Tuesday 30 June 2020

30-06-20 Tuesday - Kittiwake

Overcast with rain in the air but never really falling until later. 18°c top temp

Little Owl
Kittiwake, Whimbrel
Spotted Flycatcher
Mediterranean Gull
Kingfisher, Sand Martin

BRISTOL


30-06-20 Raven Clifton Down (Peter Walton)
Clifton Downs:
5 Raven - family party, flew off into the Gully when the drizzle started.

City Centre - Finzels Reach and environs.
1 Great Black-backed Gull - 2nd sum, 1 Peregrine (m) - no sign of the remaining juv.

Henleaze garden:
1 Nuthatch - 10:05 this morning

Redland - garden:
2 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 2 Herring Gull, 2 Magpies, 2 Coal Tit, 2+ Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 7 House Sparrow

Sea Mills - R Avon:
2 Linnet (f&m) - perched on a shrub

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1+ Whimbrel in amongst c15 Curlew in small flock, 1 Kittiwake - trying to make its way downriver at 05:45

30-06-20 Goldfinch NP - NW (Lisa Presland)
New Passage/Northwick:
4 Mute Swan, 130 Shelduck, Tufted Duck,  12 Swift, 10 Oystercatcher, Lapwing, 3 Curlew, 9 Redshank, 100 Black-headed Gull, 1 Greey Heron, 2 Little Egret, many Swallow and House Martin, 4 Reed Warbler, Meadow Pipit, 2 Greenfinch, Linnet plus juv, 32 Goldfinch - flock on the feeders, inc juv, 5 Reed Bunting,

Severn Beach:
1 Mediterranean Gull - 1st sum

Coalpit Heath:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Skylark, 4 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 6 Whitethroat, 5 Starling, 23 House Sparrow, 1 Greenfinch, 4 Yellowhammer.

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Canada Goose, 11 Shelduck, 3 Oystercatcher, 14 Curlew, 130 Black-headed Gull, 5 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Little Egret

Clevedon - garden:
1 Golden Plover - on the nocturnal migration recording this morning

Clevedon Moor:
2 Mute Swan, 1 Mallard adult + 3 juv, c.30 Swift, 5 Moorhen, c.30 Jackdaw - flock,  c.40 Rook - flock, 2 Coal Tit, c.40 Swallow, c.30 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Whitethroat, c.25 Starling -  flock, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Greenfinch.

Nailsea - garden:
1 Stock Dove - not seen here since 2017

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham:
150+ Jackdaw - 4.45 am this morning, noisily sat on the roof's of the houses around my house, 
same thing most mornings only there for about 30 mins or so, for a chat I expect?

Newton St Loe:
42 Mallard, 1 Tufted Duck, 16 Swift, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Moorhen, 3 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 3 Jay, 12 Swallow, 40 House Martin, 11 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 16 Goldfinch

Charterhouse to Ubley Drove and above Blagdon:
2 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Buzzard, Magpie, Jackdaw,
Carrion Crow, Raven, Blue Tit, several Skylark - heard, Swallow, House Martin, Chiffchaff,
Whitethroat - heard, Wren, Blackbird, Robin, lots of House Sparrow - every house seemed to have them, Chaffinch, Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

30-06-20 Common Sandpiper CVL Herriotts pool (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake
Mute Swan - lots have cygnets this year 3 broods in the pool at Herriott's,  4 broods lake side Herriott's, 3 broods Heron's Green lake side - looks like a good year for MS
Other sightings
85 Canada Geese, 21 Teal, 10 Pochard, 193 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Little Egret, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3+ Sand Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler 'singing'

Heron's Green:
54 Canada Goose, 6 Little Grebe, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Black-headed Gull - juv, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 3 Sedge Warbler, 6 Grey Wagtail, 7 Pied Wagtail,

30-06-20 Green Sandpiper CVL Herriotts pool (Ian Stapp)
Herriott's - inc Pool:
122 Canada Goose, 2 Shelduck + 2 ducklings, Shoveler, Gadwall, Mallard, 14 Teal, Tufted Duck, Swift, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Water Rail, Moorhen, Coot, 84 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Black-headed Gull - juv, 4 Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 7 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk - chasing juv wagtails, 2 Buzzard, 5 Kingfisher, 8 Jackdaw, 2 Sand Martin, 50 Swallow & House Martin (mostly HM), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Reed Warbler, 2 Song Thrush, 20+ Pied Wagtail - mostly juv, 1 Reed Bunting

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Di Bunniss, Dru Brook-Taylor, Karle Burford, Tim Clarke, Anne Crowe, Jane Cumming, Trevor Ford, Mike Jackson, Robert Hargreaves, Pete Hazelwood, Lisa Presland, Lois Pryce, Dean Reeves, Rich Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Keith Vinicombe, Paul Williams, 

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