Sunday 31 May 2020

31-05-20 Sunday - Red Kites galore


Temp 13 to 26°C. Very hot still!

Greenshank
Red Kite
Ring-necked Parakeet

31-05-2020 Great Tit, Chew Valley Lake (Raoul Chandrasakera)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 f + 1 juv Great Spotted Woodpecker

Redland:
1 Red Kite

Sea Mills Station:
1 Shelduck, 6 Mallard (+ juvs), 2 Jay, 20+ House Martin, 3 Whitethroat (m singing), 15+ House Sparrow

Brislington:
7 Swift

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Itchington:
2 Red Kite, 16 Buzzard

New Passage:
14 Mute Swan, 14 Tufted Duck, 2 Red Kite 

Pilning:
24 Canada Goose, 30+ Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 2 Mallard, 10 Tufted Duck, 10 Swift, 10 Woodpigeon, 2 Coot, 1 Redshank, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Blue Tit, 7 House Martin, 1 Reed Warbler, 6 Starling, 2 Blackbird

Chipping Sodbury Common (Kingrove Park):
6 Swift, 1 Herring Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Wren

Thornbury:
1 Red Kite

Frampton Cotterell:
25 Swift, 1 hunting Peregrine

Bradley Stoke (Three Brooks NR):
15 Mallard, 10 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 1 Moorhen, 2 LBB Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 6 Magpie, 8 Jackdaw, 4 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit , 4 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 6 Wren, 5 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Robin, 4 House Sparrow, 3 Dunnock, 3 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Latteridge:
1 Red Kite

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead (BBS Data):
8 Shelduck, 1 Stock Dove, 12 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 21 Herring Gull, 3 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 7 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Swallow, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 5 Wren, 14 Blackbird, 7 Robin, 4 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1 Greenfinch, 14 Goldfinch

Clevedon:
1 Swift, 1 Buzzard

Backwell Lake:
2 Canada Goose + 7 goslings, 14 Mute Swan + 10 cygnets (across 2 broods), 15 Mallard, 3 Swift, 2 Coot, 1 LBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 House Martin

Banwell:
1 Red Kite, 1 juv Great Spotted Woodpecker

31-05-2020 Great Spotted Woodpecker juv, Banwell (John Thorogood)


BELOW M4 & BANES


31-05-2020 Red Kite, Keynsham (Ian Stapp)

Keynsham:
5 LBB Gull, 1 Red Kite, 20 Jackdaw, 4 Rook, 3 Blackbird

Newton St Loe:
3 Stock Dove, 1 Swift, 2 Buzzard, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 5 Skylark, 15 Swallow, 18 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Spotted Flycatcher + 2 juv, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch

31-05-2020 Spotted Flycatcher, Newton St Loe (NSL-Birding)

Paulton:
Blue Tits leave the nestbox!

31-05-2020 Blue Tits have fledged, Paulton (Patrick Hancock)


Hunstrete (BBS Data):
6 Collared Dove, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Tawny Owl + juv calling, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Skylark, 7 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 9 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Song Thrush, 6 Chaffinch

Cameley - garden ringing session:
Surprised to catch a Blackbird that I’d ringed in August 2014 and not seen since. For the last few weeks I’ve been hearing one singing with a short passage of Partridge song in the middle of its repertoire. Mr Blackbird certainly didn’t learn that hereabouts so he must be a migrant, possibly from the eastern side of the country: maybe the bird that I caught today.
Also first juv Goldfinch of the year.

RESERVOIRS

31-05-2020 Sedge Warbler, Chew Valley Lake (David Hughes)

Chew Valley Lake:
2 Oystercatcher, 1 Greenshank (Herriott's Pool), 5 Red Kite, Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, Garden Warbler (Villice and Moreton Lane), Black-lined Skimmer Dragonfly

31-05-2020 Black-tailed Skimmer (f), CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Reports: Peter Bryant, Raoul Chandrasakera, Allan Chard, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Heather England, Richard Ford, Paul Francis, Alastair Fraser, Richard Giles, Alan Goldsmith, Patrick Hancock, David Hanks Nick Hawkridge, David Hughes, Hayden James, Tim McGrath, Bob Medland, Michael Moxon, Fiona Neate, Aravind Ramesh, Matt Scott, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, John Thorogood blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG