Thursday 11 June 2020

11-06-20 Thursday

Dull, cool and windy to start today, some sunshine midday for an hour or so, then rain. Bristol max temperature 17 °C

Red Kite
Hobby

11-06-20, Shelduck + 2 ducklings, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

No reports

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Broods: 7 & 5 Shelduck, 6 & 3 Mallard, 4 & 1 Moorhen

Thornbury Sewage Works (rebranded 'Thornbury Water Recycling Centre')
c50 House Martin, c200 Starling - mainly juveniles


11-06-20 Robin showing the wear and tear of the breeding season, Severn Beach (Rod Holbrook)


NORTH SOMERSET

Gordano:
1 Red Kite, 1 Peregrine

11-06-20 Lesser BB Gull, Sand Point (Karen Ash)
St Georges:
1 Hobby over at 10.15a.m.

Banwell:
11-06-20 Blackbird enjoying cherries (John Thorogood)
[Bumper crop on our flowering cherry trees this year and the Blackbirds just love ‘em!]
BELOW M4 & BANES

11-06-20 Dipper, Pensford (Ian Stapp)
Pensford:
6 Mallard Duck, 8 Swift, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Coot , 2 Moorhen, 17 Jackdaw, 6 House Martin, 1 Blue Tit,1 Song Thrush, 2 Blackbird, 1 Dipper, 5 House Sparrow (feeding chicks), 4 Grey Wagtail (feeding 7+ chicks), 2 Pied Wagtail (feeding chicks in nest)

Marksbury:
2 Lapwing

West Harptree:
1 Red Kite (possibly same as CVL bird below)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

11-06-20 Swift, CVL (David Hughes)
lots over the lake today
Heron's Green:
46 Canada Goose, 30+ Swift, 4 Little Grebe, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 4 B H Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 20+ House Martin, 2 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3+ Sedge Warbler, 7 House Sparrow, 6 Pied Wagtail (most this years young) 


11-06-20 Red Kite, from Stratford, CVL (David Hughes)
Stratford:
Red Kite  drifting east over Herriots (possibly same as West Harptree bird above), 1 Hobby mobbing a Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher 

Herriott's - inc Pool:
72 Canada Goose, 6 ad Shelduck (2 with 4 ducklings, 8 two days ago), 200+ Swift, 34 Great Crested Grebe (2 with 2 & 2 with 4 young), 3 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 7 B H Gull,3 G BB Gull, 1 Red Kite drifting east over Herriots ( possibly same as West Harptree above), 3 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher,1 G S Woodpecker, 1 Hobby mobbing a Buzzard, 5 Jackdaw, 50+ Swallow  + House Martin,  2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail + 4 chicks, 2 Pied Wagtail,2 Chaffinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Reports: Karen Ash, Chris Clarke, Pete Hazelwood, David Hughes, Geoff Pudney, Ian Stapp, John Thorogood, opsbirding