Wednesday 1 July 2020

01-07-20 Wednesday - Yellow-legged Gull

Rain on and off, windy - blustery,  but not cold   18°C max

Yellow-legged Gull,
Hobby
Great White Egret
Spotted.Flycatcher


01-07-20 Yellow-legged Gull CVL (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Canford Cemetery
3 Swift, 7 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 3 Herring Gull, 1 Jay, 11 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackbird, 5 Robin, 1 Goldfinch

01-07-20 Dipper Eastville Park (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:
Dipper - juv

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Patchway:
4 Kestrel - inc 2 juv

01-07-20 Mixed Tit flock Yate (Chris Teague)
Yate - garden:
Mixed flock of Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit and Long-tailed Tit in the garden today.

NORTH SOMERSET


01-07-20 Great White Egret Bleadon - R Axe (Bill Hewitt)
Bleadon Village and R Axe:
1 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk - in the garden, 4 Sedge Warbler, and many Reed Warbler still singing
01-07-20 Sparrowhawk Bleadon (Bill Hewitt)

BELOW M4 & BANES

01-07-20 Spotted Flycatcher Marshfield (Peter Coslett)
Marshfield:
Moorhen, 2 Grey Heron, Buzzard, Hobby hunting over the 2nd pool landed briefly in the dead trees, 4 Raven, 5 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff - 2 ad, 2 juv, 4 Blackcap, 4 Spotted.Flycatcher - inc 2 juv, 2 Grey Wagtail
Bird song is getting less.

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake - Dam:
12 Mute Swan, 29 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 5 Swift, 2 Stock Dove, 5 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Moorhen, c40 Coot, 9 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Black-headed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 9 Jackdaw, 6 Rook, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven - over, c 20 Swallow, c40 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff - singing, 2 Reed Warbler Singing, 2 Blackcap, 1 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 15+ House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch.

01-07-20 Long-tailed Tits CVL (Dave Hughes)
Chew Valley Lake

01-07-20 Common Sandpiper CVL (Dave Hughes)
Heron's Green:
1 Common Sandpiper

01-07-20 Chiffchaff CVL (Dave Hughes)
Stratford:
Lots of Long-tailed Tit and Chiffchaff activity - end of the lane

01-07-20 Green Sandpiper CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herriott's - inc Pool:
116 Canada Goose, 12 Teal, 3 Tufted Duck, 12+ Swift, 1 Collared Dove, 219 Great Crested Grebe - in one flock on the lake, 4 Green Sandpiper,  9 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 2 Hobby, 3 Kingfisher 12+ Jackdaw, 80+ Sand and House Martin - 50/50 mix, 6 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Song Thrush - singing at the back of the pool, 6+ Pied Wagtail
and an Otter  was seen swimming across the main lake.

Reports: Allan Chard, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Robert Hargreaves, Annie & Nick Hawkridge, Bill Hewett, Dave Hughes, Mike Jackson, Rich Mielcarek, Robert Proctor, Ian Stapp, Chris Teague, 

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