch time. 

Common Scoter
Spoonbill
Lesser Yellowlegs
Pectoral Sandpiper
Glossy Ibis

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
3 Raven - playing and calling as they went over

Stoke Park Estate:
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Pied Wagtail, 15 Meadow Pipit, 1 Greenfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
29-09-26 Spoonbill OPS (Pete Hazelwood)
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Common Scoter, 1 Shoveler, 4 Grey Plover, 12 Dunlin, 3 Spoonbill - inc 2 juv, 

New Passage/Northwick:
1 Pochard, 3 Golden Plover, 10 Bar-tailed Godwit, 47 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Spotted Redshank, 3 Spoonbill -inc 2 juv, over from OPS, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Merlin, 1 Hobby, 1 Siskin

Aust Services:
24 Black=headed Gull, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Rook, 2 Starling, 1 Grey Wagtail, 148 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch, 3 Siskin, 2 Reed Bunting

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - Walton Bay:
1 Osprey - moving slowly down the estuary edge
29-09-26 Kestrel & Mistle Thrush Cadbury Camp (Robin Martin)
Tickenham - Cadbury Camp, BOC walk:
12 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 3 Green Woodpecker, 3 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 4 Magpie, 32 Jackdaw, 1 Reven, 9 Carrion Crow, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Swallow, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 4 Starling, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Blackbird, 7 Robin,  2 Pied Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Goldfinch

Sand Point./Middle Hope:
2 Shelduck, 9 Oystercatcher, 5 Dunlin, 3 Cattle Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 5 Swallow, 25 House Martin, 8 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest, 5 Goldcrest, 3 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 51 Meadow Pipit, 3 Chaffinch, 13 Greenfinch, 40 Linnet, 30 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin, 3 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Oldland Common:
 - garden: 5 Red Kite
- St Anne's Church: 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard - both circling

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
15 Egyptian Goose, 2 Garganey, 30 Wigeon, 2 Pintail,  lots of Teal, 8 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret, 4 Great White Egret 

Chew Valley Lake
29-09-26 Marsh Harrier CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)
Moreton:

1 Marsh Harrier - with drooping leg

Stratford:
1 Grey Plover, 1 Golden Plover, 1 Glossy Ibis, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Marsh Harrier, 5 Meadow Pipit

Herriotts Bridge:
71 Snipe, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 10 Common Gull

Reported by: Sam Caswell, Raoul Chandrasakera, Andy Davis, Oscar Dewhurst, Julie Evans, Paul Francis, Matt Hall, Matt Hull, Nick Hawkridge, Robin Martin, Matt Plenty, Harvey Rose

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