Bar-headed Goose
Red Kite
22-06-20 Swallow feeding young, New Passage (Raoul Chandrasakera) |
St Andrews:
1 male Kestrel ( unusual here)
Avon Gorge:
Lawrence Weston Moor:
5 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 3 Magpie, 3 Carrion Crow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Robin, 2 Chaffinch
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
New Passage/Pilning Wetlands:
2 Bar-headed Goose still, Oystercatcher, many juvenile Goldfinch, along with Greenfinch, Bullfinch (garden)
Workers doing a lot of digging/drainage work around the site.
NORTH SOMERSET
No reports
BELOW M4 & BANES
Burnett:
1 Red Kite, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Wren, 2 Dunnock, 2 Linnet, 4 Yellowhammer
Pensford:
6 Mallard Duck +2 ducklings, 8 Swift, 7 Wood Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 20+ Jackdaw, 2 Chiffchaff (with 4 chicks), 2 Blackbird, 4 Wren, 1 Dipper, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail (with chicks)
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
Stratford:
1 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Redshank( early am only)
Paul Chadwick:
Paul died on Friday. He was at home and had a heart attack. He was (about) 94. Back in the 1960s Paul was a regular traveller on the 139 bus from the Bristol bus station to Chew Valley Lake. He was very well known and universally liked amongst the local birding community, as well as being a long-standing stalwart of the Bristol Naturalists Society. He will be greatly missed.
Reports: Raoul Chandrasakera, Pete Harrison, Lisegirl,. Lucy Masters, Jean Oliver, Ian Stapp, Bri Thompson, Keith Vinicombe
1 male Kestrel ( unusual here)
Avon Gorge:
22-06-20 Peregrine returning to larder what is left over by the youngster, Avon Gorge (Bri Thompson) |
22-06-20 And an honorary bird...Hummingbird Hawkmoth, Avon Gorge (Bri Thompson) |
Lawrence Weston Moor:
5 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 3 Magpie, 3 Carrion Crow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Robin, 2 Chaffinch
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
22-06-20 Greenfinch adults plus juveniles, New Passage (Raoul Chandrasakera) |
2 Bar-headed Goose still, Oystercatcher, many juvenile Goldfinch, along with Greenfinch, Bullfinch (garden)
Workers doing a lot of digging/drainage work around the site.
NORTH SOMERSET
No reports
BELOW M4 & BANES
Burnett:
1 Red Kite, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Wren, 2 Dunnock, 2 Linnet, 4 Yellowhammer
22-06-20 Chiffchaff, Pensford (Ian Stapp) |
6 Mallard Duck +2 ducklings, 8 Swift, 7 Wood Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 20+ Jackdaw, 2 Chiffchaff (with 4 chicks), 2 Blackbird, 4 Wren, 1 Dipper, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail (with chicks)
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
22-06-20 Curlew, Stratford, CVL (Lucy Masters) |
1 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Redshank( early am only)
22-06-20 Oystercatcher + Redshank, Stratford, CVL (Lucy Masters) |
22-06-20 Another honorary bird...Solar Transit of ISS 1157am BST taken from Burnett, south of Keynsham (Ian Stapp) |
Paul Chadwick:
Paul died on Friday. He was at home and had a heart attack. He was (about) 94. Back in the 1960s Paul was a regular traveller on the 139 bus from the Bristol bus station to Chew Valley Lake. He was very well known and universally liked amongst the local birding community, as well as being a long-standing stalwart of the Bristol Naturalists Society. He will be greatly missed.
Reports: Raoul Chandrasakera, Pete Harrison, Lisegirl,. Lucy Masters, Jean Oliver, Ian Stapp, Bri Thompson, Keith Vinicombe