Eyes to the skies this Easter weekend! Spring migration is well underway, so learn about the latest arrivals, departures and what to look out for in our latest blog ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/new... Don't forget to submit your sightings to @birdtrack.bsky.social 📷 Willow Warbler by Allan Drewitt / BTO

Five Purple Sandpipers still at Battery Point this morning. @bristolbirding.bsky.social

Wild Portishead needs you! We have some exciting projects and possibilities in the works but we need people to help make them a reality. If you want to get involved email us at wildportishead @ gmail . com with what you think are your specialities and strong points. #AvonBirds

A cormorant prepares to fly, Portishead Marina #WingsOpenNotFlying #BlackandWhite #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #Photography #Portishead

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

A quiet morning in the beautiful winter sunshine at Portbury Wharf today. #PWNR #AvonBirds

What a delight, a Treecreeper in Eastwood LNR, Portishead. Well camouflaged, they can be quite difficult to spot - happily, Mrs. M. saw this one! Enjoyed watching it work its way up trees searching for food amongst the bark. (15.02.26) - #avonbirds #ukwildlife #birds @wildportishead.bsky.social

Avocets have come to Portishead, super cool!

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.

A quick visit between the rain to Battery Point in Portishead this morning managed to see 5 Purple Sandpipers, 2 curlews, an Oyster Catcher and a Rock Pipit.

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

Want to learn what birds are singing? Join our Bird Sound ID in Early Spring training course ➡️ www.bto.org/training #Ornithology

This weekend!

I enjoy learning about and photographing #damselfly & #dragonfly. 2025 I assisted with dragonfly surveys at Portbury Wharf NR, Portishead. Now booked on ID training mid-March, nicely timed for their re-emergance. Visiting Avalon Marshes Centre, Somerset, for training. @wildportishead.bsky.social

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.

Great Spotted Woodpecker in Eastwood, Portishead, playing hard-to-get and remaining high in the trees. Pictured from below really does show off the long sharp pointed bill. Second picture shows areas of bark broken from the trees, result of foraging for insects. (27.01.26) #avonbirds #ukwildlife

Pegasus and Strongvox housing groups are currently inviting public comment on their pre-application proposals for land off Clevedon Road, opposite Gordano School. All documents can be viewed here: www.clevedonroadportishead.co.uk See more on Facebook www.facebook.com/share/1Eo1Qz...

Highlights from Portbury Wharf this afternoon; Bullfinch Kestel - 2 Gadwall - 12 Shoveler - 8 Tufted Duck - 2 Lapwing - 18 GBBG - 2 Little Grebe 2

Purple sandpiper, Battery Point Portishead 26-1-2026.

Five Purple Sandpipers over high tide at Battery Point this morning.

Local people! Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve is celebrating world wetlands day next weekend. Check it out :D #AvonBirds

We were at a bird box building event today in Clevedon organised by @northsomersetc.bsky.social. Great fun!

Don't forget tomorrow night 7pm we're having a webinar on Great Misconceptions - #Rewilding Myths & Misunderstandings. Hosted by facebook.com/WildPortishead Please join us as we talk about the book, feel free to ask questions! 🪶🌍 #booksky @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @landethics.bsky.social

Old pic from 2016 (ish) but what a show!

Morning!