23-06-26 Tuesday

Temp 19°C to 32°C - Sunny and humid with very light winds veering clockwise through all points of the compass.

Common Tern

Cuckoo

Wigeon

BRISTOL

Peregrine (juv), Avon Gorge (Stephanie Chadwick)

Avon Gorge:

4 Peregrine (juv)

Bedminster:

2 Collared Dove, 5 Woodpigeon, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (juv), 1 Carrion Crow, 3 Blackcap, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin (flew over Chessel St. calling 7am)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Pilning Wetlands:

1 Wigeon, 11 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Green Sandpiper, Redshank - inc 3 chicks

NORTH SOMERSET

Long Ashton:
c60 Swift, 1 Sparrowhawk (being mobbed by the swifts)

Portbury Wharf:
1 Kingfisher

Hewish:
3 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard (hay cutting)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Oldland Common (garden):
1 Sparrowhawk (m)

Keynsham (garden):
1 Whitethroat

Burnett:

1 Kestrel

Whitethroat, Hunstrete (Ian Stapp)

Hunstrete:
1 Whitethroat

Chelwood

1 Red Kite (grass cutting)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Mandarin Duck, Dam (Ian Stapp)

Dam:
250+ Canada Goose, 1 Mandarin Duck (f), 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Swift, 2 Magpie, 6 Swallow, 20+ House Martin, 3 Pied Wagtail

Common Sandpiper, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

Common Tern, Herons Green (Merv Carlyon)

Comparison: Common Tern aft of a Lesser Black-backed Gull,
Herons Green (Merv Carlyon)

Herons Green:
4 Little Grebe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 2 Common Tern, 1 Great White Egret, 25+ Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Reed Warbler, 10+ Swallow, 10+ House Martin, 1 Whitethroat, 10+ House Sparrow, 4 Pied Wagtail

Stratford:
12+ Great Crested Grebe, 1 Cuckoo, 12+ Coot, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Great White Egret, 4+ Cattle Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 3+ Reed Warbler, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Reed Warbler, CVL (Caron Thornton-Trippit)

Herriotts inc Pool:
2 Egyptian Goose, 5 Shoveler, 66+ Gadwall, 12+ Teal, 4+ Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby, 6 Jackdaw, 5+ Reed Warbler, 3 Swallow, 10+ House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Merv Carlyon, Stephanie Chadwick, Julian Eastoe, Paul Francis, John Lewis, Mike Moxon, Caron Thornton-Trippit, Karen Wilkinson

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22-06-26 Monday

Temp 19°C to 33°C - sunny - with an extreme heat warning and thunder to finish. A gentle breeze from the east, gusting to 19mph made for some light relief

BRISTOL

22-06-26 Peregrin Avon Gorge (Lee Patch)

Clifton Down - Avon Gorge

6 Peregrine - inc 4 juv

Redland:

1 Swift - first into our new box (only took 5 yrs)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury-on Severn - garden:

4 Swift, 1 Green Woodpecker (f)

NORTH SOMERSET

Ashton Court - golf course:

4 Swallow with soon to fledge juv on show.

Weston-Super-Mare:
40+ Swift - seeing off a Peregrine that caught one of their number.

Langford:
1 Hobby - over

BELOW M4 & BANES

22-06-26 Little Egret Dyrham (Caron Thornton-Trippit)

Dyrham - garden:

1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, family of Blue Tit

Hanham:

1 Peregrine - carrying pray

Burnett:

2 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel 

Pensford:

10+ Swift, 1 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail

Chelwood

6+ Red Kite, 2 Buzzard - on cut hay fields

Chew Magna

1 Red Kite - over to the east

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

22-06-26 Common Tern CVL (Ian Stapp)

Dam:
250+ Canada Goose, 1 Mandarin Duck, 1 Pochard (m), 1 Common Tern, 2 G BB Gull, 5 Cattle Egret - over, 1 Grey Heron, 5 Magpie, 2 Reed Warble, 4 Swallow, 20+ House Martins, 7+ Pied Wagtail

22-06-26 Common Sandpiper CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herons Green:
4 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Tern, 1 G W Egret, 25+ Cattle Egret - feeding in back field, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Reed Warbler - singing, 10+ Swallow, 12+ H Martins, 1 Whitethroat - singing, 10+ House Sparrow, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Stratford:
Mute Swan family - inc polish cygnet, 8+ G C Grebe, 1 Cuckoo - calling, 12+ Coot, 4 G BB Gull - eating a pike, 2 G W Egret, 8+ Cattle Egret - over, 3 Grey Heron, - - 2 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby, 3+ Reed Warbler, 2 Swallow, 4 H Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Herriotts inc Pool:
2 Egyptian Goose +4 gosling, 1 Shoveler (m), 68+ Gadwell, 14+ Teal, 4+ G BB Gull, 1 G W Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Swift, 1 Red Kite, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby, 6 Jackdaw, 5+ Reed Warbler, 3 Swallow, 10+House Martin,1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Song Thrush - singing, 4 Pied Wagtail

Reported by: Peter Allen. Jamie Buchan, Andy Davis, Fermandez Francis, Alan Gilbert, Rob Laughton, Ross Nairn, Lee Patch, Ian Stapp, Caron Thornton-Trippit

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21-06-26 Sunday - Spotted Flycatcher

Temp 18°C to 28°C - sunny most of the day. A zypher of wind boxing the compass north west to north east, with the strongest gusts to 10 mph.

Spotted Flycatcher

Mandarin

BRISTOL

Clifton Down:

6 Swift, Peregrine, 3 Jay, 1 Raven, 4 Coal Tit, 10 Blackap, 6 Song Thrush, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 8 Greenfinch inc 5/6 singing (m)

Eastville Park:

1 Kingfisher, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail,

Snuff Mills:

1 Kingfisher, 1 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

21-06-26 Kestrel PIL (Alan Gilbert)

Pilning Wetlands - BOC walk:
1 Stock Dove, 1 Water Rail, 1 Avoset, 18 Lapwing, 6 Curlew, 1 Kestrel, 3 Skylark, 2 Sedge Warbler, 3 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 15 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Stonechat - juv, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

Wickwar:

1 Barn Owl and 2 Tawny Owl - calling early, 1 Hobby & 1 Kestrel both calling

Almondsbury:

1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Skylark, 1 Blackcap, 1 Greenfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Long Ashton:

5 Swift - screaming party this morning and 30+ seen tonight

21-06-26 Lapwing PW (Darren Burton)

Portbury Wharf:
1 Oystercatcher, 8 Little Grebe, 3 Lapwing, Curlew, Red Kite, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1Skylark, 1 Cetti's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Greenfinch, Reed Bunting

Backwell Lake:
1 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Song Thrush

Yatton - Strawberry Line:
1 Buzzard, 1 Swift, 1 Kestrel, 6 Reed Warbler, 6 Swallow, 7 Whitethroat, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Pucklechurch - bbs:

2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 12 Skylark, 5 Swallow, 5 Whitethroat, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Yellowhammer

Hanham -  garden

30 Swift - over and that's a record

Swineford - R Avon:

1 Reed Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting

Pensford - Lords Wood:

1 Buzzard, 1 Jay, 2 Coal TIt, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon:

19 Gadwall, 1 Green Sandpiper, 7 GBB Gull, 5 Great White Egret, 5 Cattle Egret, 7 Little Egret

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:

1 Redshank 

Nunnery:

1 Common Sandpiper 

Herons Green:

2 Great White Egret, 1 Cattle Egret

21-06-26 Common Tern CVL (Bri Thompson)

Stratford:
4 Common Tern

Herriotts inc Pool:
3 Pochard, 1 Mandarin (f), 10 Shoveler, 7 Teal, 1 Lapwing

Reported by: Jon Angell, Andrew Archer, Beth & Darren Burton, Ed Drewitt, Julie Evans, Tim Ford, Alan Gilbert, Markas Gilmartin, Daphne Havercroft, Dave Hughes, Rob Laughton, Robin Martin, Nick Page, Paul Sadley, Mark Savage, Rich Scantlebury, Mark Steer, Gary Thoburn, Bri Thompson, Keren Wilkinson

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20-06-26 Saturday

Temp 18°C to 23°C - cloudy and muggy, with the odd drop of rain, more sun later. A moderate SW/SSW wind to start, moving to a light W/WSW later.

Black Tern

Norfolk Hawker- not a bird but a significant Avon record

Local birder, and long time contributor to this blog, Raoul C, has produced a lovely book of photos he has taken at Chew over the years. Well worth the £10 asking price. Available from Woodford Lodge if you visit Chew, or from him, if you bump into him out birding.

BRISTOL

Fishponds:

1 Curlew over 

Stoke Park:
50+ Swift, 1 juv Stonechat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Olveston:
2 Raven

20-06-26 Linnet SB (Mark Smith)

Severn Beach:

12 Little Egret, 1 Linnet

Chipping Sodbury Common:
6 Stock Dove, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 1 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 3 Raven, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 14+ Whitethroat, 1 Reed Bunting

NORTH SOMERSET

No reports.

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports.

Black Tern, CVL (Bri Thompson)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
Mandarin Duck, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, Hobby

Redshank, CVL (Bri Thompson)

Dam:
1 Redshank

Cattle Egret, CVL (Merv Carlyon)

Stratford:
1 Black Tern, Cattle Egret, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Norfolk Hawker

Cattle Egret, CVL (Bri Thompson)

Cuckoo, CVL (Bri Thompson)

Reported by: Rich Andrews, Jon Angell, Marv Carlyon, Raoul Chandrasakera, Mark Coller, Mark Smith, Larry Sweetland, Bri Thompson, 

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19-06-26 - Friday

Temp 16°C to 25°C - sun with some cloud which thickened toward evening. A gentle breeze from the south west / south south west with gusts to 25 mph.

BRISTOL

Badock's Wood:

3 Stock Dove, 2 Swift, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush

Brislington - garden:

4 Swift, 2 Buzzard

Clifton Down - Peregrine Watch Point:

5 Peregrine - inc 3 juv

Southville - garden:

2 Swift, 4 Magpie, 28 Long-tailed Tit

19-06-26 Siskin Withywood (Lee Patch)

Withywood - garden:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blue & Great Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 11 Goldfinch, 3 Siskin - juv

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Avocet, 6 Oystercatcher, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Lapwing, 2 Skylark, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Sand Martin, 9 Swallow, 8 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting

Wickwar - garden:

2 Bullfinch - pr

Yate Common:
2 Swift, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Chaffinch, 4 Bullfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

19-06-26 Little Grebe PW (Beth Burton)

Portbury Wharf:

2 Swan + cygnets, Little Grebe +chicks, Moorhen and Coot with chicks, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Reed Warbler - busy

19-06-26 Goldfinch Portishead (B&D Burton)

Portishead - garden:
Goldfinch - feeding on sorrel

Wraxall Watercress Farm:
1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Red Kite, 6 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 6 Skylark, 1 House Martin, 5 Chiffchaff, 5 Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Greenfinch, 2 Yellowhammer

BELOW M4 & BANES

19-06-26 Kestrel Wick (Nigel Jones)

Wick:

1 Little Owl - calling early hours, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel

Bath - Charmy Down (bbs):

2 Collared Dove, 1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 32 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Redstart (m), 2 Stonechat, 1 Pied Wagtail, 7 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 16 Linnet, 17 Goldfinch

Burnett:

1 Red Kite

Pensford - Lord Wood:

1 Mallard + 3 juv, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Moorhen, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Coal Tit, 1 Skylark, 6 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper, 3 Song Thrush, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch

Chelwood

2 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
250+ Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 G BB Gull, 3 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 10+ Swift, 4 Magpie, 2 Reed Warbler - chicks, 4 Swallow, 20+ House Martins, 5+ Pied Wagtail

Denny Island:

2 Egyptian Goose

Herons Green:
1 Pochard (m), 4 Little Grebe, 1 G W Egret, 25+ Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 B H Gull - ad, 

2 Swift, 2 Reed Warbler - singing, 4 Swallow, 8+ H Martins, 1 Whitethroat - singing, 6+ House Sparrow,  4 Pied Wagtail

19-06-26 Common Tern CVL (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
10+ G C Grebe - nest in front of hide, 1 Cuckoo - calling,  2 Common Tern, 1 B H Gull, 2 G W Egret, 6+ Cattle Egret - over, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard,  12+ Coot, 3+ Reed Warbler, 2 Swallow, 20+ H Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Herriotts inc Pool:

2 Egyptian Goose +4 gosling, 1 Shoveler (m), 78+ Gadwell inc juv, 2 Teal, 6 B H Gull - 5 juv, 2 G BB Gull, 1 G W Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Swift, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby - 2nd yr, 6 Jackdaw, 5+ Reed Warbler - feeding chicks. 3 Swallow, 10+House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail

Reported by: Eric Booth, Beth & Darren Burton, Mark Coller, Andy Davis, Ian Duncan, Robert Hargreaves, Matt Hobbs, Nigel Jones, Sam Levy, Robin Martin, Nick Page, Lee Patch,  Paul Sadley

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18-06-26 Thursday

 Temp 16°C to 25°C. Sun and cloud, with sun winning as the afternoon wore on. Light southerly breeze gusting to 18mph max.

Avon Gorge Peregrines in good form

Arctic Skua at Severn Beach

Green Sandpiper back at CVL

BRISTOL

18-06-26 Peregrine, Avon Gorge (Devin Vaghela)

Avon Gorge: 

Peregrine family inc 3 juv. & "a few" Kestrels

18-06-26 Peregrine, Avon Gorge (Mike Owen)

Redland:

1 Hobby over

Eastville Park Lake:

1 Gadwall

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Severn Beach:
1 Arctic Skua (ad, pale)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Little Grebe & Coot all with young,

1 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing, 1 Kestrel, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff

Tutshill Sluices (River Yeo):

1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzards mobbed by crows, 1 Kestrel

BELOW M4 & BANES

North Stoke: 

4 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Skylark, 6 Swallow, 5 House Martin,

2 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Bullfinch (inc 2 juvs)

18-06-26 Yellowhammer, Marksbury (Ian Stapp)

Marksbury:

2 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
17 Little Egret, 5 Great White Egret, 9 Cattle Egret, 1 Red Kite

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
200+ Canada Goose, 1 Canada x Greylag Goose hybrid, 2 GBB Gull, 8+ Cattle Egret (fly over), 2 Grey Heron, 20+ Swift, 30+ H Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting

Herons Green:
1 Pochard (m), 4 Little Grebe, 1 Great White Egret, 12+ Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 2 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler (singing), 20 Swallow 30+ House Martin, 2 Whitethroat (singing), 2 Reed Bunting

Stratford:

2 Mute Swan (+one Polish cygnet), 1 Pochard (m), 1 Cuckoo (calling), 8 Great Crested Grebe (one nest), 2 GBB Gull, 1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 20+ Cattle Egret (crossing over lake), 20+ Swift, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Hobby, 6+ Reed Warbler (some chicks), 12+ Swallow, 50+ House Martin (high up in the showers), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting

18-06-26 Jackdaw, Herriotts (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc Pool:
2 Egyptian Goose (+4 goslings), 72+ Gadwall, 1 Shoveler (m), 2 Teal, 1 Green Sandpiper,  Common Tern, 2 BH Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 10+ Swift, 1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 12 Grey Heron, 1 Hobby, 4 Jackdaw, 3+ Reed Warbler (some singing), 10 Swallow, 20+ House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail

18-06-26 House Martin, Blue Bowl Pub (Lucy Masters)

Blue Bowl Pub:
10 House Martin 

Reported by: Pete Brain, Andy Davis, Brian Lancastle, Lucy Masters, Ruth Muir, Steve Newland, Mike Owen, John Rossetti, Ben Searle, Nigel Sluman, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Caron Thornton-Trippit, Devin Vaghela, Jack Wylson

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