Wednesday, 23 May 2018

23-05-18 Wednesday - Common Tern

Temp 11 to 23℃. Another hot day, despite a windy and cloudy, hazy morning

Red Kite
Grey Plover
Common Tern
22-5-18 Reed Warbler at Nunnery (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

Filton Hill, 16.00:
Red Kite

Redland garden;
2 Swift, 8 Starling inc. 2 juv
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

22-5-18 Shelduck Family at New Passage (John Martin)
Severnside:
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:
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.

Uphill:
Little Egret, 2 Swift, 30 hirundines, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 5 Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat

BELOW M4 & BANES

22-5-18 Corn Bunting and Yellowhammer at Marshfield (Dan White)
Marshfield today:
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:
Red Kite

RESERVOIRS
22-5-18 Cetti's Warbler at Nunnery (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake:
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
Out of Avon
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