Thursday 27 June 2019

27-06-19 Thursday - Siskin, Grasshopper Warbler

The much-advertised hot spell finally arrived this morning. Temperature up to 25°C at 6.00pm

Little Ringed Plover, Knot
Grasshopper Warbler
Siskin (record of apparent breeding)

27-06-19 Juvenile Peregrines, Avon Gorge (Henry Kirkwood)
BRISTOL

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:

27-06-19 two of 40+ Swift over Duchess Pond, Stoke Park, Bristol  (Martin Tayler)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Coal Tit (adult calling and 2+ juvs) along main rhine with large number of other juveniles: Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs, Great, Blue and Long-tailed Tits, 2+ Goldcrest


27-06-19 Linnet contemplating a fly, Northwick Warth (Patrick Hardyman Richards)
New Passage/Northwick:
Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Shelduck, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Cormorant, Buzzard, Coot, Little Ringed Plover, Black-headed Gull, Feral Pigeon, Woodpigeon, Swift, Kestrel, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Skylark, House Martin, Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Starling, Blackbird, House Sparrow, Pied Wagtail, Linnet, Goldfinch, Reed Bunting.



7-06-19  female Green Woodpecker, Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter)
Almondsbury:
Garden  - 1 Green Woodpecker and 2 Goldfinch.

NORTH SOMERSET

27-06-19 Knot surrounded by Redshank, Clevedon - Yeo (Ian Loats)
Clevedon-Yeo:
Channel View Farm- 20 Shelduck, 1 Buzzard, 4 Oystercatcher, 1 Knot, 15 Curlew, 4 Dunlin, 20 Redshank, 150 + BH Gull, 20 Swift, 2 Kestrel, 6 Skylark, Chiffchaff, Whitethroat

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
Down Road- 5 Red-legged Partridge, Swift, Kestrel, 1 Grasshopper Warbler ( evening) plus  Painted Lady

Cameley:
Swallow – breeding population in serious decline, only approx. 7 breeding pairs (and several unpaired individuals) in the Cam Valley (Temple Cloud to Hinton Blewett) compared with c22 five years ago. What’s happening?

Have others noticed that numbers of Swallows are down this year?

Siskin – one or more very young juvs at garden feeder, first probable breeding record for the locality in the last 15+ years


RESERVOIRS


No reports
27-06-19 Mallard + duckling, Chestle Pill outflow, New Passage (Patrick Hardyman Richards)
Reports: Vera Carpenter, Robert Hargreaves, Ian Loats, Bob Medland, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Nigel Sluman, Cliff Smith,  opsbirding