An overcast morning with cloud obscuring the solar eclipse. Clearing somewhat after lunch. Mild and muggy with a moderate SW wind. Temp 23°C+.
Red Kites
Barn Owls
Short-eared Owl
Barn Owls
Short-eared Owl
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| Some caught a glimpse of the eclipse through breaks in the cloud (Ian Stapp) |
Henbury (garden):
Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch.
Horfield:
Horfield:
5 Raven, probably a family.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Charfield:
Charfield:
Red Kite
Oldbury Power Station:
45 Canada Goose + 1 Greylag Goose (gathering to moult on the estuary), creche of 9 Shelduckling, 1 Barn Owl, 2 Rock Pipit.
45 Canada Goose + 1 Greylag Goose (gathering to moult on the estuary), creche of 9 Shelduckling, 1 Barn Owl, 2 Rock Pipit.
Chipping Sodbury - Ridge Woods:
Clevedon - Yeo:
1 Redshank chick vs. 44 Carrion Crows.
Kenn Moor:
Short-eared Owl5 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 6 Rook, 6 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 10 Wren, 1 Treecreeper, 9 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Robin (and 1 juv.), 1 Dunnock, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Goldfinch.
NORTH SOMERSET
Clevedon - Yeo:
1 Redshank chick vs. 44 Carrion Crows.
Kenn Moor:
Worle:
Red Kite
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath:
Chilcombe & Charmy Down:
1 Stock Dove, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 4 Raven, 21 Skylark, 3 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 5 Whitethroat, 7 Song Thrush, 8 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 14 Linnet.
Red Kite
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath:
Chilcombe & Charmy Down:
1 Stock Dove, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 4 Raven, 21 Skylark, 3 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 5 Whitethroat, 7 Song Thrush, 8 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 14 Linnet.
Pensford:
7 Mallard, 2 Moorhen, 1 Buzzard, 21 Jackdaw, 12+ hirundines, 2 Wren, 2 Dipper, 20+ House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail.
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| A Barn Owl with prey at Herons Green (Ian Stapp) |
Chew Valley Lake
7 broods of Mute Swan: 2 x 6, 3 x 5, 1 x 4, 1 x 2.
Dam:
Woodford:
Heron's Green:
Moreton:
Herriott's inc Pool:
Reports: Stephen Curtis, Alan Daniells, Robert Hargreaves, Matt Hull, Dick Reader, Trevor Riddle, Matthew Rogers, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs,
21 Canada Goose, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 LT Tit, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Pied Wagtail.
1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler.
122 Canada Goose, Mute Swan, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Barn Owl, 2 Raven, 4 Swallow, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting.
Moreton:
19 Canada Goose, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 LT Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 5 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting.
Herriott's inc Pool:
28 Canada Goose, 24 Mute Swan, 8 Shelduck, 7 Shoveler, 100+ Gadwall, 4 Pochard, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Jackdaw, 6 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 6+ Reed Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting.
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| Little Egret at Chew (Ian Stapp) |
Out of Avon:
Ham Wall:
It's still there and still singing: River Warbler
