23rd June '17 Friday - Storm Petrel

Quite a breeze today & dull at times

Common Scoter, Storm Petrel

BRISTOL

Coombe dingle, garden feeder:
5 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 juv Robin, 5 Greenfinch, 3 Goldfinch

2 Peregrine fledgelings (Rich Scantlebury)
Lounging around at Finzells Reach in the evening doing not a lot!
This was such a good pic that we had to repeat it today.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Severn Beach:
1 f Common Scoter, 1 showy Storm Petrel

Yate, Tesco's, 22-6-17, 19.05:
2 Little Egret flyover

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
1 Cormorant at H&W, couple of Herring Gull nests Newfoundland Way

Sand Bay, evening:

2 Shellduck, 0 Storm Petrel, 3 Little Egret, 12 Curlew, 21 BH Gulls

23-6-17 Little Owl at Compton Bishop (Bill Hewitt)

Loxton:
1 juv Buzzard

BELOW M4 & BANES

23-6-17 Bath Peregrines (BUPP)
L-2-R, PW, PY and PX return to the nest box in early morning light

Marshfield garden:
2 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 m Bullfinch

23-6-17 Mallard at Newton Park (Robert Hargreaves)
with ten ducklings

Newton Park:
3 + 6 cygnets Mute Swan, 12 + 10 duckling Mallard, 2 + 3 juv Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 2 Moorhen, 6 Coot, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 8+ Goldcrest (4 places), 1 Coal Tit, 8+ Long-tailed Tit, 20 Swallow, 25 House Martin, 3+ Chiffchaff, 8+ Blackcap, 25 Starling, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 8 Chaffinch, 12 Goldfinch

West Harptree:
2 Collared Dove

RESERVOIRS

23-6-17 Kestrel at Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake:
Dam:
2 Egyptian Geese, 20+ Swallow and Martins, 6 Pied Wagtail

Woodford:
2 GBB Gull, 50+ Swift, 100+ Swallows and Martins

Herons Green:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Raven, 30+ Swift, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 20 House Martin, 7 House Sparrow, 12 juv Pied Wagtail

Moreton:
1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, 3 Coal Tit, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Reed Bunting

Water Rail egg found at Herriotts (Mark Dadds)

Herriotts:
2 Little Egret, 1 GBB Gull, Swallows and Martins, 1 Cetti's Warbler

A reminder to be Alert for any suspicious behaviour near Peregrine Nests

Report to www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/advice/animals/wildlife-crime/

Further to beach cleaning info posted here before this film looks at why the cleaning is needed

Clevedon Curzon 28th June

Reports: Paul Bowerman, BUPP, Ann Christopher, John Clark, Mark Dadds, Alastair Fraser, Robert Hargreaves, Bill Hewitt, Adrian Hockey, Rich Scantlebury, Ian Stapp