Saturday 5 June 2021

05-06-21 Saturday - Marsh Harrier

Lovely day - cooling off as the day wore on 21°C. Possible rain tonight

Marsh Harrier
Hobby
Quail, Spotted Flycatcher, 

BRISTOL

05-06-21 Peregrine Avon Gorge (Henry Kirkwood)
Clifton Down - Gorge:
1 Marsh Harrier (m), 1 Peregrine

St Anne's Park:
adult with newly fledged Blue Tit on the feeders

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Shelduck - broods of 5, 4 and 4, Moorhen - broods of  2, 2 and 2, 1 Rock Pipit - food carry, could indicate the 1st breeding record.

05-06-21 Blackcap CSC (Alan Daniells)
Chipping Sodbury - Ridge Wood:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 6 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Robin- juv, 1 Dunnock, 1 Goldfinch

Brentry - Fishpool Hill:
1 Hobby - hunting

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - Brompton Way:
local Peregrine - circling high above

Cl-Y - Dowlais:
Evidence of breeding success - a pr of Redshank with 2 chicks

Weston-Super-Mare:
Peregrine

BELOW M4 & BANES

05-06-21 Corn Bunting MF (Paul Sawyer)
Marshfield:

Shire Valley - 1 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby - high up, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 5 Grey Wagtail, 6 Chaffinch, 2 Corn Bunting
Shirehill Lane - 1 Quail - calling
Down Track - 1 Quail - calling

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
Sand Martin

Chew Valley Lake
 
Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper

Out of Avon:

05-06-21 River Warbler - Ham Wall (Aravind Ramesh)
Ham Wall:
1 River Warbler

Reports:  John Barnett, Chris Craig, John Croxton, Mark Dadds, Alan Daniells, Geoff Davies, Sean Davies, Andy George, Henry Kirkwood, Aravind Ramesh, Gill Sapsed, Paul Sawyer, Howard Taffs