Wednesday, 16 June 2021

16-06-21 Wednesday- Garganey

 Warm and sunny, but clouding over later, with light to moderate winds from the west: 17 to 23°C

Snow Goose
Garganey
Yellow Wagtail
Corn Bunting 

16-06-21 Waterbird Medley, Herriotts Pool CVL ( Ian Stapp )
BRISTOL
Snuff Mills:
1 Dipper, 1Grey Wagtail

Sea Mills:
1 Buzzard, 8 House Martin- nest building

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
8 Shelduck- new brood, 10 Mallard- new brood, 1 Rock Pipit- feeding young.

Chipping Sodbury - Ridge Woods:
9 Woodpigeon , 1Collared Dove, 5 Magpie,  2 Jackdaw, 4 Rook, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 1 House Martin, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 13 Wren, 8 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Robin 

16-06-21 Yellowhammer Winterbourne (Mike Prior)
Winterbourne:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, several prs of Skylark, some Swallow - nesting in local barn, Whitethroat, Mistle Thrush, Pied Wagtail, Yellowhammer

NORTH SOMERSET

16-06-21 Rock Pipit, Portishead ( Ian Stapp) 

Portishead- lake and Battery Point:

60 Canada Goose- 5 goslings, 2 Greylag Goose,  4 Shelduck, many Mallard, 1 Oystercatcher, 10+ Herring Gull, 20+ Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Magpie, 4 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Cormorant, 8 House Sparrow, 4 Pied Wagtail, 3 Rock Pipit, 6 Linnet, 4 Goldfinch

Wraxall-Watercress farm:
BOC survey- 3 Pheasant, 18 Swift, 2 Stock Dove, 6 Wood Pigeon, 1 Buzzard, 2 Great spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Magpie, 4 Crow, 1 Raven, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 3 Skylark, 5 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 5 Whitethroat, 11 Wren, 6 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, 4 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Linnet, 1 Goldfinch, 8 Yellowhammer

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield- Rushmead:
1 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, 4 Buzzard, 34 Skylark, 5 Whitethroat, 21 Starling, 20 House Sparrow, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Pied Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch, 3 Linnet, 5 Goldfinch, 16 Corn Bunting, 4 Yellowhammer
16-06-21 Peregrine, Bath ( Hawk and Owl Trust)
Bath:
2 Peregrine- juveniles still sometimes at nest 

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
16-06-21 Snow Goose, Heron's Green ( Ian Stapp )
Heron's Green:

1 Snow Goose - 'Lesser', of unknown origin with Canada Geese

16-06-21 Reed Warbler nest ( Dave Leech, BTO NRS) 
Stratford -CVRS:
Reed Warbler - several pairs, nests with eggs, with nestlings and also newly fledged young.

Herriott's inc Pool:
2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Shelduck- with new brood of 5, 1 Garganey-male, 2 Lapwing, 2 Little Egret,  1 Kingfisher

Reports: Jane Cumming, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Alastair Fraser, Rob Hargreaves, Hawk and Owl Trust, Dave Leech, Mike Prior, Lois Pryce, Roger Staples, Ian Stapp