Red Kite
Grey Plover
Common Tern
22-5-18 Reed Warbler at Nunnery (Ian Stapp) |
Filton Hill, 16.00:
1 Red Kite
Redland garden;
2 Swift, 8 Starling inc. 2 juv
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
22-5-18 Shelduck Family at New Passage (John Martin) |
1 Shelduck brood, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Plover, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank, 4 BH Gull, 17 Swift, 2 Raven
Latteridge, 12.00:
1 Red Kite, 1 Lesser Whitethroat singing
NORTH SOMERSET
Backwell Lake:
7 Canda Geese two broods, 18 Mute Swan 6 chicks, 1 Mallard 4 chicks, 3 Swift, 9 House Martin, Chiffchaff, Sedge Warbler and Blackcap singing
Nailsea - Backwell:
1 Red Kite sighted and grief at the loss of local Yellowhammer.
Nailsea - Backwell:
1 Red Kite sighted and grief at the loss of local Yellowhammer.
Uphill:
Little Egret, 2 Swift, 30 hirundines, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 5 Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat
BELOW M4 & BANESLittle Egret, 2 Swift, 30 hirundines, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 5 Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat
22-5-18 Corn Bunting and Yellowhammer at Marshfield (Dan White) |
3 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 14 Stock Dove, 1 Swift, 1 House Martin, 1 Whitethroat, 8 Chaffinch, 4 Linnet, 5 Goldfinch, 8 Corn Bunting, 11 Yellowhammer, 8 Hare
Willsbridge Mill:
1 Kingfisher, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap,
Bath, Newbridge:
4 Mallard (with 8 ducklings), 1 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite present most of late afternoon, 5 LBB Gull, 6 Herring Gull, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 1 Grey Wagtail
Saltford:
1 Red Kite
Chelwood Roundabout 19.00:
1 Red Kite
RESERVOIRS
4 Shoveler, 14 Gadwall, 1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Common Tern, 2 Stock Dove, 20 Swift, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 5 Raven, 6 Sand Martin, 30 Swallow, 20 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, lots Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Goldfinch, 4 Reed Bunting
22-5-18 Reed Bunting, Moreton (Ian Stapp |
Quail seen at Queens Sedgemoor
Out of UK
Vera Carpenter in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana
Nightingales at Lodge Hill:
This site has the highest number of Nightingales, 85 out 5,500, anywhere in the UK. Medway council want to allocate this Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for development. Please go to rspb.org.uk/savenightingales to urge Medway Council to protect this site
Reports: Teresa Chard, Richard Giles, John Handsford, Robert Hargreaves, Adrian Hockey, John Martin, Alyce Merry, Fiona Neate, Vic Savery, Ian Stapp, Chris Teague, Michael Thomas, Brain Thompson, Chris Vines, Dan White, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG