Whimbrel
Yellow-legged Gull
Yellow Wagtail
Dipper
Black-tailed Godwit
Spotted Flycatcher
Mediterranean Gull
Red Kite
Marsh Tit
BRISTOL
High Kingsdown (06-07-19) :
25 Swift - 20:30 - heard above me, found feeding really high up, certainly the most I have ever seen here.
Lockleaze:
Young Starling
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| 07-07-2019 Starling Lockleaze (Pat Richards) |
Southmead Swimming Lake:
2 Grey Wagtail - one ad feeding juv.
Snuff Mills:
1 Dipper
Bishopston:
2 Grey Wagtail - possible one other juv, flew off before I was sure of the id.
Withywood:
5 Raven - family party flying over the garden.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Northwick Warth / Pilning wetland:
1 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan + 2 cygnets, 4 Shelduck + 2 young, 2 Tufted Duck (male shading to eclipse), 2 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 2 Cormorant, 2 Moorhen, 6 Coot, 1 Lapwing, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, c.200 Black-headed Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Kestrel, c.30 Swallow, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 8 Linnet.
NORTH SOMERSET
Portbury Wharf:
1 Red Kite - heading towards Bristol
Clevedon-Yeo:
6 Canada Goose, 6 Mute Swan, 80 Shelduck + brood of 15 well grown juv, 60+ Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 3 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 2 Coot, 10 Oystercatcher - at least 2 pairs giving distraction displays, 10 Lapwing, 5 Whimbrel, 90 Curlew, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 90 Redshank, 150 Black-headed Gull, 15 Herring Gull, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Swift, 80 Jackdaw, 2 Swallow, 2+ Reed Warbler - some singing.
Worle:
1 Common Sandpiper - over the garden last night, 22:15
Bleadon - STW - 06-07-2019:
1 Oystercatcher (it tried to nest on the visitor centre roof, is still guarding it...), c.20 Redshank, 3 Skylark, 5 Sedge Warbler, poss. Siskin (small bird flying fast out of rhine, very patterned back).
Christon:
1 Spotted Flycatcher
Canada Coombe:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 40 Swallow, 3 Mistle Thrush
Bristol Airport:
This Turkey was very friendly and has been around for a few weeks. It was seen on Winters lane on the south side of the runway at Bristol Airport at the top of the hill.
BELOW M4 & BANES
Lansdown:
4 Buzzard - circling, 1 Marsh Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff heard, Grasshopper Warbler present and reeling for long periods just east of the fire station on Lansdown.
Bath:
c25 Swift.
Stanton Drew:
1 Sparrowhawk with sparrow for breakfast !
Newton St. Loe:
2 Grey Wagtail - one ad feeding juv.
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| 07-07-2019 Dipper Snuff Mills (Allan Chard) |
Snuff Mills:
1 Dipper
Bishopston:
2 Grey Wagtail - possible one other juv, flew off before I was sure of the id.
Withywood:
5 Raven - family party flying over the garden.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Northwick Warth / Pilning wetland:
1 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan + 2 cygnets, 4 Shelduck + 2 young, 2 Tufted Duck (male shading to eclipse), 2 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 2 Cormorant, 2 Moorhen, 6 Coot, 1 Lapwing, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, c.200 Black-headed Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Kestrel, c.30 Swallow, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 8 Linnet.
NORTH SOMERSET
Portbury Wharf:
1 Red Kite - heading towards Bristol
Clevedon-Yeo:
6 Canada Goose, 6 Mute Swan, 80 Shelduck + brood of 15 well grown juv, 60+ Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 3 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 2 Coot, 10 Oystercatcher - at least 2 pairs giving distraction displays, 10 Lapwing, 5 Whimbrel, 90 Curlew, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 90 Redshank, 150 Black-headed Gull, 15 Herring Gull, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Swift, 80 Jackdaw, 2 Swallow, 2+ Reed Warbler - some singing.
Worle:
1 Common Sandpiper - over the garden last night, 22:15
Bleadon - STW - 06-07-2019:
1 Oystercatcher (it tried to nest on the visitor centre roof, is still guarding it...), c.20 Redshank, 3 Skylark, 5 Sedge Warbler, poss. Siskin (small bird flying fast out of rhine, very patterned back).
Christon:
1 Spotted Flycatcher
Canada Coombe:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 40 Swallow, 3 Mistle Thrush
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| 07-07-19 Turkey, Bristol Airport (Patrick Richards) |
Bristol Airport:
This Turkey was very friendly and has been around for a few weeks. It was seen on Winters lane on the south side of the runway at Bristol Airport at the top of the hill.
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| 07-07-19 Goldfinch, Weston-Super-Mare (Paul Gregory) |
BELOW M4 & BANES
Lansdown:
4 Buzzard - circling, 1 Marsh Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff heard, Grasshopper Warbler present and reeling for long periods just east of the fire station on Lansdown.
Bath:
c25 Swift.
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| 07-07-2019 Sparrowhawk Stanton Drew (Raoul Chandrasakera) |
Stanton Drew:
1 Sparrowhawk with sparrow for breakfast !
Newton St. Loe:
2 Mute Swan (+4 Cygnets), 30+ Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 6 Coot, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Blackcap (m), 1 Treecreeper, 9 species of butterfly (including Comma and Silver Wash Fritillary).
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
Heron's Green:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Yellow Wagtail - juv.
Moreton:
1 Tawny Owl,
Herriott's inc Pool:
9 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper.
Chew Valley Ringing
The world of Reed Warblers. Still ringing new adults (with signs of ending breeding), and new juvs that are well advanced with their post-juv moult. Seems like early autumn. Locally ringed nestlings yet to turn up.
Out of Avon:
Forest of Dean - BOC evening walk:
Cannop Ponds:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher.
Crabtree Hill
2 Woodcock, 4 Nightjar
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
Heron's Green:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Yellow Wagtail - juv.
Moreton:
1 Tawny Owl,
Herriott's inc Pool:
9 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper.
Chew Valley Ringing
The world of Reed Warblers. Still ringing new adults (with signs of ending breeding), and new juvs that are well advanced with their post-juv moult. Seems like early autumn. Locally ringed nestlings yet to turn up.
Out of Avon:
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| 07-07-19 Common Sandpiper, Cannop Ponds (Alan Daniells) |
Forest of Dean - BOC evening walk:
Cannop Ponds:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher.
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| 07-07-2019 Nightjar Forest of Dean (Rob Martin) |
Crabtree Hill
2 Woodcock, 4 Nightjar
Reports: Raoul Chandrasakera, Allan Chard, Anthony Cook, Bryan Cook, Pete Coslett, Anne Crowe, Alan Daniells, Neil Delaney, Paul Gregory, Nick Hawkridge, Adrian Hockey, Mike Jackson, Lois Pryce, Pat Richards, Harvey Rose, Roger Staples, Keith Williams.
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