26-05-18 Saturday - Red Kites

Temp 14 to 23℃. Dull start but warmed up, fairly windy, from North East

Hobby
Grey Plover
Knot
Sanderling
Tree Pipit
Siskin

RED KITES

Red Kite map - sighting 26th May 2018

1 North over Sand Point c. 08.00; 5 North-East over Pilning c. 11.00; 1 over Portishead c. 11.00; 1 North West from Perry Court School, Bristol; 1 North over Ham Green c.12.00; 1 over St Andrews, Bristol c.13.30: 1 East at Wookey Hole 14.15; 1 at Hollowbrook, CVL 14.30; 1 at Dyrham Park c. 15.00; 1 at Newbridge, Bath 16.15;

BRISTOL

26-5-18 Peregrine in Bristol (Tim Marks)

Hengrove - Perry Court School:
1 Peregrine

Cotham Brow:
1 Mallard, broke form grass cover, 5 Swift, 1 Kestrel - hover hunting 19:30, Roe Deer, and Cricket match!

Stockwood Open Space:
1 Kestrel - hover hunting
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

26-5-18 Two of five Red Kite at New Passage (Paul Bowerman)

Severnside:
9 Grey Plover, 3 Knot, 13 Sanderling, a few Swifts, 1 Hobby, Starling flock, 2 Siskin

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon, Dowlais:
30 Shelduck, 1 Shoveler, 9 Lapwing 2 Redshank, 1 Peregrine

26-5-18 Tree Pipit on Mendips (Lee Gardiner)

Mendips:
1 Tree Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham, River Chew:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Jay, 1 Grey Wagtail 

RESERVOIRS

26-5-18 Red Kite at Hollowbrook (David Hughes)

Chew Valley Lake:

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: Nicky Amos, Phil Baber, Paul Bowerman, Jane Cumming, Paul Francis, Lee Gardiner, Adrian Hockey, David Hughes, Wendy Lambson, Brian Lancastle, Tim Marks, John Martin, Stuart Mathews, Caroline Maudsley, Paul Milo, Vic Savery, Howard Taffs, Talkingtobears, Jason Williams, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG