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| 05-06-2019 Great Spotted Woodpecker CVL Moreton (Ian Stapp) |
BRISTOL
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| 05-06-2019 Canada Goose family Duchess Pool (Martin Tayler) |
Duchess Pool:
5 Canada Goose - inc 3 goslings, 1 Grey Heron, Swallow, Whitethroat,
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| 05-06-2019 House Sparrow x Spanish Sparrow - Italian Sparrow? Fishponds (Allan Chard) |
Fishponds - Thingwell Park:
The sparrow showing features of Italian Sparrow turned up in the garden today.
Seen regularly on Huyton Road
Old Sneed Park:
1 Spotted Flycatcher - 1st in 40 yrs
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Severn Beach:
House Sparrow and Greenfinch in the garden today.
Bradley Stoke:
Just a few observation of the area. Greenfinch are battling with Goldfinch as the most abundant finch I've seen this year. Plenty of Song Thrush in the woodland / scrub areas, heard, but rarely seen.
NORTH SOMERSET
Portbury Warth:
1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Hobby
Clevedon-Yeo - Dowlais Farm:
19 Shelduck, 28 Mallard, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Woodpigeon, 3 Magpie, mixed flock of 150+ corvids including lots of hard-to-identify young Rooks and Carrion Crows, 4+ Skylark, 6+ Swallow - including a family of fledglings, 3 singing Whitethroat, 3 Wren, a small flock of Starling - juv, Blackbird, Greenfinch, 2 Linnet, Goldfinch.
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath:
6 Peregrine - inc 4 juv. Hard parenting but all thriving. Some food passes today - good catch but dropped into the R Avon - sound like England cricket?
Chelwood:
4 Buzzard, 2 Raven
West Harptree:
1 Kestrel,
Bishop Sutton:
6 Collared Dove, 20+ Jackdaw,
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
180 Canada Goose, 58 Mute Swan, 9 Shelduck, 3 Teal (1m), 14 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Grey Heron, 1 Osprey, moulting ad male @ c. 13.30, loafed around the lake a bit before heading off low south, 6 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Common Tern - headed off north, 30+ Woodpigeon, 500-600 Swift - over the lake, 20+ House Martin, 10+ Swallow, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 30+ House Sparrow, 9 Pied Wagtail, 10+ Chaffinch, 5 Reed Bunting.
Dam:
2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Goldeneye (f),
Picnic Site 2
2 Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting
Hollowbrook:
1 Reed Bunting
Heron's Green:
5 Little Grebe - inc 3 chicks, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail,
Moreton:
3 Hobby (over the lake), 2 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker - feeding young, 4 Jay, 12 Carrion Crow, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Garden Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 8 Wren, 5 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Robin, 2 Goldfinch,
Stratford:
1 Cuckoo (m), 11 Hobby - single flock in front of hide, on and off throughout the pm.
Herriott's inc Pool:
15 Shelduck inc 5&6 ducklings, 62 Gadwall, 10 Shoveler, 3 Wigeon (f&2m), 1 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 7 Buzzard, 1 Lapwing, 100 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 250+ Swift, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Hobby, 3 Jackdaw, 60+ House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Reed Bunting.
OUT OF AREA
Emborough - 'Green Drive Cars'
1 Tree Sparrow.
£17 per head. Details from Judy Copeland bocsecretary@hotmail.com
Reports: Kevin Balch, Bath Peregrines, Allan Chard, Pete Coslett, Jane Cumming, Mark Dadds, William Earp, Patrick Haigh, Rod Holbrook, ??, Vic Savery, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Martin Tayler.
blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
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| 05-06-2019 House Sparrow and Greenfinch Severn Beach (Rod Holbrook) |
Severn Beach:
House Sparrow and Greenfinch in the garden today.
Bradley Stoke:
Just a few observation of the area. Greenfinch are battling with Goldfinch as the most abundant finch I've seen this year. Plenty of Song Thrush in the woodland / scrub areas, heard, but rarely seen.
NORTH SOMERSET
Portbury Warth:
1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Hobby
Clevedon-Yeo - Dowlais Farm:
19 Shelduck, 28 Mallard, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Woodpigeon, 3 Magpie, mixed flock of 150+ corvids including lots of hard-to-identify young Rooks and Carrion Crows, 4+ Skylark, 6+ Swallow - including a family of fledglings, 3 singing Whitethroat, 3 Wren, a small flock of Starling - juv, Blackbird, Greenfinch, 2 Linnet, Goldfinch.
BELOW M4 & BANES
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| 05-06-2019 Peregrine Bath (BathPeregrins) |
Bath:
6 Peregrine - inc 4 juv. Hard parenting but all thriving. Some food passes today - good catch but dropped into the R Avon - sound like England cricket?
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| 05-06-2019 Peregrine Bath (Kevin Balch) |
Chelwood:
4 Buzzard, 2 Raven
West Harptree:
1 Kestrel,
Bishop Sutton:
6 Collared Dove, 20+ Jackdaw,
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
180 Canada Goose, 58 Mute Swan, 9 Shelduck, 3 Teal (1m), 14 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Grey Heron, 1 Osprey, moulting ad male @ c. 13.30, loafed around the lake a bit before heading off low south, 6 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Common Tern - headed off north, 30+ Woodpigeon, 500-600 Swift - over the lake, 20+ House Martin, 10+ Swallow, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 30+ House Sparrow, 9 Pied Wagtail, 10+ Chaffinch, 5 Reed Bunting.
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| 05-06-2019 Goldeneye CVL (George Stacey) |
Dam:
2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Goldeneye (f),
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| 05-06-2019 Reed Warbler-Reed Bunting CVL (George Stacey) |
Picnic Site 2
2 Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting
Hollowbrook:
1 Reed Bunting
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| 05-06-2019 Little Grebes + 3 H-Green pool (Ian Stapp) |
Heron's Green:
5 Little Grebe - inc 3 chicks, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail,
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| 05-06-2019 Common Tern CVL Moreton (Iand Stapp) |
Moreton:
3 Hobby (over the lake), 2 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker - feeding young, 4 Jay, 12 Carrion Crow, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Garden Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 8 Wren, 5 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Robin, 2 Goldfinch,
Stratford:
1 Cuckoo (m), 11 Hobby - single flock in front of hide, on and off throughout the pm.
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| 05-06-2019 Shoveler CVL (Pete Coslett) |
Herriott's inc Pool:
15 Shelduck inc 5&6 ducklings, 62 Gadwall, 10 Shoveler, 3 Wigeon (f&2m), 1 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 7 Buzzard, 1 Lapwing, 100 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 250+ Swift, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Hobby, 3 Jackdaw, 60+ House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Reed Bunting.
OUT OF AREA
Emborough - 'Green Drive Cars'
1 Tree Sparrow.
OC Coach trip to The Gower Peninsula Sunday 16 June
Fancy a day out on the beautiful Gower Coast for Chough and many other coastal birds, flowers and butterflies? A few spaces available on the coach leaving from the Water Tower on Bristol Downs at 0800. All readers of this blog are welcome to apply. £17 per head. Details from Judy Copeland bocsecretary@hotmail.com
Reports: Kevin Balch, Bath Peregrines, Allan Chard, Pete Coslett, Jane Cumming, Mark Dadds, William Earp, Patrick Haigh, Rod Holbrook, ??, Vic Savery, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Martin Tayler.
blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
