Saturday, 3 October 2026

03-10-26 Saturday - Jack Snipe

Temp 14°C to 20°C - overcast with some drizzly showers. Felt warm in the light W/SW breeze.

Jack Snipe
Lesser Yellowlegs
Pectoral Sandpiper
Little Stint
Glossy Ibis

BRISTOL

Eastville/Greenbank:
Vismig: 2 Skylark, Meadow Pipits

Stoke Park:
Purdown vis-mig: 111 Meadow Pipit

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Grey Plover, OPS (Craig Lewis)
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Common Scoter, 3 Wigeon, 12 Grey Plover, 1 Ruff, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 200+ BH Gull, 2 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Wheatear, 12 Reed Bunting
Wigeon, OPS (Craig Lewis)
NORTH SOMERSET

Yatton, Wemberham:
1 Jack Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 200 Herring Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 13 Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Linnet

Sand Point:
Vis-mig: 4 Golden Plover, 1 GBB Gull, 54 Skylark, 36 Swallow, 14 House Martin, 1 Starling, 3 Grey Wagtail, 30 alba Wagtail, 442 Meadow Pipit, 9 Chaffinch, 20 Greenfinch, 85 Linnet, 3 Siskin, 6 Reed Bunting
Present: 70 Skylark, 1 Firecrest, 5 Stonechat, 50 Meadow Pipit, 3 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports.
Little Stint, CVL (Bri Thompson)
RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
30+ Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, 1 Little Stint

Stratford:
1 Ruff, 32+ Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk

Herriotts inc. Pool:
2 Water Rail, 11 Lapwing, 14 Snipe, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 1 Glossy Ibis, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine - hunting and missing a Snipe, then a Lapwing, then the Yellowlegs- very almost lunch, but dived into the water and submerged itself to survive the attack and live another day.

Reported by: Matt Hull, Peter Hazelwood, Craig Lewis, Rich Mielcarek, Ben Ofield, Trevor Riddle, Larry Sweetland, Bri Thompson