23-05-20 Saturday - Sea birds

Temp 11 to 16°C. Cloudy start but warmed up with sunny intervals and some rain, 40 mph winds

Cuckoo
Sanderling
Collared Pratincole
Kittiwake, Mediterranean Gull
Arctic Skua, Guillemot, Storm Petrel, Fulmar, Manx Shearwater, Gannet

23-5-20 Arctic Skua, Severn Beach (Mark Coller)

BRISTOL

23-5-20 Kingfisher, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

Eastville Lake and Stoke Park:
1 Kingfisher

Redland:
After an absence of many years a mini invasion of adult Starlings and their young, 30 - 50 birds

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

23-5-20 Arctic Skua, Severn Beach (Matt Hobbs)

Severnside:
6 Tufted Duck, 12 Lapwing, 20 Oystercatcher, 20 Ringed Plover,

23-5-20 Sanderling and Dunlin, Severn Beach (Matt Hobbs)

40 Sanderling, 30 Dunlin

23-5-20 Collared Partincole, Pilning (Old Caley)

1 Collared Pratincole, 4 Kittiwake, 4 BH Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 6 Common Gull

23-5-20 Arctic Skua, Severn Beach (Jonathan Bull)

3 Arctic Skua, 2 Auk sp, 1 Guillemot, 3 Storm Petrel

23-5-20 Fulmar, Severn Beach (Darren Pearce)

12 Fulmar, 50+ Manx Shearwater, 1 Gannet, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 5 House Martin, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Reed Bunting

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon to WSM M5- cental reservation:
3 Kestrel - not common now in this habitat!

Clevedon, Ladye Bay:
3 Shelduck, 5 Kittiwake, 3 Guillemot, 1 Storm Petrel, 5 Fulmar, 50 Manx Shearwater, 4 Gannet

Sand Point:
6 Shelduck, 7 Swift, 1 Cuckoo, 8 Kittiwake, 1 Arctic Skua, 5 Guillemot, 1 Storm Petrel, 7 Fulmar, 71 Manx Shearwater, 2 Gannet, 4 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 5+ Whitethroat, 3 Stonechat, 2 Chaffinch, 6 Greenfinch

Worlebury:
1 Stock Dove (22nd), 1 Collared Dove, 3 Swift, 1 Kestrel

Weston-super-Mare, Anchor Head & Weston Bay:
1 Arctic Skua

BELOW M4 & BANES

23-5-20 Peregrines, St John's Ch (BUPP)

Bath - St John's 
6 Peregrine - 4 juv, growing up fast

23 -5-20 Great Spotted Woodpecker & Starling, Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters)

RESERVOIRS

23 -5-20 Pied Wagtail, Herons Green (Lucy Masters)

Chew Valley Lake
Picnic areas opened today, hides should open 29th but only 20 minutes and two people at a time

Lockdown Updates

Further unusual British Bird Names by Dru Brooke-Taylor - please send in yours

Home Patch 12 Clifton - Richard Bland

Reports: Jonathan Bull, Old Caley, Véra Carpenter, Allan Chard, Mark Coller, Stephen Curtis, Heather England, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Matt Hobbs, Adrian Hockey, Henry Kirkwood, Lucy Masters, Austin Morley, Mike Moxon, Dave Nevitt, James Payne, Darren Pearce, Lois Pryce, Phil Quinn, George Rabin, Adam Rawson, Dean Reeves, Carol Rushton, Tim Salkeld, Tony Scott, Cliff Smith, Jeremy Squire, Howard Taffs, Paul Williams, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG