Sunday, 25 October 2026

25-10-26 Sunday - Storm-petrel, Green-winged Teal

Temp 11°C to 13°C - cloudy, with some sun, a strong W wind with gusts to 33mph.

Storm-petrel
Whooper Swan
Water Pipit
Jack Snipe
Green-winged Teal
Kingfisher, CVL (Bri Thompson)
BRISTOL 

No reports.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE 

Oldbury Power Station: 
1 Little Gull

New Passage: 
5 Greylag Goose, 3 Pintail, 13 Grey Plover, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Storm-petrel (a live one), 1 Redpoll

Severn Beach: 
1 Common Scoter, 45 Knot, 90 Turnstone, 1 Guillemot, 1 commic Tern, 1 Little Gull, 2 Storm-petrel- one killed by a LBBG (see below for photos), one taken into care

NORTH SOMERSET 
Stonechat & Marsh Harrier (Beth & Darren Burton)
Portbury Wharf: 
1 Marsh Harrier, 4 Stonechat

BELOW M4 & BANES 

Marshfield:
West Littleton Lane: 1 Jack Snipe
Barn Owl, Dunkerton (Thomas Weston & Eleanor Harris)
Dunkerton:
10+ Pheasant, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 42 Woodpigeon, 26 BH Gull, 8 Common Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 23 Rook, 8 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 9 Wren, 2 Dipper, 3 Song Thrush, 26 Redwing, 6 Blackbird, 14 Robin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch, 8 Goldfinch, 1 Yellowhammer
Yellowhammer, White Ox Mead (Thomas Weston & Eleanor Harris)
White Ox Mead:
16 Pheasant, 3 Red-legged Partridge, 14 Woodpigeon, 12 BH Gull, 3 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard, 120+ Jackdaw, 70+ Rook, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Song Thrush, 14 Redwing, 3 Blackbird, 6 Robin, 5 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch, 8 Meadow Pipit, 24+ Skylark, 40+ Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS 

Blagdon: 
112 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Stonechat, 80 Pied Wagtail, 100 Linnet, 14 Meadow Pipit
Little Gull, CVL (Merv Carlyon)
Chew Valley Lake 

Dam: 
2 Common Sandpiper

Woodford:
1 Little Gull (assumed same as Moreton)

Nunnery: 
Meadow Pipit
Whooper Swan, CVL (Bri Thompson)
Moreton: 
1 Whooper Swan (same as Stratford), 1 Kittiwake, 1 Little Gull, 1 Water Pipit

Stratford: 
1 Green-winged Teal, 1 Whooper Swan, 1 Kingfisher

The death of a Storm-petrel:
Before and after, Severn Beach (Paul Bowerman)

During, captured by Derek Miller
After it got washed up, Derek Miller
Reported by: Ben, John Barnett, Paul Bowerman, Darren & Beth Burton, Merv Carlyon, Julian Eastoe, Matt Hall, Eleanor Harris, Rich Mielcarek, Derek Miller, Nick Page, Toby Nowlan, Gary Thoburn, Bri Thompson, Thomas Weston