Friday 17 June 2016

Sightings 17/6/16

Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 6 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 3 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch.

Oldbury Power Station:
38 Canada Goose, 2 Shelduck broods 8 & 9, 1 juv Sparrowhawk, 2 Blackcap.

New Passage-Northwick:
Wetland: 18 Gadwall, 10 Teal, 7 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Egret, 1 Hobby, 2 Lapwing, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 35 BH Gull.

Abbots Leigh:
Sandy Lane: 14 flyover Swift this evening.

Portbury Dock:
3 Shelduck broods 9 + 8 + 5, 16 Curlew, 35 BH Gull, 3 Stock Dove, 4 Rock Pipit.

Bath:
Bloomfield: 1 flyover Red Kite 2.25pm to west (Jonathan Margetts).
Oldfield Park: 2 Red Kite circling over 5pm (Jonathan Margetts).

Blagdon Lake:
43 Mute Swan + 4 cygnets, 31 Canada Goose, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Curlew, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Grey Wagtail.

Bickfield Farm:
6 active House Martin nests, 20 House Sparrow.
Nest 1: most active with adults bringing in food every 2 mins to 3 youngsters.
Nest 2: being visited every 5 mins to 2 youngsters.
Nest 3: being visited every 10 mins to 1 youngster.
We had to have a lie down after all that scientific study.
17/6/16 Curlew (Mrs Trellis)
Holt Farm fields this afternoon
Litton Res:
2 Mute Swan, 1 Canada Goose, 18 Tufted Duck, 4 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great Crested Grebe + 2 chicks, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Grey Wagtail.

Planet Chew:
Herriott's end: 2 Cuckoo.

Reports: Teresa Chard, Mark Dadds, Jonathan Margetts, Karin Rhodes, Chris Stone, Mrs Trellis, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.