Temp 05°C to 14°C - Nice sunny start but cloudy with showers from mid morning. A light breeze varying from north west to west north west and gusting by midday to 20 mph
Reported by: Phil Barlow, Merv Carlyon, Mark Coller, Andy Davis, Julie Evans, Duncan Evered, John Lewis, Tim Mason, Paul Sadley, Matt Scott, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Karen Wilkinson, Les Williams
Temp 05°C to 13°C - Cloudy with showers but the sun breaking through. A gentle breeze varying from north north west to north west and gusting by late afternoon to 26 mph
Black-Winged Stilt
Spoonbill
BRISTOL
Eastville Park
1 Pint-footed Goose - hello again
Oldbury Court Estate:
2 Stock Dove, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Song Thrush
Herriotts inc Pool: 2 Egyptian Goose +4 Gosling, 1 Shoveler (m), 42 Gadwell, 3 G BB Gull, 1 G W Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 100+ Swift 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 3 Hobby, 8 Jackdaw, 5 Reed Warbler - singing, 6 Swallow, 12+ House Martins, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Pied Wagtail,
Reported by: Beth & Darren Burton, Paul Chapman, Mark Coller, Ben Crabb, Julian Eastoe, Julie Evans, Tim Ford, Clare Gordon, Robert Hawkridge, Emily Lomas, Fen Marshall, Rich Mielcarek, Mike Moxon, Lee Patch, Steve Rickard, Nige Sluman, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Caron Thornton-Trippit, Les Williams
Temp 08°C to 15°C - some sun and cloud and felt pretty cold with some brief but heavy showers. A moderate to strong W/WSW to start becoming W/NW later. Gusts to 28mph.
If you take photos or videos of wildlife in the Chew and Blagdon area, you may be interested in this competition, closing date is in a few weeks https://chewvalleynpf.wordpress.com/
If you have been lucky to find a rare bird in Avon recently, you can now submit notes on it via email or the new online form, see this link for details.
Herriotts inc. Pool: Egyptian Goose family, 1 Pochard, 38 Gadwall, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Greenshank, 3 Great White Egret
Reported by: Merv Carlyon, Paul Chapman, Andy Davis, Julian Eastoe, Rich Keel, Sue Howard, Matt Hull, John Lewis, Mike Owen, Nick Page, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Jason Williams, Les Williams
Woodford: 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4+ Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap
12-05-26 Dunlin, CVL (George Stacey)
Herons Green: 2 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Dunlin, 6 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard, 2 Sedge Warbler
12-05-26 Dunlin, CVL (Ian Stapp)
Stratford: 2 GBB Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Hobby, 30+ Swift, 12+ Swallow, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Blackcap
Herriotts inc. Pool: Egyptian Goose family, 1 Pochard, 1 Shoveler, 28 Gadwall, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 3 Hobby
Reported by: John Aldridge, Ben Crabb, Raoul Chandrasakera, Peter Coslett, Paul Dunham, Markas Gilmartin, John Lewis, Ross Nairn, Dean Reeves, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Martin Wightman, Jason Williams
Temp 04°C to 14°C - a four seasons in one day kind of day. Sunny, cloudy, brief rain showers and pretty cold to start. A light NW wind to start, moving to a moderate NE/N around lunch time.
Stratford: 3 Whimbrel, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Osprey, 4 Red Kite, 6 Buzzard, 5 Hobby, 3+ Reed Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler
11-05-26 Greenshank, CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts inc. Pool: 2 Egyptian Goose + 4 young, 4 Shoveler, 37 Gadwall, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 2 Red Kite, 3 Hobby
Reported by: Raoul Chandrasakera, Paul Chapman, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Julian Eastoe, Brian Lancastle, Nick Page, Ian Stapp, Lauren Tucker, Wayne Tucker
Herriotts inc. Pool: 2 Egyptian Goose + 4 young, 1 Garganey (m), 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Lapwing
Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Merv Carlyon, Chris Craig, Andy Davies, Julian Eastoe, Matt Hall, Nick Page, Aravind Ramesh, Andy Stockhausen, Simon Stuart, Gary Thoburn, Bri Thompson, Chris Vines
Stratford: 4 Red Kite, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woopecker, 4 Hobby, 2 Garden Warbler, 3+ Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush
08-05-26 Egyptian Goose CVL (Neil Delaney)
Herriotts inc. Pool: 2 Egyptian Goose with 4 young, 4 Shoveler, 40 Gadwall, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Hobby, 6 Swift, 4+ Reed Warbler, 6 Swallow, 2 House Martin
Reported by: Jon Angell, Paul Bowerman, Paul Chapman, Andy Davis, Neil Delaney, Oscar Dewhurst, Matt Hall, Rob Hargreaves, Brian Lancastle, Emily Lomas, Mike Moxon, Ross Nairn, Tony Scott, Rosemary Setter, George Stacey, Ian Stapp,Andy Stockhausen, Tony Watt, Jason Williams, Les Williams
Temp 07°C to 15°C - overcast for most of the day, with some sunshine around lunchtime but then light rain in the late afternoon. E-ESE wind 4-6mph gusting to 12mph.