Bright and breezy today, not as warm as yesterday, still very pleasant. Bristol temperatures peaked at 24 °C
Collared Pratincole
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Bar-tailed Godwit
Arctic Tern
Red Kite
Hobby
Spotted Flycatcher
Yellowhammer (in unusual location)
BRISTOL
Clifton Downs:
The Gully - Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, Spotted Flycatcher
Redland:
2 Wood Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 5 Feral Pigeon, 2 Swifts 0800 & 4 Swifts 1500, 1 Jay, 2 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 9 House Sparrow,1 Goldfinch
Red Kite
Hobby
Spotted Flycatcher
Yellowhammer (in unusual location)
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| 21-05-20 Collared Pratincole, Pilning Wetlands (Mark Coller) |
Clifton Downs:
The Gully - Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, Spotted Flycatcher
Redland:
2 Wood Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 5 Feral Pigeon, 2 Swifts 0800 & 4 Swifts 1500, 1 Jay, 2 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 9 House Sparrow,1 Goldfinch
Redland Hill roundabout:
8+ Housemartin, 2 Starling |
| 21-05-20 Little Grebe and Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eastville Park (Richard Clease) |
Canada Goose + young, Mute Swan + cygnets, 1 Little Grebe, Grey Heron, Moorhen with last surviving chick, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, several Jays, Lesser Whitethroat, several Grey Wagtail
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| 21-05-20 Jay, Snuff Mills (Paul Dunham) |
1 juv Kingfisher (being fed by an adult), Great Spotted Woodpeckers (feeding chicks) , 2 Jay, 1 Dipper, 1 pair of Grey Wagtail + juvenile
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| 21-05-20 Collared Pratincole, Pilning Wetlands (left Jonathan Bull, right Dean Reeves) [Found by Aravind Ramesh] |
2 Canada Goose,1 Mute Swan, 16 Shelduck, 6 Gadwall, 10 Tufted Duck, 2 Swift, 5 Moorhen, 12 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 11 Oystercatcher, 3 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit (summer plumage but presumed non-breeders), 1 Collared Pratincole - hawking over the pools, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 10 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, c.60 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting.
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| 21-05-20 Collared Pratincole + distant admirers, Pilning Wetlands (Paul Bowerman) |
Previous occurrences of Collared Pratincole in Avon:
'the only record is of one shot on the northern slope of Mendip, not far from Weston-super-Mare sometime prior to 1881' [Birds of Avon - an Annotated Checklist by Richard Mielcarek]
Codrington:
1 Red Kite
Bradley Stoke:
5 Swift
Hanging Hill, near Upton Cheyney:
2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite heading west approx 1pm, many Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, Raven family, sev Lesser Whitethroat (on north-facing side)
NORTH SOMERSET
Easton-in- Gordano:
3 Yellowhammer (1 singing)
Portishead:
Clevedon-Yeo:
4+ Canada Goose, 14 Mute Swan , 40 Shelduck plus a brood of 10 at the Kenn, very early for a brood on the water, 15 Mallard, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret , 6 Coot, 12 Oystercatcher , 1 Lapwing, 22 Ringed Plover , 42 Whimbrel (good number for the second half of May), 4 Curlew, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit , 1Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Sanderling , 30 Dunlin, 4 Redshank, 35 Herring Gull, 8 LBB Gull, 1 Arctic Tern, 2 Swallow, 2 Wheatear + 1 Roe Deer (Blake's Pools)
Nailsea:
Worlebury/Weston Woods:
Great Spotted Woodpecker (nest with young), 1 Jay, 2 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush
Strawberry Line - Yatton - Yeo stretch:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Hobby plus all singing males: 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 3 Sedge Warbler, 10 Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 4 Whitethroat , 30 Wren, 6 Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting (Record count of Wren and singing Greenfinch.)
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bishop Sutton:
2 Collared Dove
RESERVOIRS
The Reservoirs are still CLOSED
Chew Valley Lake:
Heron's Green: (viewable from road)
Herriott's Pool: (viewable from road)
1 Greylag Goose, 9 Shelduck, 2 Teal, 1 Pochard, 2 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 G BB Gull, 7 Buzzard, 3 Hobby, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 7 Jackdaw, 2 Swift, 30+ Swallow/House Martin, 1 m Kingfisher, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 12+ Reed Warbler
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Reports: Nancy Barrett, Paul Bowerman, Richard Clease, Judy Copeland, Paul Dunham, Richard Giles and Fiona Neate, Nick Hudson, Debndy Platt, Lois Pryce, George Rabin Aravind Ramesh, Trevor Riddell, Harvey Rose, Vic Savery, Tony Scott, Nigel Sluman, Ian Stapp, Nigel Strickland, Christopher Teague, nslbirding, TBOSG blagdonlakebirds
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| 21-05-20 Siskin pair, Portishead (Jan Hanley-Platt_) |
1 pr Siskin.
4+ Canada Goose, 14 Mute Swan , 40 Shelduck plus a brood of 10 at the Kenn, very early for a brood on the water, 15 Mallard, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret , 6 Coot, 12 Oystercatcher , 1 Lapwing, 22 Ringed Plover , 42 Whimbrel (good number for the second half of May), 4 Curlew, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit , 1Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Sanderling , 30 Dunlin, 4 Redshank, 35 Herring Gull, 8 LBB Gull, 1 Arctic Tern, 2 Swallow, 2 Wheatear + 1 Roe Deer (Blake's Pools)
Nailsea:
Jacklins Trout Farm - 1 Cormorant (fly-over), 2 Buzzard, 3 Moorhen with 1 young.
Tower House Woods - 1 Nuthatch at tree nest hole with young heard.
Tower House Woods - 1 Nuthatch at tree nest hole with young heard.
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| 21-05-20 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Worlebury Woods (George Rabin) |
Worlebury/Weston Woods:
Great Spotted Woodpecker (nest with young), 1 Jay, 2 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush
Strawberry Line - Yatton - Yeo stretch:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Hobby plus all singing males: 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 3 Sedge Warbler, 10 Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 4 Whitethroat , 30 Wren, 6 Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting (Record count of Wren and singing Greenfinch.)
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bishop Sutton:
2 Collared Dove
RESERVOIRS
The Reservoirs are still CLOSED
Chew Valley Lake:
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| 21-05-20 Reed Warbler ,Herriotts, Sedge Warbler,Heron's Green, CVL (Ian Stapp) |
3 Little Grebe (pond), 2 Grey Heron,1 G BB Gull, 2 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 2 Raven, 2 Reed Bunting
Herriott's Pool: (viewable from road)
1 Greylag Goose, 9 Shelduck, 2 Teal, 1 Pochard, 2 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 G BB Gull, 7 Buzzard, 3 Hobby, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 7 Jackdaw, 2 Swift, 30+ Swallow/House Martin, 1 m Kingfisher, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 12+ Reed Warbler
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| 21-05-20 Oystercatcher, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Ian Stapp) |
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