Great White Egret
Red Kite
Little Bustard (out of area, but not by much...)
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| Who could resist headlining the Little Bustard found at Slimbridge today? (Andy Slade) |
Redland:
(garden survey) 2 Herring Gull, 2 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 3 Swift (2 more nearby), 1-2 Jay,
1-2 Magpie, 1 Great Tit, 1 singing Blackbird, 2 Goldfinch.
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| Nice shot of mixed gull plumages at Finzels Reach featuring a 2nd-year GBB Gull (Richard Scantlebury) |
Finzels' Reach:
1 (2nd year) GBB Gull, Herring & LBB Gulls in a variety of plumages. Woodpigeons, pair of Peregrines (one chick visible at the nest site), Starlings, House Sparrows. a Greenfinch. Goldfinches.
Stockwood Open Space:
1 Reed Bunting - lots of butterflies too.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
9 juv. Tufted Duck, 4 juv. Moorhen.
Stockwood Open Space:
1 Reed Bunting - lots of butterflies too.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
9 juv. Tufted Duck, 4 juv. Moorhen.
Family group of 3+ Treecreeper (record count for OPS) in tall trees at road end of main rhine.
Pilning Wetlands:
10 Little Ringed Plover (8 adults & 2 full-grown juveniles), 10+ Black-headed Gull.
Redwick:
Red Kite (11:40, flying towards Pilning)
NORTH SOMERSET
no reports - I suppose everyone is at Slimbridge.
BELOW M4 & BANES
no reports.
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
95 Tufted Duck (numbers are starting to build), 1 Great White Egret, 1 ad. Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper (on the dam), 1 Hobby.
Red Kite (11:40, flying towards Pilning)
NORTH SOMERSET
no reports - I suppose everyone is at Slimbridge.
BELOW M4 & BANES
no reports.
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
95 Tufted Duck (numbers are starting to build), 1 Great White Egret, 1 ad. Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper (on the dam), 1 Hobby.
Reports: Nancy Barrett, Paul Francis, Rod Holbrook, Richard Scantlebury,
blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
