Garganey
Cuckoo
Red Kite
Spotted Flycatcher
BRISTOL
Coombe Dingle - garden:
2 Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Eastville Lake and Stoke Park:
Canada Goose with 6 goslings, 6 Mute Swan + 5 cygnets, 4 Swift, 50 LBB Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker feeding fledgelings, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Whitethroat
St Andrew's, Bristol:
1 Swift, 1 Jay, 15+ House Sparrow, 7 Goldfinch
Stoke Park - Duchess Pond:
Canada Goose - inc goslings
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Itchington:
Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, Chiffchaff, Whitethroat
Three Brooks Nature Reserve:
6 Mallard, 12 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 5 Herring Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 5 Magpie, 7 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 9 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 1 Long-Tailed Tit, 6 ChiffChaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Whitethroat; 6 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Wren, 5 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, 5 Robin, 5 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 7 Goldfinch, 3 Greenfinch
Coalpit Heath:
2 Cormorant, 1 Peregrine
New Passage - garden:
Starling chaos - ad plus 35 juv feeding
NORTH SOMERSET
Worle - rhynes and gardens:
2 Swift, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 30+ House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 10+ Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat 1 Greenfinch
Weston-super-Mare STW:
1 Cuckoo, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Mink
BELOW M4 & BANES
Wickwar:
1 Red Kite - west
Warmley:
1 Coal Tit, 1 Blackcap and some recently fledged Goldfinch
Marshfield, Shire Valley and Drifton Hill:
3 Red-legged Partridge, 3 Buzzard, 5 Stock Dove, 1 Raven, 4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Yellow Wagtail (Wilts), 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch, plenty Yellowhammer & Corn Bunting
Keynsham garden:
1 Woodpigeon, 1 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 2 Rook
Bishop Sutton, Folly Farm:
2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 30+ Jackdaw, 2 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 3 Willow Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch, 3 Yellowhammer
Bath, Twerton to Seven Acre:
12 Swift, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 4 Whitethroat, 5 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush
Bath - St John's
6 Peregrine - 4 juv, growing up fast. A little video
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake is still CLOSED until further notice
1 Little Egret.
Dam:
2 Oystercatcher
Herons Green:
1 Sanderling,
Herriott's:
2 m Garganey, 1 Cuckoo,
Red Kite
Spotted Flycatcher
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| 17-5-20 Sanderling, Herons Green (Paul Cousins) |
BRISTOL
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| 17-5-20 Peregrine, Bristol (Ian Loats) |
Coombe Dingle - garden:
2 Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Eastville Lake and Stoke Park:
Canada Goose with 6 goslings, 6 Mute Swan + 5 cygnets, 4 Swift, 50 LBB Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker feeding fledgelings, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Whitethroat
St Andrew's, Bristol:
1 Swift, 1 Jay, 15+ House Sparrow, 7 Goldfinch
Stoke Park - Duchess Pond:
Canada Goose - inc goslings
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Itchington:
Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, Chiffchaff, Whitethroat
Three Brooks Nature Reserve:
6 Mallard, 12 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 5 Herring Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 5 Magpie, 7 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 9 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 1 Long-Tailed Tit, 6 ChiffChaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Whitethroat; 6 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Wren, 5 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, 5 Robin, 5 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 7 Goldfinch, 3 Greenfinch
Coalpit Heath:
2 Cormorant, 1 Peregrine
New Passage - garden:
Starling chaos - ad plus 35 juv feeding
NORTH SOMERSET
Worle - rhynes and gardens:
2 Swift, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 30+ House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 10+ Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat 1 Greenfinch
Weston-super-Mare STW:
1 Cuckoo, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Mink
BELOW M4 & BANES
Wickwar:
1 Red Kite - west
Warmley:
1 Coal Tit, 1 Blackcap and some recently fledged Goldfinch
Marshfield, Shire Valley and Drifton Hill:
3 Red-legged Partridge, 3 Buzzard, 5 Stock Dove, 1 Raven, 4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Yellow Wagtail (Wilts), 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch, plenty Yellowhammer & Corn Bunting
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| 17-5-20 Keynsham Garden (Ian Stapp) |
1 Woodpigeon, 1 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 2 Rook
Bishop Sutton, Folly Farm:
2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 30+ Jackdaw, 2 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 3 Willow Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch, 3 Yellowhammer
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| 15-5-20 Nuthatch, Twerton (Rob Hargreaves) |
12 Swift, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 4 Whitethroat, 5 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush
Bath - St John's
6 Peregrine - 4 juv, growing up fast. A little video
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake is still CLOSED until further notice
1 Little Egret.
Dam:
2 Oystercatcher
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| 17-5-20 Sanderling, Herons Green (Simon Isgar) |
1 Sanderling,
Herriott's:
2 m Garganey, 1 Cuckoo,
Lockdown Updates
Further unusual British Bird Names by Dru Brooke-Taylor - please send in yours
Home Patch 11 Portishead - Susan Blackmore
BRISAW (Bristol & Surrounding Areas Wildlife) is a new closed Facebook forum for people in Bristol and the surrounding areas of BANES, South Glos, N Somerset, SE Wales, Glos, Wilts and Somerset, to swap wildlife records and talk about wildlife in those areas. We welcome new members, particularly from beyond Bristol & its immediate surroundings! Log on to Facebook and search BRISAW
Reports: Jon Angell, Phil Barlow, Paul Bowdler, Ken Carruthers, Peter Coslett, Paul Cousins, Anne Crowe, Chris Craig, Heather England, Alastair Fraser, Alan Goldsmith, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Adrian Hockey, David Hughes, Matt Hull, Simon Isgar, Mike Jackson, Ian Loats, Lisa Presland, Dean Reeves, Gill Sapsed, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
Further unusual British Bird Names by Dru Brooke-Taylor - please send in yours
Home Patch 11 Portishead - Susan Blackmore
BRISAW (Bristol & Surrounding Areas Wildlife) is a new closed Facebook forum for people in Bristol and the surrounding areas of BANES, South Glos, N Somerset, SE Wales, Glos, Wilts and Somerset, to swap wildlife records and talk about wildlife in those areas. We welcome new members, particularly from beyond Bristol & its immediate surroundings! Log on to Facebook and search BRISAW
Reports: Jon Angell, Phil Barlow, Paul Bowdler, Ken Carruthers, Peter Coslett, Paul Cousins, Anne Crowe, Chris Craig, Heather England, Alastair Fraser, Alan Goldsmith, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Adrian Hockey, David Hughes, Matt Hull, Simon Isgar, Mike Jackson, Ian Loats, Lisa Presland, Dean Reeves, Gill Sapsed, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
