Red
Kites in Avon - May 2016
About
60+ individuals through even allowing for some possible double-counting
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Location
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Dates
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Bristol
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6th, 13th (2), 25th
(3)
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Horton A46
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5th
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Cold Ashton
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22nd
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Inglestone Common
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7th
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Chipping Sodbury
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6th
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Iron Acton
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5th
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Oldland Common
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14th (2)
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Rangeworthy
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27th
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Hambrook M32
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25th
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Oldbury Power Station
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11th
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Thornbury
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8th, 24th
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Alveston
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12th
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Severnside
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12th, 13th
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Pill
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24th
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Gordano Valley
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13th, 14th, 19th, 24th (2), 25th,
29th, 31st
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Kenn
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4th
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Tickenham
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4th
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Flax Bourton
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7th
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Wrington
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25th
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Uphill
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13th
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Bleadon
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13th
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Blagdon village
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24th
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Chew Valley Lake
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1st, 4th, 5th, 6th (3), 8th
(6), 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 17th
(2), 24th (2), 29th, 30th, 31st
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Chew Magna
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23rd
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East Harptree
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25th
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Swinford
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11th
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Bath
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10th, 15th, 17th
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Marksbury A39
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27th
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Midsomer Norton
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8th, 27th
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New Passage-Northwick:
2 Shelduck ducklings, 30 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 4 Shoveler, 7 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Little Grebe, 3 Ringed Plover, 2 Lapwing, 3 Dunlin, 30 BH Gull, 1 2nd cy Common Gull.
Walton Common:
1 flyover Red Kite 12.20pm (John Rickard).
Clapton Moor:
2 Hobby, 1 Cetti's Warbler.
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| 31/5/16 Whitethroat (Melvin Hedges) |
Portishead:
South Rd: 1 Jay.
Ship Inn: 1 Red Kite 12.30pm, downed by a mob of Gulls into the pub car-park, then duffed up a bit before finally escaping across the estuary (Roger Joliffe).
Ship Inn: 1 Red Kite 12.30pm, downed by a mob of Gulls into the pub car-park, then duffed up a bit before finally escaping across the estuary (Roger Joliffe).
Undoubtedly the Walton Common bird.
Blagdon Lake:
7 Mute Swan, 149 Canada Goose, 2 Pochard, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Hobby, 1 BH Gull, 1 Cuckoo, 3 Whitethroat.
Blagdon Lake:
7 Mute Swan, 149 Canada Goose, 2 Pochard, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Hobby, 1 BH Gull, 1 Cuckoo, 3 Whitethroat.
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| 31/5/16 Pied Wagtail (Robert Hargreaves) |
Planet Chew:
1 flyover Red Kite 7.50am (Simon Carder).
Other stuff, 70 Mute Swan, 41 Canada Goose, 2 Barnacle Goose, 15 Shelduck, 2 Wigeon, 74 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 4 GBB Gull, 250 Swift, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Raven, 2 Goldcrest, 40 mixed Swallow/House Martin, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Garden Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 6 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting.
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| 31/5/16 Great Spotted Woodpecker feeding chick (Ian Stapp) |
Reports: Simon Carder, David Gale, Robert Hargreaves, Melvin Hedges, Roger Joliffe, John Martin, John Rickard, Ian Stapp, BL birds, severnsidebirds.