Sunday 26 May 2019

26-05-19 Sunday

Temp 14 to 18 ℃. Overcast, some rain, sun in the late afternoon

Great White Egret
Red Kite
Cuckoo
Hobby

BRISTOL

1 m Blackcap

Greville Smyth Park:
Red Kite went North 11.15

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Solar Farm, 20.30:
Great White Egret heading for the Severn

Thornbury:
Loads of high Swifts pm

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
6 Tufted Duck, 2 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, plenty of large gulls including 2 GBB Gull and common warblers, c30 House Martin

Portishead:
Red Kite soaring 17.00

Sand Point:
Red Kite heading for Clevedon 10.00

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge, Siston Brook:
2 Treecreeper, 2 Dipper though 5 nine days ago

Bath, St John's:
TW is still in the box. It looked like mum was starving TW out yesterday while trailing food temptingly past the nest, but she gave her a good feed this morning.

Newton St Loe:
Mutes with only 4 cygnets,  1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Swift, 1 Kestrel, Green & Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 10 Skylark, 12 Barn Swallow, 6 House Martin, 7 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Greenfinch, (41 species)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake:
1 Greylag Goose, 3 (1f) Wigeon, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, 2 m/f Cuckoo, 1 Kingfisher, 1 m Kestrel, 7 Hobby

OUT OF REGION

Catcott Lows, Somerset:

2 Black-winged Stilt.

Reports: BUPP, Steve Emery, Paul Francis, Lee Gardiner, Adrian Hockey, Neil Holden, Katie Horrocks, Lisegirl, NSL Birding, Brian Thompson, Jason Williams