Sunday, 24 June 2018

23-6-18 Saturday RED KITE

Nice - Hot - Cloudless.

Red Kite

Peregrine  23 May 2016 Bristol - Finzels Reach (Rich Scantlebury)

BRISTOL

Finzels Reach:
The male Peregrine today outnumbered 3 to 1 by his partner & female chicks.

Stoke Bishop:
Why not visit The Swift House - biggest urban breeding colony (https://www.ngs.org.uk/find-a-garden/garden/34424/) as part of open gardens.

St George:
Male Blackcap - nice surprise to find one on the feeder.


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Winterbourne:
Juv House Martin 23rd June 2018 Winterbourne  (Dan White)
Northwick Warth:
100 Shelduck, 1 Dunlin.

Pilning wetland:
1 Lapwing, 10 Swallow.


NORTH SOMERSET

Backwell Lake:
4 Canada Geese with groups of 1 and 9 goslings, 4 Mute Swan with two broods of 3 and 4 cygnets, 1 Muscovy Duck, 61 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron and 3 Coot, 1 Moorhen.

Railway Ponds:
2 Mute swans with one sitting on nest. 1 Mallard.

Young Wood Lane:
1 Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl.

Yatton:
2 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 1 Kestrel, 1 Skylark ( still singing), 1 Sedge Warbler.
The Hobby took a Swallow right in front of me at low level at about its third attempt, watched by a circling Buzzard and a Kestrel on the pylon.

Weston-Super-Mare:
1 Peregrine - highlight of the airshow!


BELOW M4 & BANES

Pensford:
1 Red Kite


RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
Greylag Goose, Egyptian Goose, Sparrowhawk, 1st returning Common Sandpiper, 1 or 2 Spotted Flycatcher

Chew Valley Lake
Kestrel  23 May 2016 CVL Moreton (Ian Stapp)
200+ Canada Goose, 87 Mute Swan, 5 Shelduck + 4 Ducklings (too big for the gulls to eat now hopefully),  5 Shoveler, 54 Gadwall, 5 Teal  1 Little Egret, 18 Buzzard (15 all in a thermal together), 4 Lapwing, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (H Green), 2 Collared Dove, 5 Swift, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 50+ mix of Swallow & House Martin, 14 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff , loads Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Whitethroat,  20+ Starlings (fly over at H Green), 2 Song Thrush, 7 House Sparrow,  20+ Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch, 6 Reed Bunting.


OUT OF AREA

Slimbridge:
2 Spoonbill

Reports: Des Bowring, Sean Davies, L Gardiner, Rich Giles, Jon Mortin, Fiona Neate, Rob Purveur, Trevor Riddle, Rich Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Dan White. blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG