1st June '17 Thursday - Spotted Flycatcher

Misty start, turning another lovely day, bit windy later

Red Kite, Hobby, Yellow-legged Gull, Spotted Flycatcher

BRISTOL

Blaise Castle:
3 Raven

Eastville, Cottrell Road:

Otter swimming around this morning in the Frome (garden tick!)

SOUTH GLOUCESTSHIRE

30-5-17 Greylag Geese at New Passage (John Martin)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
8 Greylag Geese yesterday

Western Distribution:
1 Heron, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tits, Reed Warblers, Pair of Bullfinch

Sodbury Common, 13:30:
1 Red Kite

NORTH SOMERSET

No reports

BANES

Willsbridge Mill:
1 Raven, 2 Long-tailed Tit families, 3 Blackcap, 4 Nuthatch (family), 2 Song Thrush

1-6-17 Peregrine in Bath (Hamish Smith)
juv KP continues to be a problem, retrieving prey he has pilfered from her cache

Bath, Combe Hay:
1 Spotted Flycatcher

Bath, Lansdown:
3 Spotted Flycatcher families feeding young in Weston Wood, Pipley Wood and Brockham End

Bath, Lower Weston:
2 Buzzard

1-6-17 Tawny Owl at Burnett (Ian Stapp)

Burnett:
2 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl (found by Blackbirds), Swallows and Martins nesting, 4 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake:

1-6-17 Spotted Flycatcher at CVL (George Stacey)

Hollowbrook:
1 Goldcrest, 1 Spotted Flycatcher

Herons Green:
44 Canada Geese, 1 White-fronted Goose, 2 Buzzard, 1 (2nd summer) Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Whitethroat

1-6-17 Canada & White-fronted Goose at Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
1 Hobby, 1 Buzzard, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Large Skipper

Herriotts End
c.40 Canada Geese, 4 Barnacle Goose, 16 Shelduck, 20+ Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, 6 Pochard, 1 Little Egret, 2 (1 juv) Grey Heron, some Swifts, Swallows and House Martins, 1 Cetti's Warbler


Reports: Derek Angell, John Griffiths, Teresa Chard, Robert Hargreaves, Simon Harris, Lisegirl, John Martin, Darren Pearce, Justin Quinnell, Hamish Smith, George Stacey, Mrs Trellis, Dan White