17-05-19 Friday - Purple Heron

Temp 8 to 14 ℃. Dull cold and windy today, wet at the start, dry later on

Garganey
Purple Heron
Red Kite
Common Tern, Black Tern
Cuckoo
Nightjar
Hobby

17-5-19 Mallard Ducklings, Herriott's pool (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Avon Gorge:
1 Red Kite

Bishopston, Cricklade Road:
1 Red Kite

17-5-19 Dipper fledglings in Avon (Brian Thompson)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Shepperdine:
1 Cuckoo- (f)

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Ringed Plover, 3 Sanderling, 2 Dunlin, 30+ Black-headed Gull 17 Swift - upriver

Pilning Wetland:
1 Greylag Goose, 2 Gadwall, 1 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Greenshank, 4 Swift

New Passage:
1 Fledged Bullfinch

Alveston:
1 Red Kite - mobbed by Crows

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon, 10.30:
1 Red Kite

Bristol Airport:
2 Red Kite, 1 Peregrine

Burrington Rod Pots:
1 m Nightjar flew into Avon

BELOW M4 & BANES

17-5-19 Peregrines at 31 to 33 days in Bath (BUPP)

Newton St Loe:
25 Swift

17-5-19 Nuthatch breeding in Weston (Sean Whyte)

Bath:
8 Swift over Twerton; 1 Peregrine in Lower Weston at 18.45, 4 Nuthatch, pair Bullfinch, pair Greenfinch in Weston

RESERVOIRS

17-5-19 Garganey, Herriott's pool (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake:
26 Canada Goose, 52 Mute Swan, 9 Shelduck, 1 m Garganey, 6 Shoveler, 48 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 12 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Purple Heron

17-5-19 Great White Egret, Herriott's pool (Bob Brewer)

1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 12 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard

17-5-19 RInged Plover at Chew (Lee Gardiner)

1 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 6 Great Black-backed Gull, 36 Common Tern, 1 Black Tern, 6 Stock Dove, 5 Collared Dove, 1 Cuckoo, 500 Swift, 2 Kingfisher, 6 Hobby, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, lots of Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 3 Garden Warbler, 30 House Sparrow, 5 Pied Wagtail, 12 Chaffinch, 3 Reed Bunting

17-5-19 Canada Goose, CVL (Bob Brewer)

Reports: Rich Andrews, BUPP, Anne Crowe, Heather England, Lee Gardiner, John Griffiths, Peter Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, Henry Kirkwood, Lisegirl, Andy Middleton, MJ, Dave Nevitt, NSL Birding, Adam Rawson, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Brian Thompson, Sean Whyte
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