Thursday 28 May 2020

28-05-20 Thursday - fledgelings

Temp 14 to 25°C. Hot again with that cooling breeze still today, too nice for birding

28-5-20 Reed Warbler, Herriott's (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

Little Stoke, 10:30:
1 Red Kite

Patchway:
4 screaming Swifts

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
6 Canada Goose, 4 Shelduck, pair Mallard + 11 young, 1 Tufted Duck, 2 Moorhen + 6 young, 1 Buzzard, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 12 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 LT Tit, 10 Chiffchaff, 3 Sedge Warbler, 5 Reed Warbler, 5 Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Linnet, 4 Reed Bunting (incl. 1 juv.), Small Heath, Small Tortoiseshell, Meadow Browns, Holly Blue

NORTH SOMERSET

Nailsea - garden:
1 Buzzard - as usual, 1 Peregrine - circling on high, 2 Coal Tit - a pair, into the hedge with food,
2+ House Martin, 10+ Starling - ad and juv, scouring the garden, 1 Goldfinch - evening serenade

Twixt Clevedon and Portishead:
Several Shelduck, a few Mallard, several Swift - interested in (Cl) beach side houses, two Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, several House Martin, few Rock Pipit - not as exciting when there's no wind!

28-5-20 Whitethroat, Clevedon (David Gale)
Clevedon Sea Wall:
Whitethroat and Linnet

28-5-20 Moorhen, Kenn Moor (Higgy)
Kenn Moor:
2 Moorhen families with 2 juveniles each, 5 Buzzard, 1 f Blackcap, 1 Reed Warbler in full voice, 2 Goldcrest, 5 m Reed Bunting
28-5-20 Reed Bunting, Kenn Moor (Higgy)

Sand Point:
4 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Sanderling, 3 Dunlin, 1 Spotted Flycatcher

28-5-20 Pied Wagtail, Cleeve (Higgy)
Cleeve:
6 family Long-tailed Tit, 1 Pied Wagtail collecting food, 6 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

28-5-20 Corn Bunting, West Littleton (Chris Perry)
Marshfield, West Littleton:
1 Red-legged Partridge, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 10+ Skylark, 7 Swallow, 8 House Martin, 7 Blackcap, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 9 Corn Bunting and Yellowhammer

Chew Stoke:
8 Buzzard

Chew Magna:
1 Tawny Owl successfully bred, 1 juv Grey Wagtail on Winford Brook

Compton Dando:
1 Little Owl
28-5-20 Blue Tit box, Paulton (Patrick Hancock)
Paulton:
Blue Tit - 6 eggs, 5 hatched, 3 ready to fledge

RESERVOIRS

28-5-20 Little Egret, Herriott's Pool (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake
Closed areas open tomorrow if you have a permit. If not you will have to wait a week for Bristol Water to see how the system works before you can buy a permit. 20 minutes only in a hide if someone else wants to come in

28-5-20 Oystercatcher, Herriott's Pool (Ian Stapp)
Herriott's:
37 Canada Goose, 9 Shelduck, 2 Swift and 3 Collared Dove (Bishop Sutton Village), 47+ Great Crested Grebe, 2 with one chick, 2 with 4 chicks, 1 Oystercatcher, 6 BH Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 4 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 5 Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 26+ Swallow, 20+ H Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 12+ Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting

Reports: Andy Davis, Greg Dawe, David Gale, Dom Godfrey, Paul Gregory, Patrick Hancock, Mike Moxon, Chris Perry, Sue & John Prince, Lois Pryce, Ann Rossiter, Ian Stapp, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG