News from elsewhere: extraordinary influx of Red Kites with hundreds in Dorset and Cornwall.
Swift
Red Kite
BRISTOL
Bristol Downs:
Peregrines - only one chick hatched so far
St Annes:
1 Reed Warbler, Greenfinch (Netham)
Stoke Park and Duchess Lake:
1 Canada Goose, 27 Mallard, 22 Feral Pigeon, 12 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 4 Moorhen, 5 Coot, 1 Herring Gull, 3 LBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 11 Magpie, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Whitethroat, 6 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 8 Starling, 10 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, 25 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, 7 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch, 1 m Reed Bunting
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Aust Warth:
Linnet
Nibley:
busy Long-tailed Tit family, 3 of 5 possible Whitethroat, 1 Treecreeper, a few Linnet
Three Brooks Nature Reserve, Bradley Stoke:
9 Mallard, 7 Woodpigeon, 4 Herring Gull, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Magpie, 9 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 7 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 2 Long-Tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Wren, 4 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Robin, 5 House Sparrow, 1 Bullfinch, 5 Goldfinch, 3 Greenfinch
Withywood:
1 Swift
NORTH SOMERSET
Yatton, Strawberry Line:
1 Buzzard, 7 Swallow, 4 Skylark, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, Bullfinches
Worle and Worlebury:
16 Canada Geese, pair Mallard with 12 ducklings, 3 Coot with young, Moorhen with young, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 5 Blackbird
BELOW M4 & BANES
Wick, Golden Valley:
1 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail
Keynsham:
1 Red Kite
Lansdown:
1 Red Kite
Bath City:
1 Green Woodpecker
RESERVOIRS
Lockdown Updates
Home Patch 10 Almondsbury - Vera Carpenter
Cryptic Puzzle 4 - 2008. Last by John Thorogood
2018 BOC QUIZ - large variety of questions. Answers at the bottom
Reports: Neal Delaney, Barry Dursley, Alan Goldsmith, Robert Hargreaves, Rod Holbrook, Henry Kirkwood, Glen Maddison, Paul Milo, Dean Reeves, Patrick Richards, Gill Sapsed, Mark Savage, Lisa Shaw, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
Swift
Red Kite
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| 10-5-20 Kestrel, Stoke Park (Patrick Richards) |
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| 10-5-20 Peregrine, Avon Gorge (Henry Kirkwood) |
Peregrines - only one chick hatched so far
St Annes:
1 Reed Warbler, Greenfinch (Netham)
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| 10-5-20 Whitethroat, Stoke Park (Patrick Richards) |
1 Canada Goose, 27 Mallard, 22 Feral Pigeon, 12 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 4 Moorhen, 5 Coot, 1 Herring Gull, 3 LBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 11 Magpie, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Whitethroat, 6 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 8 Starling, 10 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, 25 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, 7 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch, 1 m Reed Bunting
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
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| 10-5-20 Linnet, Aust Warth (Rod Holbrook) |
Linnet
Nibley:
busy Long-tailed Tit family, 3 of 5 possible Whitethroat, 1 Treecreeper, a few Linnet
Three Brooks Nature Reserve, Bradley Stoke:
9 Mallard, 7 Woodpigeon, 4 Herring Gull, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Magpie, 9 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 7 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 2 Long-Tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Wren, 4 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Robin, 5 House Sparrow, 1 Bullfinch, 5 Goldfinch, 3 Greenfinch
Withywood:
1 Swift
NORTH SOMERSET
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| 10-5-20 Sedge Warbler, Yatton (Mark Savage) |
1 Buzzard, 7 Swallow, 4 Skylark, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, Bullfinches
Worle and Worlebury:
16 Canada Geese, pair Mallard with 12 ducklings, 3 Coot with young, Moorhen with young, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 5 Blackbird
BELOW M4 & BANES
Wick, Golden Valley:
1 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail
Keynsham:
1 Red Kite
Lansdown:
1 Red Kite
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| 10-5-20 Carrion Crow, Twerton (Rob Hargreaves) |
1 Green Woodpecker
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| Swift pair copulating (David Hughes) |
Lockdown Updates
Home Patch 10 Almondsbury - Vera Carpenter
Cryptic Puzzle 4 - 2008. Last by John Thorogood
2018 BOC QUIZ - large variety of questions. Answers at the bottom
Reports: Neal Delaney, Barry Dursley, Alan Goldsmith, Robert Hargreaves, Rod Holbrook, Henry Kirkwood, Glen Maddison, Paul Milo, Dean Reeves, Patrick Richards, Gill Sapsed, Mark Savage, Lisa Shaw, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
