13-6-18 Wednesday

Reasonably clement,  cloudy with sunny spells

Red Kite: Westerleigh at 11:30; M48 near Aust at 15:30
Swift

BRISTOL


13-6-18 Coombe Dingle Gold Finch (Pete Bunniss)

Lockleaze garden:
50+ Starlings (45 of which were juveniles), 30+ juvenile Sparrows, 2 Woodpigeon, 1 Collard Dove
5 Feral Pigeon. (This is the best year for young Starlings for over 5 years. The Sparrows are up a little. Feral Pigeons are down by 75%).

13-6-18 Lockleaze back garden (Patrick Hardyman Richards)
Taken through the window

Brandon Hill: 
A pre work 1/2 hr on the hill.
1 Cormorant, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 12 Herring Gull, 12 Feral Pigeon, 19 Woodpigeon,
3 Swift, 4 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 9 Blue Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 6 Wren,  8 Starling, 11 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Robin, 4 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch,
10 Goldfinch.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Latteridge:
1 Peregrine Falcon fly over.

Winterbourne:

Grey Heron 13th June 2018 Winterbourne (Dan White)

Grey Heron on the duck pond.

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead: BBS Survey
2 Mute Swan (12 Recently fledged) , 1 Greylag Goose, 28 Canada Goose (12 Recently fledged)
8 Shelduck, 52 Mallard (12 Recently fledged),  3 Tufted Duck, 1 Moorhen, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 13 Herring Gull, 4 Collared Dove, 2 Swift, 1 Jay, 12 House Martin, 4 Wren, 20 Starling
18 House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail (yarrellii), 4 Linnet

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath

Peregrine Juv 13th June 2018 Bath St John's Hamish Smith

St John's Church: Peregrines continue to prosper - 3 juv now flying well - parents being run ragged, feeding them.

Marshfield:
Yellowhammer, Skylark, Corn Bunting, Chiffchaff, Whitethroat (lots of each species but Corn Bunting fewer in number than in the past), Linnet (parties up to nine), 3 Raven, 1 Kestrel, 1 Heron
50+ Starling

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Kingfisher

OUT OF AREA

Hawfinch 13 June 2018 Forest of Dean Ben Locke

Couldn't resist this one of Hawfinch - after the abundance we had during the winter - a reminder that they are not too far away!

Reports: Pete Bunnis, Peter Coslett, Jane Cumming, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Robert Hargreaves, Rod Holbrook, Mark Hynam, Ben Locke, John Martin, Hamish Smith, Chris Teague, Dan White, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG