Red Kite
Yellow-legged Gull
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| The juvenile Peregrine at Finzel's Reach (Richard Scantlebury) |
Eastville Park:
5 Canada Goose, 1 Mute Swan, 38 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Moorhen, 5 BH Gull, c.30 LBB Gull, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush (and 2 Emperor Dragonfly).
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
2 Canada Goose, 18 Mallard, 1 Coot, 4 Moorhen, 20-30 Swift, Carrion Crow, 4 LT Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat (visiting a nest with food), 1 Dunnock, 2 Greenfinch (also 2 Emperor Dragonfly, 3 Black-tailed Skimmer Dragonfly, many Marbled White Butterfly).
Finzels Reach:
80 Herring Gull, 60 LBB Gull, 1 (2S) GBB Gull, Feral Pigeon, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, 2 ad. Peregrine + one juv., 30+ Starling, Blackbirds, House Sparrows, Goldfinches.
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| A spectator sport? watching the quarrelling gulls at Finzel's Reach (Richard Scantlebury) |
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Westerleigh:
Red Kite being mobbed by a Kestrel and a gull at 11.00 a.m.
NORTH SOMERSET
Portbury Wharf:
c.25 Redshank, 1 ad. Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Hobby.
Portishead:
Does a Hummingbird Hawkmoth in my garden count as a sighting?!
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath - Northend:
(Best of the BBS) 2 Buzzard, 1 H Gull and 4 LBB Gull following a tractor mowing grass, 1 Stock Dove, 10 Swift, 1-2 Raven, just 2 Swallow (missing from both the traditional nest sites in this square), 10 House Martin, 2 LT Tit, 1 Blackcap and 2 Chiffchaff singing, 1 Treecreeper (first for the patch!), 2 Greenfinch (also Comma, Painted Lady, Marbled White and loads of Meadow Brown Butterfly).
RESERVOIRS
no reports
Reports: Jane Cumming, Mike Jackson, Jon Mortin, Richard Scantlebury, Chris Stone, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
