Monday, 24 June 2019

24-06-19 Monday

Weather 22 degrees, generally cloudy, light westerly breeze, 8mph.

Highlight for lots of people was the Little Bustard at Slimbridge still.
Red Kite.



New Holden Tower hide at Slimbridge coming! (Chris Stone)

BRISTOL

St Andrews Park:
4 Swift

Swift St. Andrews Park (Jon Mortin)

Whiteladies Road: 
A party of 30+ swifts over Whiteladies Road

Snuff Mills:
Mallard, Gray Heron, Moorhen, Woodpigeon, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Blackcap, Wren, Blackbird, Robin, Grey Wagtail.

Male Blackcap Snuff Mills (Patrick Hardyman Richards)

Preening Mallard Snuff Mills (Patrick Hardyman Richards)


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power station:
Cuckoo lagoon 3

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - North Weston:
5 Red Kite came over about 1 min apart

Bristol Airport: 
Red Kite over Tall pines golf course next to Bristol Airport at 1430 with the same or another over the A380 Airport entrance at 15:00

Uphill:
3 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Bullfinch, no Waders

Sand Point:
Lots of juvenile birds including Long-tailed Tits and many Whitethroats.
Whitethroat and juvenile Log-tailed Tit Sand Point (Paul Gregory)

BELOW M4 & BANES


nothing reported

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Herriott's Pool: 
173 Canada Geese, 2 Egyptian Geese, 3 Shelduck, 12 Shoveler, 25 Gadwall, 1 m Wigeon, 19 Teal, 41 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 2 Moorhen, 6 young Coot, 4 BH Gull, 3 GBB Gull, 2 juv Pied wagtail


Reports: Michael Davis, Paul Gregory, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Pete Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, Rob Hargreaves, Jon Mortin, David Newton, Chris Stone, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG