Glorious sun with a bit of cloud - 20 °C
Black Redstart
Cuckoo
Red Kite, Pink-footed Goose
Barn Owl
BRISTOL
Bedminster:
Red Kite, Pink-footed Goose
Barn Owl
BRISTOL
Bedminster:
Chessels Rd - 1 Black Redstart - singing from domestic rooftop
South St Park - 2 Swift, 1 Sparrowhawk
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
4 Tufted Duck
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Barn Owl - hunting in the sun, Coal Tit + juv, 1 Rock Pipit - singing, Bullfinch + juv, Linnet + juv
Wickwar - Lower Woods BBS:
BELOW M4 & BANES
Pensford:
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
4 Tufted Duck
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Barn Owl - hunting in the sun, Coal Tit + juv, 1 Rock Pipit - singing, Bullfinch + juv, Linnet + juv
Wickwar - Lower Woods BBS:
2 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 5 Stock Dove, 1 Tawny Owlet with parent, 1 juv Marsh Tit plus 2 adults, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Nuthatch, 7 Swallow, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 juv Grey Wagtail with adult male, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 4 Bullfinch. 2 Muntjac Deer.
Almondsbury - garden:
NORTH SOMERSET
Sand Point/Bay - BOC Walk:
12 Shelduck, 4 Swift, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 6 Skylark - singing, 3 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 9 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 13 Whitethroat, 1 Song Thrush, 8 Stonechat - inc 2 juv, 2 Rock Pipit, 11 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 6 Greenfinch
Banwell:
1 Stock Dove - seen with a juvenile yesterday, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (f&m) - juveniles seen on 5th and 6th, 2 Siskin - both unattended juveniles, 4 Greenfinch – (f&m), 1 Bullfinch (m)
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| 08-06-21 Greenfinch Almondsbury (Vĕra Carpenter) |
lots of fledgling tit, 1 Greenfinch
NORTH SOMERSET
Sand Point/Bay - BOC Walk:
12 Shelduck, 4 Swift, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 6 Skylark - singing, 3 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 9 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 13 Whitethroat, 1 Song Thrush, 8 Stonechat - inc 2 juv, 2 Rock Pipit, 11 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 6 Greenfinch
Banwell:
1 Stock Dove - seen with a juvenile yesterday, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (f&m) - juveniles seen on 5th and 6th, 2 Siskin - both unattended juveniles, 4 Greenfinch – (f&m), 1 Bullfinch (m)
BELOW M4 & BANES
Pensford:
9 Mallard, 2 Swift, 2 Moorhen, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 20 Swallow and Martin, 1 Wren, 1 Dipper, 20+ House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail,
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
44 Canada Goose + 6 goslings, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Garden Warbler - feeding young, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 SOng Thrush, 4 Pied Wagtail,
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
44 Canada Goose + 6 goslings, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Garden Warbler - feeding young, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 SOng Thrush, 4 Pied Wagtail,
Picnic Site 2:
5 Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting
Hollowbrook:
1 Coot - juv, 1 Reed Warbler
Woodford:
1 Cuckoo - calling, 4 Great Black-backed Gull - out on the lake, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler,
Heron's Green:
86 Canada Goose, Mute Swan + 6 cygnets, 4 Little Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Red Kite, 2 Raven, 2 Swallow, 3 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 2 House Sparrow, 5 Pied Wagtail, 4 Reed Bunting
Moreton:
42 Canada Goose, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 3 Wren, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Robin, 6 Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting
Herriott's inc Pool:
84 Canada Goose - broods of 7 & 3 goslings, 1 Pink-footed Goose, 22 Mute Swan - + 2 cygnets, 8 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler (f&m), 11 Pochard, 12 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker - over, 2 Jay, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 5+ Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting,
Great White Egret
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| 08-06-21 Coot CVL (George Stacey) |
1 Coot - juv, 1 Reed Warbler
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| 08-06-21 Blackcap CVL (Ian Stapp) |
1 Cuckoo - calling, 4 Great Black-backed Gull - out on the lake, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler,
Heron's Green:
86 Canada Goose, Mute Swan + 6 cygnets, 4 Little Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Red Kite, 2 Raven, 2 Swallow, 3 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 2 House Sparrow, 5 Pied Wagtail, 4 Reed Bunting
Moreton:
42 Canada Goose, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 3 Wren, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Robin, 6 Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting
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| 08-06-21 Pink footed Goose CVL (Ian Stapp) |
84 Canada Goose - broods of 7 & 3 goslings, 1 Pink-footed Goose, 22 Mute Swan - + 2 cygnets, 8 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler (f&m), 11 Pochard, 12 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker - over, 2 Jay, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 5+ Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting,
Great White Egret
An adult at the Herriott’s End/ Pool mid morning was colour ringed with a red darvic style ring. It was very flighty and at one point flew off high towards the south-west before coming back to the pool. Behaviour suggested a newly arrived migrant.
Reports: Véra Carpenter, Andy Davis, Nick Hawkridge, Peter Hazelwood, Mike Jackson, John Lewis, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, John Thorogood,
Reports: Véra Carpenter, Andy Davis, Nick Hawkridge, Peter Hazelwood, Mike Jackson, John Lewis, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, John Thorogood,
