Cuckoo
Wood Sandpiper
Yellow-legged Gull
Red Kite
Hobby
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| 15-5-20 Starling, Severnside (Rod Holbrook) |
St Lukes/Victoria Park:
1 Buzzard
Stockwood Open Space:
2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - nest hole with chicks calling, 2 Swallow,
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
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| 15-5-20 Reed Bunting, NP (Lisegirl) |
50 Shelduck, 3 Oystercatcher, 15 Curlew, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, Whitethroats, 35 fledged Starling, Linnets, 1 Reed Bunting
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| 15-5-20 Kestrel, 3 Brooks NR (Vera Carpenter) |
1 Kestrel, lots Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Goldfinch
Yate - garden:
1st fledgling Goldfinch on the feeders
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| 15-05-2020 Goldcrest Itchington (Heather England) |
1 Goldcrest - wash and brush up, 2 Chaffinch - fledglings waiting to be fed
NORTH SOMERSET
Portbury and Sheepway Lane:
2 Shelduck, 2 Swift, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Sedge Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Reed Bunting
Weston Woods, Worle and Worlebury:
1 Red Kite, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 1 Song Thrush, 1 fledged Robin, 7 f House Sparrow, 1 Greenfinch
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| 15-5-20 Linnet action, Crook Peak (Robin Martin) |
10 Pheasant, Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 4 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 3 Treecreeper, Song Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit, Bullfinch male, Greenfinch, 6 Linnet
BELOW M4 & BANES
Oldland Common:
1 Grey Heron - over the garden @ 20:45
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| 15-5-20 Corn Bunting, Marshfield (Barry Dursley) |
Red-legged Partridge, 1 Buzzard, Skylark, Whitethroat, Corn Bunting
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| 15-5-20 Linnet, Compton Dando (Ian Stapp) |
2 Pheasant, 29 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Magpie, 10+ Jackdaw, 50+ Rook, 30+ Crow, 3 Raven, 4 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 10+ Swallow, 12+ House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 10 Whitethroat, 7+ Wren, 12+ Blackbird, 1 Mistle Thrush, 30 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 5 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 14 Goldfinch, 9 Yellowhammer
Swineford:
1 Grey Heron, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 3 Whitethroat,
Charmy Down & Chilcombe Bottom:
1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 10 Skylark, 4 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 9 Whitethroat, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Song Thrush, 8 Chaffinch, 3 Linnet, 8 Goldfinch
Lansdown:
1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Wheatear, 1 Corn Bunting
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| 15-5-20 Eyasses and feathers, St Johns, Bath (BUPP) |
pair Little Egret
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake is still CLOSED until further notice
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| 15-5-20 Wood Sandpipers, Herriott's Pool (Ian Stapp) |
7 Shelduck, 1 Cuckoo, 3 Common Sandpiper, 4 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull 5 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Hobby, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Reed Warbler,
Lockdown Updates
Further unusual British Bird Names by Dru Brooke-Taylor - please send in yours
Home Patch 11 Portishead - Susan Blackmore
Cryptic Puzzle 4 - 2008. Last by John Thorogood with Answers at end
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