07-07-20 Tuesday - Red Kite

Cloudy with sunny intervals - max 19°C

Red Kite

Yellowhammer
Hobby

Marsh Tit

07-07-20 Yellowhammer Little Sodbury (Keith Willimas)

BRISTOL

Bishoston:
2 Jay - in the garden this afternoon, poking about under the guttering.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

07-07-20 Swift Yate (Chris Teague)

Yate - garden:
8 Swift, 3 Swallow - over, Starling -juv, House Sparrow in the bird bath

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Linnet  - Meadow Brown and 2 Marbled
White butterflies

07-07-20 Green Woodpecker Little Sodbury (Keith Willimas)

Little Sodbury:

10 Swift, 5 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Skylark, family of Long-tailed Tit,  

Swallow and House Martin, 8 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 8 Yellowhammer

Wetmoor:

1 Raven, 2+1+1 Marsh Tit ie in three different areas, 1 Treecreeper.

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - Battery Point:
3 Common Sandpiper - headed off south.

Clevedon:

2 Peregrine

Dundry:

2 Hobby - flying over

Nailsea - garden:

A dozen House Sparrow - communal bathing

Brockley Wood:

2 Spotted Flycatcher - on territory, seeing off a Grey Squirrel, 1 Siskin - singing/calling

Sand Bay - inc salt marsh:
45 Curlew, 200+ Black H Gull, 3 Little Egret, 52 Swallow  - through, 6 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff,  3 Reed Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, 150 Starling, 4 Meadow Pipit, 11 Linnets,  2 Reed Bunting, 

07-07-20 Greenfinch Worle (Dean Reeves)

Worle - garden:
Greenfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

07-07-20 Red Kite Marshfield (Nick Hawkridge)

Marshfield - Ringswell Common:

6 Swift, 4 Stock Dove, 26 Woodpigeon, 5 Collared Dove, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite - over the church, drifting west at 12:45, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker - yaffling, 3+ Kestrel, 3 Magpie, 8 Jackdaw, 22 Carrion Crow, 2 Great Tit, 9 House Martin, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Wren, 93 Starling, 7 Blackbird, 14 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 4 Grey Wagtail - family on the stw, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 4 Linnet, 16 Goldfinch

Newton-St-Loe:

2 Mute Swan, c40 Mallard, 1 Tufted Duck (f), Swift, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, 2 Moorhen, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Skylark, 1 Sand Martin, Swallow, c25 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap (m/f), Whitethroat, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Robin, House Sparrow, Dunnock, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Greenfinch, Goldfinch, c4 Yellowhammer.

Carrs Woodland to River Avon:

25 Swift, 4 Stock Dove, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 13 Blackcap, 5 Whitethroat, 2 Linnet, 2 Yellowhammer (m)

07-07-20 Little Owl Compton Dando (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Compton Dando:

2 Little Owl - inc juv

07-07-20 Blackcap Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters)

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks - well, close by actually:
5 Grey Heron - in 2 juv, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard - inc juv calling, Green Woodpecker, Treecreeper

Chew Valley Lake

Pheasant, Canada Goose, Mute Swan + cygnets, 4 Shelduck - inc 2 duckling, 2 Shoveler, Gadwall, Mallard, 5 Teal, Tufted Duck, Swift, Woodpigeon. Collared Dove, Moorhen, lots of Coot - inc this year's juv, Little Grebe - nesting @ Heron’s Green pool, Great Crested Grebe, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, Blue Tit - inc recently fledged juv,Great Tit - inc recently fledged juv, 1 Swallow, lots of House Martin, Cetti's Warbler - even saw one, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, 2+ Sedge Warbler - nesting at Heron’s Green Pool, lots of Reed Warbler, Wren, Blackbird, 2+ Robin - inc recently fledged juv, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Pied Wagtail, Chaffinch, Reed Bunting

07-07-20 Redshank CVL Dam (Ian Stapp)

Dam End:
107 Canada Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose 1 Goldeneye (f) - sat in the Dam wall, has been sat there for about 3 weeks,  1 Redshank, 3 Juv Black-headed Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Pied Wagtail

07-07-20 Song Thrush CVL (Geroge Stacey)

Hollowbrook:
1 Song Thrush

07-07-20 Common Sandpiper  CVL (Geroge Stacey)

Heron's Green:
97 Canada Goose, 10 Swift, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 11 Sand Martin, 20+ House Martin, 3 Sedge Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Ringing Station:
Some old Reed Warbler turned up again this morning: the oldest was ringed as an adult male in June 2015; another was ringed as a juv in August 2015 (subsequently sexed as a male in June '17 & June '19).

07-07-20 Oystercatcher CVL Herriott's Pool (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's - inc Pool:
76 Canada Goose, 1 Shelduck, 12 Teal, 20+ Swift, 50+ Great Crested Grebe, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 1 Juv Black-headed Gull, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 7 Jackdaw, 2 Raven,  60+ House & Sand Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 House Sparrow, 4 Pied Wag (wall)

Reports: Dru Brooke-Taylor, Raoul Chandrasakera, Tony Cook, William Earp, Dom Godfrey, Robert Hargreaves, Annie & Nick Hawkridge, David Howes, Lucy Masters, Phil Quinn, Dean Reeves, Ann Rossiter, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Chris Teague, Keith Williams, 

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