Saturday 30 May 2020

30-05-20 Saturday

Another hot day. Bristol maximum temperature up to 27 °C

Garganey
Red Kite
Cuckoo

30-05-20 House Martin collecting mud, Portishead (David Gale)
BRISTOL

Blaise Estate:
1 Swift, 1 Grey Wagtail

Henbury:
Garden - 2 Raven,1 Blackcap,  2 Bullfinch , 1 Blackcap

Coombe Dingle
4 Swift

Fishponds:
10 Swift

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE



30-05-20 Blue Tit adult + fledgling, Oldbury Power Station (Barry Dursley)
Oldbury Power Station:
Buzzard, Raven, Blue Tit + young, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Goldcrest, Pied Wagtail, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Bullfinch

New Passage:
1 Cuckoo

Yate:
1 Red Kite, 10.27am

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
Shelduck, Cormorant, Skylark, House Martin

Sand Point/Bay:
2 Black-headed Gull, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler

Banwell:
First sighting this year of a fledged juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker, being fed by adult male.
This is the earliest date since detailed garden records began in 2004.

Red Kite in a.m.

Lower Weare: 
Red Kite over A38 in a.m.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
6 Pheasant, 1 Swift, 3 Red Kite (scavenging over field with LBB & Herring Gulls & Carrion Crow where farmer turning hay), 3 Buzzard, 6 Skylark, 1 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Whitethroat, 12 scattered Chaffinch, 2 Yellowhammer. Lots of young bird calls heard but not seen…

RESERVOIRS

Now open for season ticket holders (no day permits yet)  with restrictions on use of hides.

Chew Valley Lake:


30-05-20 Garden Warbler, Stratford, CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)
Stratford:
Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff , Garden Warbler

Herriott's Pool:
1 m Garganey

Reports:Jonathan Angell, Alan Bryant, Raoul Chandrasakera, Stephen Curtis, Barry Dursley, Alastair Fraser,  David Gale, Paul Gregory, Adrian Hockey, Nick Hudson, Lois Pryce, Aravind Ramesh,  Tony Scott, John Thorogood