Tuesday 1 June 2021

01-06-21 Tuesday

Hot, up to 24°C - welcome breeze.

Hobby, Cattle Egret

BRISTOL

No news today

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

No news today

NORTH SOMERSET

01-06-21 Whitethroat CL-Y (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon - Dowlais:

A Lapwing sitting again after losing it's first brood, 2 + Whitethroat - singing, 1 Rock Pipi - newly fledged, 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton St Loe:
2 Mute Swan +7 cygnets, 1 Grey Heron, 6 Buzzard, 5 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 1 Jay, Skylark, Swallow, House Martin, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Goldcrest, Wren, Nuthatch, 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, Bullfinch, Greenfinch, Linnet, Goldfinch.

Pensford:
3+ Swift - screaming, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 + Pied Wagtail - active nest

Compton Dando - BOC Tue Walk:
3 Collared Dove, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 5 Buzzard, 4 Kingfisher, 8 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 9 Swallow, 7 House Martin, 5 Chiffchaff, 16 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 11 Chaffinch, 

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
~8 Red Kite - drifting West 09:30 to 13:00 and inc 2 over hey field, 4 Hobby around the lake


01-06-21 Egyptian Goose CVL (Ian Stapp)
Dam:

Canada Goose + brood 4 goslings, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Red Kite - circling high over the back of the pumping station with 20+ large Gulls, 1 Blackcap - singing, 2 Garden Warbler & 2 Lesser Whitethroat - spill way end, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail

Hollowbrook:
Blackcap + 4 juv, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting

01-06-21 Blackcap CVL (George Stacey)
Sutton Wick:
1 Jay, many Blackcap - heard, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Pied Wagtail, 

Woodford:
10+ Swift, 2 Raven, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler

Heron's Green:
28 Canada Goose, Mute Swan + 6 cygnets, 4 Swift, 3 Little Grebe - pool, 1 Grey Heron, 6 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Pied Wagtail, 4 Reed Bunting

Moreton:
1 Cuckoo - lots of calling field back hide, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 2 Tawny Owl - calling, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker - calling, 2 Jay, 24+ Jackdaw - high up over HG Bay circling, 12+ Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 5+ Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Wren, 2 Robin - - grass fields at the back of the hide was cut yesterday for hay.

Stratford:
2 Swan - 6 cygnets, 

Herriott's inc Pool:
28 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 64 Mute Swan - pool with 6 & 2 cygnets, 7 Shelduck, 10+ Gadwall, 4 Pochard (3f+m), 4 Swift, 12 Great Crested Grebe - lake side, 2 Great Black-b Gull, 2 Cattle Egret - pool,  2 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite - circling with Gulls & 2 Raven - high over grass cutting fields back of pool, 2 Buzzard, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 5+ Reed Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail  

Reports: Derek Angell, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Tony Cook, Nick Hawkridge, Mike Landen, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs