06-06-19 Thursday - Bar-tailed Godwits

Very mixed weather - fine and sunny one minute, heavy rain and claps of thunder the next.  Warm.

Whimbrels, Bar-tailed Godwits
Yellow Wagtails

Rock Pipit at Sand Point (Paul Gregory)
In Avon there are surprisingly few of these in summer

BRISTOL

6-6-19 Peregrine, Finzels Reach (Rich Scantlebury)

Finzel's Reach:
Cormorant, Herring Gull, LBB Gull, Peregrines

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

06-06-2019 Greenfinch NP (Lisa Presland)

New Passage:
1st Greenfinch in the garden

A busy Whitethroat parent (Paul Gregory)

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo:
c.60 adult Shelduck plus 35 (!) new chicks in three broods of 15, 11 and 9 - this last one probably a week or so old.
2 Canada Goose + 4 juv, 9 Mute Swan, 40 Mallard, 14 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 8 Coot, 18 Oystercatcher, 7 Whimbrel, 18 Curlew, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit (in non-breeding plumage), 9 Dunlin, 2 Redshank, 15 Black-headed Gull (first returners here), 60 Herring Gull, 20 LBB Gull, 1 Raven, 10 Skylark, c.12 Swallow (including 5 juvs in a bush being fed by adults), 1 Cetti’s Warbler,  10 Reed Warbler, 3 singing Whitethroat, 1 juv. Pied Wagtail (on its own).

A juvenile Coal Tit at an unusual location - Sand Point (Paul Gregory)

Sand Point/Bay:
Very quiet at this site since mid-May, but a surprise today was 3 juvenile Coal Tits on the very end, certainly not bred nearby.  Also Whitethroat and Rock Pipit.

Yellow Wagtail at Marshfield (Pete Coslett)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
Down Road:  3 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 12 Swift, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Raven, 15 Skylark, Swallow, 5 Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, 20 Goldfinch, 30 Linnet, 12 Corn Bunting, 10 Yellowhammer

6-6-19 Blackcap, Publow (TtB)

Publow:
6 House Martin, 2 Blackcap, 1 Chaffinch

RESERVOIRS

6-6-19 Shelduck + 10 ducklings, Herriotts pool (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake:
132 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 66 Mute Swan, 11 Shelduck (3 broods 5- 10 - 6 Ducklings), 58 Gadwall, 10 Shoveler, 3 Wigeon (2M 1F), 2 Little Grebe (+3 chicks HG pool), 11 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Grey Heron

6-6-19 Little Egret, Herriott's pool (Ian Stapp)

4 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 4 Buzzard

6-6-19 Bar-tailed Godwit, CVL (Tony Bridges)

1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 8 Hobby, 5 GBB Gull, 6 Collared Dove (Bishop Sutton), 2 Stock Dove (Moreton), 300 to 400 Swift, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Moreton feeding chicks), 4 Jay, 2 L TT, 50+ House Martin, 40+ Swallow, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Garden Warbler (Moreton), 1 Blackcap (Moreton), 2 Sedge Warbler, 7 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush (Moreton), 30+ House Sparrow (Blue Bowl HG & Bishop Sutton), 1 Grey Wagtail, 15 Pied Wag (11 HG & 4 Herriotts), 10+ Chaffinch, 4 Wren (Moreton), 1 Robin (Moreton), 3 Reed Bunting (1 HG 3 Moreton)

6-6-19 Greylag Goose, CVL (TtB)

and now for something completely different:
Jupiter's moons will be visible from Earth this month - best on 10th.

Reports:  Andy Davis, Paul Gregory, Lisa Presland, Trevor Riddle, Harvey Rose, Rich Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Talkingtobears, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG