Sooty Shearwater (Weston-super-Mare) + several Storm Petrel (Severn Beach)
BRISTOL
Snuff Mills:
Kingfisher, Jay, Dipper, Grey Wagtail
Stoke Park:
Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Reed Warbler
Mangotsfield:
2 Kingfishers on small streams
Rownham Mead:
a second-hand report of a young Muntjac seen in a garden this afternoon on this modern estate of town houses on the Docks, just behind the Pump House.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Shepperdine:
1 adult Common Tern
Severn Beach:
Storm Petrel: one at 14.30 , flew off SW. The same or a second bird in the Burger Bar bay at 15.30pm. A lingering individual, which might have been the same bird, plus two apparent others reported up to 19.00.
Also a Fulmar.
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| Fulmar and.... |
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| Storm Petrel off Severn Beach (Paul Bowerman) |
NORTH SOMERSET:
Weston-super-Mare:
Sea watch from Anchor Head 2:30-4:30: 1 Fulmar, 1 Sooty Shearwater up river at 2:40 (description to follow, first Avon record for (?) 40 years), 1 Common Scoter.
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marksbury:
50+ Swifts
RESERVOIRS:
Chew Valley Lake:
Dam:
29 Canada Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Hybrid Duck, 20 + Swift
Heron's Green:
184 Canada Goose, 1 Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Hobby, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (2nd Year)
Moreton:
14 Canada Goose, 1 Scaup (F), 228 Great-crested Grebe, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Reed Bunting
Herriotts End:
56 Canada Goose, 1 Little Egret, the leucistic Coot (out on the lake) 1 Yellow-legged Gull (2nd year) 1 Common Tern (up & down the lake then sat on log in pond)
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| Common Tern (Ian Stapp) |
Around lake 100+ Swift, 200+ Sand Martin, 100+ House Martin, 40+ Swallow
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| Canada Goose flock (Bob Brewer) |
