Red Kite
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| 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:
Northwick Warth:
100 Shelduck, 1 Dunlin.
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.
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
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
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.
Male Blackcap - nice surprise to find one on the feeder.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Winterbourne:
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| Juv House Martin 23rd June 2018 Winterbourne (Dan White) |
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
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| Kestrel 23 May 2016 CVL Moreton (Ian Stapp) |
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
