Warm, with a warm breeze and a bit of rain after 1:30pm - max 22°C
Spotted Flycatcher
Golden Plover
Greenfinch
Stoke Park:
Great Spotted Woodpecker - chicks waiting to be fed
Withywood - garden:
02-06-21 Great SW juv - Stoke Park (Allan Chard) |
Great Spotted Woodpecker - chicks waiting to be fed
Withywood - garden:
3 Swift - late arrivals this yr!
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Easter Compton - Wild Place:
4 Swift, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 3 GS Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 6 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 5 Goldcrest, 4 Nuthatch, 4 Treecreeper, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush - incl 1 juv, 2 Spotted Flycatcher - carrying nesting material, 2 Bullfinch (m + f)
BELOW M4 & BANES
Hanham - Keynsham:
Stanton Wick:
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
Canada Goose + 4 goslings, 1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Pied Wagtail
Woodford:
1 Egyptian Goose - in transit from the dam, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler
Heron's Green:
108 Canada Goose, Mute Swan + 6 Cygnets, 4 Little Grebe - pool, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 4 Reed Bunting
Moreton:
128 Canada Goose, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker - calling, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 7 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 3 Garden Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Wren, 2 Robin,
Herriott's inc Pool:
22 Canada Goose, 62 Mute Swan - broods of 5 & 2, 6 Shelduck, 4 Pochard (m), 2 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite - 10:30 heading south, 4+ Buzzard - circling over grass cutting, 8 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail
Reports: Allan Chard, John Croxton, Jane Cumming, Mark Dadds, Alan Daniells, Neil Delaney, Heather England, Alastair Fraser, Donna Harvey, Trevor Riddle, Marcus Smith, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler,
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
plenty of Reed Warbler
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Wren, 2 Treecreeper - ad + juv, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Goldfinch
Easter Compton - Wild Place:
4 Swift, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 3 GS Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 6 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 5 Goldcrest, 4 Nuthatch, 4 Treecreeper, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush - incl 1 juv, 2 Spotted Flycatcher - carrying nesting material, 2 Bullfinch (m + f)
Bullfinch - unexpected but welcome
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead - Lake Grounds - BBS:
68 Canada Geese (but only 2 juvs.), 3 Greylag Geese, 12 Mute Swan, 5 Shelduck, 55 Mallard (only 4 juvs.), 5 Tufted Duck, 3 Swift, 1 Stock Dove - calling, 3 Moorhen, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 120+ Herring Gull - inc 100+ anting over East Wood, 3 Lesser Black-blacked Gull, 1 Buzzard, 2 Jay, 35 Carrion Crow - mostly on the lake's grass lawn, 1 House Martin, 2 Blackcap, 1 Rock Pipit, 1 Linnet.
Clevedon - Yeo:
21 Shelduck - + one brood of 11 small young, 2 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 6 Oystercatcher, 6 Lapwing plus one possible juvenile, 1 Golden Plover, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 1 Little. Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl, 6 Raven, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 10 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 7 Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear,
Portishead - Lake Grounds - BBS:
68 Canada Geese (but only 2 juvs.), 3 Greylag Geese, 12 Mute Swan, 5 Shelduck, 55 Mallard (only 4 juvs.), 5 Tufted Duck, 3 Swift, 1 Stock Dove - calling, 3 Moorhen, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 120+ Herring Gull - inc 100+ anting over East Wood, 3 Lesser Black-blacked Gull, 1 Buzzard, 2 Jay, 35 Carrion Crow - mostly on the lake's grass lawn, 1 House Martin, 2 Blackcap, 1 Rock Pipit, 1 Linnet.
Clevedon - Yeo:
21 Shelduck - + one brood of 11 small young, 2 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 6 Oystercatcher, 6 Lapwing plus one possible juvenile, 1 Golden Plover, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 1 Little. Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl, 6 Raven, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 10 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 7 Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear,
1 Reed Bunting.
BELOW M4 & BANES
Hanham - Keynsham:
1 Red Kite - over the R Avon headed South
Stanton Wick:
1 Red Kite - over grass cutting
Chelwood:
2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard - grass cutting
Pensford:
9 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 20+ Jackdaw, 1 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail,
High Littleton:
1 Red Kite - flying low and spiralling high
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
Canada Goose + 4 goslings, 1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Pied Wagtail
Woodford:
1 Egyptian Goose - in transit from the dam, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler
Heron's Green:
108 Canada Goose, Mute Swan + 6 Cygnets, 4 Little Grebe - pool, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 4 Reed Bunting
02-06-21 Garden Warbler CVL (Ian Stapp) |
128 Canada Goose, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker - calling, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 7 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 3 Garden Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Wren, 2 Robin,
Herriott's inc Pool:
22 Canada Goose, 62 Mute Swan - broods of 5 & 2, 6 Shelduck, 4 Pochard (m), 2 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite - 10:30 heading south, 4+ Buzzard - circling over grass cutting, 8 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail
Reports: Allan Chard, John Croxton, Jane Cumming, Mark Dadds, Alan Daniells, Neil Delaney, Heather England, Alastair Fraser, Donna Harvey, Trevor Riddle, Marcus Smith, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler,