Wednesday, 7 October 2026

07-10-26 Wednesday

Temp 09°C to 15°C -  light rain all morning turning sunny later with some cloud. A gentle breeze from the north backing to north west at dusk with gusts to 28 mph.

Avocet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Glossy Ibis

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
2 Jay, 2 Raven - calling 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

no reports

NORTH SOMERSET

no reports

BELOW M4 & BANES
07-10-26 BZ & Grey Wagtail Dyrham (Caron Thornton Trippet)
Dyrham - garden:
1 Buzzard, 1 Grey Wagtail

Chew Magna - Battle Lane:
9 Cattle Egret

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
11 Shoveler, 1 Wigeon, 45 Teal, 1 Pochard, 174 Tufted Duck, 1 Common Sandpiper, 44 Little Grebe, 148 Cormorant, 7 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 9 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Grey Wagtail, 28 Pied Wagtail

Chew Valley Lake
07-10-2026 Glossy Ibis v Marsh Harrier CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Stratford:

9 Egyptian Goose, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Snipe, 1 Glossy Ibis - nearly a MH snack, 44 Great White Egret, 4 Marsh Harrier (f&m +juv), 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 5 Swallow - southward, 3 Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit, 48 Pied Wagtail, 2 White Wagtail

Herriotts Bridge:
1 Avocet, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Ruff

Reported by: Raoul Chandrasakera, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Claire Faulkner, Annie Hawkridge, John Lewis, Caron Thornton Trippet, 

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