A chilly start with condensation on the windows and sea fog over the estuary (and fog over Chew), clearing to a beautiful sunny day with a little horizon cloud and the lightest of breezes. Temperature ranging from 5 to 18°C.
Whimbrel
Arctic Tern
Barn Owl
Hobby
Spotted Flycatcher
BRISTOL
no reports
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| Lesser Whitethroat at Chew (Ian Stapp) |
no reports
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| Turnstones at Severn Beach in both winter and summer plumage (Rosemary Setter) |
Oldbury Power Station:
Arctic Tern on the tidal reservoir.
Ingst:
BBS - 1 Pheasant, 1 Shelduck, 2 Mallard, 1 Buzzard, 1 GS Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 10 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, flock 9 Starling, 7 Song Thrush, 1 Pied Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch, 2 Linnet (and 1 Roe Deer).
New Passage/Northwick:
1-2 Dunlin, small party Turnstone.
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead:
(Black Nore/Redcliffe Bay - BBS, 30 species)
BELOW M4 & BANES
Newton St Loe:
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
(yesterday) 4 Hobby.
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
Hollowbrook:
2 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Bunting.
Wick Green Point:
4 juv. Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap
Woodford:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Song Thrush.
Herriott's inc Pool:
Reports: Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Lois Pryce, Mark Savage, Rosemary Setter, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Lauren Tucker,
1-2 Dunlin, small party Turnstone.
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead:
(Black Nore/Redcliffe Bay - BBS, 30 species)
Passing migrants: 1 Whimbrel, 1 Swift, 1 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 1 Spotted Flycatcher.
Fledglings already: Great Tit, Coal Tit, Blackcap, Starling, Dunnock, Greenfinch.
Other highlights: 4 Shelduck, 6 Mallard, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Jay, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap.
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| Cuckoo, Strawberry Line at Yatton ( Mark Savage) |
Strawberry Line & Congresbury Moor:
1 Cuckoo, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Kestrel, 2 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 3 Whitethroat.
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| Reed Warbler at Chew (George Stacey) |
Newton St Loe:
1 Red Kite, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 9 Cygnets with parents, 4 Stock Dove, 5 Buzzard, 8 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 6 Swallow, 2 H Martin and 1 Swift
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| Chiffchaff, I think, despite the pink toes (George Stacey) |
Blagdon Lake:
(yesterday) 4 Hobby.
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
Canada Goose (2 broods of 6 & 8), 1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 20+ hirundines, 2 Garden Warbler, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail.
2 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Bunting.
Wick Green Point:
4 juv. Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap
Woodford:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Song Thrush.
Mute Swan (+ 6 cygnets), 2 Canada Goose (+ 5 goslings), 4 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 f. Kestrel, 2 Raven (flyover) , 12+ hirundines, 4 Sedge Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting.
Moreton:
22 Canada Goose, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 6 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 6 LT Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 7+ Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Whitethroat,
12+Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting
Herriott's inc Pool:
52 Canada Goose (2 broods on pool of 3 & 5), 66 Mute Swan (+ Cygnets 3 & 5), 4 Shelduck, 26 + Gadwall, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Hobby, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 5+ singing Reed Warbler, 5 Jackdaw.
