Tuesday, 3 November 2026

03-11-2026 Tuesday - Great Grey Shrike

Temp 06°C to 11°C - A very sunny start, getting cloudier as the afternoon wore on. The wind was a gentle breeze from the northeast.

Great Grey Shrike
Woodcock
Jack Snipe
Whooper Swan
Crossbill
Yellow-browed Warbler
Brambling
Little Gull

BRISTOL

Purdown:
4 Woodpigeon, 1 Rock Dove, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 6 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 3 Starling, 1 Redwing, 4 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 1 Stonechat, 1 Dunnock, 1 House Sparrow, 1 Linnet, 2 Goldfinch

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Great Grey Shrike, 200 Fieldfare (heading north), 3 Stonechat

Seamills:
8 Mallard, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 38 Redshank, 2 Black-headed Gull, 1 Grey Wagtail

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Services:
1 Goosander, 3 Pintail, 5 Teal, 7940 Woodpigeon, 48 Stock Dove, 2 Grey Plover, 6 Lapwing, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 37 Jackdaw, 5 Skylark, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler (called twice), 1009 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 259 Redwing, 2567 Fieldfare, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 20 Meadow Pipit, 5 Brambling, 998 Chaffinch, 48 Linnet, 4 Redpoll, 49 Goldfinch, 15 Siskin, 2 Reed Bunting

NORTH SOMERSET

Nailsea Moor:
6 Common Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Peregrine, 1 Swallow, 00's Starling, 40 Fieldfare, 4 Stonechat
Redwing, David Minshall (Portbury Wharf)
Portbury Wharf:
30+ Redwing

Clevedon (Wains Hill):
1 Yellow-browed Warbler (probable- seen briefly with LTTs), 1 Firecrest, 4 Crossbill (over)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Sims Hill:
1 Woodcock

North Common:
1 Red Kite

Kingswood:
1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Woodford:
1 Scaup (f), 1 Little Gull (1st winter)
Jack Snipe, Stratford (Bri Thompson)

Jack Snipe, Stratford (Bri Thompson)
Stratford:

1 Whooper Swan, 9 Goldeneye, 1 Jack Snipe, 11 Dunlin, 3 Marsh Harrier (inc 1 adult male), 1 Red Kite, 6 Skylark, 70 Pied Wagtail, 15 Meadow Pipit, c25 Linnet

Reported by: Daz Burton, Ben Crabbe, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Martyn Hayes, Nick Hawkridge, Matt Hobbs, Nigel Jones, David Minshall, Paul Moon, Mike Moxon, Rowan Peters, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson

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