14-06-21 Monday - Kingfishers

Temp 18 to 25°C. Warm bright Sunshine with a cooling breeze

14-6-21 Tufted Duck, Herons Green pool (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Great Hayles Rd, yesterday:

1 juv Peregrine circling low over Great Hayles with a kill

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Naite, 13th:

1 Yellowhammer

Pilning Wetland:

4 Mute Swan, 6 Shelduck, 29 Gadwall, 48 Mallard, 1 m. Teal, 17 Tufted Duck, 2 Swift, 4 Little Grebe, 9 Lapwing +3 well-grown chicks, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 5 Black-tailed Godwit - 2 in summer plumage, 1 Redshank, 5 Moorhen, 9 ad Coot + 6 chicks from four pairs, 1 Cormorant, 1 ad 1 juv Grey Heron, 15 BH Gull (mostly adult head plumage but brown in the wing), 3 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 5 singing Reed Warbler, 6 Pied wagtail 4 Meadow Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting

Chipping Sodbury, Ridge Woods:
13 Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 4 Rook, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 12 Wren, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - allotments to Sluice gate:

8 Swallows, 2 Skylark, Reed Warblers, 2 Chiffchaff, 50 plusStarlings, 1 Chaffinch, 6 Greenfinch 

Wick Road, east of M5:

Sedge Warbler,  and Wren breeding there, and for the first time in 25 years Grey Wagtail with 1+ fledgling

Uphill WeBS:
44 Shelduck, 2 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 BH Gull, 135 Herring Gull, 4 LBB Gull, 2 Swallow, singing Whitethroats, juv Starlings

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge Mill:

1 Kingfisher, 1 Dipper

Freshford Mill:
2 Mute Swan & 3 cygnet, 2 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail, masses of Beautiful and Banded Demoiselles and a couple of Emperor Dragonflies

Paulton:

2 Mute Swan, 1 Collared Dove, 3 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 1 Red Kite, 1 Swallow, 8 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 13 Blackbird, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

182 Canada Geese + 8 goslings, 40 Mute Swan + 8 cygnets, 94 Mallard + 26 ducklings, 2 Moorhen, 158 Coot, 15 Great Crested Grebe, 5 GBB Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 House Sparrow, 6 Grey Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

14-6-21 Gadwall, Herons Green pool (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake
168 Canada Geese, 9 Reed Warbler

Dam:

1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Pied Wagtail  

Woodford:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler

Herons Green:
Mute Swan & 6 cygnets, 2 Gadwall & 2 Tufted Duck displaying on pool, 2 Moorhen ,4 Little Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 8 House Sparrow, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

14-6-21 Cetti's Warbler, Moreton (Lucy Masters)

Moreton:

1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting

Herriotts:
18 Mute Swan & 2 cygnets, 8 Shelduck, 12 Shoveler, 124 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 7 Pochard, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 BH Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 m Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

14-6-21 Red Kite, Mendips (George Stacey)

Mendips - Priddy Pool:

1 dead Granada Goose, Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 3+ Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 6 Whitethroat, 2 Stonechat, 1 Meadow Pipit, 4+ Tree Pipit, 1 Linnet

14-6-21 Tree Pipit, Priddy (Ian Stapp)

12+ Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 12+ Small Heath, 5 Common Blue, 1 Dingy Skipper, 2 Large Skipper, 1 Meadow Brown, 4+ Large Redeye Damselfly, 6 + Downey Emerald, 3 Broad-body Chasers, 2 Four-spot Chasers, 2 Emperor  

Reports: Alan Daniells, Stuart Evans, Paul Francis, Patrick Hancock, Rob Hargreaves, Simon Harris, Peter Hazelwood, Tim Marks, Lucy Masters, Mike Moxon, Phil Quinn, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG