Not many photos. Photographers day off?
Raptor day today. Cattle Egret sticking around. Yellow Wagtail. Garganay
I thought we had a Great Reed Warbler but it was another Nunnery (Norfolk).
BRISTOL
Coombe Dingle Garden
1 Bullfinch (m), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit,
2 Collared Dove, Robin, Blackbird, Dunnock, 4 Goldfinch, 2 Wood Pigeon, 1 Magpie
Knowle Garden
1 Sparrowhawk (f), 1 Peregrine Falcon, 5 Swift
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
2+ Reed Warbler, Water Rail (calling), Reed Bunting (pair)
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| Reed Warbler (Richard Scantlebury) |
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Littleton Warth:
12 new Reed Warblers ringed today, some carrying fat and mostly no signs of breeding which suggests they are new arrivals there to compete with the April vanguard or stopping of for refreshment.
1 calling male Cuckoo, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 singing Lesser Whitethroat
New Passage/Northwick Warth:
3 Whimbrel, Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, Wigeon (m), 5 Little Ringed Plover
5+ Reed Warbler
Tockington:
6 Mistle Thrush
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| Mistle Thrush (Matt Scott) |
Hobby, Barn Owl, Little Owl, 2 Buzzard, 5 Whitethroat, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat
1 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff (lots), Blackcap (lots), 3 Reed Bunting,
Fishing Lake: Yellow Wagtail, Sand Martin, 5 Swallow, 2 Stock Dove, Red Kite
NORTH SOMERSET:
Uphill:
5 Whimbrel, 3 Shellduck, 5+ Whitethroat, Reed Bunting, 2 Stonechat, plenty Skylark
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield:
Raven, Stonechat, Corn Bunting (lots), Skylark, Linnet
RESERVOIRS:
Chew Valley Lake:
Dam:
Red Kite
Heron's Green:
Oystercatcher, Wheatear
Stratford:
2 Hobby
Herriotts End:
Garganay (m), Cattle Egret, Ruff, Oystercatcher, Little Egret
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| Summer plumage Ruff (Chris Craig) |
Reports: John Martin, Sean Davies, Darren Pearce, Nigel Sluman, Lisegirl, Derek Angell, Richard Scantlebury, Paul House, Dave Poulton, Mark Dadds, Alastair Fraser, Matt Scott, Bill Hewitt, Chris Craig, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
