25-05-21 Tuesday

Sunshine to start, gloomy, windy and cold later on.

Cattle Egret

BRISTOL

Bedminster Down - Yew Tree Farm. 

("Bristol's last working farm on the edge of Bedminster Down, situated between the New A38 bypass and the Crematorium. It's close by the Lime Kiln Roundabout and adjacent to Colliter's Brook.. A wonderful sustainable farming operation with wildflower meadows and thick untamed hedges and beef cattle grazing freely.")

Stock Dove, Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker,  Green Woodpecker, Raven, Skylark - breeding, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Song Thrush and Dipper reported

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
28 Ringed Plover, 4 Sanderling - sum plum, 7 Dunlin

Littleton upon Severn:
Active Rookery ~ 8 nests and lots of fledged birds, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker - feeding very noisy nestlings.

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
nest report - 2 Oystercatcher, c46 Lesser Black-b Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 6 Cetti's Warbler

Wraxall - Watercress Farm:

1 Whitethroat, 5 Yellowhammer

Clevedon - Yeo, WeBS:
12 Mute Swan, 60 Shelduck, 15 Mallard, 6 Coot, 2 Lapwing - none at Dowlais, 3 Ringed Plover, 17 Whimbrel - 12 at Yeo, 2 Curlew, 11 Dunlin, 2 Redshank - Dowlais, 70 Herring Gull, 12 Lesser Black-b Gull, 1 Great Black-b Gull, 1 Cormorant, 5 Little Egret, some Skylark, 1 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler ~ all singing, 3 Whitethroat, 15+ Starling, 4 Wheatear - possible Greenland, 1 Greenfinch - singing.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Pensford:

7 Mallard, 20 Jackdaw, 2 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail, 

Compton Dando:

2 Little Owl - sunbathing, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

25-05-21 Swift  CVL (Mike Trew)

Chew Valley Lake

Site counts - 1000 Swift, 10 Sand Martin, 100 Swallow, 1600 House Martin, 

Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Shelduck, 200+ Swift, 2 Grey Heron, 20+ Swallow & Martin 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Blackbird, 1 Pied Wagtail

25-05-21 Blackcap CVL (George Stacey)

Hollowbrook:
1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap

Sutton Wick:

2 Jay, 1 Blackcap - with many more calling, 1 Goldcrest

Heron's Green:
2 Canada Geese +5 gosling, 1 Mute Swan + 6 cygnets, 2 Shelduck + 8 ducklings, 2 Gadwall, 200+ Swift, 4 Coot - nest gone, but the pool water level back to normal, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 100+ Swallow, 30+ Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Pied Wagtail.

25-05-21 Reed Bunting CVL (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
28 Canada Goose, 500+ Swift - over the lake, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl - calling, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker + 3 chicks, 4 Jay, 2 Blue Tit, 100 Swallow & Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, lots of Reed Warbler - inc nest in front of the hide, 3 Blackcap, 3 Garden Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 3 Wren, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Robin, 8 Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting - feeding nestling

Herriott's inc Pool:
12 Canada Geese + 2 broods 3 + 5, 52 Mute Swan + 6 cygnets, 4 Shelduck, 6+ Gadwall, 500+ Swift - over the lake again,  1 Great Crested Grebe + chick, 1 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - over, 4 Jackdaw,  100 Swallow & Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Reed Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail

PLUS - Adult intermedius or fuscus race Lesser Black-b Gull - on the pool

Reports: Andy Davis, Peter Hazelwood, Andy Middleton, Jean Oliver,  Harvey Rose, Tony Scott, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone,  Mike Trew, Mary Wood

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