Good trip to Ham Wall today. Heard some Bitterns and Cuckoos which was a nice treat. Here are some photos: - Marsh Harrier; - Hobby; - Red Kite. #UKbirding - RSPB Ham Wall, 30 April 2026.

Three Wheatear seen on the rocks at Portishead Hole today. #AvonBirds - Portishead, 27 April 2026.

An interesting selection at Portbury Wharf this morning including a low-flying Red Kite (first time we've seen one there), an extremely close Whitethroat, and a Lapwing (one of at least three seen today). #AvonBirds #PWNR - 26 April 2026

A Wheatear and both Whitethroats seen today at Severn Beach near the M4 bridge... #AvonBirds - 25 April 2026.

An interesting Canada Goose hybrid(?) today. Unusual face and pink legs. #AvonBirds #PWNR - Portishead, 24 April 2026.

A Kestrel with a little mammal friend. #AvonBirds #PWNR - Portishead, 24 April 2026.

Some birds on an island at Portbury Wharf yesterday afternoon including a tiny Sandpiper avoiding the gulls (despite numerous visits, very rarely spot a sandpiper there), and a grey-backed-yellow-legged-Oystercatcher. #AvonBirds #PWNR - Portishead, 23 April 2026.

Some birds in the trees at Portbury Wharf yesterday afternoon including a Whitethroat, Collared Dove and a Chiffchaff. #AvonBirds #PWNR - Portishead, 23 April 2026.

A few of the regulars at Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve this afternoon. #AvonBirds #PWNR #UKbirding - Portishead, 21 April 2026.

Four Purple Sandpipers seen on the rocks today. Can't imagine these'll be hanging around for much longer before heading away for the summer. #AvonBirds - Portishead, 21 April 2026.

spied these three tiny little Moorhen chicks this afternoon in a ditch around an industrial estate. #AvonBirds - near Portishead, 19 April 2026.

a glorious morning at Portbury Wharf with lots seen including two Little Ringed Plovers on the north pool island which then flew off (no photo - too far/heat haze). Spied a Lesser Whitethroat in the trees, and a Reed Warbler in the reeds. Also heard a Sedge Warbler. #AvonBirds - 19 April 2026.

A few little birds seen this week... #AvonBirds #PWNR - 14-17 April 2026.

This afternoon I heard and saw my first scratchy little Whitethroats of the year at Portbury Wharf. #AvonBirds - Portishead, 8 April 2026.

Nice to see a Wheatear within walking distance at Clapton Moor hide this afternoon, along with a few Heron. #AvonBirds - Portishead Gordano valley, 6 April 2026.

Some Lapwing, Oystercatcher and (one of two) Snipe at Portbury Wharf this morning... #AvonBirds #PWNR - Portishead, 6 April 2026.

Some Stonechats at Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve today. #AvonBirds - Portishead, 5 April 2026

spied three Sandpipers at Pill today - haven't seen so many there before! #AvonBirds - Pill, 5 April 2026.

Finally, some of the colourful birds including Lapwing and Kingfisher. Slimbridge - 2 April 2026.

Some other long-necked birds seen today including a Spoonbill, Black Swan, Greylag Goose and hybrid friend. Slimbridge, 2 April 2026.

A pleasant treat at Slimbridge this morning was a flyover of eight Cranes as soon as we arrived, and then later seeing 13 on "The Dumbles" from the Tower hide. Haven't really seen cranes doing anything before other than sitting in the distance, so was nice to see them like this.

Some slightly different birds seen in the local wood today including Green Woodpecker, Song Thrush and Nuthatch. I usually hear all of these but rarely spy them. #AvonBirds - Portishead, 31 March 2026.

Some of the other sights at and around The Hole including obligatory Redshank, Curlew, Bunting, Rock Pipit and Starlings. #AvonBirds - Portishead, 26 March 2026.

Nice to finally spy the local Black Redstart after months of trying. #AvonBirds - Portishead, 26 March 2026.

Lots of lovely looking Wheatear at Clevedon today... #AvonBirds - Clevedon, 20 March 2026.

Here is a pair of Oystercatchers tolerating the delightful odours at the local sewage works. #AvonBirds - Portishead, 18 March 2026

This scruffy sparrowhawk visited our garden this morning. It likes to catch goldfinches here but didn’t have any luck today.

Nice walk in Weston Big Wood this afternoon. Lots spied including Treecreeper, all the tits, Chiffchaffs, a few Redwing, some Green Woodpeckers; and heard Firecrest, Goldcrest & Nuthatch. #AvonBirds - Portishead, 17 March 2026.

Spied my first Kingfisher of the year in this random ditch around an industrial estate today. A few weeks ago the water was hidden and banks were covered in reeds but they have recently been cleared. (No photos: was cycling & kingfisher was zooming about) #AvonBirds - Portbury Docks, 14 March 2026.

Haven't noticed Oystercatchers resting on the remains of Portishead Pier before, but is more than likely a regular occurance. Bonus Sandpiper in some mud.

Portbury wharf reserve was lovely this morning. Lots of the usual ducks etc about. Lovely to hear the chiffchaffs starting to sing and we saw a few. The real treat was seeing siskins and a (lesser?) redpoll in the alder trees along the rhyne at the sea wall end. #AvonBirds #PWNR

Spied in the alder trees at Portbury Wharf this morning - a little gang of Siskin and a Redpoll. Haven't seen a Redpoll before, so that was nice to see. #AvonBirds #PWNR - Portishead, 28 February 2026.

In frog news I spied this tiny little guy in the garden today, presumably from past year's spawn.

Woo first frog spawn of the year in our tiny pond 🐸

Spied the Green Woodpecker again yesterday clinging to a distant neighbour's fence - it sat in this weird pose for a good few minutes before popping off into various gardens (except ours!) A bonus Sparrowhawk was spotted much later in the day. #AvonBirds - 13 February, 2026.

Just had a rarely-spied garden visitor - a nice Green Woodpecker. Have only seen one here before, back in November.

** edit - these are actually Red Knot ** #AvonBirds

I always enjoy seeing an Oystercatcher 🥕 #AvonBirds #PWNR - Portishead, 8 February 2026.

From Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve today we could see a giant murmuration over the Severnside area - presumably Dunlin based on reports earlier in the week (haven't seen any reports today yet). #AvonBirds - 8 February 2026.

229 Dunlin over Portbury Wharf Saltmarsh and then the Nature Reserve today at high tide. #AvonBirds - Portishead, 8 February 2026.

164 Black-Tailed Godwit over Portbury Wharf Saltmarsh today at high tide. They flew off towards Avonmouth docks and further north. #AvonBirds - Portishead, 8 February 2026.

this buff little guy is taking his job in security seriously.

Battery Point is not easy to get to when you‘re disabled but I am glad I made the effort. We went to see purple sandpipers, which are usually on the rocks, but they were on the buoy far out to sea, with some turnstone. We waited an hour, just as we were leaving two flew in onto the rocks. #AvonBirds

Took advantage of some dry weather and cycled over to look for the local Avocets. Sadly couldn't see any, just the usual suspects... #AvonBirds - 28 January 2026.

Some waders spied on the receding tide at Kilkenny Bay yesterday including: - Curlew & Shelduck; - Oystercatcher, Curlew & Redshank; - Shelduck & Oystercatcher; - Redshank and a cheeky Dunlin. #AvonBirds - Portishead, 27 January 2026.

A small flock of possibly Lapwing (?*) were seen in the distance over Worle yesterday. * Hard to identify from such a great distance but ties in with other recent report. #AvonBirds - 23 January 2026

Forgot some of the obligatory Curlew. #AvonBirds - Clevedon, 23 January 2026.

More from this morning's trip to Clevedon including Ringed Plover, Grey Plover, Knot, and Oystercatchers. Thanks to @howardtaffs.bsky.social for pointing out the Greys & Knots - probably wouldn't have identified them successfully without the tipoff. Nice to meet you. #AvonBirds - 23 January 2026.

Some Dunlin spotted at Clevedon this morning. Photos don't really do the amazing scene justice, several thousand were flocking about. #UKbirding #AvonBirds - Clevedon, 23 January 2026.

Excuse the shaky video and wind noises. We had the most wonderful experience at Clevedon sea wall today. Thousands and thousands of mostly dunlin. The sound of them flying past was incredible. The way the colour changes as they turn around. It was hypnotising. #AvonBirds